如何建構更美好社區

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How to Make your Community a Better Place to Live


Do you want your community to be a better place to live? Don’t just sit back and wait for it to happen. Get involved. Here are some ways you can make your community a better place to live in.

1 Take action.

Don’t just sit back and wait for your community to get better by itself. You need to get involved. Find out what you can do to make it a better place to live. Attend community meetings and put your two cents in.

2 Volunteer your time, energy, money and yourself.

If there is a park clean up day, volunteer to help. Volunteer to help local businesses or homes clean graffiti off walls. Get a group of people together and pick up trash on the streets or in planters on the side of the road in your community. Pick up the trash at local parks or on local beaches. Volunteer at your local soup kitchen or homeless shelter.

3 Get to know your neighbors.

Know the people who live around you. Building a strong community is a team effort. You can’t do it all on your own. So get to know your neighbors and make it a goal to make your community a better place to live.

4 Support local businesses.

Try to shop at local businesses when you can, avoiding big box stores. “Mom and pop shops” create a home town feeling and welcoming atmosphere. Don’t let the big box stores take over your community. A few of them are okay, but you don’t want your community overrun with them.

5 Restore historical land sites.

Don’t let them get torn down. Head up or participate in fundraisers to raise funds that will go towards the restoration of the buildings. Preserve the history of your community.

6 Support your local leaders.

Get involved with volunteering at campaign time. You can also volunteer during election time. Get to know the people that are running your town. Be sure to research and become educated on prospective candidates and issues to be voted on. When it comes time to vote, turn your ballot in. You can also sign up for absentee vote if you are unable to make it to the voting site.

7 Start a neighborhood watch.

Keep your community safe by starting neighborhood watches. The members of the community will get involved and look out for one another. If there are suspicious looking people or suspicious activity in one’s neighborhood, local crime enforcement is contacted. Neighbors look out for each other to keep their neighborhoods safe.

8 Be patient.

Realize that making your community a better place to live will not happen overnight. It will take time, energy and money to get the job done. Remember, don’t sit back and wait for it to happen. You have to get involved!

Reference:
http://www.ehow.com/how_2363809_make-community-better-place-live.html#ixzz1jn71JSLP


總結:
時間 (time),
嘗試 (effort),
想望 (desire to improve the community you live in)
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乾隆皇帝養生訣

清代乾隆皇帝活了89歲，在位60年。他本來還可以多做幾年皇帝，但因祖父康熙只當了61年皇帝，於是，他也只做了60年皇帝，不敢超過其祖父。僅此亦可見乾隆淡泊名利及其孝悌之心。說他“淡泊”，當然是相對歷代帝王而言的。不過，乾隆的一生，60年太平天子，也算是散淡的。他善騎射，喜書法，愛游歷，能詩文，他作文1300餘篇，寫詩4萬餘首。他字尊趙體，江南名勝多見其御筆垂青，乾隆有如此廣泛的興趣、愛好、特長，他的一生自然是瀟灑遂意的。


得意、恬淡的心境，是他長壽的重要原因；優越的物質生活和醫療條件，是他長壽的必要保證。而深懂養生之道，卻是他長壽的根本秘訣。年近90還頭腦清醒，協理朝政，而一般人早已昏聵或作古了。

他的養生訣是：吐納肺腑，活動筋骨，十常四勿，適時進補。

吐納肺腑，指的是調氣，古人稱為“治氣”、“食氣”。一般是每日辰時後陽氣上昇之時進行深呼吸，周圍自然環境當好。如遇春秋陰晦之際，當避之而不行。吐納、調氣，特指氣功導引，意為氣之帥，氣為血之帥；意到氣到，氣到血到。氣血活了，人的精神自然正常。

活動筋骨，指的自然是鍛煉。康熙皇帝曾把騎射定為家法，乾隆善於騎射即因於此。

十常四勿，指十個常做、四個不要。十常是：“齒常切、津常咽、耳常彈、鼻常揉、睛常運、面常揉、足常摩、腹常旅、肢常伸、肛常提”。齒為腎之骨，叩齒則於腎有補。“命根於腎，性根於心”，性命就在於心腎。腎之於人，其要非常。口中津液被氣功家譽為金津玉液，道家稱之為甘露。咽津液可以“虛其心，實其腹”，津液之出，可鼓漱得之。耳部穴位甚多，常彈耳可“牽一髮而動全身”。鼻側迎香穴常揉，既治鼻病，亦防感冒。睛常運，利於敏。面常搓，防皺紋。每晚洗腳後搓足心百次，可使濁氣下降。每日起床前左右手輪換揉腹，自左至右、自右至左七七四十九次，可健脾胃、助消化。肢體經常舒展，有利於活動經絡氣血。肛門古謂“穀道”，“穀道常閉”為重要的養生之法。其“閉”，大抵在於不令真陽之氣外泄。

四勿是：食勿言，臥勿語，飲勿醉，色勿迷。這四不要的道理，是世人所共知的。

至於“適時進補”，貴在“適時”，也是不言而喻的。乾隆貴為君王，他能做到這些，已屬不易，所以他成了帝王中少見的長壽之人。