Professor HedgeHog

Winnie and Ming-Yen right outside the catheterization center before the operation Dear friends, My daughter Winnie had a cardiac catheterization operation on Wednesday afternoon at Veteran General Hospital in Taipei. The operation usually takes 2 hours. But, Winnie got some luck today -- the doctor succeeded in one shot and wrapped up the operation within 1 hour. It was a successful one without any complication. Winnie seems to gain back her sense of humor after biting a piece of fried chicken from Berger King, although Ming-Yen insisted that it was because of the pain killer before her meal. In any case, it is a great relief to all of us. There are ways to express the feeling of relief. Winnie and Ming-Yen chose to compose the live symphony of mammal snorts while I am as awake as an owl to put down my thoughts. During the operation, Ming-Yen and I were waiting outside, with our hearts floating up in the air. We chatted about the miserable stories and scenes we gathered after we check...

謝謝妳的來信。 教書有時像是對著荒野吶喊，在大部分的時候，是相當靜寂的。有時也會累得問自己，到底為了什麼，又堅持些什麼呢？所以偶爾聽到了空谷回音，就有氣力，凝聚更多的熱情，朝著夢想的方向吶喊。 在 人生中，挫折是難免的，但別讓挫折感爬滿心頭，整個人當機到谷底去。太順利的人生，只是讓我們淺淺的活著。再不然，搬出孟子的天將降大任於斯人也的理論， 也頗有鴕鳥的安慰。因為不如意，才有機會重新檢視自己的方向，有時會在出其不意的地方，找到人生的出口。如果在大風大浪後，發現自己的方向依舊，熱情不 減，那信心與堅持不也因此而增強了呢？ 沒有人不愛春風馬蹄急的得意，大概也沒有人變態到，喜歡自己的人生處處荊棘的。不過，我很珍惜人生的逆境。因為在蟄伏時，我通常會多一點人性，懂得去體諒別人的苦處，也知道自己摯愛的人們與理想。所以才不會在順境時，變成連自己都受不了的大混蛋。 Think big and leap far. When life is moving upstream, keep your baby steps and you will have the faith that -- eventually, you will get to the destiny. Best, Hsiu-Hau