Knowing herself before changing her fate "A pretty girl--but what a pity about her legs ..." When she was young, Yen often heard such expressions of praise-cum-pity, but she herself never complained about her lot in life.
知命而後「運命」「這個女孩長得真漂亮，只可惜那雙腿… …」顏美玲小時候經常聽到這樣的讚美和惋惜，她卻從不怨嘆。