{"id":35295,"date":"2022-11-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/?p=35295"},"modified":"2022-12-30T19:24:12","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T11:24:12","slug":"a-labor-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/?p=35295","title":{"rendered":"A Labor of Love"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"35295\" class=\"elementor elementor-35295\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-343302a5 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"343302a5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-25c608a6\" data-id=\"25c608a6\" 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.elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>By Chen Yi-lin and Li Ming-mu<\/strong> <br \/>Translated by Wu Hsiao-ting <br \/>Photos by Li Ming-mu<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f68a128 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f68a128\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-427718e8\" data-id=\"427718e8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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The volunteer work keeps him busy, but he has come to realize that it\u2019s never tiring when you do things you love.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-77897f82 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"77897f82\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2f704777\" data-id=\"2f704777\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56c445bf elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"56c445bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d768999 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d768999\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e73a5a8\" data-id=\"1e73a5a8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62d9ef35 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62d9ef35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cYour hospital bed and wheelchair are broken? No problem. I\u2019ll come over and take a look after work today,\u201d Zeng Qing-an (\u66fe\u6176\u5b89) said into his phone. He noted the address, and made the visit after he got off work that day, just as he had promised.<\/p><p>\u201cThe headboard is broken, and the remote control isn\u2019t working,\u201d Zeng said while checking the bed for the family. Next, he found that the wheelchair brake had become loose too. \u201cI\u2019ll deliver another bed and high-back wheelchair to you tomorrow morning.\u201d<\/p><p>The next morning, a Saturday, Zeng arrived again driving a small delivery truck. The household was located in a small alley off Guangfu Road in Taoyuan City, northern Taiwan. The narrowness of the alley made it difficult for him to get there with his truck. \u201cFortunately I drive pretty well,\u201d Zeng said with a smile to his company\u2019s factory director, Qiu Da-hao (\u90b1\u5927\u8c6a), who had accompanied him on the trip.<\/p><p>Mr. Wang, 68, is the master of the household Zeng was visiting. He had, with the help of a case manager at a hospital, applied to Tzu Chi\u2019s assistive device program for a hospital bed, an air mattress, and a wheelchair on behalf of his wife. That was four months ago, and now something had gone wrong with the bed and wheelchair. Mr. Wang contacted Zeng again with the help of the case manager.<\/p><p>Zeng went into Mrs. Wang\u2019s bedroom. Lying in her bed with her eyes wide open, she could see the visitors but was unable to speak. There were protective gloves on her hands to prevent her from pulling out her nasogastric tube. \u201cShe has colorectal cancer and cerebral edema,\u201d explained Mr. Wang. \u201cShe fell ill just eight months ago and became like this in that short time.\u201d<\/p><p>Zeng prepared to move Mrs. Wang from her bed to a regular bed so that the new hospital bed could be put in. Before he began, he told her what he was doing so that her muscles wouldn\u2019t tense up out of nervousness. Mr. Wang helped him move her to the regular bed. The two worked well together. \u201cYou did a good job,\u201d he praised the husband. When Mrs. Wang was settled on the regular bed, Zeng carefully placed a pillow under her head and a bed cover over her body.<\/p><p>Zeng was mindful of every detail in the process. Experience had taught him it took more than brute force when moving a patient. You need to put the patient at ease and guide the family helping you by your side. Paying attention to those aspects ensures that the job can be done more easily.<\/p><p>After moving the broken bed away and replacing it with the new one, Zeng asked Mr. Wang to test out the space by the bed to see if it was large enough for him to move around and work there. Then he taught him how to use the remote control for the bed and at the same time double-checked if the bed was working properly. When everything was in order and confirmed to be working well, they moved Mrs. Wang onto the new bed.<\/p><p>Mr. Wang was as grateful as could be. He said the assistive equipment provided by Tzu Chi had made it a lot easier for him to take care of his wife. \u201cYou sent over the equipment as soon as we applied. Because of your service, we don\u2019t have to fork out extra money to buy the needed equipment. I\u2019m so thankful to Tzu Chi for reducing our financial burden.\u201d<\/p><p>The broken bed wouldn\u2019t go into the trash. Instead, it\u2019d be checked and repaired for further use. Zeng explained that the equipment provided by Tzu Chi\u2019s assistive device program is all second-hand and it\u2019s natural that things sometimes break. For example, the buttons on a remote control might refuse to respond when pressed, or a motor might cease to function. When things like that happen, they repair the devices or replace parts to try to make them work again.<\/p><p>Zeng is the owner of a metal machining company. He is also a Tzu Chi volunteer. When a service outlet for the foundation\u2019s assistive device program was set up at the Bade Jing Si Hall in Taoyuan City in 2020, he began serving as the contact person. He also helps deliver equipment. He is dedicated to his work for the program and is always ready to help when his assistance is needed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e08e390 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e08e390\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64d5f2d\" data-id=\"64d5f2d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45f9138 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"45f9138\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.1 - 13-11-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/12\/DSC08510.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/12\/DSC08510.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/12\/DSC08510-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/12\/DSC08510-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/12\/DSC08510-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/12\/DSC08510-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/12\/DSC08510-330x220.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f51317 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f51317\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Zeng Qing-an serves as the contact person for a service outlet of Tzu Chi\u2019s assistive device program. The outlet is located at the Bade Jing Si Hall in Taoyuan City, northern Taiwan. He also repairs and delivers equipment. <em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Hsiao Yiu-hwa<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1b1107 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e1b1107\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59c9448 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59c9448\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-413874c8\" data-id=\"413874c8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2073e918 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2073e918\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>A volunteer and a boss<\/strong><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31470fbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31470fbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Zeng was born in Yunlin County, central-western Taiwan, in 1963. He has an older brother and a younger sister. When he was seven, he moved with his parents to northern Taiwan, where his parents worked at a brick kiln. When the young Zeng saw how hard his parents had to work to earn a living\u201412 hours a day all year around\u2014he decided to stop going to school when he graduated from junior high school and to start working to ease his parents\u2019 financial burden.<\/p><p>At his uncle\u2019s invitation, he became an apprentice at a factory that produced rattan chairs. While he was working there, three high school graduates were hired to work part-time. They happened to bring with them some textbooks to study during their free time to prepare for the joint college entrance exam. During a lunch break one day, Zeng chatted with them. He said, \u201cI\u2019ve never been to high school. Can I take a look at your textbooks?\u201d As he was browsing the textbooks, one of the graduates asked him, \u201cDo you understand what you are reading?\u201d \u201cSure,\u201d Zeng answered. \u201cThis is easy.\u201d The three graduates didn\u2019t believe him and began throwing random questions from the textbooks at him. Zeng answered almost every one correctly. The graduates said afterwards to Zeng\u2019s uncle, who was a team leader at the factory, \u201cYou must let your nephew go to school. It\u2019s a waste of his talent working here.\u201d<\/p><p>Later, Zeng tested into the night school of Taoyuan Agricultural and Industrial Senior High School with a high score. He studied in the department of mechanics. That led to his involvement with computer numerical control lathes, and eventually his own business. He currently has 16 employees. Because he is the boss, he is freer to arrange his work schedule to accommodate his volunteer work.<\/p><p>In early 2013, Zeng\u2019s father, who suffered from black lung disease due to his work, was diagnosed with heart and lung failure, resulting in frequent visits to an emergency room and an intensive care unit. Zeng arranged for his parents to move in with him so that he could help care for his father.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ef339d7 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ef339d7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ac097c\" data-id=\"3ac097c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c012345 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7c012345\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/12\/LINE_ALBUM_20220331\u674e\u660e\u9702_9_A2621475.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/12\/LINE_ALBUM_20220331\u674e\u660e\u9702_9_A2621475.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/12\/LINE_ALBUM_20220331\u674e\u660e\u9702_9_A2621475-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/12\/LINE_ALBUM_20220331\u674e\u660e\u9702_9_A2621475-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/12\/LINE_ALBUM_20220331\u674e\u660e\u9702_9_A2621475-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-27105a04\" data-id=\"27105a04\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1860162d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1860162d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Zeng Qing-an (left) and a fellow volunteer check and repair a piece of assistive equipment at the Bade Jing Si Hall.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13819158 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"13819158\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-563eb35 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"563eb35\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-270907c4\" data-id=\"270907c4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f81cb42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f81cb42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>Don\u2019t say things that vex people<\/strong><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43af285e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43af285e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Zeng joined Tzu Chi after seeing the relief work carried out by the foundation after the 9\/21 earthquake in 1999 and Typhoon Toraji in 2001. Both times, he went to the disaster areas to help victims and was able to witness firsthand the work of Tzu Chi volunteers. He recalls helping clear sewers in a village in Lugu Township, Nantou County, that had been hit by landslides after the 9\/21 earthquake. As he was going about his work, he saw many gravel trucks bearing Tzu Chi flags hauling away waste soil and other debris to help local residents. Impressed by Tzu Chi\u2019s quick and efficient action, he decided to train to become a certified Tzu Chi volunteer. He received his certification as a Tzu Cheng Faith Corps member in 2003 and as a Tzu Chi commissioner in 2018.<\/p><p>He has worked as a team leader in Tzu Chi for 16 years. He\u2019s changed a lot during that time. He often has to find people to undertake certain tasks, and as a result he has become more gentle, patient, and flexible when it comes to dealing with people.<\/p><p>\u201cI used to snap at people in my company,\u201d Zeng said. \u201cEven when I knew that something I said would vex others, I still said it.\u201d But he said that he is now better at putting himself in others\u2019 shoes. He gave an example of a foreign migrant worker employed by his company. Though the employee was new at the company, he often took time off work without apparent good reason. What\u2019s more, he continued to do so despite repeated exhortations. One day people at the company told Zeng the foreign worker was taking time off work again, for itchy skin due to an allergy. Zeng said, \u201cOkay. Let him.\u201d He even purchased lotions, handmade soap, and probiotics out-of-pocket for the employee.<\/p><p>Zeng believes in showing care for others instead of being critical of them. When employees don\u2019t perform well, he hopes to patiently move or inspire them to do better instead of being harsh to them. He wisely said, \u201cWhen you hire a good employee and he performs well under your guidance, it doesn\u2019t say much about your leadership skills. But it\u2019s another matter when you hire a bad employee and he performs well under your guidance. You learn and grow as well in the process.\u201d<\/p><p>Zeng has another employee with a bad temper, and who often takes time off work too. One time the employee\u2019s father, who lived in southern Taiwan, was badly injured at a construction site. Zeng told the employee to take more days off work so that he could spend more time with his father and help care for him. He also said to him, \u201cIf your father needs assistive devices when he is discharged from the hospital, let me know. I\u2019ll ask my fellow Tzu Chi volunteers in the south to deliver the equipment to him.\u201d<\/p><p>Scratching his head, Zeng said a little shyly, \u201cTry as much as possible not to say things to others that we wouldn\u2019t want to hear ourselves, because it wouldn\u2019t go down well. Say things that people like to hear and that will do them good\u2014this is a better way of dealing with others.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-862251e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"862251e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f910111\" data-id=\"1f910111\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40859823 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"40859823\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/12\/LINE_ALBUM_20220213\u674e\u660e\u97022_A2621481.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/12\/LINE_ALBUM_20220213\u674e\u660e\u97022_A2621481.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/12\/LINE_ALBUM_20220213\u674e\u660e\u97022_A2621481-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/12\/LINE_ALBUM_20220213\u674e\u660e\u97022_A2621481-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/12\/LINE_ALBUM_20220213\u674e\u660e\u97022_A2621481-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/12\/LINE_ALBUM_20220213\u674e\u660e\u97022_A2621481-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/12\/LINE_ALBUM_20220213\u674e\u660e\u97022_A2621481-330x220.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68665d92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68665d92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Zeng (right) talks to Mr. Li, who is the principal caregiver of his bedridden brother. Zeng made five trips to the family to deliver assistive equipment, doing his best to help them.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f50f755 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6f50f755\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d925b40 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d925b40\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1019009\" data-id=\"1019009\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-448e7b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"448e7b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>Looking out for others\u2019 needs<\/strong><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48f3ea3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48f3ea3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Zeng has greatly enjoyed his volunteer work for the assistive device service outlet at the Bade Jing Si Hall. \u201cI often think of myself when I visit a family to deliver equipment,\u201d he said. \u201cI remember how I brought a hospital bed, wheelchair, and four-wheeled walker home for my dad to use a few months before he passed away. Because my family once needed such assistive equipment, I feel especially deeply for the families we serve.\u201d<\/p><p>In fact, he doesn\u2019t just deliver equipment. Every time he visits a family, he discreetly looks around and asks the family questions to discover if they might need help beyond the equipment he has delivered. For example, sometimes he learns that a family needs more assistive devices than what they\u2019ve applied for. When that happens, he makes another trip\u2014sometimes more\u2014to deliver the items to them. \u201cIf their needs extend beyond what our assistive device program can offer\u2014for example, if they need help cleaning their homes or financial aid\u2014I refer them to our volunteers who visit and care for needy families for assessment and assistance. In other words, we don\u2019t just deliver equipment; we try to find out people\u2019s other needs and then address them.\u201d<\/p><p>Zeng shared about a family he has recently helped. The Li family consists of two brothers. The older brother, in his 70s, cares for his bedridden younger brother, in his 60s. The older brother has no other family member to help him. The first time Zeng visited them, he delivered a wheelchair to them, which was followed by another trip to deliver an electric bed and an air mattress. When talking to the older brother during his second visit, Zeng asked, \u201cYour brother sleeps on the first floor. Where do you sleep?\u201d The elder Li said that he slept on the second floor but was planning to move down and sleep on the floor beside his brother\u2019s bed so that it\u2019d be easier for him to tend to his needs during the night. That led Zeng to make a third trip to the Li home\u2014to deliver a sleeping cot\u2014so that the older brother wouldn\u2019t have to sleep on the hard floor.<\/p><p>But that wasn\u2019t the end of the story. On the fourth trip, Zeng delivered a wedge pillow, an overbed table, a transfer belt, and diapers. The wedge pillow was to help keep the younger brother\u2019s body in position when the older Li was turning him over, changing his diapers, or sponge-bathing him.<\/p><p>The older brother mentioned that his brother\u2019s wheelchair belt couldn\u2019t keep his body in place and that his head wobbled too much when he sat in his wheelchair, so Zeng delivered a high-backed wheelchair to them the next day. The older brother told Zeng that his brother\u2019s legs were getting stronger, and that with the help of a home care provider, he could already move slowly in a wheelchair, so a high-backed wheelchair was exactly what they needed most at the moment. He couldn\u2019t stop thanking Zeng for doing his best to help them; he said that society needed more people like him.<\/p><p>\u201cIn those five visits, I served not only the younger brother\u2019s needs but also the older brother\u2019s,\u201d Zeng said with joy written all over his face. \u201cI was so happy I sang my way home after the fifth visit.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-14f71dc elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"14f71dc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d8d6ba\" data-id=\"7d8d6ba\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fff322 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7fff322\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/12\/\u66fe\u6176\u5b890120170207\u9664\u5915\u65e9\u4e0a\u516c\u5712\u5408\u5f71_A2621482.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/12\/\u66fe\u6176\u5b890120170207\u9664\u5915\u65e9\u4e0a\u516c\u5712\u5408\u5f71_A2621482.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/12\/\u66fe\u6176\u5b890120170207\u9664\u5915\u65e9\u4e0a\u516c\u5712\u5408\u5f71_A2621482-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/12\/\u66fe\u6176\u5b890120170207\u9664\u5915\u65e9\u4e0a\u516c\u5712\u5408\u5f71_A2621482-1024x580.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/12\/\u66fe\u6176\u5b890120170207\u9664\u5915\u65e9\u4e0a\u516c\u5712\u5408\u5f71_A2621482-768x435.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d067d3\" data-id=\"9d067d3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad1c769 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad1c769\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Zeng (left) poses with his parents. His father taught him to reach out when he sees people in need. <em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Courtesy of Zeng Qing-an<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d16651c elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d16651c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c69810 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c69810\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-40ba638\" data-id=\"40ba638\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d451b11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d451b11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>I\u2019ve done what my dad told me to<\/strong><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1eed24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1eed24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Zeng said that Tzu Chi has been receiving more and more applications for assistive devices from people living in Taoyuan City. In the wintertime, they receive an average of seven to nine applications every day. In the Bade District alone, volunteers deliver assistive devices to three families every week on average. Coupled with the trips volunteers make to take back the equipment no longer needed, they may end up serving five to six families every week. \u201cMost of the families we serve are underprivileged families,\u201d Zeng explained. \u201cThere are also households with single-parent families or older people taking care of other older people.\u201d<\/p><p>Zeng\u2019s grandfather fell ill many years ago, which resulted in his family\u2019s poverty. When he passed away, the family was so destitute they couldn\u2019t have afforded to bury the body if it hadn\u2019t been for the help of a kind-hearted person who donated a coffin. \u201cI always remember what my dad once said to me,\u201d Zeng recalled, \u201cthat when I see people in need, I must reach out to help them.\u201d<\/p><p>Zeng likes delivering assistive devices because it allows him to help others. \u201cI\u2019m thankful to the families who apply to our program for giving us the opportunity to help them. 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