EP43【說】做人不要太鐵齒When nothing else works, give faith a try｜沒辦法了，信仰拿出來用一下

For a few days recently, I was not feeling very well while recording my podcast. 最近這幾天，我錄 Podcast 的時候，狀態一直很不好。 I did not feel comfortable, I could not sleep well at night, and I kept getting stuck while recording. 身體不太舒服，晚上也睡不好，錄音的時候又一直卡住。 At first, I thought I was probably just too tired, so I rested, made some changes, and tried to find the reason. 我本來想說，應該是太累了，所以休息、調整，也想辦法找原因。 But after trying different things for a few days, I still felt that something was not right. 可是試了幾天，還是覺得哪裡不太對。 Then I thought, “Okay, I have tried everything I can, so maybe I should go see Mazu.” 後來我想：「好，既然我能做的都做了，那我去找媽祖好了。」 So I went to a Mazu temple, told Mazu what had been happening, and asked some questions by using divination blocks. 所以我去了媽祖廟，把最近的狀況告訴媽祖，也透過擲筊問了一些問題。 The answers I got made me think, “Okay, I will leave this to you.” 當時得到的答案，讓我覺得：「好，那就交給妳了。」 Later, I asked one more time, and the answer made me feel that the matter had been taken care of. 後來我又問了一次，得到的答案讓我覺得這件事情已經處理好了。 I cannot prove what really happened. 至於到底發生了什麼，我沒有辦法證明。 But for me at that moment, one thing was clear. 但對當時的我來說，至少有一件事情很明確。 I could finally let it go. 我終於可以把這件事情放下來了。 This also reminded me of a story my friend once shared with me. 這也讓我想到，我朋友以前跟我分享過的一個故事。 This also reminded me of a story my friend once shared with me. 這也讓我想到，我朋友以前跟我分享過的一個故事。 One day, my husband went to the hospital and stayed with a client who was very close to the end of his life. 有一次，我老公去醫院，陪一位只剩最後一口氣的客戶走完人生最後一程。 When he came home, he continued to help take care of our baby as usual. 回家之後，他一樣照常幫忙帶小孩。 But that same day, our baby suddenly had a fever of almost 40 degrees Celsius. 結果沒想到，當天寶寶突然發燒到快 40 度。 The baby’s whole body turned purple, and the baby was shaking badly. 寶寶全身發紫，而且一直發抖。 We were completely panicked and did not know what to do. 我們當下整個手忙腳亂，不知道該怎麼辦。 We quickly filled the bathtub with warm water and gave the baby a fever-reducing suppository. 我們趕快用溫水裝滿浴盆，也幫寶寶塞了退燒塞劑。 We thought it might be a bad cold, an infection, or some kind of sudden inflammation. 我們想說，是不是急性發炎、感冒，或是身體出了什麼問題。 The next day, we immediately took the baby to the hospital for a checkup, and the doctor even took an X-ray. 隔天，我們立刻帶寶寶去醫院檢查，甚至還拍了 X 光。 But after the examination, the doctor said that there was nothing wrong. 但是醫生檢查完之後，卻說沒有發現什麼問題。 The baby still looked weak and sick, though, and we felt that something was strange. 可是寶寶看起來還是病懨懨的，我們覺得整個狀況非常奇怪。 Then we started to wonder if our baby had been affected by something because the baby’s father had been with someone who had just passed away. 後來我們就忍不住想到，會不會是因為爸爸前一天接觸了一位剛離開的人，所以寶寶受到了什麼影響。 So we quickly took out the blessed money you had given me from a Mazu pilgrimage. 所以我們趕快拿出你之前給我的壓轎金。 *壓轎金 It’s a piece of blessed money that had been placed under Mazu’s palanquin during a pilgrimage. We burned it and used the ashes in the baby’s bath. 我們把它燒了之後，拿來幫寶寶洗澡。 Strangely enough, after the bath, the baby seemed to feel much better. 結果說也奇怪，洗完澡之後，寶寶的狀況好像真的好了很多。 The baby’s face even looked much better than before. 寶寶的臉色也明顯比之前好很多。 Was it just a coincidence? 到底是不是巧合？ Or was there really something we could not explain? 還是真的有什麼我們無法解釋的原因？ I honestly do not know. 老實說，我也不知道。 But after that experience, I really felt that some things are hard not to believe. 但經過那次之後，我真的覺得，有些事情真的很難叫人完全不相信。 I can only say, “I don’t know.” 我只能說，我不知道。 That blessed money may not only have helped the baby, but also comforted the mother. 那個壓轎金可能不只安慰了小孩，也安慰了媽媽。 When you are holding a baby who keeps crying and you do not know why, the hardest feeling may be, “What else can I do?” 因為當你抱著一個一直哭、卻不知道原因的孩子時，最讓人無助的就是：「我到底還能做什麼？」 Later, I started to wonder if we all have moments like this. 我後來就在想，我們是不是都有這種時候？ Normally, we are used to relying on ourselves. 平常我們都習慣靠自己。 When we have a problem, we try to find a solution. 有問題就想辦法，有事情就解決。 But sometimes in life, we face situations where we really do not know what to do. 可是人生有時候就是會遇到一些，你真的已經不知道該怎麼辦的事情。 You have done everything you can, asked everyone you can ask, and tried every method you can think of. 你能做的都做了，能問的人也問了，能試的方法也試了。 But there is still no answer. 可是事情還是沒有答案。 At that point, faith may be something you can give a try. 這時候，信仰可能就是一個可以拿出來試試看的方法。 Some people pray to Mazu, some people pray at a church, and some people visit a shrine. 有人拜媽祖，有人禱告，有人去教堂，有人去神社。 Some people do not pray to any god. They simply talk to someone they trust. 也有人不拜神，只是去找一個自己信任的人聊聊。 The forms are different, but maybe they are doing the same thing. 形式不一樣，但也許都在做同一件事。 They help someone who does not know what to do feel a little more at peace. 讓一個不知道該怎麼辦的人，重新得到一點安心。 So now I think we should not be too stubborn about these things. 所以我現在覺得，做人真的不要太鐵齒。 I am not saying that you should stop solving your own problems. 不是叫你什麼事情都不要自己處理。 You should still see a doctor when you need one, and you should still solve the problems you can solve. 該看醫生還是要看醫生，該解決的問題還是要解決。 But when you have really tried your best, and you have done everything you can, but nothing works… 但是當你真的已經努力過了，當自己能做的都做過了，還是沒有辦法…… Then maybe it is not a bad idea to give faith a try. 那信仰，拿出來用一下，好像也沒什麼不好。 Because it may not only help you deal with the problem. 因為它也許不只是在幫你處理一件事情。 It may also comfort the part of you that is already tired. 它也可能是在安慰那個已經很累的你。 So，when nothing else works, give faith a try. 所以，當其他方法都沒有效的時候，就給信仰一次機會。 -- 練習 give it a try試試看 Even if you might fail, you should still give it a try.（就算可能會失敗，你還是應該試試看。） -- 真心聽學英文+中文+台語也可以 聽我亂聊講廢話暫時忘卻人生苦惱的也來 喜歡的話,記得訂閱、收聽、分享、留言~ 您的多多收聽及分享,會讓我更有動力陪你從外太空說到土地公~ #生活英文 #台語 #鐵齒 #信仰力量 #媽祖壓轎金 -- Hosting provided by SoundOn