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I  Others’ Stories      壹   別人的故事 Many people have expressed they like to watch soap operas, for watching such can make them feel relaxed. They do not need to think but to immerse themselves into the stories, one after another. But, what happens when someone like me whose life is already, according to quite a few, as colorful as soap operas? 很多人都說自己愛追劇，說追劇的時候可以放空，那麼，對於像我這樣一個，被人家定義為比演出連續劇還有更多故事的人，該怎麼追劇呢 ?     During this past Sunday, I experimented it after working with students about certain matters they’d like to handle. Allowing myself to go into different stories, I found I was trying to understand one story after another from Youtube where many people would explain movies or series made by different people in various nations in a few minutes. 最近的一個週日，在協助一群成年學生們完成一些重要之事後，我花了幾個小時試驗試驗，如果自己也追劇，到底會怎樣；我使用了 youtube 中許多說故事的人們的影片，因為每個介紹的時間不長，所以一個接一個，我了解著許許多多各國不同人士所拍攝的電影、影集、連續劇等等不同故事的內容。     During such moments of absorbing t...

  This work is presented by Hope Wang.  本文中英語撰寫者王晧璞，由於並非逐步口譯故而中英語並非全然對照。誤植之處敬請見諒。紫色部份為之後添加之處，方便辨識。 The English and Mandarin Chinese used may not be the equivalent, for this is a work of creative process, not word by word interpretation from one language to another. There are definitely typos or other issues; kindly bear with Hope then. Purple would be parts which were added later, easier for the readers to recognize.  By delivering this piece of work, I pray that everyone sees the light in his or himself, and, though I cannot claim myself as a disciple of any religion, kindly allow me to adopt a few verses from the Bible “… grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to distinguish the two.”  透過此文，祈求所有人均能夠看到自己內在的光芒，充滿智慧與勇氣面對及克服最為細小和艱困的不易課題。   Below would be a part of the conversation with an elder friend of mine who's talking about the value of serving the others plus her own struggle in Engl...