我的梦想很简单

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最初由 angeikim 发表
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似乎应该是simple...

SMM原来你也来这里啊。。 [/B]

啊？是么？怎么理解都行。

我这是第一次到这儿，在首页上直接进来的，看着黑狐狸的名头和简单的梦想啊。

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Inside the Earthen Vessel  
April  2002

Goals and the Double-Minded


Yogi Berra, one of the great philosophers of our generation, once said: “If you don’t know where you’re going, you might not get there.” Yogi has a way of getting to the point by stating the obvious. However, it is astounding how many people actually go through the years of their lives on earth without seeking a destination. Like ships without rudders, they sail the seas, but only as the current moves them. James uses similar imagery when he speaks of the “double-minded man” in James 1:5-8. The double-minded man is one who doubts and, therefore, cannot seek God in faith. James said that, “...one who doubts is like the surf of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.” The double-minded man is a fellow who has not made up his mind as to where he is going.

When you get to chapter four of James, you discover that the double-minded man is one who is trying to please and serve God while holding on to the world. Such a man is literally, “two-souled,” or leading a double life, thus a double-minded man. In other words, James says you need to make up your mind where you want to go... the way of God or the way of the world. One cannot leap back and forth between God and the world. God does not accept such double-mindedness.

A Christian must become a single-minded man who knows where he is headed. Christians are people who have made up their minds and are committed to a heavenly destination. Having such a goal affects the way they respond to earthly circumstances.                                                      

The self-improvement gurus of our age all say the same thing: People need to set goals to be successful. Goals are the only way to measure where we are and what we have accomplished and whether we are moving in the right direction or not. An interesting study was done with a 1950’s graduating class of Yale University. A survey of the class revealed that only three percent had written goals while ninety-seven percent had not. Twenty-five years later, the three percent who had written down their goals had amassed ninety percent of the group’s wealth. They also seemed to be happier and better adjusted in their life circumstances. When you know where you’re going, life becomes a joy, not a drudgery.

Commitment to a goal enables you to endure adversity, overcome obstacles, and resist distractions. The Christian has his eye on something beyond this realm, so whatever occurs in this life will not deter him from his goal. The double-minded man is not focused beyond the moment. He runs hot and cold in his pursuit of heaven, depending on who he is with or the kind of circumstances that confront him.

The first step in determining a goal is to ask, “What do I really want?” The decision we make about what we want creates within us single-mindedness. Sadly, the double-minded man is torn between seeking God and pursuing the world because he has never answered this question. He will not find genuine happiness in life and his earthen vessel will continue to flounder in the seas of despair, not knowing where he is going. The destination we reach is determined by a decision we make, deep.., within our earthen vessel.

Guy Orbison, Jr.

P.O. Box 633

Durango, CO 81302

from http://www.rockymountainchristia ... /Guy-April-2002.htm

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政治哲学家伊赛亚·伯林把自由区分为消极自由的“free from”（摆脱……的自由）和积极自由的“free to”（从事……的自由）。

消极自由是最古典、最首要的自由。
   
看看王小波的《一只特立独行的猪》，看看我们的生活里的自由吧……

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喜欢自由。
可是不知道该怎么出世入世。
没人教我；
生命留给我独自去体验。

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一切奴役和被奴役只是生物链里的一环而已,你我他是其中之一环.
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这句话看似深刻，其实是最没用的废话。。在概念的层面上，自由是相对的。但在实际生活中，自由不自由是能够深切的感受到的。。。哪怕获得一点点自由，都会使身心得到很大的放松和满足。。