Saturday, April 18, 2009

杨澜:成长,你人生中唯一的把握

不久以前看到杨澜的这段演讲,非常受触动。 拿出来和大家一起分享。


我来之前,曾委托院方向同学们征集问题。我注意到大家都希望我来谈谈如何成功?这个问题。说实在的,这个题目,让我感觉很惶恐。首先现代社会的多元化,对于什么是成功,没有一个统一的说法。我不敢肯定自己是不是成功。因为一个人的成功与否更多的是你周围的人对你的评价和判断。正如古人所说:是非审之于己,毁誉听之于人。的确,毁誉就不是自己能说了算的。 再者我认为所谓的成功,在很大程度上取决于机遇,外界的环境等等的影响,很难在人与人之间进行一种简单的复制。甚至可以说,成功是难以把握的。成功是一种 结果,而今天,我更想谈一谈这个过程,也就是成长。对于我来说,我有一个很深的体会就是:人生在世,你唯一能够有把握的也就是成长。因此,我把成长:你 唯一的把握作为今天与大家交流的题目。

什么是个人的成长?我觉得我做了母亲以后,我对成长有了一个更新的认识。有一次,我女儿幼儿园的老师给孩子们出了一道题:如果世界上只有一种 颜色…….”让孩子们自己来回答。有的小朋友说:如果只有一种颜色,就不可能有彩虹了。有的小朋友说:我最喜欢粉红色,如果只有一种颜色,我希望是 粉红色。” …….我注意到我女儿的回答,她对老师说:如果只有一种颜色,那么连白天和黑夜都没有。所以,我觉得一个孩子的成长,就是他对外部世界的不断探索和认 知的过程。

那么对于一个成年人来讲,什么是一个人的成长?以前的儒家思想要求人成长的轨迹是:修身、齐家、治国、平天下。而哲学家罗素则认为,人的成长要 遇到三个方面的矛盾:一是人与自然环境的矛盾,二是人与社会,也就是人与人的矛盾,三是人与自己的矛盾。我觉得,人的成长过程实际上就是不断地寻找自己人 生坐标的过程。人从小到大,视野不断开阔、知识不断丰富、经验不断积累,从而越来越深刻地认识自己,同时也在认识周围世界,我想恐怕这就是人的成长过程 了。人的成长路径不同,人生追求也千差万别,无论成功与否,人的最终归宿大致是相同的。而区别就在于每个人所走过的道路不同,每个人对自己人生的了解程度 和自己内心的真实体验是不可复制的。人的成长就是要不断地突破自己的小环境,而进入一个更广阔世界的过程。这种突破,不仅要突破物理空间的界限,也要突破 心灵空间的界限。 然而,对于个人的成长,什么是最重要呢?每个人可能侧重不同,而我今天还是想就这三个方面:人与外部世界、人与人、人与自己来谈。我觉得对于人 的成长,要是寻找坐标的话,应该去寻找以下三个坐标:一是时代的坐标、二是与别人比较,你的比较优势是什么?三是自己内心的坐标

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最后,我想说的是每个人都在成长,这种成长是一个不断发展的动态过程。也许你在某种场合和时期达到了一种平衡,而平衡是短暂的,可能瞬间即逝,不断被打 破。成长是无止境的,生活中很多是难以把握的,甚至爱情,你可能会变,那个人也可能会变;但是成长是可以把握的,这是对自己的承诺。我们虽然再努力也成为 不了刘翔,但我们仍然能享受奔跑。可能会有人会妨碍你的成功,却没人能阻止你的成长。换句话说,这一辈子你可以不成功,但是不能不成长。

Recipe of the Day - Asparagus Pestro with Pasta

Came across this recipe today, feel like it!

Ingredients

  • 1 bunch asparagus spears (about 1 lb), trimmed of tough ends and halved crosswise
  • 3 handfuls baby spinach leaves
  • 2 cloves garlic, peeled
  • 1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese, plus more for topping
  • 1 cup pine nuts
  • 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for topping
  • Juice of 1/2 lemon
  • 1/2 teaspoon fine-grain sea salt
  • 8 ounces of dried pasta or 12 ounces fresh -linguini, fettuccini, spaghetti Mix spinach pasta with regular wheat pasta for a medley of colors.

Method

1 Bring 2 pots of water to a rolling boil, one large for the pasta and one medium sized for the asparagus.

2 While the water is heating, put the pine nuts in a single layer in a large skillet. Heat on medium heat, stirring occasionally, until fragrant and lightly browned. Remove pine nuts from pan and set aside. You will use 3/4 cup of the pine nuts for the pesto paste and 1/4 cup to mix in whole.

3 Salt the asparagus water and drop the spears into the pan. Cook for only 2 or 3 minutes, until the spears are bright green and barely tender. Drain under cool water to stop the cooking. Cut the tips off, and set aside, several of the asparagus (diagonal cut about an inch from the end) to use for garnish.

4 Add the asparagus, spinach, garlic, Parmesan, and 3/4 cup of the pine nuts to a food processor. Purée and, with the motor running, drizzle in the 1/4 cup of olive oil until a paste forms. If too thick, thin it with a bit of the pasta water. Add the lemon juice and salt, taste and adjust seasoning.

Here's a trick that Heidi taught me. When emptying the food processor bowl of its contents, hold the bottom of the bowl with one hand with a finger in the center hole, holding the blade in place and keeping it from falling out. This fresh pasta cooked up in no time at all.

5 Salt the pasta water well and cook the pasta until just tender. Check the directions on the pasta package. You'll need more time for dried pasta and less for fresh. Drain and toss immediately with 1 cup of the asparagus pesto.

Serve sprinkled with the remaining 1/4 cup toasted pine nuts, a dusting of Parmesan, and a light drizzle of olive oil.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

What's Next For Physician-Owned Hospitals?

From Law360, 03.03.2009

Law360, New York (March 03, 2009) -- In most situations, a physician, having invested in a hospital, is only permitted under federal law to refer Medicare patients to that facility because of a certain statutory exception to physician self-referral prohibitions. But if the past is prologue, the continuing availability of this exception, hence the viability of business models involving physician investment in “single-specialty hospitals,” is far from assured.

The federal physician self-referral statute,[1] commonly known as “Stark Law,” prohibits physicians from referring Medicare patients to facilities in which they have ownership or investment interests for the provision of “designated health services” absent compliance with a Stark exception. Because the definition of designated health services under Stark Law includes inpatient and outpatient hospital services, physicians would generally be precluded from referring Medicare patients to hospitals in which they have invested if not for the Stark “whole hospital” exception.

Generally speaking, the whole-hospital exception permits a physician who has invested in a hospital to refer patients to it so long as the investment interest is in the hospital itself, and not a subdivision of it (e.g., a heart center affiliated with the hospital), and the physician is authorized to perform services at the hospital.

This exception to Stark investment/ownership prohibitions has spawned an industry involving health care delivery by hospitals owned by physicians that focus on such single specialties as cardiology, neurology and orthopedics. General hospitals have opposed this development, claiming that specialty hospitals siphon away the best and most certain reimbursement and thus increase general hospitals’ already disproportionate share of low-reimbursement procedures and under- and non-insured patients.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

春天的颜色

每天都在感悟着,时间真是匆匆流逝。 好想每天都把心情记录下来。 只是笔端干涩,腹
中无墨,常常苦思却不得其解。 我想还是从简单的来吧,写写自己能写的东西。

Palo Alto 一年四季都有它独特的魅力。最神奇的,是这块土地上生长着的不计其数的花草树木. 在每家每户的院前屋后, 大抵都栽种着各种不同的果数花木。 在大的马路两旁和中行道上,也是绵绵不绝的花木林荫。高低错落,洋洋洒洒中流露着无穷的生机。 骨子里面对植物和园艺的喜爱,在这里真的是最好的观察场所。 当年惶惑的从东岸搬来,真没想到有这样的好机缘。 好了,先贴几张昨天随手拍的院子里蔓藤花和邻居家的照片。










Saturday, April 11, 2009

My Garden

今天早起的时候, 忽然闻到院子里一阵幽香。 走出一看,院角地方那丛蔓藤花已经开得蓬蓬勃勃。我们搬来这里已经一年半了。 不知觉间小院已经悄悄发生了很多变化。 还记得刚来的时候里面的花草还是很生疏瘦弱。 去年这时候我象着了魔似的忽然意兴大发,在湾区的各个卖花花草草的地方游逛不已,周末的时候经常是自己拿着榔头大兴土木的开凿院前院角小小的空地。 无奈没有太多gardening的经验。 去年花了很多的时间和心血,效果却非常一般。 没有能象我所想象那般开创出一个繁花似锦的花园,不由得曾经有段时间有些廖落。

没料到,去年的努力,今天就这样悄然的绽放在我的面前。 院里的树木花草似乎在一夜间窜起了个头,无比的生机盎然。去年埋在地下的郁金香种子, 已经窈窕的冒出来。 爸妈去年吃过的枇杷随手埋下的种子,也长出了小树苗。

不由得有些感动,感觉有些幸福。 人的收获有时候就是这样不经意间吧。 就如这花园。 在生活里,多少时候我们坚持着自己的信念,默默的努力着。 到收获的时候,感觉大概就如这忽如其来的春意,豁然间开朗。