A Hungry man came home alone, late after work, turned on television, thought about what to eat, then, bought this pan and had never used it until now.  
一個餓壞了的男人下班後獨自回家，打開電視，想到不知道該吃什麼，結果，買了這把平底鍋。到現在。。。從來還沒有用過它。

Do I really need this pan?

我真的需要這把平底鍋嗎？

I remember, in the long long time ago when I was young, we had to go outside to buy something. But nowadays, there are continuous, nonstop messages coming from all directions into our life 24-7 to convince us that we need «something». The TV shopping channels, the eBay on the Internet, cell messages, the mail orders. And, they sell almost everything! From this magic pan to a magic mop, a motorcycle, jewels and even, the traveling packages. There are not only for something concrete, but also something like, you have to learn this, you must go there or how to be stronger so that you won't jump out of the floor when your girl friend don’t love you ........ OH wait, maybe I should prepare one of this for my next possible girl friend… No… what I keep thinking is, it is really easy to make ourselves to believe that we do need something right? But, why had I bought this pan and had never used it? My dear fellow members, do you have this kind of experience?  
我記得，很久很久以前，在我還年輕的時候，我們必須要走出門去買東西。但現在，每天，都有撲天蓋地、疲勞轟炸，日夜不停的訊息從四面八方而來，企圖說服我們說我們需要«買東西 »。購物頻道、購物網站、手機簡訊、郵購雜誌…而且他們什麼都賣，什麼都不奇怪！從這把神奇的平底鍋，到魔術拖把，摩托車，珠寶，甚至套裝旅遊；它們不止賣實體的商品，也有無形的，例如：你一定要學這個課程、你一定要去那兒旅遊、甚至有「當你女友不再愛你時，不必跳樓的秘方」......　嗯，我想，或許我也該為下一個可能的女朋友準備一份這個秘方才對　... 噢...不不不！…我一直在想的是，我們真的很容易讓自己相信我們真的須要某些東西，對吧？但是，為什麼我買了這個平底鍋卻從來沒有用過？親愛的會員，你有過這樣的經驗嗎？

Is there something you have that is actually something you don't need? 
是不是有一些你已經擁有的東西，但實際上卻是你所不需要的？

We have only two feet but we can have 10 pairs of shoes. We can only hold one handbag, but we can have one in hand and still buy another one or two more. And I even heard about a man who has 2 to 3 cell phone numbers for 2 to 3 girl friends at the same time and all the girls are named Baby!!! We spend time working hard to make money, then what...we keep buying all the things that go beyond what we actually need.
我們只有兩隻腳，但我們可以買了10幾雙的鞋子；我們只能拿一個手提袋，但我們卻可以手上拿著一個包，然後，再去買一、兩個；我甚至聽說有一個男人同時擁有好多個手機門號，以便同時和多個女朋友交往，而且，所有他的女朋友都叫做「寶貝」！我們那麼努力的工作賺錢，然後呢？...就是繼續的購買我們根本用不到的的東西

Do we really need so many things?
我們真的需要這麼多的東西嗎？

Few months ago, a friend invited me to join the “face-book”. I really like it! And I also added some of my friends. As time moved on, the number of my friends increased! My friends, my classmates, and my colleagues, then my friend's friends, my friend's classmates, and….. my friend's classmates colleagues, and then my friend's classmate's colleague's friends and my classmate's colleague's friend's father's girlfriends'.... Oh my god! 10 gifts, 12 invitations, 5 new friends a day..... I mean, it is really great to know so many friends. 
幾個月前，一位朋友邀請我加入“臉書”這個社群。我真的很喜歡它！而且我還加入了一些我的朋友。隨著時間的進展，我的朋友數量也增加了！有，我的朋友，我的同學，和我的同事；接著，我朋友的朋友，我朋友的同學，... ..我朋友同學的同事；然後，我朋友的同學的同事的朋友，和我同學的同事的朋友的父親的女友'的....噢，我的天啊！ 每天10個禮物，12個邀請，和5個新朋友.....我是說，我真的很高興能認識這麼多的新朋友。

But do we really need to take care of dozens of friendships every day in our lives? 
但是，我們是否真的需要每天照顧這數以百計的友誼呢？在每一天？

Just when I was so frustrated, I took my courage to join a training with a very special friend of mine. Because of the training, I had to reschedule and cut off some of my “greedy time” of “ Shining Johnny” like, Roller skating- an athletic Johnny, Motorcycle riding- a cool Johnny, Bicycle riding- a healthy Johnny, Singing!- The party animal Johnny and of course my special expertise, Drinking- The drunken Johnny. 
正當我感到非常沮喪的時候，我鼓起勇氣和好友一同參加了一個訓練課程。為了這個訓練課程，我必須重新安排我的行程，並砍掉一些“別人心目中的閃亮強尼”時間。就像 - 「溜冰 - 運動的我」、「騎摩托車 - 拉風的我」、「騎自行車 - 健康的我」、「唱歌 - 卡拉OK王子的我」，以及我最引以為豪的特殊專長 - 「呼乾啦！- 爛醉的我」。

I did suspend so many things that I used to think I really need in my life. However, see, here I am! And I am still alive, I even feel much happier and much fulfilled instead! So I think, maybe what we really need is not just about how many friends or how much money we can have only. We also have to think about what are the things that we can actually get rid of. So that we won't be disturbed and can pay much more attention to the people and the things that really make sense in our lives. 
我真的取消了許多我以前認為在生命中非常重要的事情！但是各位，你看，我還不是活的好好地是吧！我甚至覺得比以前更快樂、更滿足！所以這一次，和好友參加這個課程真的讓我覺得，也許，我們真正需要的，不僅僅是有我們能擁多少的朋友、或是多少錢；我們還必須要想清楚，有那些事，是我們可以擺脫的？好讓我們不會受到不必要的干擾，而能把注意力放在真正對我有義意的人，和事物上（真正愛我，和我所愛的人事物上）。

The true happiness consists in the contentment. Don't just always think about to own something more. We should learn to make the right decision. To identify who are the ones that we should hold on forever and what are the things that truly matter to us. Then the whole process that we keep involving all our strength to fight for it and to protect from losing it can lead us to the joy of the contentment.
真正的幸福在於知足。不要只想擁有更多的東西，我們應該學會作出正確的判斷。分辨出有哪些人，是我們應該用一輩子去把握的；有哪些事，是真正重要而且值得的；然後，藉由學習如何持續不斷，全力以赴的去努力，爭取和保護它，將可以為我們帶來真正的滿足和快樂。 

Now I finally understand why I bought this pan, it saved my life! I can hang this griddle beside the television to remind me that everything I see on the TV shopping channels is something that I don't need. So my dear fellow members, next time when you want to buy something, please think about Johnny and this magic pan! Give me a call; I will help you to stop it!

現在我終於明白為什麼我買了這個平底鍋，它救了我的命！現在我把這個煎鍋掛在電視旁邊提醒我，任何我在購物頻道看到的東西，都是我所不需要的。所以，親愛的會員們，下一次當你想要買東西的時候，請你想到我和這把平底鍋吧！打電話給我，我會幫你打消念頭的！