有捨才有得。Give before you take.

08/04/18 :-
有捨才有得。
Give before you take.

這句話是如此的簡單但如此地難以做到。
最近在身邊發生了不少事情，也遇到了不少人，讓我有所感觸。
有一部分的人在某種場合，考量某個決定，對待某些人時，腦海第一件事就是問，“這對我有甚麼好處？”
為甚麼會是捨得而不是得捨就是因為在我們能夠割捨後才有可能得到。

本身帶有點 “多管閒事” 的自己總是學不會對別人的求助說不。
在一年多前接觸了這個從台灣來的遊戲卡後，開始找身邊的朋友來個一對一的交流。
續之前完成的#project1983eagleivan 之後，今年 2018 也給了自己一個新的挑戰就是要再次與83個人玩這副遊戲卡。

因為之前3個月忙著工作與其它瑣碎的事，進展的幅度不大，所以至今只玩了4 場。
當我開始想要邀約朋友一起玩這遊戲卡時，遇到的問題就是，“你為甚麼要找我玩？有甚麼目的/理由？”

我相信施比受更有福，之前友人第一次跟我玩了之後，我獲益良多，所以想讓更多人從中受益。
每一個人從這遊戲得到的收穫都不一樣，我也沒有辦法很詳細地讓你知道又或者保證你一定會得到些什麼。

而遇到那些堅信我一定是想從他們身上獲益的朋友，我唯一的理由或許也只是希望從你們的故事裡取得靈感。
當我有時間能夠報名上小寒老師的專業歌詞班的課時，我能夠從回憶資料庫裡拿出你們的故事當作題材，希望寫出一些感人的歌。。。

你願意與我玩一場遊戲牌嗎？ =)

This is such a simple statement yet so hard to achieve.
I had several encounters and also met some people recently which gave me this thought.
There are people where in certain occasions, making certain decisions or when dealing with certain people, the first thing which comes to mind is, "How is this going to benefit me?"
I believe, there's a reason why we say "Give and Take" instead of "Take and Give"; only by giving will you be able to receive and take something.

With a "busybody" character, I find it pretty difficult to say no to other people's request for help.
More than a year ago, after my first encounter with this set of cards from Taiwan, I started inviting friends to have a one-to-one exchange session with me.
Following the #project1983eagleivan, I have set a new challenge for myself in year 2018, that is to play this set of cards with 83 people.

As I was caught up with work and other miscellaneous stuff in the first 3 months, progress was pretty slow and I only managed to play with 4 people.
When I started to invite friends to play this card with me, a common question I was being asked, "Why do you want to play with me? What is your motive/reason?"

I believe that it's better to give than to receive, after my friend played with me for the first time, I felt that I benefited a lot from the game and is hoping to "pay it forward".
Different people benefited differently from this game, thus I am unable to specifically let you know or guarantee what can you bring back from this.

Having met with some persistent friends who insisted that I must be wanting to gain something from them, the only reason I can give you is that I hope to gain inspiration from your stories.
When I have the time to enroll in Teacher Xiao Han's professional lyrics writing course, I would then be able to retrieve from my memory jar and use your stories as inspiration, hoping to write some touching songs...

Are you willing to play a game of cards with me? =)