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Longshan Temple draws big crowd eager to sponsor lamps for good health or fortune ftv
Early this morning, Longshan Temple began processing people eager to sponsor temple lamps. Many began waiting as long as a month ago, as they believe sponsoring these lamps can bring them good fortune or health.
At six o’clock, Taipei’s Longshan Temple began accepting people to sponsor temple lamps. The first person to apply for a lamp was Mr. Yang who works in the financial industry.
Last night we came. About a month ago, I asked my family to come here first and begin waiting.
Today was the first day of lighting lamps and Longshan Temple was packed with visitors. Many wanted to light medicine lamps to pray for health, while others chose lamps for wealth. These lamps were in such demand that some came more than a month ago to begin waiting in line.
In addition to a huge line of people waiting patiently, reporters have witnessed hawkers selling their place in line. With more than 1000 people in line, tempers began to flare though there was little the temple could do to alleviate the situation.
Chang Hsue-lin
Longshan Temple Director
For those that began waiting a month ago, we issued 1,000 numbers, and if these we all issued by today, I told people come back the next day. This is the only way I could control the situation.
Each day up to 1,000 people are allowed to choose lights in the temple, and based upon past practice, the first day of the lighting an additional 300 people are permitted, as processing this many people in one day may take an entire day with many waiting long into the night.
Questions:
What do you think about “the activity of sponsor lamps for good health or fortune?
Do you believe that sponsoring these lamps can bring them good fortune or health?
What do you think about Longshank Temple or other temples in Taiwan?
How to get rid of bad luck? How to Have Good Luck?
Do you believe in superstitions why or why not?
List of superstitions around the world?
Are you willing waiting long to do something?
觀察受歡迎的人
Learning By Observing The Behavior Of Popular People
Vijai P. Sharma, Ph.D
If you want to become an interesting person, get interested in people you come in contact with.
experts believe that to "win" other people over to your side, you have to get on theirs first. How you make them feel about themselves is more important to them than your personal charisma and self-confidence. But, the interest in other people must be genuine. Faking or superficial interest doesn't cut it.
Psychologist Bernardo Carducci identifies eight habits or typical behaviors of the socially adept. Socially adept people typically do the following:
1. They invest time in others. They sharpen their social skills and increase their popularity by spending a lot of time with others. They often go out with others, invite them to their home, go to theirs and participate in various social activities. If you don't invest the time, you don't get the results.
2. They expect others to be fair and friendly towards them. They don't worry that about "proving" how witty and interesting they are. They believe that others will be gracious and forgiving of their minor faults and "goof ups." They think positive about others and hence come across as positive persons to others.
3. They direct their attention outward rather than onto themselves. They scan the social scene to guide their actions. They observe others and listen actively, which gives them plenty of leads regarding what will be interesting and appealing to them.
4. They know when to step in and step out of a conversation. To join in, they look for a lull in a conversation and ask appropriate questions or elaborate on what someone has already said. They make comments that are connected to what is being said, as opposed to an amateur who throws in a statement that tends to disrupt the conversation. They know when to stop so someone else can get a chance to chime in.
5. They glide over a "miss" and expect to "hit" next time. For example, when the socially adept try to join in on a conversation and find that they are being ignored or unwelcome, they don't regard it as a rejection or a personal failure. Like accomplished batsmen, they assume that with so many strikes, there will be some misses along with many hits.
6. They take hold of their negative emotions such as anger, disappointments and fears. When they experience negative feelings, they quickly shift their attention to the more positive aspects of the situation. They earn the admiration of others for demonstrating control over their emotions.
7. They humor people. They want everyone around them to have a good time. They keep a few jokes and stories handy for various occasions.
(Copyright 2000, Mind Publications mindpub.com)
Questiopns:
How to observe the behavior of others?
Do you invest time in others?
What are the benefits of hanging around with positive people?
How to make friends?
Do you like contact with people? How to improve social skills?
What are the social activities you like?
Can you hold negative emotions such as anger, disappointments and fears?
Are you a humor person? Are you a good jokes teller?
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