It becomes my motto.
天, 即宇宙万物, 在不断的运动, 刚劲强健; 人, 应效法天, 自强不息.
之所以将其作为座右铭, 是因为我对这句话有了新的理解. 它不单是指, 人应努力进取, 不断的超越自己. 当年龄增长, 梦想淡化, 生活似乎定型的阶段, 自强不息有了不同的内涵. 那是内心的力量, 内在的鼓励, 象宇宙万物一样, 生生不息.
就象一棵大树, 我们努力的长高, 长壮. Like a tree, we are always growing taller and stronger. The power of our heart, is the power of universe.
多年前, 我去一家韩国人投资的公司工作. 那是我工作时间最短的一个地方. 一个月后, 投资人突然撤资, 公司就迅速解散了. 我的邻座是个虎头虎脑的小伙子, 很壮实, 也很英俊, 刚毕业没多久. 我们都做coding work, 但在不同的项目组. 不过有很多时候, 遇到难题时我们仍要互相切磋, 因为坐的近确实很方便. 他很聪明的.
有时我们不得不加班到很晚. 我们都住城市的北郊, 乘同一趟公交车, 然后他奔东, 我奔北. 车上一般没座, 如果有, 他一定是让给我坐. 多数时候我们都站着. 有一次我意识到, 他站立的位置, 离我并不很近, 但使我完全处在一种受保护的状态, 即使有紧急刹车, 其他人也不可能冲撞到我身上. 老旧的公交车在夜灯下向前开着, 他就以那样的姿势, 站在车里.
公司解散前的一周, 他辞职了. 一周后, 我也换了另一家公司工作. 随后有一段时间的早晨, 我们仍然在那个大的车站换乘同一趟车, 上车后我们仍是抢着为对方买票.
即使现在回忆起来, 他的全身仍透着一股孩子气. 也许, 他也是那样看我的, 因为他不知道我比他年龄大很多. 后来, 我搬到了城里, 就再也没见到过他. 他留了手机号, 我已经给弄丢了. 而且, 我已经忘了他的名字.
在很早以前的一个英语班上, 老师在黑板上写: 白领 white collar, 蓝领 blue collar, 然后回头问大家:''我们是不是都想成为~~~" 同学们异口同声:"white collar~~~" 只有我喊:"blue collar~~~" 前面的同学诧异的回头望, 一定认为我在捣乱. 不过我当时确实是想成为一个蓝领, 因为整天坐在计算机前的工作, 已经使我感到越来越违背自然.
have been reading the book Little House on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I love the book so much, so does Yuan. The Ingalls family lived a life I so admire, or even envy, which I see as REAL life. I always think that real life makes people happy. In real life, I would not be sad when thinking my career is going to an end. I would not care about how beautiful or ugly I look. And I will feel more like part of Nature, like the trees, winds, or clouds...
I was even moved when Charles made a rocking chair for his wife with slender willows. What a wonderful chair that was, and full of love and warmth. It always touches my heart when a woman is honored. I think the real civilization is that when women are honored and children are loved and taken good care of, as an equal human - no one would feel so deeply as I do about it.
Yuan said her mouth almost watered when they were eating toasted prairie hens and stewed jack rabbits. She is excited she has known all the details of making a log house and stout doors.
Our new lamp not only gives off brighter clearer light, but also creates more obvious shadows as well. My little girl noticed that. After dinner, she took an egg out of the refrigerator (a boiled, salted duck egg, btw) and placed it under the bright light. Bending her head over, she started to draw the egg with her pencil. She spent the whole evening drawing and shading this perfect egg.
My little girl took some pictures that look very cool. (You can NOT rely on a cellphone to make a clear picture, especially under the dazzling sun.)
Wildflowers are blooming happily this time of year. As we walking we saw so many along the roadsides and in the lawn, my little girl decided Oct 2nd to be the Wildflowers Day. I think these flowers finally got a chance to embrace the sun because mowers no longer cut them so often as in summer days.
三叶草 - Woodsorrel
Dandelion
从图书馆借来一本书，《丰子恺谈名画》。喜欢他的文字，那种简单和洒透出的慈善。正如他的文字，他是一个多么简单又慈善的老人呀。Always like his words, and, what a simple and kind person he was! The first one he started with in the book, is Jean Fransois Millet(1814 - 1875).
"他心中非常难过。回到家里， 把身体躺在床上，他的眼中流出眼泪来了。"
"画中的人多么辛苦，多么善良，这样子使人人看了都要感动。"
The gleaners, the cultivators. How they moved me, since I once did exactly the same work when I was a kid.
My daughter is a born carnivore. And I become a carnivore too. We eat a lot of meat every day. Since it is hot in summer, we eat duck and pork. As winter sets in, we would turn to lamb and chicken. I love beef also, but can't always find prime quality at the local groceries and the nearby market.
Fortunately they sell good lamb in the market. Fresh sheep carcasses hanging neatly from wrought iron hooks, strong and pleasant aroma of raw lamb full of the whole space. Here sheep are raised on grassland, not on industry farms, so the meat is natural and very delicious.
I usually buy the whole rack of a sheep at a time, or a whole leg plus sirloin, because they don't sell in smaller cuts. The old man wearing a white cap cuts out what you want with a sharp knife. If he is not busy, he would remove the fat and lymph glands so that I can prepare more easily at home. But there are still many work left for me to do in the kitchen.
I feel like in some way, I am growing together with her.
我是一个小小的孩子
在大地的怀抱里成长
当满天的星星眨起眼睛的时候
我把脸颊贴在大地温暖的胸膛
天籁之声围绕我的梦境
露水打湿我的睫毛
当清晨的阳光抚摸我的头发
我感到凉凉的空气里
满满的爱的气息
当我赤脚在温润的土地上
自由奔跑的时候
风声如歌
我是大地的小小的孩子
(on Mother's Day)
"My life is very monotonous," the fox said. "I hunt chickens; men hunt me. All the chickens are just alike, and all the men are just alike. And, in consequence, I am a little bored. But if you tame me, it will be as if the sun came to shine on my life . I shall know the sound of a step that will be different from all the others. Other steps send me hurrying back underneath the ground. Yours will call me, like music, out of my burrow. And then look: you see the grain-fields down yonder? I do not eat bread. Wheat is of no use to me. The wheat fields have nothing to say to me. And that is sad. But you have hair that is the colour of gold. Think how wonderful that will be when you have tamed me! The grain, which is also golden, will bring me back the thought of you. And I shall love to listen to the wind in the wheat…"
The fox gazed at the little prince, for a long time.
"Please – tame me! " he said.
…
So the little prince tamed the fox. And when the hour of his departure drew near –
"Ah, " said the fox, "I shall cry. "
…
"Then it has done you no good at all! "
"It has done me good," said the fox, “because of the colour of the wheat fields."
