Tai Ji Men Qigong Academy

Sharing brings much happiness

I had wondered why my older son in fourth grade always brought such a heavy-loaded school bag. I found he put two pencil boxes with lots of stationery, and even two sets of compasses. I asked him the reasons out of curiosity, and his answer impressed me. He said that his classmates usually forgot to bring those to school. They knew he has an extra one, so they would borrow from him, and he is willing to offer to them.

Moreover, we try not to use disposable tableware, so my son always has a spoon and chopsticks in his bag. I was told that the chopsticks have helped out many classmates (because schools don’t provide tableware for lunches). He enjoys giving people a hand. No wonder his classmates voted for him as their class leader.

Not long ago, our family went for a one-day tour to Yi-Lan (a city in the East of Taiwan) held by my wife’s company, and we bought some candied fruits. My daughter brought some of those candied fruits for her teacher in the kindergarten. Two days later, she said she wanted to bring more to school. I asked her who she would share with this time, and she said she wanted to share with the classmates. They saw it when she gave it to the teacher. On the Toys Sharing Day, she would ask for bringing more toys to school. At first, I was worried that she showed off in school, but actually she just wanted to share with her friends.

My two children enjoy going to school every day. They go to school cheerfully and come back home happily. I listen to them talking about something interesting happened in school while driving them home from the Day Care Center. Their smiling faces always sweep away my tiredness after long-hour work.

My children even reminded me of my father. When I was little, my parents usually cooked dumplings and scallion pancakes. My father always gave the piping hot delicacies to the neighbors first, instead of his hungry children. I asked my father why he did this, and I always got the same answer: because his parents taught him so. As I grew older, I gradually realized it was so-called "sharing the good stuffs with your good friends."

Nowadays, as the society has developed, social distance between people widens, and interactions have become more complex. However, our children experience the joy of sharing with others because they have learned a lot in Tai Ji Men Qigong Academy

I met my wife in Tai Ji Men, and we also let our children join when they were little because it has a good learning environment. They have a Shifu as a mentor to indicate a right direction of life. They also have many brothers and sisters of their age as company, so they have many opportunities to learn about sharing. Besides, the brothers and sisters are sincere and helpful to guide our children as their own. Thus, youngster foster great characteristics in a good environment, and going to Tai Ji Men Qigong Academy is truly their happiest time.

It is said that when one is sharing, the function of heart performs the best. It shows sharing is supposed to be the instinct of human who is by nature a social animal. People compete with each other because of their insatiable desire and mind disequilibrium. I am glad and thankful that my children share happily since they were little. I believe they will have better interaction with others and that leads them to a happy life.