事实上，每个人都在追求快乐。因为追求快乐，所以出现了一系列看似重要的事情。天下本无事，庸人自扰之，人们为了这些看似重要的事情忙得晕头转向。

 “最近在忙些什么？”人们彼此这么询问。

     “瞎忙呗！”然后这么回答。

　　大家都在忙，而且都在瞎忙。

　 “忙”这个汉字精确地描述了人们为什么晕头转向的真实原因。“忙”者，其心亡也。于是，人们忘记了心灵世界的云淡风清，悠闲与从容的生活状态变得像神仙一样虚无缥缈。当人们离快乐越来越远，人们就越发不能理解神仙为什么快乐。

　　神仙是快乐的，因为他追求快乐的方向是对的，而其他人都错了。还记得苏格拉底的那幅画吗？苏格拉底有一幅画，你也有一幅画，每个人都有一幅画。神仙的画与人们并无不同，神仙的画上有月亮和星星，你们的画上也有月亮和星星。唯一不同的是，神仙在欣赏那幅画，而你们在寻找各自设想的那只完美挂钩。

　　多长时间了，你苦苦地寻找着那只完美挂钩。你已经有一大堆的挂钩了，但你仍然没有找到完美的那一只。你在忙，在四处奔波，在处心积虑，在到处争夺，仿佛经历了一场噩梦。你甚至早已忘记了那幅画，你只记得那只完美挂钩。你以为挂钩能够给你快乐，但它却给了你无尽的痛苦和折磨。

　　回头看看，你的画还在那里。画上的月亮还在，星星也在。把它挂起来吧，用你手头上的任何一只挂钩。把它挂起来吧，享受那幅画给你的快乐。如果你手头的确一只挂钩也没有，那就捧在手上看吧。

　　《老人与海》中这个名叫圣地亚哥的渔夫不是你学习的榜样。他生活在一个“充满暴力与死亡的现实世界”中，尽管这个“充满暴力与死亡的现实世界”塑造了他的英雄形象。你应该回过头来，看一看那个快乐的中国渔夫，你会像他一样，立即享受到一个“充满诗情画意的现实世界”。

What does Love mean?
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, "What does love mean?" The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined.

See what you think:

"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.  So my grandfather does it for her
all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love."
Rebecca- age 8

When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth."
Billy - age 4

"Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other."
Karl - age 5

"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs."
Chrissy -age 6

"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."
Terri - age 4

"Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK."
Danny - age 7

"Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss"
Emily - age 8

"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen."
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)

"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,"
Nikka - age 6 (we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)

"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday."
Noelle - age 7

"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well."
Tommy - age 6

"During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore."
Cindy - age 8

"My mommy loves me more than anybody . You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night."
Clare - age 6

"Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken."
Elaine-age 5

"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford."
Chris - age 7

"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day."
Mary Ann - age 4

"I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones."
Lauren - age 4

"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you." (what an imagination)
Karen - age 7

"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross."
Mark - age 6

"You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget."
Jessica - age 8

And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.

The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, "Nothing, I just helped him cry"

Forwarded by Papi, Oh sorry... I don't mean to be mushy... and I normally don't fwd emails like this... but the words are so cute... can't help...

• Drink your flatmate's red wine and then refill what you drank with water. (Shaiza doesn't drink, substitute 'red wine' with 'chippies')
• Do the dance moves you did when you were out last night in the mirror, to see if you were as sexy as you thought. (Hmm... hahaha...)
• Pout in the mirror to see what you'd look like if you could afford to get your lips plumped up like Angelina Jolie. (I have already got funny lips...)
• Fantasise what you'd say to your boyfriend if you caught him mid-pash with another girl.
• Download your entire Cold Chisel collection on to your iPod and give it the codename "Ministry of Sound Annual".
• Google your boyfriend's ex.
• Google yourself and get peeved when you find all the other "yours" are more successful. (I didn't know 'ENYI' is an actual name until I google myself)
• Wear filthy tracksuit pants for the 11th night straight. (Hahahaha...)
• Pluck your rogue body hairs... and secretly look forward to when they start sprouting again. (Err... no!)
• Make crazy diet deals with yourself - like, you'll have the Magnum today and live off 5 litres of water and a can of tuna tomorrow. (Always...)
• After buying some new clothes, put on some music and do a catwalk show for yourself, trying them on with other items in your wardrobe. (only before an appointment, if I were to be late again, you know what I am doing...)
• Try on your bikini in the depths of winter, so you can marvel at how pasty/wrong you look in it.
• Drop your flatmate's toothbrush in the toilet, then put it back into the holder. (Ewww...)
• Fart and burp. Loudly. (Hahahaha...)
• Accidentally scrape your Ford Laser's door against a gleaming new Mercedes SLK, then drive away. (If not?)
• Discover that you are tampoless, so construct a DIY sanitary pad from a wad of toilet paper, securing it to your knicker crotch with more loo roll. (Not anymore...)
• Drop food on the kitchen floor, but because you haven't broken the three-second rule, eat it anyway. (Yeah~)
• Scroll through your boyfriend's "received calls" list while he's in the shower.
• Promise to dry-clean your friend's dress, but just put it in an old plastic dry-cleaning bag.
• Write out the guest list for your wedding even though you don't currently have a boyfriend. (Hey, that's how we should spend our free time!)

Copied from: COSMOPOLITON August 2006, Pg. 042 

Bless everyone with good health.

HEADACHE? EAT FISH!
Eat plenty of fish -- fish oil helps prevent headaches.
So does ginger, which reduces inflammation and pain.

HAY FEVER? EAT YOGURT!
Eat lots of yogurt before pollen season.
Also-eat honey from your area (local region) daily.

TO PREVENT STROKE DRINK TEA!
Prevent buildup of fatty deposits on artery walls with regular doses of tea. (actually, tea suppresses my appetite and keeps the pounds from invading...Green tea is great for our immune system)!

INSOMNIA (CAN'T SLEEP?) HONEY!
Use honey as a tranquilizer and sedative.

ASTHMA? EAT ONIONS!!!!
Eating onions helps ease constriction of bronchial tubes. (when I was young, my mother would make onion packs to place on our chest, helped the respiratory ailments and actually made us breathe better).

ARTHRITIS? EAT FISH, TOO!!
Salmon, tuna, mackerel and sardines actually prevent arthritis. (fish has omega oils, good for our immune system)

UPSET STOMACH?  BANANAS - GINGER!!!!!
Bananas will settle an upset stomach.
Ginger will cure morning sickness and nausea.

BLADDER INFECTION? DRINK CRANBERRY JUICE!!!!
High-acid cranberry juice controls harmful bacteria.

BONE PROBLEMS? EAT PINEAPPLE!!!
Bone fractures and osteoporosis can be prevented by the manganese in pineapple.

PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME? EAT CORNFLAKES!!!!
Women can ward off the effects of PMS with cornflakes, which help reduce depression, anxiety and fatigue.

MEMORY PROBLEMS? EAT OYSTERS!
Oysters help improve your mental functioning by supplying much-needed zinc.

COLDS? EAT GARLIC!
Clear up that stuffy head with garlic. (remember, garlic lowers cholesterol, too.)

COUGHING? USE RED PEPPERS!!
A substance similar to that found in the cough syrups is found in hot red pepper. Use red (cayenne) pepper with caution-it can irritate your tummy.

BREAST CANCER?  EAT Wheat, bran and cabbage
Helps to maintain estrogen at healthy levels.

LUNG CANCER? EAT DARK GREEN AND ORANGE AND VEGGIES!!!
A good antidote is beta carotene, a form of Vitamin A found in dark green and orange vegetables.

ULCERS? EAT CABBAGE ALSO!!!
Cabbage contains chemicals that help heal both gastric and duodenal ulcers.

DIARRHEA? EAT APPLES!
Grate an apple with its skin, let it turn brown and eat it to cure this condition. (Bananas are good for this ailment)

CLOGGED ARTERIES? EAT AVOCADO!
Mono unsaturated fat in avocados lowers cholesterol.

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE? EAT CELERY AND OLIVE OIL!!!
Olive oil has been shown to lower blood pressure.
Celery contains a chemical that lowers pressure too.

BLOOD SUGAR IMBALANCE? EAT BROCCOLI AND PEANUTS!!!
The chromium in broccoli and peanuts helps regulate insulin and blood sugar.

NOW, FRUITS! THE BEST DESSERT OF ALL!!!
Kiwi: Tiny but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, Vitamin E &fiber. It's Vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.

Apple: An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Although an apple has a low Vitamin C content, it has antioxidants &flavonoids which enhances the activity of Vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.

Strawberry: Protective fruit. Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits &protects the body from cancer causing, blood vessels clogging free radicals. (Actually, any berry is good for you..they're high in anti-oxidants and they actually keep us young...blueberries are the best and very versatile in the health field...they get rid of all the free-radicals that invade our bodies)

Orange: Sweetest medicine. Taking 2 - 4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessen the risk of colon cancer.

Watermelon: Coolest Thirst Quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione which helps boost our immune system.  They are also a key source of lycopene - the cancer fighting oxidant.  Other nutrients found in watermelon are Vitamin C &Potassium. (watermelon also has natural substances [natural SPF sources] that keep our skin healthy, protecting our skin from those darn suv rays)

Guava &Papaya: Top awards for Vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high Vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fiber which helps prevent constipation.

Papaya is rich in carotene, this is good for your eyes. (also good for gas and indigestion)

Tomatoes are very good as a preventative measure for men, keeps those prostrate problems from invading their bodies.