My heart still seems to have a "skipped beat" that makes me feel OWIE sometimes. I would say about 1-3 times a day I notice it. I am just trying to get use to it but it does still bug me and worry me some! I'd rather just not feel my heartbeating,,, I'd like to leave that heartbeating thing up to God! When I feel it I take a potassium. Don't know if that helps or not but maybe it's "mind medicine"
校园商业行为
敦敦每天回家，都会跟我聊学校里发生的大事小情，不经意中也顺便透露了在他们五年级小孩之间发生的初级'商业行为'。现在的独生子女们手里都有点零花钱，也都有各种各样的小玩意。货币+物质+赚钱的欲望，'小玩意'有条件变成'商品'，流通的条件具备了，一桩桩的随意'生意'便水到渠成了。
有个同学看敦敦吃咖啡口香糖眼馋，向敦敦索要未成，于是他决定花十元钱买敦敦的一块口香糖，敦敦动心了，还有一个孩子饿极了，花十元钱买敦敦朋友盘子里的一支炸鸡块。供求关系建立，看似不公平的交易就'合理'地发生了。
最近这种'交易'升级了，敦敦把自己的MP3出租给同学两日，让同学听'评书三国演义'，真是价格不菲，日租金高达十元。
这些90后，奉行'自我享受主义'，想要的东西一定就要拿道手，想吃的东西就一定要吃到口，他们坚信'阿妈妮'（Money）能解决所有的问题。
我提醒敦敦，需要零用钱可以跟妈妈提出来，只要要求合理我自然会尽量满足。不要让自己的社交行为跟着钱走，不想给别人东西，可以礼貌地拒绝。十元钱能买十块口香糖，敦敦第二天上学，不太情愿地把九块口香糖补给了那位同学。
知道用金钱换取'商品'或'服务' ，'小老板们'脑子里有了初步的'交换'概念。我问敦敦他有没有意识到他的第二笔生意存在的风险。如果哪位同学不小心把MP3弄丢或弄坏了，接下来他该如何处理，敦敦愣着看我，不说话了。我接下来解释，当你为获小利，把一个价值相对很高的东西出租的时候，你承担了一个大的风险，因为你出租了东西的使用权，在使用过程中东西不可避免的有损坏和丢失的可能的，这叫'机会成本'，也就是说，你在微小的利益驱动下投入了很大的'机会成本'。敦敦说，如果同学愿意付给我2，000元作为'押金'，是不是我就可以出租给他了。我说虽然理论上可行，但小学生手里拿着大量现金是很危险的，再说，爸爸给你买MP3不是用来挣钱的。如果同学很想听'三国'，告诉同学让他妈妈到大书店买一盒超值的'评书大全'，花不到300元钱，52 部精彩评书能够他享受3-5年。
我告诉敦敦，我们生活在商品社会里，很多基本生活必需品都需要用金钱换取，也就是说，人的生存离不开金钱，但金钱绝对不是生活的全部，人世间很多宝贵的东西是不能用金钱买到的。爱和友情都比金钱更加重要，人生的理想和内心的喜乐不能只建立在对金钱的追求上面，妈妈不希望你长大以后，一贫如洗，没本事搞定自己的生活，但也不希望你成为一个有钱的'穷人'。敦敦一脸严肃，若有所思地点了点头。
Larry Crabb says in Connecting "The centre of the Christian life, we should remind ourselves, is not about killing anything. The route to life is death, but the centre of life , the point of Christianity, is living together in the enjoyment of God. We die in order to live."
This is fantastic because every now and then some ridiculous legalistic religious hard-core christian fanatic pops up and accuses us of preaching life, prosperity blah blah when we should be preaching repentance, death to self etc.
Crabb is saying death is the route to the destination of life. I'd rather sell the destination - relationship with God, eternal life, freedom, blessing, peace, abundance and then when someone signs up and says they'd like to go there, then tell them the route. The other religious freaks have it arse about. They try and go hardcore and sell the route! That's like telling people to get on the bus. The bus has no windows. It's made only of steel. There are steel benches. No airconditioning or heating. No toilet on the bus. The ride will be extremely bumpy and slow. There is no TV on the bus. The bus is not clean. There are some bars on the window. Would you go on the bus? No! But if I told you it was a safari bus in the best wildlife park in Africa, you'd be on the bus in a flash. I'm happy to tell you about the bus, but only after I've told you about the wonders and splendor of the safari park.
Everything is rapidly changing, the little things and the big ones. People are coming and going, while some stay right there. Family has their ups and downs, and usually the downs are what get you most. Life doesn't change for you, but you have to change life for yourself.
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