重新開始，寫給準備好的人
Beginning Again, for Those Who Are Ready
這個部落格，已經很久沒有更新了。
最近，我決定重新開始。
今年我77歲。我還有許多想做的事，也有一些想法，值得花時間整理下來。關於工作、金錢、關係、慷慨，以及如何有意識地過日子。有些想法陪了我很久，有些是這幾年才慢慢改變的。
朋友問起時，我常常想：如果有一個地方，能讓他讀到我比較完整的想法，我們下一次的對話，或許就能更深入一些。
所以，我想重新打開這裡。
我對流量沒有目標，也沒有打算靠這個網站營利。我希望它成為一份持續生長的人生檔案：把我做過的選擇、付出的代價、仍然沒有答案的問題，好好留下來。
和我的書一樣，這裡是寫給準備好的人。
每個人都有自己的時間。一段話，今天讀來沒有感覺，幾年後，可能因為一段經歷，突然就懂了。所謂準備好，也許只是你剛好開始問同樣的問題，願意停一下，想一想。
你不必同意我。我也希望從你的經驗裡，看見自己沒有想到的事。
這些年，我用三個身分描述自己：Businessmaker、Daymaker、Ripplemaker——生意人、悅日人、漣漪人。
做生意，讓我思考一個企業如何讓人有尊嚴地工作。做Daymaker，讓我體會：想讓自己快樂，一個很好的方法，就是有意識地讓別人開心。做Ripplemaker，則讓我繼續探索，一個小小的行動，如何經由人與人的連結，產生我們未必看得見的影響。
我會在這裡談這些經驗，也會談我的修正。例如，我的想法如何從「Die with Zero」走向「Die with Purpose」：在享受生命的同時，思考自己的時間、資源與心力，要如何安排，才能讓在意的事持續下去。
我希望每一個想法背後，都有真實的生活。有時是一個工作上的決定，有時是一段對話，也可能只是一次發現自己想錯了的時刻。
這裡會用中文和英文寫作。
兩種語言，是我生活的一部分。中英文也讓不同背景的朋友有機會相遇。還有一個很私人的原因：我希望文文和禮禮，我的兩個孫子，將來能讀懂阿公。
他們現在不需要理解所有的事。也許有一天，他們會想知道：阿公為什麼這樣生活？為什麼把時間花在這些事情上？他相信什麼，又改變過哪些想法？
我希望他們能在這裡找到一些答案，也認識一個仍在學習的我。
等我80歲時，我計畫從這些累積中，整理出版我的下一本書《Still Waters Run Deep》。書會有完成的一天，這份Living Archive，則可以繼續生長。
我會慢慢整理舊文章，也寫下新的體會。曾經相信、後來改變的事，我希望保留它的脈絡。那也是我的一部分。
如果你是老朋友，歡迎回來。如果你第一次來，歡迎你慢慢讀。
讀到有共鳴的地方，或有不同的看法，都歡迎與我分享。
此刻的你，正在思考什麼問題？
朱平 Ping Chu
靜水流深，善行致遠！
Beginning Again, for Those Who Are Ready
It has been a long time since I last updated this blog.
Recently, I decided to begin again.
I am 77 this year. There is still much I want to do, and there are thoughts I want to take time to put into words: thoughts about work, money, relationships, generosity, and living intentionally. Some have been with me for years. Others have slowly changed.
When a friend asks what I think about something, I often wish there were a place where they could read a fuller version of my thoughts. Perhaps our next conversation could then go a little deeper.
That is why I am opening this space again.
I have no traffic target and no plans to earn money from this website. I want it to become a living archive: a record of my choices, what those choices have cost, and the questions I still cannot answer.
Like my books, this space is for those who are ready.
We each have our own timing. Something we read today may mean little to us. Years later, after an experience of our own, the same words may suddenly make sense. Being ready may simply mean that you have begun asking a similar question and are willing to pause and think.
You do not have to agree with me. I hope your experiences will also show me something I have missed.
Over the years, I have described myself in three ways: Businessmaker, Daymaker, and Ripplemaker.
Being a Businessmaker has led me to ask how a business can make dignified work possible. Being a Daymaker has taught me that one good way to make ourselves happy is to intentionally make someone else happy. Being a Ripplemaker keeps me curious about how a small action can travel through human connections and have effects we may never see.
I will share these experiences here, along with the ways my thinking has changed. One example is my movement from “Die with Zero” toward “Die with Purpose”: enjoying life while considering how to use my time, resources, and energy so that the things I care about can continue.
I want these reflections to be grounded in everyday life. Sometimes that means a decision at work, sometimes a conversation, and sometimes a moment when I realize I was wrong.
I will write in both Chinese and English.
Both languages are part of my life. They also allow friends from different backgrounds to meet here. And there is a very personal reason: I want my grandchildren, Wen Wen and Li Li, to be able to understand their grandfather.
They do not need to understand everything now. Perhaps one day they will wonder: Why did Grandpa live this way? Why did he spend his time on these things? What did he believe, and what did he change his mind about?
I hope they will find some answers here and get to know a grandfather who was still learning.
When I turn 80, I plan to draw from this growing collection for my next book, Still Waters Run Deep. The book will reach publication. The living archive can keep growing.
I will gradually organize older writing and add new reflections. Where my views have changed, I want to preserve the story of that change. It is part of who I am.
If you are an old friend, welcome back. If this is your first visit, take your time.
If something speaks to you, or you see it differently, I welcome your thoughts.
What question are you living with these days?
Ping Chu
Still waters run deep. Kindness travels far.