“If life could be started all over again.”『如果生命可以重新來過』

By Chun Choo  Mun，Jan 9, 2005 , Translated by Evelyn Lee

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New year has just started; many people plan their lives with a purpose. They make new schemes and new adjustments. They all say this is the year to seize every opportunity that comes by. They prepare with a prayer, proceed positively and pursue persistently. They expect this year is a better year than last year.

Have you ever heard the story of the Polar Bears? In North Pole, the polar bears hardly have any enemies. But the witty Eskimos could catch the polar bears as easy as blowing the dusts. How do the Eskimos catch the polar bears? This is what we call the wisdom given by God to the human beings.

They kill a seal and drain the blood into a bucket and stab a dagger in the middle of the blood pool that freezes immediately because of the cold temperature. The dagger is stuck in the middle of the bloody bucket which by this time looks like a super size popsicle. Then they dump the popsicle on the icy ground.

The Polar bear has one characteristic: He loves the blood so much that he would die for it. He also has a very sensitive nose, he can smell the blood from miles away. By this time he can smell the bloody popsicle on the icy ground. Then he would hurry up looking for the food. He would then begin to lick the bloody popsicle. Minutes later, his tongue would become numb, but he would not give up the tasty food. All of a sudden, the bloody popsicle tastes better than before. It is because there comes fresh and warm blood. Moreover, the more he licks, the more enthusiastic he becomes, because the taste gets better and better, What happens is that he is licking his own blood. In actuality, by certain time he licks to the middle of the popsicle. The sharp edged dagger cuts his tongue that gashes out a lot of blood. By that time his tongue is long numb, he loses all the sensations but his nose is very sensitive to the fresh blood, which keeps on coming. The end result of this intensive licking brings about a deeper cut to the tongue, which brings more loss of blood. He swallows down all his own blood into his stomach.

Finally, the Polar Bear loses too much blood; he faints and falls onto the ground. The Eskimos then walk to the ground within minutes. They can easily capture the Polar Bear.

In our lives, in the process of pursuing happiness and ideal situation, we may be like the polar bear if we keep a wrong goal and attitude.

Recently, when I went back to Taiwan, I hear many pitiful stories. One of my high school classmate thought the success in career is the most important thing in his life. He worked hard and long hours everyday for many years while he was young. Actually, he did make a lot of money, but he had no time to spend them until one he fainted in the factory………

He and his son did very little thing together. He let his son unguided until one day his son was killed in a fatal car accident while his oldest daughter went astray. We also heard some one while at the peak of his career, all of a sudden he had arteriosclerosis, he lost his life. Some one else got a massive stroke out of the blue, he lost all his movements and health altogether.

In the U.S. One journal did surveys to the top one hundred companies retired CEO. The journalist asked them to fill out the questionnaires. Among the ten top entrepreneurs, they all give the same answer to the one question. The question was, “If Life could be started all over again, what do you hope to make sure you don’t mass it up this time.”

There were seven CEOs said the same thing, if life could be started all over again, they would definitely not miss the chance to accompany their kids to grow up together and mature together. Many people said once they make up their mind they would not regret it, but the question is, before they make up their mind, they did not give enough thought to it, they regret at the end!

Let us now give a careful thought: Are you that big Polar Bear? Are you sucking your own blood while thinking you are enjoying your life?

Life comes only once, what was past can NEVER be brought back. Please do not act like the big polar bear to trade your own life for your ideals. You may get the whole world in your hand but lose your most precious life while attaining life’s highest goal.