Prayers

This month, we have learnt a lot about Thanksgiving. We know more about the importance and some positive impacts of having a thankful heart. There are also different ways to show our gratitude to people around us and for things we have. When I searched more about Thanksgiving, I came across an idea that is

When I am thinking about the theme, why do we need to give thanks? A song comes to my mind, it’s “Give Thanks”. Let’s find the answer from this song. “Give Thanks” (please open the hyperlink in a new tab) We must give thanks because He’s given Jesus Christ, His Son. I loved this song

感恩是一種情感，感恩是一種責任，也是一種生活方式，只要懷有一顆感恩的心，就一定能成為一個不斷進步的人。 前一排在社交平台上，看到友人們玩的遊戲，覺得很有意思。這個遊戲是「一天感謝五件事情」：一連五天，寫出五件感恩的事，然後點名一位朋友接棒。 於是，那段時間當中這個「感謝接力」的遊戲在社交平台中非常活躍，平台內充斥感謝文， 我發現大家感謝的事情從找到新工作、看了一套精彩的電影、與家人吃了一頓愉快的晚餐；到很微小的，像是「鄰居和我打招呼」、「今天藍天白雲天氣晴朗」、 甚至 「今天所有交通燈都是綠燈」等等都有。 從朋友的分享當中，我好像重新認識他們， 知道有什麼事情，會讓他快樂到想要感謝；又是什麼樣的事情，會讓他經過了一天沉澱後，還記在心裡，細細回味。 有人問，如果那天過得很糟，還要感謝，不會很牽強痛苦嗎？ 其中一位朋友的回應令我非常深刻，參加了這個遊戲，反而是因為「必須感謝」，才有機會靜下心來回想自己一天的經歷，後來才發現有好多快樂的細節，這些快樂可能是很短暫，但因為有只時我們太忙、過度放大痛苦而忽略了許多值得感恩的時刻。 透過這個遊戲，不僅令我感受到更多純粹的快樂，更令我獲得這種感謝力，學會欣賞身邊的美好時刻。 當你懂得感恩，把每天都當成美好的一天，你就會變得比較開心。一個人的心是有限的，如果總是記住傷心難過的事，那怎麼騰出空間讓快樂進注入去呢? 其實生活中並不缺乏美，只是我們缺乏了一雙尋找美的眼睛。 希望大家都能夠發掘並記得一日當中令你快樂微笑的人和事，發揮這種感謝力。 只要懷有一顆感恩的心 一切事情都有他的價值。 Ms. Man S. Y. 21 July 2022

We have heard about Thanksgiving for two weeks. Through those sharing, have you thought about some people who you wanted to thank? Apart from being polite, saying thank you is an expression of gratitude to show our appreciation for someone or something. I am very lucky today to have this opportunity to show my appreciation

András Arató was born in Hungary in 1945, he studied Electric Engineering in university. He was involved in lighting technology, received several professional awards, wrote numerous publications and was even elected for the vice-president of the Hungarian Lighting Society. I think all of you have no idea who András is, but I can tell you

What is the best way to eat an orange? Peel it by hand? Cut it by knife? Squeeze it into juice? The answer is Mindfulness, which suggested by Thich Nhat Hanh (一行禪師), a Vietnamese Buddhist monk who was one of the world’s most influential Zen masters and passed away in January this year. He said

Today, 11th July, is the Feast Day of St Benedict, the creator of Ora et Labora. For some his Day is celebrated on the date of his death, 21st March, but since the day could fall in the season of Lent, the day was set to be celebrated on 11th July. So what is St

Today I would like to share some facts about education in Hong Kong and in the world. In 1971, The Hong Kong Government introduced the compulsory education in order to provide opportunities of free education for children and teenagers. In 2009, the compulsory education extended to twelve years. For tertiary education, publicly funded and self-financing

Listening to Ms Hannah Wu’s sharing the other day reminded me of my experience of having a cat as a pet and I would like to share the story with you. It all started on one stormy night when I heard miaowing sounds coming from the dumpster when I was throwing out the rubbish. Upon

Thanksgiving is the theme of this month. Speaking of thanksgiving, a speech given by a singer immediately comes to my mind. Her speech had even made headlines in various news media. The speech that I am referring to is the speech given by the Hong Kong singer Joyce Cheng in the Chill Club Awards in