Take Control 掌控

It is not a surprise that many of us like to take control of things and people. When we are able to control, we feel secure and happy. And if not, we are disappointed. Should we always take control?

The World Cup Football was just over. Many fans have spent hours watching and experienced emotional change caused by the performance of their favourite teams or players. Indeed, the fans are not able to control the performance irrespective how much they want their team to win. The players may do their best but they also have limitations in terms of controlling the ball. If ever any people such as a gambling group ever try to control the performance or result, it is perceived as being illegal. Therefore, it is not recommended to take control especially if it is beyond our control and liable to affect our emotional stability. And if it is illegal, we should refrain from taking control.

As we refrain ourselves from taking control of many things and people around us, we should, however, learn to take control of our emotion to respond to the circumstances appropriately. In other words, we may come across the poor and the needy living in a desperate situation, we may not be able to change the structure of our society to make it a more equal wealth- distributing society. However, we can respond to the needy perhaps by giving them alms compassionately. And if we are given the authority to be a voice for the needy, then it is our responsibility to voice up even though we have no control over how the audience would respond to our concerns.

Therefore, refraining from taking control is learning to letting go what is not really critical to us such as the result of the World Cup. But it is our responsibility to respond to the needs of our society even though we have no control over the reaction of people towards our acts of kindness.

不少人都喜欢控制周围的事和人。如果我们能够控制，我们情绪会比较轻松和心情快乐。如果不能控制，我们可能会很失望。我们是否要常常采取控制的态度呢？

这一屆世界杯足球赛刚刚落幕。许多球迷已经花了好多个小时观看球赛直播，并经历了所喜欢的球队或球员的表现而引起的情绪变化。事实上，无论他们多么希望自己的球队能够取得勝利，球迷必竟不能控制比赛。而且球员也可能会尽力發挥，但在控球方面，他们有时也会力不从心。如果有任何赌博团体试图操纵比赛，那是非法的行为。因此，身为人的我们，我们不要试图作掌控者，尤其是在面对超出我们控制的范围和可能影响我们情绪的情况。而且我们应该避免涉及任何非法的控制。

雖然我们不能控制身边的许多事和人，但是我们应该学习控制自己的情绪，並适当地回应所面对的人和事。换句话说，我们可能会遇到生活極为困难的人，我们可能无法改变社会结构，使它成为一个更加平等分配财富的社会。然而，我们还是可以通过关懐而给于他们一些幫助。如果我们有权力为有需要的人發言，那么即使我们无法控制聽衆如何回应我们的言论，我们还是有责任表达自己的意见。

所以，避免控制是学会放下那些対我们不是真正重要的事情，例如世界杯的成绩。即使我们无法控制人们对于我们善行的反应，我们仍然有责任回应社会的需要。

Simple tools are used to control and secure certain things.
简单的工具也被用来控制或锁定一些东西。