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• September 3, 2007: My Best Intentions
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  Monday, Sep 3, 2007 1:00PM / Standard Entry / The One Foundation / Members only
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  Within a one month period I have travelled four times back and forth between Hengdian and Shanghai, utilizing every weekend to promote the One Foundation.  Each round-trip journey takes 10 hours, from the moment I step into the car.  If one were to say that the preparation for the Foundation prior to April 19 was like it's pregnancy, then the period after the April 19 official launch is like birth and child-raising.
  
  I've done my best, using various methods and channels, to spread the idea of the One Foundation, in the hopes that more people would understand and support it.  After six days of filming, a one day rest is actually quite important -- I really should rest.  But that is not the way things work out, as many things need to be done.  Volunteer work means using one's own time to promote a charitable idea.  I haven't seen my wife and kids in three months, and even after filming is finished I will still be doing more work for the One Foundation.
  
  The truth is, I do feel tired sometimes.  I remember after the August 12 Charity Cup Car Race in Shanghai, on the way back to Hengdian I was listening to one of Jackie Chan's CDs.  I listened to the song entitled "My Best Intentions" several times.  Although the song lyrics are about a man's sincere honesty towards a woman, after subsituting the word "family" instead of "woman", it touched me deeply and I couldn't stop the tears from flowing.  There are times when I really want to tell people "I really am doing my best."  When I returned to Hengdian and saw Jackie, I told him "It's all because of you!  Your song, "My Best Intentions" made me cry for half a day!"  The lyrics of one song touched me deeply.  I think everyone has had this sort of experience in their lives.
  
  The important thing isn't the result, but rather, the process.  The recent break between filming two movies was spent publicizing and promoting charitable work, and it is tiring.  I keep saying that great courage is what is needed most in this process.  Courage far surpasses material and monetary gain; perhaps this is part of Buddhism's great compassion.  I often say, "Do something wholeheartedly for the people." Even though it is exhausting, I will perservere!  In the future I will spend even more time working, accompanying the One Foundation on it's continued growth.