2011-03-29

祈求平安 (淚)

林陳月裡,我的外婆,民過六年出生,彰化和美人,年輕時嫁入豐原製鞋大廠股東之一,並生育兒女七名,卻不幸遭遇丈夫突然過世必須獨力扶養七名幼小子女,不得已出售製鞋股份養育兒女,撐起養家照顧孩子的重擔。但是,早期台灣農業社會,重男輕女觀念嚴重,養兒防老的觀念寵愛男兒,導致心態無法正向,賭博、作惡、自私等惡習,晚年卻得不到一絲絲的依靠。
如今,九十四歲高齡,男兒們相繼推卸責任,爭吵家產,孤單在養老院,每日探視的訪客卻是女兒,令人不勝唏噓。

情況惡化,心臟肥大,肺部積水,養老院轉至醫院,原以為狀況好轉星期一出院,卻傳來震撼消息"血液循環不良,恐須截肢一腳",九十四歲高齡如何承受重大手術 ? 為什麼老天這麼殘忍,讓老人家承受這一切呢?

心疼、感嘆卻無能為力

祈求上帝保佑老人家遠離痛苦

2011-03-22

You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me

You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me


Feeling broken
Barely holding on
But there's just something so strong
Somewhere inside me
And I am down but I'll get up again
Don't count me out just yet

I've been brought down to my knees
And I've been pushed way past the point of breaking
But I can take it
I'll be back
Back on my feet
This is far from over
You haven't seen the last of me
You haven't seen the last of me

They can say that
I won't stay around
But I'm gonna stand my ground
You're not gonna stop me
You don't know me
You don't know who I am
Don't count me out so fast

I've been brought down to my knees
And I've been pushed way past the point of breaking
But I can take it
I'll be back
Back on my feet
This is far from over
You haven't seen the last of me

There will be no fade out
This is not the end
I'm down now
But I'll be standing tall again
Times are hard but
I was built tough
I'm gonna show you all what I'm made of

I've been brought down to my knees
And I've been pushed way past the point of breaking
But I can take it
I'll be back
Back on my feet
This is far from over
I am far from over
You haven't seen the last of me

No no
I'm not going nowhere
I'm staying right here
Oh no
You won't see me begging
I'm not taking my bow
Can't stop me
It's not the end
You haven't seen the last of me
Oh no
You haven't seen the last of me
You haven't seen the last of me


2011-03-10

王者之聲:宣戰時刻 The King’s Speech

王者之聲榮獲2011年第83屆奧斯卡最佳影片、最佳導演、最佳男主角、最佳原著劇本四項大獎,如此大的殊榮,既非浩瀚場面大片,也不是挑戰精湛藝術手法的電影。王者之聲用最簡單的口吃為題材,表達口吃的背後是內心世界黑暗面的恐懼,如何勇敢面對內心的缺陷解決口吃。

故事大綱:
約克公爵(柯林佛斯飾)1925年在帝國博覽會上致詞,卻結巴淪為英國人民的笑柄,遍尋名醫無濟於事。他的弟弟,英國國王艾德華八世(蓋皮爾斯飾)為了美人放棄江山,約克公爵成為喬治六世繼承王位,喬治六世透過妻子向一位業餘語言治療師萊諾(傑佛瑞洛許飾)進行治療,萊諾認為口吃是因為內心有不可跨越的恐懼,治療透過了解恐懼,和相信朋友,放鬆自己,才可以從緊張焦慮導致口吃得到改善,在萊諾幫助下,採用了罵髒話、在地上打滾、激將法等方法訓練,喬治六世口吃情況逐漸改善,也和萊諾成了心靈摯交。

隨著二次大戰的爆發,萊諾在旁協助
公開發表英國史上最觸動人心的經典演說,正式向發動戰爭者德國宣戰,鼓舞了所有英國軍民


口吃的背後其實是幼小內心的障礙,導致長大後因為緊張、焦慮、激動無法順利說話,偏偏約克公爵是位國王公開演講無可避免,也因為口吃遭受周遭恥笑,再次受到打擊。

外表的事務總是讓我們被迷糊了焦點,遺忘問題的根源,內心的問題容易被遺忘,因為心靈是隱密脆弱的,頗開坦露讓人窺探需要極大勇氣面對,相信別人放下心房,面對真實的自己。朋友是一個很重要的角色,如何在人海中相信一個人,朋友不需要多,能讓你毫不保留的一個就夠了。