第一次收到我在世界展望會資助兒童的信件，
她是個祕魯的五歲小女孩，叫作Ximena。
當初的資助兒童資料，照片中的她看來是個活潑的小孩，
她還太小，無法寫字，由媽媽代寫。
當初我的捐款設定為一個國外小孩，一個國內小孩，
國外部分很快就配對了，
扣款都已近一年，國內的部分卻還沒有配對的結果…
我也許考慮把那筆錢先轉作投資豐盛生命計畫的部分了…
親愛的資助人：
我是Jannet，Ximena的媽媽。我的女兒喜歡玩耍、唱歌和跳舞。
她樂於參與班級事務和在學校交朋友，她也喜歡畫圖和算數。
她喜歡參與體育活動。
我在一間美容店工作，我女兒會幫我整理工作間，對客人也很友善。
她喜歡說話和玩耍，且會照顧她弟弟，教他唱歌和算數，也幫他畫圖。
感謝你對我女兒的資助，我是Jannet，代表我女兒Ximena寫下這封信給你。
愛你的孩子敬上
Jannet代筆
意外的信件讓我很開心！！！
這為最近心煩意亂的生活帶來一絲正面的能量。
簡單的字句中，傳來的是一個小女孩的快樂笑聲，
我開始想像Ximena活蹦亂跳在每個角落的模樣…真可愛！
不去想啥偉大助人的理念，
孩子本來就是國家的未來，孩子的教育如此重要，當然不能讓孩子失去受教育的機會。
我也要來回信！告訴她她帶給我多少快樂的感動！
哪一天到南美洲旅行時，我也一定要去看看Ximena。
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5 留言
雅
2008-04-19 於 02:24:00看來很感人…
愛心大使
你的愛會有回應的~~
大孩
2009-05-11 於 02:57:00看過尤努斯博士寫的，「窮人的銀行家」一書，讓人開始懷疑世界性援助組織的效用，這些大型機構吸收了全世界各地的善款，不論對組織內部操作的人員或是各個國家的仲介者來說，無非是一大筆利益，我們若不能清楚知道這些錢被使用的每一個過程，我們也不能確定錢是否真的被送至需要的人手中，還是像尤努斯教授講的：「絕大部分都落入政客、工程的包商、仲介者、還有這些人有關的利益團體手中，而對於組織內的操作人員來說，他們得到了本身所需要的業績跟績效。」而捐款的目的，很多是眾多名人富豪們希望製造美好形象或是避税的手段之一，而我們可能只是這些愚蠢遊戲中被操弄的群眾。
版主回覆：(05/14/2009 03:57:00 PM)
你提到的這個問題，我其實也想過，所以也有些猶豫是否要繼續每月扣款捐出哩…
歸去寒窗寫小詩
2009-06-10 於 23:25:00Hi,Silvia,你提到的這個問題，我其實也想過，所以也有些猶豫是否要繼續每月扣款捐出哩…我以為,依金剛經所言,佛說布施,即非布施,是為布施的道理意思是要我們放下布施的執著,有布施行,卻無布施物,受者,施者的差別觀念只要有同理心,布施是不求回報時是有功德(陰德)的,你永遠不知何時用到或根本用不到重點在自己的心量是否夠大,當心量一如大海時,那他人片面不全的理解你自己的智慧自能分別抉擇是否繼續此善行若大家都以為做慈濟,或是像Bill Gates的捐款…是為了沽名釣譽那世界又是會如何黑暗呢?Moive "Holy Man"有段場景, 主角G 說了一段故事如下:
when l was a little boy. There was a storm. And thousands and thousands of starfish were washed up on the shore. – Only four days ago you waved him over. – Let's just hold on, hold on. And there was this beautiful little girl running down the beach picking up the starfish. She was frantically throwing them back into the ocean. When l saw her doing this, l said to her, ''Why are you doing that? You can only save a few before they die. What difference does it make?,, And she looked at me and she said… ''To that one, it makes a difference.'' ''To that one, it makes a difference,'' that little girl said. And she was right. At that very moment, she was making a difference for that starfish… and she was making a difference for herself too because she was connected to that starfish. And that's what life is all about– connecting. ln fact, that's the only time you're ever alive, really, is when you're connecting. That's kind of a nice story. That's sweet. That's sweet.
版主回覆：(06/14/2009 05:12:00 AM)
我的捐款當然不是為了要啥沽名釣譽的，
怕的是捐出去的款項，很向經過大盤商、中盤商和零售商之後，
真正落到實際上需要幫助的人身上究竟有多少？
每個月的扣款帳單一來，我都有這樣的疑問，世界展望會究竟能不能信任呢？
希望我的擔心是多餘啦！
歸去寒窗寫小詩
2009-06-10 於 23:29:00When l was a little boy.There was a storm.And thousands and thousands of starfish were washed up on the shore.Only four days ago you waved him over. – Let's just hold on, hold on.And there was this beautiful little girl running down the beach picking up the starfish.She was frantically throwing them back into the ocean.When l saw her doing this, l said to her, ''Why are you doing that?You can only save a few before they die. What difference does it make?,,And she looked at me and she said…''To that one, it makes a difference.''''To that one, it makes a difference,'' that little girl said.And she was right. At that very moment, she was making a difference for that starfish…and she was making a difference for herself too because she was connected to that starfish.And that's what life is all about– connecting.ln fact, that's the only time you're ever alive, really, is when you're connecting.That's kind of a nice story.That's sweet. That's sweet.
歸去寒窗寫小詩
2009-06-10 於 23:34:00不好意思,這次應該貼全了
Something that happened to me when l was a little boy. – Memories are good.
There was a storm.
And thousands and thousands of starfish were washed up on the shore.
– Only four days ago you waved him over. – Let's just hold on, hold on.
And there was this beautiful little girl running down the beach picking up the starfish.
She was frantically throwing them back into the ocean.
When l saw her doing this, l said to her, ''Why are you doing that?
You can only save a few before they die. What difference does it make?,,
And she looked at me and she said…
''To that one, it makes a difference.''
''To that one, it makes a difference,'' that little girl said.
And she was right. At that very moment, she was making a difference for that starfish…
and she was making a difference for herself too because she was connected to that starfish.
And that's what life is all about– connecting.
ln fact, that's the only time you're ever alive, really, is when you're connecting.
That's kind of a nice story.
That's sweet. That's sweet.