Tzu Chi Great Love Preschool held a heart-warming retreat for its staff at Kampung Kampus in Ground-Up Initiative. This was the first staff retreat I had with everyone since I joined Tzu Chi Great Love Preschool and it was a memorable day for me.
One of the teachings that specially touched me was the Parable of the Burning House in the Lotus Sutra. In this parable, the Buddha...
During one busy resuscitation shift at the Emergency Medicine Department, I was preoccupied with treating each patient who came along, while trying not to look too stupid in front of the senior doctor...
In Singapore, where clean water is always readily available from the tap, it is difficult for people to understand the inconvenience caused by water shortage...
On the morning of 28 December 2014, while all focus was on the flood, news on the missing AirAsia flight was flashing everywhere too, alerting everyone. As a Tzu Chi volunteer, my heart weighed heavily even more so.
The words that we speak express our inner voice, and they are also a reflection of our inner thoughts and emotions. We must be mindful of our speech, so that this becomes a habit and our character trait.
Try and picture this in your mind’s eye: After queueing up and purchasing food from a popular hawker stall, you go to a table where the leftover food is being poured into a waste bin, before you sit down to enjoy your meal. Sometimes...
If we can walk the path and not deviate from it, with one mind and one heart, our minds will be clear and pure, we will be able to expand the horizons of our aspirations...
The reason why our hand movements were not in sync could only be the lack of practice as a group. No matter how much we practised alone by ourselves, we could never learn to synchronize our hand signs with others’.
People can sense our thoughts and emotions when we speak. Hence, we should always be mindful of our thoughts and manage our emotions well.
