2021 01 15
作者 Article by Sunny Wong
天线
说到电视,离不开接收, 两家大公司, 一家是罗渣士, 一家是贝尔。 两家公司互相竞争, 你做推广我减价。但是到了推广期一过, 马上加价。而且价钱逐年递增, 租一个接受盒要算钱, 加多一些频道又再加钱。他们永远是赢家。
我家有四个电视,以前租了三个接收盒, 后来觉得划不来, 忙时根本连看电视的时间都没有, 干嘛要白花钱, 就退了两个。最近, 我用简单的室内天线试试看能收到多少台, 以前的旧电视用天线只能收几个台, 现在的数码电视竟然可以收到二十多个数码台, 和罗渣士的基本套餐差不多。但是叫他们停了我的电视服务就得跳出套餐(家用电话, 电视及上网),另两样服务就得加价。结果还是租了一个接收盒保留了电视服务。
我去一家批发公司一口气买了 7 个 10 元一个的室内天线, 安装在家里其余三个电视机上, 接受方向不太好的位置一台电视连三个天线。这样家里每个电视机都能看到电视了。就算不常看也不用白给租金。
用天线接收,要调节位置,高度, 有时候会受天气影响, 有时候需要再搜索屏道。如果调节得当, 就能接受到讯息。由此我联想到有如我们接收上帝给我们的讯息,天线的位置设置得不对时,就无法接受到讯息。有时我们的心没有安静下来, 所以听不到上帝的话语,有时候是由于心理状态的不平衡, 自我, 自大, 自私, 自以为是都会阻止我们听不到上帝的启示及话语。希望我们能通过天线的启示来调节各自的心态,改善与上帝的关系。籍着诚信, 谦卑, 通过读经来领受及理解上帝的话语及讯息,跟随他的指引活出基督徒的生活。
Antenna
When it comes to TV, reception is inseparable. There are two big companies, one is Rogers and the other is Bell. The two companies compete with each other, you do promotion and I reduce the price. But once the promotion period is over, the price will be increased immediately. And the price is increasing year by year; renting a receiver will cost money, adding more channels cost money. They are always winners.
I have four televisions at home. I used to rent three receivers. Later I thought it was not worth it. When I was busy, I didn't even have time to watch TV. Why did I have to spend money for nothing?
Recently, I used a simple indoor antenna to try to see how many channels I can get. I remember for the old box TV, the indoor antenna can only receive about 5 channels, but with the digital TV, I got more than 20 digital channels, which is almost the same as Rogers’s basics package. But if I ask them to stop my TV service, I am out of the package (home phone, TV and Internet), they will increase home phone and internet service fee. In the end, I returned two receivers and kept one.
I went to a wholesale store-bought 7 indoor antennas at $10.00 each. I installed them on the other three televisions in the house. I used three antennas for one television where the location is poor. Finally, every TV in the house is having channels without paying extra receivers.
When receiving with an antenna, you need to adjust the position and height. Sometimes it is affected by the weather, and sometimes you need to research the channels again. If you adjust it properly, you can receive the signal well. From this, I think of it as if we accept the signal from God, when the antenna is set incorrectly, the signal cannot be received. Sometimes our hearts are not in peace, so we cannot hear God's words. Sometimes it is due to the imbalance of our mental state. Self-centered, selfish, arrogant, and self-righteousness will prevent us from hearing God's words. I hope that we can adjust ourselves through the revelation of the antenna, improve our relationship with God, receive and understand God's words through the bible, reading with integrity, humility and live out a Christian life by following his guidance.