"Liu Feng, Liu Feng, how are you doing these days! Do you still remember Teacher Kelly Chen from Taiwan? When I was with her, she mentioned you and asked me to say hello to you. She said you are so She is keen and talented. When she mentioned the speech she gave in Wuhan last year, you were able to quickly capture what she was thinking and put it into words immediately. She had a good impression of you and conveyed Teacher Chen’s greetings to you... ."
I was in a meeting when a message came across on WeChat on my mobile phone. It turned out to be Sister Luo, whom I had not contacted for a long time. "Oh my god, she actually remembers me...", I was so moved that it spread throughout the conference room. Last spring, teacher Kelly Chen came from Taiwan to participate in the China Sea of ????Happiness. During the Taiwan Cultural Week, during the forum, we did not speak more than 3 sentences, and the content did not exceed 5 words. It was nothing more than: Teacher, thank you for your hard work! Something like that.
Because of her, I left a very good impression on Taiwanese people. They are gentle, quiet, calm and meaningful. Time suddenly returned to last year:
Standing at the door of the studio, Looking at the scrolling subtitles in the lecture hall - "China's Sea of ??Happiness. Taiwan Culture Week "Children who understand beauty and kindness have a bright future" forum", I felt an inexplicable touch, and I also felt that I was very lucky, because at this moment , I am standing here.
Taiwanese teacher Kelly Chen has a child-like innocent smile, a soft and warm voice, and a gentle and quiet temperament. She stands there softly like a piece of gentle jade, "De, "Intelligence, body, community, beauty", the word "community" particularly attracted me. When we were young, we were not taught much about the concept of "community".
Because our biggest enemy is other people's children, So we are full of competition. When we finally get good scores, our parents may ask who is the first in the class. When we can't see the smoke, we naturally can't find the inherent meaning of "group". , because everyone wants to stand out from the crowd one day
Teacher Chen talked about how her teacher took them hiking when they were young, how to guide them to read, do their favorite sports, and various schools (Forest Primary School, etc.). )... Pay equal attention to the five educations and the eight virtues. She said that her teacher said that there are two things that others cannot steal - the books that are read into the brain and the dreams that are hidden in the heart.
Teacher Chen said that there is no difference between her life and work, but for most of us now, life is life and work is work, and they are strictly separated. Work is usually painful, and only when the pain is over can we enjoy and rest well in life. During the March 8th Festival, teacher Yu Qian from the tutoring class once uploaded the words dedicated to mothers recorded by her children's class teachers. Several children said: "Mom, happy holidays, I hope you can stay with me more. I know you have to work hard to make money so that you can buy me delicious food and toys, but I still hope you can spend more time with me. Happy Mother's Day and spend more time with me. "I burst into tears when I heard this sentence.
Teacher Chen said that beauty means persisting in doing things well, working hard, and living happily. When it comes to Teacher Jiang Xun's aesthetics, there is one important thing The best reminder is to "slow down" and give yourself and your child plenty of time to care and be tolerant at certain times.
For example, no matter how late you come home, remember to hug your child more and let her appreciate you. The temperature, touching warmth, in addition to experiencing beauty through poetry and artwork, in fact, the mountain, the tree, and the flower in front of your home are also beautiful... This is the aesthetics of life, and experiencing beauty is not about who you will become in the future. I am a National People's Congress painter and artist, but I live with my children and everyone's feelings, so that I can feel stable and happy.
It was also because of Teacher Chen Kelly that it was my first real experience. I saw the signature of Taiwanese esthetician Jiang Xun. Teacher Jiang Xun talked about Young Taiwan. Although it is small, it has a big heart and accommodates resources from all over the world. 16 years later, more people will inject their wishes into this island to build the scenery of Taiwan. Beauty, the beauty of Taiwanese people, the beauty of Taiwan’s history...
At that time, I suddenly had a passionate thought: One day we can also be the young mainland, and our future will eventually be ours Children, especially my mentor Teacher Zhou Fan, said that schools of various styles are one of the goals of our future efforts at Happy Sea.
“Children today can be happier and freer! "Yes, I hope they won't wear glasses because of their scores, and don't tear up books to vent just because the college entrance examination is over... And the first supporters of our children are our parents. Just like Michio Hoshino in "The Long Journey" 中> said: “What gives us encouragement and courage may not be the words who have said it, but the scenery we have seen. ”
Have you noticed that we observe the oneness between ourselves and this world? I remember that after the first seven days of fasting under the leadership of Teacher An, I finally realized what he said: “Please respect Food! ”, so I learned not to look at my phone while eating, but to chat and focus on the food.
My first meal after resuming grain recovery was millet porridge, so so far, I still think that half bowl of rice porridge is the most delicious food, with the aroma of plants in the rice and the sweetness of the rice juice. , because I didn’t listen to Teacher An that morning and ate a few tempeh secretly, so the taste of tempeh is still fresh in my memory. After fasting, I found that not only eating, but also the surrounding trees and birdsong, I could easily feel it. To their vitality, when I see a tree, I imagine how I would see this tree if I were a bird, how I would see this tree if I were a squirrel, and how I would see this tree if I were a piece of grass next to it. , how to look at this tree when it is a tree. ． ． ． ． ．
So when I stood next to Teacher Chen for a group photo, I felt a natural fragrance on her body. I didn’t know what it was, but I felt that it was a natural elf transformed from a tree. One word that comes to mind is "natural". When we were leaving, I timidly walked up to her and asked her to sign her name. I still had that gentle smile: "On the title page, it would be better to write your name!" She signed her name readily, and after my request Underneath and sign this sentence: Beauty is the happiest.
"Beauty is the happiest!" As long as you experience it carefully, you don't have to wait until you are alive to discover your beauty. Just like what Teacher Zhang Defen said, don't lose sight of it. Focus on "how to solve problems" and focus on "how to see and appreciate beauty." Even in the worst circumstances, you have the right to see and appreciate beauty.
Do not deprive yourself of this birthright, including death. I remember the day my grandma passed away, the dark sky was filled with stars, like tens of millions of diamonds scattered on the black velvet curtain. As soon as my aunt and I went to ask another well-respected grandma from the same village to perform the dressing ceremony together, I I remember that I almost fell down while looking up at the stars along the way, but it was so beautiful!
During the process of changing my grandmother’s clothes, I didn’t feel sad or scared (there were many elders who didn’t dare to do this at that time). I accompanied her in the same room to cheer her on and turn on the lights. There was only tranquility in the process. Even joy, so I am more willing to recall the death of my grandmother than the death of my parents. I didn’t understand why before, but now I understand, because I experience the fragility and beauty of life, just like the moment when a meteor falls from the sky. , so beautiful that you feel it is eternity.
So when I sat at the dining table, facing the rice, I couldn't help but think, who are these rices? Can they have their own names? When they are a seed, how do they grow, then transplant, then ear, then grind the chaff, and then how do they get to the market...
When facing the vegetables on the plate, they begin to spend time Going back in time and retreating into the vegetable fields, wow, my heart is filled with gratitude for them. Yes, "Please respect the food." Even when I was eating alone, I couldn't help but say this to myself. Every minute and every second of our lives is worthy of being so grateful and wonderful.
Whether it is eating shrimp in a group, receiving red envelopes, compliments or ridicules from others... you will find that at least you are not alone, you are all appearing under the same name. How to enrich this code name? My understanding is to find yourself.
Open Teacher Kelly Chen’s notebook again and let her signature: Beauty is the happiest! The journey of life itself is a journey of seeking beauty and kindness. In the process, I thanked her for remembering my name. From this, I thought of the teachers I met one after another in my study and growth.
Please be grateful for every encounter in our lives. Every existence has a name. If we wave goodbye and meet again, I may sigh: Can you call me by my name?
(To commemorate the gentle and gentle Kelly Chen and the hearty and heroic Sister Luo)