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守时的原则 - 五秒钟的生死
一向强调守时的我, 今天又面对了不守时的挑战。 一位学生为了把两本书递给我, 足足迟到了四时分中。
他迟到的原因, 我接受了。 他的迟到了,不尽让我想起我在中学时的一个教训...
那时我因为在食堂忙着一些课外活动的事务,而把和课外活动老师开会的事给耽误了, 虽然只迟到了五分钟,而我也频频道歉, 课外活动老师还是把我训了一顿。
她说∶“虽然你已道歉, 但是我还是希望你能明白 - 迟到是对等你的人的一种不敬, 不尊敬他们宝贵的时间。你应该知道, 时间用多少金钱还是买不回的, 更何况是其它人宝贵的时间?还好只是开会,若是救人的话,五秒钟就可能是生死存亡之别了。虽然不是每件事都如生死那般严重, 但我既然委托你重任, 你得树立好榜样, 保持一点守时的原则。”
当时我听了,惭愧不已。开完会回到家后,我把手腕上的手表换成数码手表, 并牢记老师那“五秒钟的生死"的教训。从此之后, 我永远只用数码表,并尽我所能在任何约会时,宁可早到也不迟到。
认识我的人, 有些会埋怨我对守时的原则太苛刻了, 但了解我的朋友, 也只道这是我对时间对等我的人的一种尊敬...
后来过了好几年,我上了急救课程,终于撤底明白老师的话,数秒钟真的能有生死存亡之别, 我可不敢随便耽误那宝贵的几秒...
I titled my blog using an iconic quotation from a Shakespearean Play "Hamlet" because it is profoundly based on what everyone has been trying, struggling or dying to be - their true selves. I am still searching for the answer to that question myself and amidst all the faint glimpses of truth and doubts, trudging through the labyrinth of daily life, maybe my blogging will help me unravel my destiny in time to come...
About Me
- Sean Ho
- Singapore
- Let me have... the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, the strength to do the necessary, the love to give to the deserving, the wisdom to perceive such differences.
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