Shashi Tharoor: Why nations should pursue "soft" power | Video on TED.com

Shashi Tharoor: Why nations should pursue "soft" power | Video on TED.com

THE DONKEY

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.

He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down.

A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up.

As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!

MORAL :
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.

Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

1. Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.

2. Free your mind from worries - Most never happens.

3. Live simply and appreciate what you have.

4. Give more.

5. Expect less from people but more from God.

Winter time gimme one hour to reflect

来到这个城市三周了？

生活规律的好想回到了高中一样，除了要自己做饭，除了一大群新鲜的面孔。

这个城市一点都没有让我感到陌生的感觉。真的很想赞美一下，是谁把街道和马路建的这么体贴周到？是谁把那么肥的鸽子随随便便的仍的到处都是好让它们时不时的出来和路人打招呼？是谁把街边的建筑造的这么精致？

真有意思！

我发现自己其实是个很好的厨子，就是以前没开过做饭的窍。虽然没有试过高难度的饭菜，但是颜色味道和营养都不错啦。

没有时间去学校的健身房，索性买了个小小的毯子铺在公寓的地上练瑜伽。反正每天骑一个小时的车呢，不怕身体的不到锻炼。

以前想着学城市规划纯粹是受了北京城墙被悲惨的拆除的刺激，现在的课程让我看到了更开阔的空间。我本来以为自己很讨厌政策一类的课程，现在才知道是内容和老师的问题，最重要的是在这里我能够看到活生生的例子。

找工作吗？

我 没想过要留下来，因为没有什么意义。我知道我是受了孟买的贫民窟的刺激，受了兰卡社会企业家们的激励，还有AIESEC的改变，让我觉得我能够为一些急需 帮助而且又没有能力的人做些什么。虽然找个好工作给政府上税最舒服，但是我更愿意亲眼见到通过自己的努力改变的事情。有点“不太现实”是吧？我想是因为我 的能力还没有到。恩~~我要变成八爪鱼~

还要不要单身了？

当有一个人出来说：“你考虑好了，就随时过来找我。”的时候，我感觉像是一场“一年契约”的感情游戏，唯一欣慰的地方是可以天天见面，一起学习一起玩，轻轻松松的。我考虑。。。我考虑。。。我想的头都大了也权衡不了利弊。最后谁应该来负责呢？

我是不是想太多了？

有 一次吃饭的时候聊起了中国城，对面的尼泊尔女孩突然说：“我发现中国人永远都知道什么东西最便宜。”比如我们知道在ING办银行卡免费，我们知道华南行在 打什么折，我们去open market买菜。恩。。便宜的东西不一定都好，因为open market不是正规的市场，所以常常会被小贩忽悠。两根黄瓜卖一欧之类的。所以还是决定去大超市买菜，还能节省时间。

啊。。对了，荷兰人很幽默。

我问那个德里来的男生：“有没有时候觉得不公平？这些欧洲人生下来就能在这么好的环境里成长，受到健全的制度的保护。而我们却要不停的努力也不一定能过上向他们一样高质量的生活？”

他说了一些跟我差不多的想法：“磨难让我们学到更多的东西，也让我们对社会有更深的认识。”

好吧。。。也许知道的事情越多就越划算。

我想晕了。。睡觉喽

我把gtalk的状态改成move move mooooove了，结果shanaka冒出泡来以为我又失恋了。恩，，很好的朋友啊，，值得深交的~~

我已经开始说胡话了。。。

晚安！

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