什麼宗教最好？ 達賴喇嘛尊者和巴西的神學家Leonardo Boff 有一個簡短的會談 (ps. Leonardo 是一位宗教自由的改革者). 在這個圓桌討論的會議上，我 (指Leonardo Boff) 和 他 (指達賴喇嘛) 都有參與，在休息時，我帶有敵意及興趣的問了他一個問題 : “尊者，什麼宗教最好” 我認為他會說: “是藏傳佛教或者東方的宗教比基督教還要歷史優久”。 達賴喇嘛停下來對我微笑的看著我的眼睛回答，這令我非常驚訝因為我的問題其實是含有敵意的。 他回答說: “如果一個宗教讓你更接近上帝，讓你成為一個更好的的人，那就是最好的宗教 。” 這麼一個有智慧的回答令我覺得不好意思，於是我接著問 : “什麼會讓我更好 ?” 他回答: “只要是讓你更有慈悲心， 更有覺察心 (more sensible)， 更有平等心 (more detached)， 更有愛心， 更有人性， 更有責任感,更有道德感”。 “能對你有如此影響的宗教就是最好的宗教” 我沉默了一會，就算到今天我回想起來仍然非常驚訝他充滿智慧及令人無法反駁的回答： “朋友～ 我對於你的宗教或者你有無宗教信仰不感興趣。 對我來說，這個宇宙是我們的思想及行為的投射。 如果我以善心來行動，我就會得到善報，如果我以惡心來行動，我就會得到惡報。 你總會對他人有所渴望但快樂不是註定的事，而是一種選擇。 關照你的思想，因為它會變成語言。 關照你的語言，因為它會變成行為。 關照你的行為，因為它會變成習慣。 關照你的習慣，因為它會形成你的個性。 關照你的個性，因為它會成為你的命運。 而你的命運，就是你的人生。

不要以為官大、學問大？ 下面是漂亮國的政客嘴臉！ Tales of Washington DC Airport ticket agent 一名華府機場票務員的傳奇 A DC 'airport ticket agent' offers some examples of why the US is in so much trouble! I love this as the ticket agent actually names real names! 一名華府機場的票務員提供了一些為什麼美國現在有那麼多麻煩的例子。對於票務員能指名道姓，我愛死了！ 1. I had a New Hampshire Congresswoman (Carol Shea-Porter) ask for an aisle seat so that her hair wouldn't get messed up by being near the window. (On an airplane!) 新罕不什爾州的女眾議員波特要求要坐靠走道的位子，這樣她的頭髮才不會因為坐在窗邊而被吹亂（這是搭飛機耶！） 2. I got a call from a Kansas Congressman's (Moore) staffer (Howard Bauleke), who wanted to go to CapeTown. I started to explain the length of the flight and the passport information, and then he interrupted me with, ''I'm not trying to make you look stupid, but Cape Town is in Massachusetts.” Without trying to make him look stupid, I calmly explained, ''Cape Cod is in Massachusetts, Cape Town is in South Africa .'' 堪薩斯眾議員莫爾的幕僚鮑雷克要飛往開普頓，我跟他解釋飛行時間和護照的資訊。他打斷了我說「我不是想讓你聽上去笨笨的，開普頓是在麻薩諸塞州耶。」在不顯得是他很笨的情況下，我平靜的解釋說「鱈魚角在麻州，開普頓在南非。」 His response -- click.. 他的反應是~~喀哩，掛斷了電話。 3. A senior Vermont Congressman (Bernie Sanders) called, furious about a Florida package we did. I asked what was wrong with the vacation in Orlando. He said he was expecting an ocean-view room. I tried to explain that's not possible, since Orlando is in the middle of the state. 資深的維蒙州眾議員桑德斯打電話來，憤怒的問我們所辦理的他去佛羅里達渡假的事情。我問他他在奧蘭多的假期有什麼問題嗎？他說他要求的是一間能看到大海的房間。我解釋說奧蘭多位於佛羅里達州的中間，是不可能看到大海的。 He replied, 'Don't lie to me!, I looked on the map, and Florida is a very THIN state!!'' (OMG ) 他回答「別撒謊！我看了地圖了，佛羅里達是一個很狹長的州！」（我的天！） 4. I got a call from a lawmaker's wife (Landra Reid) who asked, ''Is it possible to see England from Canada?'' 眾議員雷得的太太打電話來問「可能不可能從加拿大看到英國？」 I said, ''No.'' She said, ''But they look so close on the map'' (OMG, again!) 我說「不可能」。 她說「但是地圖上很近啊！」（再一次，我的天哪！） 5. An aide for a cabinet member (Janet Napolitano) once called and asked if he could rent a car in Dallas. I pulled up the reservation and noticed he had only a 1-hour layover in Dallas. When I asked him why he wanted to rent a car, he said, ''I heard Dallas was a big airport, and we will need a car to drive between gates to save time.'' 一位內閣閣員拿波里他諾的幕僚打電話來問他能不能在達拉斯租一輛車？我查了一下他的訂位，發現他在達拉斯只轉機停留一個小時，於是問他為什麼要租輛車？他說「我聽說達拉斯機場很大，所以我要租輛車趕去下一個機門以節省時間。」 (Aghhhh) （啊......） 6. An Illinois Congresswoman (Jan Schakowsky) called last week. She needed to know how it was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:30 a.m, and got to Chicago at 8:33 a.m. 伊利諾州女眾議員上個禮拜打來電話，她要知道怎麼可能她上午八點半飛離底特律，八點三十三分就抵達芝加哥了？ I explained that Michigan was an hour ahead of Illinois , but she couldn't understand the concept of time zones. Finally, I told her the plane went fast, and she bought that. 我跟她解釋說密西根州比伊利諾州早一個小時，但她就是不懂「時區」是什麼。最後我告訴她飛機飛得很快，這一下她滿意了。 7. A NewYork lawmaker, (Jerrold Nadler) called and asked, ''Do airlines put your physical description on your bag so they know whose luggage belongs to whom?'' 紐約州議員納得勒打電話來問「航空公司把旅客的外型描述貼在行李上，好識別哪件行李是哪一個乘客的？」 I said, 'No, why do you ask?' 我說「不會呀，為什麼問這個問題？」 He replied, ''Well, when I checked in with the airline, they put a tag on my luggage that said (FAT), and I'm overweight. I think that's very rude!'' 他說「當我到機場櫃台報到的時候，他們在我的行李上貼了一張『肥』FAT，而我確實過重，我認為這太不禮貌了。」 After putting him on hold for a minute, while I looked into it. (I was dying laughing). I came back and explained the city code for Fresno , CA is (FAT - Fresno Air Terminal), and the airline was just putting a destination tag on his luggage.. 我讓他稍等一會兒，我查一下。（我快笑死了！）回頭我跟他解釋說加州佛雷斯諾機場的代碼就是FAT（肥），而航空公司貼在他行李上的是他的目的地的標籤。 8. A Senator John Kerry aide (Lindsay Ross) called to inquire about a trip package to Hawaii . 參議員凱利的幕僚詢問去夏威夷旅行的行程。 After going over all the cost info, she asked, ''Would it be cheaper to fly to California and then take the train to Hawaii ?'' 到說到價錢的時候，她問「飛到加州，然後搭火車去夏威夷，會不會比較便宜？」 （夏威夷在海上，搭火車？） 9. I just got off the phone with a freshman Congressman, Bobby Bright from Ala. who asked, ''How do I know which plane to get on?'' 我剛剛放下一個選自阿拉斯加州的國會新進眾議員布萊特，他問「我怎麼知道我該搭上哪班飛機？」 I asked him what exactly he meant, to which he replied, ''I was told my flight number is 823, but none of these planes have numbers on them.'' 我問他說的是什麼意思？他說「我的航班號碼是823，但是沒有任何一架飛機上噴有823號。」 10. Senator Dianne Feinstein called and said, ''I need to fly to Pepsi-Cola , Florida . Do I have to get on one of those little computer planes?'' I asked if she meant fly to Pensacola and fly on a commuter plane. 眾院議長范恩斯坦打電話問「我要飛到佛羅里達州的『百事可樂』市去，是不是要搭那些小小的飛機？」我問她是否要問飛往佛羅里達『潘西可拉』市，而且是搭往來上下班的飛機？ She said, ''Yeah, whatever, smarty!'' 她回答「對啦，不管你怎麼說啦，你個自作聰明的傢伙。」 11. Mary Landrieu, La Senator, called and had a question about the documents she needed in order to fly to China. 洛杉磯參議員藍度問一個她要飛往中國大陸需要什麼文件的問題。 After a lengthy discussion about passports, I reminded her that she needed a visa. 講了很久之後，我提醒她她要簽證(visa)。 "Oh, no I don't. I've been to China many times and never had to have one of those'' 她說「喔，不需要，我去過中國大陸很多次，從來不需要。」 I double checked and sure enough, her stay required a visa. 我再次查證後告訴她，她真的需要簽證。 When I told her this she said, ''Look, I've been to China four times and every time they have accepted my American Express!'' 她說「我去過中國大陸四次，他們那裡收我的『美國運通卡』！」（註：英文的簽證和維沙信用卡是同一個字） 12. A New Jersey Congressman (John Adler) called to make reservations, 'I want to go from Chicago to Rhino, NewYork.'' 紐澤西州眾議員艾德勒要訂機位，「我要從芝加哥到紐約州的『犀牛城』！」 I was at a loss for words. Finally, I said, ''Are you sure that's the name of the town?” 我一下子不知所措，最後我問「你確定那個地點的名字是這個？」 "Yes, what flights do you have?'' replied the man. 「對啦，你們有什麼班機？」 After some searching, I came back with, ''I'm sorry, sir, I've looked up every airport code in the country and can't find a rhino anywhere." 搜索了一會兒後，我回答他「對不起，我查了所有的機場代碼，沒有『犀牛城』的代碼。」 ''The man retorted, ''Oh, don't be silly! Everyone knows where it is. Check your map!'' 他憤怒的反駁「少笨了！大家都知道這個都市在哪裡，查一下你的地圖！」 So I scoured a map of the state of New York and finally offered, ''You don't mean Buffalo, do you?'' 我趕緊在紐約州的地圖上找，最後試著問他「你說的是不是『水牛城』？」 The reply? ''Whatever! I knew it was a big animal.'' 他的答案？「反正就是一個很大的動物的名字啦！」 Now you know why the Government is in the shape it's in! 現在大家知道為什麼我們的政府是這個德性了！ Could ANYONE be this DUMB? 有沒有人像他們這麼笨？ YES, THEY WALK AMONG US, ARE IN POLITICS, AND THEY CONTINUE TO BREED. 有！這些人就在我們之中，還就在政治圈裡，而且他們還繼續的繁衍！

永遠不要在飛行中這樣做！！！ （以下是谷歌翻譯的，英文原文如下為朋友臉書分享的） ————- 如果您經常乘飛機旅行，請注意過於友好的健談座位鄰居。 年長的女士過來坐在我旁邊的飛機上。 她讓我幫她把包放在頭頂行李箱裡。 但是坐在對面的一位紳士很快就走了進來。 （我個子不高，頭頂行李箱是我不惜一切代價盡量避免的。 她立即​​坐下，開始了談話。 她很愉快，說得很好。 所以，我們在飛往迪拜的航班上一直在聊天。 突然，當飛行員宣布我們現在開始下降到 DXB 時，我的好朋友“出現”了胃痛。 我懷著一顆善良的心，按下了空姐的按鈕，空姐過來查明問題所在。 我告訴她我的同桌感覺不舒服。 而這位女士，她突然開始稱呼我為“我的女兒”。 空姐告訴我，除了給她一些止痛藥，等我們降落，他們什麼都做不了。 飛行員宣布我們在船上有醫療緊急情況，並建議我們所有人保持冷靜。 我的新朋友哭得像瘋了似的流著汗。 她拒絕放開我的手……每個人都以為我們認識對方。 因此，我們降落在 DXB，幫助將行李放在頭頂行李艙的同一位紳士取出了她的行李。 但當他拿走行李時，他建議我與這位女士保持距離，並向機組人員明確表示我們不是一起旅行。 他是天賜之物！ 所以確實，機組人員來問我是否有親戚關係，我斷然告訴他們我們是在飛機上認識的。 我根本不認識她。 所以，我們開始下飛機，當我說再見時，她一直求我提她的手提包。 我好傷心……但這位先生看著我的眼睛，用力地搖了搖頭。 他遞給我一張紙條，告訴我讓機組人員處理她。 所以，我下了飛機，讓我的“新朋友”等待輪椅，被機組人員處理，感到非常內疚。 當我們等待行李通過時，我聽到了這種騷動。 我的“新朋友”正在奔跑，試圖逃離機組人員，從輪椅上下來！ 她帶著手提包離開了空姐，帶著剩下的手提行李就往出口跑了！ 幸好機場警察比她快。 他們抓住了她，把她戴上手銬帶了回來。 這位女士開始呼喚我。 我的女兒……我的女兒！ 你怎麼能這樣對我......那是我趕上的時候。 她攜帶毒品，並試圖牽連我！ 幸運的是，幫她拿行李的那位先生上前告訴機場警察，我和她剛剛在飛機上相遇。 警察拿走了我的護照，並要求她透露我的全名，如果我們真的一起旅行的話。 靠著上帝的恩典，我什至沒有告訴她我的名字！ 我仍然被要求跟隨警察到一個小房間，在那裡我受到了廣泛的訊問。 我在哪裡遇到她？...我在哪裡登機...她在哪裡登機。 等等......我的行李被廣泛搜查並除塵以尋找指紋。 他們把她所有的行李都撣掉了，在她的行李或手提包上都沒有找到我的指紋！ 我被告知永遠不要在飛行中或在機場觸摸任何人的行李。 所以，從那天起，我不管你有多少行李，你自己來處理。 我什至不會給你推車來放你的行李！ 你的行李……你的問題……是我的政策。 如果你無法到達頭頂艙，而我是最近的人，請打電話給機組人員，因為我只會給你一個白眼，然後把目光移開！ ——— NEVER DO THIS IN A FLIGHT!!! If you travel by air a lot, beware of over friendly chatty seat Neighbour's. The older lady comes and sits next to me inside the plane. She asked me to help her put her bag in the overhead luggage compartment. But a gentleman sitting across quickly came through. (I am not very tall, and the overhead luggage compartment is something I try to avoid at all costs. Immediately she sits down she strikes up a conversation. She was very pleasant and well spoken. So, we chatted all through the flight to Dubai. Suddenly, when the pilot announced that we were now proceeding to begin our descent into DXB, my good friend 'developed' stomach pains. Me with my good heart, I pressed the steward's button, and the stewardess came to find out what the problem was. I told her my seat mate was not feeling well. And this lady, she suddenly began to address me as 'my daughter'. The stewardess told me that there was nothing they could do except give her some painkillers and wait until we landed. The pilot announced that we had a medical emergency on board and advised us all to stay calm. My new friend was crying and sweating like crazy. And she refused to let go of my hand... everyone assumed we knew each other. So, we landed at DXB and the same gentleman who helped put up her luggage in the overhead compartment removed her luggage. But as he removed the luggage, he advised me to distance myself from this lady and make it clear to the cabin crew that we were NOT travelling together. He was a godsend! So indeed, the cabin crew came and asked me if we were related, I categorically told them we had met on the plane. I didn't know her at all. So, we began to deplane and as I said goodbye, she kept begging me to carry her handbag. I was so torn... but the gentleman looked me in the eye and emphatically shook his head. He passed me a note telling me to let the cabin crew handle her. So, I exit the aircraft and leave my 'new friend' to wait for the wheelchair and be handled by the cabin crew feeling very guilty. As we waited for our luggage to come through, I hear this commotion. My 'new friend' was running, trying to escape the cabin crew, having gotten out of the wheelchair! She left the stewardess with her handbag and just ran towards the exit with the rest of her hand luggage! Luckily the airport police were faster than her. They got hold of her and brought her back in handcuffs. This lady starts calling out to me. my daughter... my daughter! how could you do this to me..... that's when I caught on. She was carrying drugs and she was trying to implicate me! Luckily for me, the gentleman who had helped her with her luggage came forward and told the airport police that me and her had just met on the plane. The police took my passport and asked her to reveal my full names if it was true we were travelling together. By God's grace, I had not even told her my first name! I was still asked to follow the police to a little room where I was questioned extensively. Where did I meet her?... where did I board... where did she board. Etc... And my luggage was extensively searched and dusted for fingerprints. They dusted all her luggage, and my fingerprints were not found anywhere on her luggage or on her handbag! I was let go with advice never ever to touch anyone's luggage either in flight or at the airport. So, from that day, I don't care how much luggage you have, you will deal with it yourself. I will not even offer you a trolley to put your luggage on! Your luggage... your problem.... is my policy. And if you can't reach the overhead compartment, and I am the nearest person, please call the cabin crew because all I will do is give you a blank stare and then look away!