Sam

March 23rd was my mentor’s birthday, and I also completed a task on this day. The Up Art Group has officially been established with ten members. As for the path ahead, we may need further discussions, but at least we’ve taken the first step. Because of this, I felt particularly happy while painting today.

In the evening, while watching a music program, I saw folk singer Wang Ruiyu talk about his volunteer work teaching children with cerebral palsy how to sing. I truly admire him—teaching music to the average person is already challenging, let alone teaching children with cerebral palsy. He mentioned that when he first started, their pronunciation was unclear. Later, the program invited two of these children to perform live. I was stunned when I heard them—they sang incredibly well, nothing like what one might expect from children with cerebral palsy.

Life may not always be fair, but it always leaves a path for people to walk. My idols have never been billionaires or celebrities. The ones I truly admire are ordinary people like Chen Shu-chu—those who don’t have high incomes or live lavish lives, yet quietly dedicate themselves to helping others without asking for anything in return. Just like Hong Kong star Chow Yun-fat, who, despite his immense wealth, remains down-to-earth, takes the subway, and donates all his earnings to charity.

3月23號是我恩師的生日，而我也完成了一項任務。Up Art Group 找了10位夥伴正式成立，後續的路該怎麼走可能還要再跟大家討論，但至少已經踏出了第一步。所以今天畫畫的心情特別愉快。晚上看著音樂節目時，看到民歌歌手王瑞渝他談到擔任志工幫助教導一些腦麻的小孩子唱歌，真是佩服他，要教一般人音樂就已經如此的不容易了，更何況是教導腦麻的小孩。他說他教導的時候，大家的咬字都不清楚，後來節目邀請了兩位小朋友現場表演演唱。聽了以後嚇了一跳，唱得非常好。一點都不像腦麻。老天爺或許不怎麼公平，但總會留一條路給人走。我的偶像向來都不是大富豪、大明星。我真正欽佩的是陳樹菊這樣的小市民，收入不高，沒有過著奢華的生活、卻默默的在幫助人，不求回報。如港星周潤發收入那麼高一樣那麼親民，一樣搭著地鐵，所有的收入都捐給慈善機構。