November 25, 2015
About 15 or so days before I came across the below. I was contemplating about my Father’s passing which was impossible for me to do since he left, just only because I truly miss him so much and cannot bear thinking of him without falling to pieces. He left many many things in his private room which I will need to help him to organise now that he is gone. What makes it hard, is that I am still unable to organise it, and have procrastinated this action for almost 2 years now. He passed away on Jan 4th, 2014 at 9.45PM or so. Not one single item in his room is of any monetary value, nor of any use to anyone else, and it is still very hard for me to even “let go” of 1 single item, because each item, has meant something to him.. and when I walk into his room, I can smell his presence, I can feel his character, I can feel how much he loved being in this crowded room, and I can sense he is still there. I really don’t want to move anything in his room.. as I can just go there and sit in his favourite chair, pour over every little trinket of his hearts desire, and feel him there with me again. It has made me think of my own mortality, and how much each one person can accumulate in their lifetime.. so many material things we think we need to make us happy, but in the end, are just “things”, that we cannot take with us when it is time for us to go. My Father adoringly only asked me to remember to put his glasses in his pocket with him in his final resting bed, to take with him, so he would not be blind and could help him find his way. I gave him 1 pair of glasses. I should have given him all his glasses.. which could be easily 20 to 30 pairs.. to make sure he would see whatever he thought he might see. This made me realise that we cannot take a SINGLE THING with us when we pass on. Not even our own bodies! I have been pondering over this for days on end recently.. and then..suddenly…. I came across Steve Jobs last words on some FB page I was surfing for no reason, and just today, I discovered that these last words are possibly fake, and not spoken or written by Steve Jobs at all. There is no evidence whether it is “authentic”, but no one could only remember Steve Jobs wealth but forget his priceless contribution to all of mankind. The message is still real and true for me, and now, its comforting to know I’m not so crazy to have these thoughts! Of course I am NO STEVE JOBS.. hahaha.. FARRRR from it..or whoever wrote this excerpt, but what does makes us all similar.. small or large, whatever skin color, however wealthy, however fortunate or unfortunate, we all have 1, or maybe 2 sure common denominators connecting every single being in this vast Universe TOGETHER. That we ALL came into this life, and we will also all leave this life, leaving nothing behind except our memories and spirit, achievement, and failures, our good and our bad. All our “things”, material possessions, could possibly be a burden to our loved ones.. and also weigh down this entire earth, because, maybe one of these days….. as I now wonder… what happens to all the “STUFF” that all human beings leave behind? Because, when we are gone, all the STUFF, that once meant much to someone, and nothing to others, can last for millenniums to come?
I realize I am posting this as someone whom has accumulated enough to be more than comfortable, and there are many out there who will read this and feel it’s easy for someone like me, who has found and earned comfort in life to speak like this, while many are working so hard each day to pay their monthly bills, take care of themselves, their family and still pursuing their dreams. I do appreciate and understand this.. but even for those who are in the process of living and getting through your life, pursuing your dreams, in terms of wealth and happiness… this is just for your info, that of course you should follow your dreams, work hard, play hard.. but… to use, whatever you attain… WISELY, in order to have a better, and happier life, in it’s entirety. As you may realize one day, as I have….you just don’t know what to do with all the truly unnecessary things you have accumulated, which you cannot bring with you once you leave this world. I can’t imagine the poor soul who has to clean up my mess! So.. I’m trying my best to use up everything I already have and stop accumulating more!
Whether Steve Jobs, or not, maybe this person wanted to speak as the most brilliant man on this earth, just to be heard, so to garner more attention! Well… it worked for the greater good I hope! The message is clear and the wisdom profound. Isn’t that all that matters? Steve Jobs set out, and succeeded to “make a small dent in the Universe”. I hope below makes a small dent in anyone to value the true quality of your full life above all else, and make you the wealthiest One on the planet!
Finally, please read Steve Jobs, or whomever’s last words below which will explain why I feel a deep affinity to this message..(except that Steve Jobs may never have called himself Twisted! If only for his progressive Genius.. I wish I could be that Twisted!) I am sorry I’m rambling so long before U get to it, but I just wanted to explain why I want to share this with you..and the impact it has made on me…which I feel blessed to discover at my age! If you share it with others.. U can cut my bull….T! and get straight to these fine words of wisdom. Thanx to anyone willing to read my sort of introduction first!
Aiyaaaa… and just 1 last PS! Even more so we must all cherish our precious lives as each day flashes such horrific news of senseless killings, innocent lives lost, loved ones vanished by the hands of such moronic fanatics that we cannot allow them to instil fear into our minds and homes! We must fight back by being HAPPY, HEALTHY and WEALTHY in our QUALITY OF LIFE!!!
Luv Yaaaa allllllll…. Sally! :)))))))
Steve Jobs, or Anonymous’s Last words:
I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world.
In others’ eyes, my life is an epitome of success.
However, aside from work, I have little joy. In the end, wealth is only a fact of life that I am accustomed to.
At this moment, lying on the sick bed and recalling my whole life, I realize that all the recognition and wealth that I took so much pride in, have paled and become meaningless in the face of impending death.
In the darkness, I look at the green lights from the life supporting machines and hear the humming mechanical sounds, I can feel the breath of god of death drawing closer…
Now I know, when we have accumulated sufficient wealth to last our lifetime, we should pursue other matters that are unrelated to wealth…
Should be something that is more important:
Perhaps relationships, perhaps art, perhaps a dream from younger days …
Non-stop pursuing of wealth will only turn a person into a twisted being…. just like me.
God gave us the senses to let us feel the love in everyone’s heart, not the illusions brought about by wealth.
The wealth I have won in my life I cannot bring with me.
What I can bring is only the memories precipitated by love.
That’s the true riches which will follow you, accompany you, giving you strength and light to go on.
Love can travel a thousand miles. Life has no limit. Go where you want to go. Reach the height you want to reach. It is all in your heart and in your hands.
What is the most expensive bed in the world? – “Sick bed” …
You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money for you but you cannot have someone to bear the sickness for you.
Material things lost can be found. But there is one thing that can never be found when it is lost – “Life”.
When a person goes into the operating room, he will realize that there is one book that he has yet to finish reading – “Book of Healthy Life”.
Whichever stage in life we are at right now, with time, we will face the day when the curtain comes down.
Treasure Love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends…
Treat yourself well. Cherish others.
My Beautiful Parents! The little one is ME, little Sa
3 Musketeers! Teenage Terror. Big Sa
My Fuzzy Wuzzy Dada.. My Super Hero and… LOVE OF MY LIFE!
My Mom too of course!
親愛的朋友們，
差不多15天之前，我想到了下面這些。當時我在思考我爸爸的離世。自從他離開後，這對於我是不可能的，只是因為我真的很想他，卻並不能忍受這種想念，否則會崩潰。他在自己私人的工作間裡留下了很多很多東西，現在他走了，我需要幫他整理。而令這很困難的是，即使到現在，我仍不能去整理他的房間，這件事已經被我擱置了快兩年了。他是在2014年1月4日晚上9點45分左右離開的。他房間裡留下的東西沒有一件是值錢的，對其他人來講也沒什麼用，但是對於我來說，哪怕“放手”1件都是相當困難的，因为每一件物品都曾經對他有意義.. 而當我走進他的房間，我能體味到他的存在，我能感覺到他的性格，我能感覺到他多麼愛呆在這個擁擠的小房間裡，我能感知到他還在那裡。我真的不想動他房間裡的任何一样東西… 因為這樣，我就可以去到那個房間，坐在他最喜愛的椅子上，被他那些心愛的小玩意包圍着，感覺他又和我在一起了。這讓我想到了自己的死亡，以及每個人一生中到底能積累多少。佷多物質的東西我們以為我們需要，能讓我們開心，但是最終，那些也僅僅是“東西”而已。到該離開的時候，我們並不能帶走它們。爸爸躺在最後安息的床上，只是叫我記得把眼鏡放在他的口袋裡，他可以带着，這樣他就不會看不見而可以找到他的路。我給他带上了1副眼鏡。我應該把他所有的眼鏡都給他帶上，有20-30副吧… 以确保他能看清楚所有他認為他可能會看到的。這讓我意識到，當我們離開這個世界的時候，我們其實連一樣東西也帶不走。甚至連自己的身體都帶不走！最近這幾天我一直在琢磨這件事… 然後… 突然，在無意瀏覽FB的時候，我剛好看到下面這篇Steve Jobs的臨終留言，雖然今天我發現這篇文章可能是假的，並非Steve Jobs親自口述或書寫。並沒有證據證明這篇文章是 ”真實的“，但不會有人僅僅記得Steve Jobs的財富而忘記他為全人類所作出的無價貢獻。所以，若只關心其意義所在，這篇文章於我仍然是真實的，而且現在，知道了原來會想到這些也不是很瘋狂，我還蠻欣慰的！當然我不是Steve Jobs.. 哈哈哈… 遠遠不是… 也不是寫了下面這篇文章的人，無論是誰寫的，但令我們所有人都相似的——無論我們是大或小，無論什麼膚色，多富有，多幸運或不幸——都有1個，或者2個必然的公分母將這廣闊宇宙中的每個單一存在連在了一起，那就是：我們都來到這個世界上有了生命，然後我們又都將離開這一生，什麼都留不下，除了我們的回憶和精神，成就及失敗，好和壞。所有我們的 “東西”，物質擁有，甚至可能會成為我們所愛的人的負擔.. 並且會在某天令地球不堪重負，因為，現在我就會想… 人類留在地球上的這些 “東西” 怎麼辦呢？因為，當我們走了，所有這些東西，這些曾經對於某個人如此重要而對於其他人無關緊要的東西，難道就要繼續存在下去，到成百上千年嗎？
我知道作為一個已經積累了足夠多而可以過得很舒服的人來講這些，很多人讀到會覺得我這樣的人來寫這些簡直太容易，因為我已經找到和掙得了舒適，而很多人正在每日努力工作支付每月賬單，照顧自己和家人，以及追逐夢想。我確實意識到了也理解這點。但是即使對於那些仍在人生積累階段，追逐財富和幸福夢想的人來說，我所講的只是供你參考 —— 當然你應該追逐自己的夢想，努力工作，使勁玩.. 但是… 無論你得到什麼，都應該聰明的運用所得，而為自己贏得更好的，更開心的完整人生。因為有一天你或許會意識到，就像我已經意識到的… 你將不知道要拿那些你所積累的完全沒有必要的東西怎麼辦，因為一旦你離開這個世界，你帶不走它們。我簡直不能想像哪個人會那麼可憐，將來需要為我留下的一片混亂打掃殘局！所以… 現在我正盡最大努力用完我已經有的東西，同時不再積累更多！
無論下面我要分享的文章是不是Steve Jobs寫的，或者是其他人，或許這個人只是想假借世界上最天才那個人之名而被聽到，得到更多關注！無論如何… 我希望它起到了好的效果！這篇文章意圖清晰，智慧深遠。難道這不是最重要的嗎？Steve Jobs 最初啟程於，並且最終成功於 ”活着就為改變世界”。我希望下面分享的文章可以給那些重視自己整個人生本質及質量的人帶來一些小小的影響，並且令你成為這個世界上最富足的那個！
最後，請讀下面 Steve Jobs， 或者不知道是誰寫的臨終留言，讀了或許你就能明白為什麼我對這篇文章產生了如此深的共鳴.. （除了Steve Jobs 應該從沒有稱他自己為 “扭曲“ 的！如果能有他那樣超前的天才，我也希望那樣扭曲！) 很抱歉我羅嗦了這麼多才讓你們去看那篇文章，我只是想解釋為什麼我想和你們分享它.. 以及它給我帶來的影響… 我覺得在自己現在這個年紀想明白這些是一種福氣！如果你們和其他人分享下面的文章，可以把我寫的這些廢話刪除先，直接分享下面真正的智慧箴言就好了。謝謝所有願意先讀了我寫的介紹的人！
哎呀…. 好了，最後1個補充！生於現世，每日充滿了關於毫無意義的殺戮，無辜生命的喪失，摯愛消失於執拗狂徒之手這樣的可怕新聞，我們更應該珍愛自己寶貴的生命，不允許他們在我們的心中和家中注入恐怖和懼怕！我們必須活出開心，健康，富足的高質量人生而對他們還擊!!!
Luv Yaaaa allllllll…. Sally! :)))))))
Steve Jobs, 或者無名氏的臨終留言:
我在商界到達了成功的頂峰。
在他人眼裡，我的人生是成功的縮影。
但是，在工作之外，我並沒有什麼喜悅。到最後，財富只是我習慣了的一個人生事實而已。
在此刻，躺在病床上回憶自己的整個人生，我意識到，那些曾令我驕傲的認可和財富，在逼近的死亡面前，都變得暗淡無光，毫無意義。
在黑暗中，看着呼吸機上閃爍的綠光，聽著機器發出的嗡嗡的聲響，我能感到死神的呼吸越來越近…
現在我知道了，當我們積累了一生夠用的財富，便應該去追逐其他和財富無關的夢想…
應該是那些更重要的東西:
或許是關係，或許是藝術，或許是年輕時候的一個夢想…
對財富無休止的追逐只會將人變成一個扭曲的存在…就像我一樣。
上天給了我們感官以讓我們可以感知每個人心中的愛，而不是被財富所帶來的假象所迷惑。
那些在人生中贏取的財富，我並帶不走它們。
我能帶走的只是由愛而沉澱下來的回憶。
這才是會跟隨你，陪伴你，給你力量和光亮繼續前行的真正財富。
愛可行之千里。人生沒有限制。去你想去的地方。到達你想到達的高度。世事掌握在你的心裡和手裡。
世界上最貴的床是什麼？——“病床”…
你可以聘請他人幫你開車，幫你賺錢，但是沒有人可以替你生病。
失去的物質的東西還可以被找回來。但是有一樣東西失去了就永遠找不回來了——“生命”。
當一個人進了手術室，他會發現，有一本書他還沒有讀完 —— “健康生活之書”。
無論我們現在處於哪個人生階段，隨著時間的推移，我們終將面對落幕的那天。
珍惜你對家庭，伴侶，朋友的愛…
善待自己。感激他人。
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