有個村莊的小康之家的女孩子,生得美,有許多人來做媒,但都沒有說成。 那年她不過十五六歲吧,是春天的晚上,她立在後門口,手扶著桃樹。 她記得她穿的是一件月白的衫子。對門住的年輕人同她見過面,可是從來沒有打過招呼的,他走了過來。離得不遠,站定了,輕輕的說了一聲:“噢,你也在這裡嗎?”她沒有說什麼,他也沒有再說什麼,站了一會,各自走開了。
就這樣就完了。
后後來這女人被親眷拐子賣到他鄉外縣去作妻,又幾次三番地被轉賣,經過無數的驚險的風波,老了的時候她還記得從前那一回事,常常說起,在那春天的晚上,在後門口的桃樹下,那年輕人。
於千萬人之中遇見你所遇見的人,於千萬年之中,時間的無涯的荒野裡,沒有早一步,也沒有晚一步,剛巧趕上了,那也沒有別的話可說,惟有輕輕地問一聲:“噢,你也在這裡嗎?”
(原刊1944年4月《雜誌》月刊第13卷第1期)
2017年9月26日星期二
2017年5月10日星期三
林二汶 花正好
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《中華英雄》電影中有一首歌叫《花正好》,不是朋友介紹我真的不知道。
很多好東西都因你跟某人結下緣分才能遇上,人與人之間的分享是我一向以來最享受的。「花正好,會有月圓相告,可惜有誰知道,過去就如枯草。」有些美好總是閃亮亮地在你眼前出現,正如好事總是有機會被看見,但美好要經歷什麼過程才能達至,你永遠不會知道。相遇彷彿很簡單,一個微笑,一個機會,大家就會走在一起,我們已經忘記,大家究竟修煉了多久才能結下這段緣。「花正好,你我未能採到,天荒了地不老,送你另一段路。」花如此美好地在你面前搔首弄姿,誰又不想將它帶回家?只是,眼前的美好就算多近,你也會問自己是否應該將它採下,因為你不知道這些美好換了環境,是否還是那麼燦爛,你更加知道,也許你根本不能提供好地方讓這種美好孕育下去。既然不能給你最好的,不如將你送走。這首歌說的不是偉大,是痛。「人宜聚不宜散,忘了光景有限。」
我們都喜歡相聚,所以總是忘記一切都有限期。因為看不見這段緣分能走多遠所以選擇分離,是我們的堅強,可惜也帶來心中最深處的脆弱。花有盛開時也會衰落,我們不能叫花百日紅。只是我們都選擇不去想花落的哀傷,花正好的時候就採下,讓最好的一刻留住。
我常覺得,因為看見盡頭而選擇不去開始結緣,其實是很善良的,但這樣更加是脆弱。因為他們是最捨不得結束的人,所以寧願選擇不擁有也不想失去。這種顧慮既哀傷又浪漫。對我來說,眼前有什麼就珍惜就是該做的事。
花正好之時,我們選擇站在哪一邊看才看到最美好?
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#林二汶 #副刊專欄 #大街女子 - 花正好
林二汶 離留
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憑什麼留在一個人身邊,又憑什麼離開這個人呢?聰明的愛侶們總是會找到最合理的原因。 堂而皇之地愛上一個人,鋒芒畢露地向世界宣布你們在一起,然後咬牙切齒地痛恨這段關係,再委屈難過地宣布這段關係已經死去。無論你找到的原因有多合理,我們就是難以逃離這些戲劇性的發展。也許戀愛就是如此翻天覆地的事情,就算你平時多冷靜,只要被某些東西觸動到神經,你就變成最野蠻無恥的妖怪。 不是要一個巴掌掌摑全世界,總有些人不會讓事情弄得太壞,但我確信,就算沒有將事情弄得如此戲劇性,也不代表這些人內心沒有這些神經質的起承轉合,分別只在於他們沒有將那些壞死的神經變成能殺人的毒蟒而已。戀愛根本就是神經質的玩意,要是它不能刺激你心中那些不能隨便刺激的部分,我相信你也不會將那種發展視之為戀愛。 當這些微妙又難以解釋的感覺像電流般通往身體每處,你會發現自己已經搭上那班不知道通往哪裏的列車。有些人很初期就發現途上的風景原來不對勁,有些人卻要在列車將要崩壞的時候才開始考慮相信這裏已經無路可退,有些人決定一起下車找個地方做家,他們心中總有經過千百轉決定去或留的時刻。 憑什麼留在一個人身邊,又憑什麼離開這個人,你心中千百回轉也找不到最對的答案。我倒覺得,不用想那麼多,離或留,其實都離不開一個「愛」字。你可以因為太愛或者不愛一個人而離開,兩者完全沒有衝突,而一段關係維持下去或中途夭折,往往離不開這兩個原因。其實愛情本來就不合理,真的不用找任何原因。乾脆承認愛或不愛,你自然可以坦然地決定離或留。 #林二汶 #副刊專欄 #大街女子 - 離留 |
林二汶 一不小心
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一不小心,你愛上了一個人。 一開始的時候你沒有想那麼多,然後不知道哪個誰突然間走進眼簾,突然從某道門走進來也好,為你遞上一杯水也好,對望的時候,你們都一身雞皮疙瘩,這個人的身影從此印在你的心中。你不能預計這身影將要在你的心中留多少年,你不知道他將要拿走你心臟的多大部分,你也不知道你將要花多少時間來忘記或是掛念,甚至不能估計你將要花多少心機來跟這個人經營生活和生命。 不過,我想說的重點,不是愛上那人那刻的震撼,而是那一刻出現在你人生的什麼時候。 也許你剛經歷一次苦不堪言的分手,至今你還未能夠釋懷。那次經驗告訴你很多你應該知道,但你不想知道,而且刺痛你內心深處的真相。你覺得一切就應該在那裏結束,你不配再愛上任何人,也不願意再付出什麼來經營關係。誰知道,就在你覺得一切該結束的時候,上天給你一個甜蜜的新開始。這個開始,讓你重新從一個新角度來了解上一次的失去。 如果你願意的話。 你絕對有權選擇從此以後就接受自己不會再跟任何人經營關係,你絕對可以趁未深深愛上這個新人之前斬釘截鐵地拒絕開始,只要你沒有死去,將來的路要怎麼走,你有完全的操控權。只是,要是眼前的人值得你珍惜,那麼上一段關係的失敗,就有可能是這段關係成功的基礎。只要你願意。 一切最美麗的事情,都始於某些「一不小心」的時候,這是無常帶來的禮物。然後,你又要用一輩子來學習面對無常會帶來的難過。可愛之後是可怕,這很可怕,但可怕之後又是可愛,可喜可恨的人生,你來選擇愛或不愛下去。 ? #林二汶 #副刊專欄 #大街女子 - 一不小心 |
林二汶 錯過
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戀愛總是意外來臨。就像旅行,明明你準備好很多好玩行程,最後你最記得的一定不是那個你很期待看的風景,最記得的可能就是在路上遇上某個人或某件事,而那些驚喜就好像天使從中安排一樣,既難以招架又充滿意義。也許你離開上一段關係之後,你決定以後再也不談戀愛了。上一次戀愛,你耗盡一切,以為你們的愛情故事會完整結尾,但中途出現岔子,你們都迷失了,結果一敗塗地。重傷之後,你完全想像不到將來會有其他機會降臨,就在你責怪自己上次經營不善,陷入完全失落與失敗之際,居然有一個很愛你的人出現。
你明明以為那種能夠再愛上一個人的心已經徹底死亡了,誰知道那個人一出現,你的心再次跳動,你才知道你還活着。首先來襲的感覺是驚喜,再來的就是驚恐。愛情的刺激讓感性完全掩蓋理智,稍稍休息之後,你的理智重返提醒你,其實你已經再受不起更大的刺激。於是你想趁關係還沒有萌芽之前狠心地斬斷情絲,但那人力量太強,你切不斷,於是你決定為了這個人拚死一次。只是,你心中知道,要是這次再失敗,你必死無疑。
我想說的是:不用害怕,你能夠那樣認真地愛過,即是你有真心跟人相愛的能力。上一次失敗了,因為你需要迎接現在眼前這個人,上一個不走,下一個不能到來。感激上一次的經驗,好好愛這一個。人還在,一切都會好的。你唯一需要考慮的,不是這段新關係的成敗,而是你是否真心愛這個人。不夠愛就放手,夠愛,就勇敢地一起走,不要因為曾經失敗而錯過自己的幸福。
#林二汶 #副刊專欄 #大街女子 - 錯過
林二汶 愛或不愛
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「底線」是很奇妙的界線,它是龍門,是守在最後的一道防線,這樣一條幼細而不可見的線,幾乎可以說是決定了很多事情生死的關鍵。 你的性格、價值觀與信念,為你人生不同範疇定下相關的底線,它在保護你的心免受傷害。說真的,要是你不是需要保護自己,又何必設下底線呢?一定是因為線下的東西不能被觸碰和動搖,才會如此謹慎地保護。所謂底線,就是你心靈所能接受的最壞情況。例如,你最壞可以接受另一半在盛怒的情況下對你惡言相向,或者你可以接受對方有第三者,一但超出這個界線,什麼都不用再解釋,連商量的餘地也不會有。我們不可能沒有底線地做人,起碼身邊疼惜你的人也會這樣告訴你,不然一天你被欺負到體無完膚甚至死掉也沒人能拯救你。 然而,我卻在思考,究竟這一條界線是否真的如此強大?做人健康和快樂,是否真的只靠這條界線? 要是你的另一半對你所做的事完全超過你所能承受的最壞,但你卻發現你依然愛這個人,你發現當刻失去他比怪責他更讓你痛苦,那麼你應該怎麼辦?是要守着自己的原則?還是因為愛眼前這個人所以將原則都放下?這是沒有確實答案的問題。每次當你被觸碰到一條底線的時候,你方才發現原來你所能承受的遠超過你對自己所了解的。原來當你還未愛完一個人,你的底線會為對方調校,它甚至會變得不再重要;要是你已經愛完這個人了,他就算對你有多好,他處處避開觸碰你的底線,你也覺得你們不應該再走在一起。 在愛面前,底線都變得不重要。愛,怎樣也可以繼續;不愛,一切都完了。所謂緣起緣盡,大概就是這個意思。 |
2016年2月8日星期一
2015年11月1日星期日
林二汶 點火
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那天碰見一個很久不見的朋友,大家寒暄着,彷彿關心大家,彷彿很想知道大家近來的故事,但我們彼此都知道,其實這個對話已經沒有太多可延續的內容。 我們曾經在一次旅途很愉快地交心,也許當時年紀小,那個交出來的心其實還沒有豐富得讓我們友誼永固。每次在不同場合看見這個朋友,我的心總是有一點虧欠,我常常想告訴他,就算我們的生活圈子不一樣了,但其實在我心中他代表了一個很重要的時期,在我心中,那次我們的愉快對話永遠新鮮。我總是不肯相信年月會讓感情變色,因為我肯定,每段友誼的觸碰點,無論過了多少年,對我來說也還是歷歷在目。這種歷久常新的感受是維持友誼的重點,但原來,心中謹記一些事,都不過是自己的小堅持,那個你以為珍貴的故事,在那邊廂已經陳舊不堪回首了。這陣子再碰見這位朋友,我沒有辦法再騙自己,其實我們早已不再是朋友。 有一種絕交叫「Growing apart」,沒有證據,沒有吵架,沒有怨恨,什麼都沒有,不痛不癢地就隨着成長結束了。有過的好像從來沒有發生過,你再不會在對方的眼睛看見你們曾經有過的熱情,就算你如何嘗試點起那點火,那種冷漠就像一根濕了的柴枝,沒有天分。年月過去,你發現這種不痛不癢原來就是一個缺口,一點也不痛,但它已經補不回來,因為你連那片肉都丟了。 要是沒有辦法再走在一起,偶然看見朋友路過,我還是會用我最懇切的眼神告訴他,我希望他安好。要是留下的就只有這麼一點祝福,就讓這種祝福變成小禮物,但願朋友能夠接收到,而且畢生受用。 ? #林二汶 #副刊專欄 #大街女子 - 點火 |
2015年4月7日星期二
林二汶 再沒有了
「你知道你這一生再沒有機會遇上任何人會如此疼惜你和愛你的了。」從前聽到這句說話,我覺得是絕望,如今聽到,我卻明白那就是永恆。
朋友跟愛人分開了三年,終於又再走在一起,看見這個離合,我不禁懷疑這次再走在一起會不會又讓這兩個人走向同樣的分手結局,而以上這句說話,是我問候朋友時所得到的回應。
當朋友這樣說完,我鬆了一口氣,我知道這次是不一樣的了。
「我不是說我再沒有福氣遇上同樣對我這樣好的人,而是,這些美好與付出,你知道就只有這麼一次,一生就只有這麼一次的了。」朋友的這句說話我懂,不是因為再沒有機會遇上什麼好東西,而是你知道,你眼前的這個美好,美好得只能夠是唯一。
曾聽說過,每個人一生有二萬次機會遇上有機會跟你發展關係的人,二萬次的機會,我們怎麼說也不可能說我們再也沒有機會遇上美好的人,然而,我相信人生最深的緣分就只有那麼一段,我們回來這個世界,也許有很大部分的原因是要來再修這趟緣分的。有時候我會害怕,要是這趟緣分在今生修好了,是不是來生就不會再相遇?既然緣分已經修成正果,應該要生生世世地繼續相遇下去,要是修好之後就不再見,豈不是很可惜?可不可以為了再見,我們刻意不把這段緣分修好呢?我猜,上天一定不會如人類那麼膚淺地看待緣分,放在你眼前的關係,你的職責就是修好它,其他一切我們人類就別管那麼多好了。
假如你遇上這樣一個人,你能夠做的就是好好相愛,將心放得簡單些直接愛着對方。
珍惜之外,就再沒有其他辦法了。
2015年1月31日星期六
2 Specific moments to redirect your brain
Basically you repeat same patterns of thought everyday. That’s why you live the same life everyday.
If you want to change your life and give it a new direction then you have to redirect your focus in different direction. The way to shift your focus is to change your thoughts and mental images.
If you try directly to change your thoughts then your mind will resist you so there are two specific moments when you can redirect your focus effortlessly.
The best time to bypass these those limiting thought patterns and redirect your focus toward desired direction is when your mind is naturally calm and quite.
Everyday your mind becomes naturally calm and quite before wake up in the morning and before you enter into sleep.
You can use these specific moments to redirect your mind toward powerful states or your goals. Because at that time your mind is less resistant and more receptive.
Some people use positive affirmations to alter their state. In my opinion it will be better if you simply ponder your mind on the things you want and desire in your life or on the goals you want to achieve.
Do not ask ‘how’ you are going to achieve these goals. Simply think about ‘what exactly you want‘. For example think about how will you feel when you confidently give a public talk. Amplify that feeling of confidence. How will you feel in your dream car? What you will see and hear?
Suppose you want to write a book but you are feeling writers block then think about how will you feel if words could flow freely on the paper. Anticipate how will you feel if you could write effortlessly pages after pages.
Anticipation works better than affirmations because when you anticipate you are exploring the possibilities. You feel excitement and that excitement motivates you, that excitement inspires you. Then you are not imposing false beliefs on your mind that’s why your mind will not resist you.
In the morning when you wake up don’t open the eyes immediately. First of all direct your mind in the direction of happiness and excitement. Just think about how wonderful is thismoment. Feel prosperity and abundance that surrounds you. Think about anything, any person or any topic that makes you feel good. In this way you will give your brain a right direction.
If you begin your day with gratitude then you will transform your day and you will feel good. If you begin your day with irritation then also you will transform your day and you will feel irritation. So the choice is yours.
In the morning set intention of feeling happiness, confidence and gratitude. This way you give your brain a direction. Without direction it will wander anywhere.
When you set new year resolutions you give a direction to your brain. Your brain will obey your orders. When you set a goal, declare an intention, ponder on a subject, anticipate a solution, remember good memories then you are giving your mind a right direction. You are telling your brain that this is what I want.
If you focus your mind on problems before you sleep then your sleep will disturb. And your brain will also get programmed to go in the wrong direction.
This is very simple thing, deliberately choose better feeling thoughts and mental images at least when you wake up in the morning or before you go to sleep. Because these are the two specific moments when your brain shift gear and pass through a gap. When your brain is passing through the gap it is very receptive to new ideas.
If you do these two simple things then you will see your life shifting in the desired direction before your eyes.
If you do not want to focus your attention on a specific goal then simply focus your attention on the present moment. Feel the coziness and comfort of your bed, observe your breath, pay attention to your body and notice which part is feeling more relaxed than the other part. The point is one should never get focused on worries and concerns immediately after waking up or before going to sleep.
Use these two moments to give your mind a proper direction or simply remain silent and enjoy the moment.
Basically you repeat same patterns of thought everyday. That’s why you live the same life everyday.
If you want to change your life and give it a new direction then you have to redirect your focus in different direction. The way to shift your focus is to change your thoughts and mental images.
If you try directly to change your thoughts then your mind will resist you so there are two specific moments when you can redirect your focus effortlessly.
The best time to bypass these those limiting thought patterns and redirect your focus toward desired direction is when your mind is naturally calm and quite.
Everyday your mind becomes naturally calm and quite before wake up in the morning and before you enter into sleep.
You can use these specific moments to redirect your mind toward powerful states or your goals. Because at that time your mind is less resistant and more receptive.
Some people use positive affirmations to alter their state. In my opinion it will be better if you simply ponder your mind on the things you want and desire in your life or on the goals you want to achieve.
Do not ask ‘how’ you are going to achieve these goals. Simply think about ‘what exactly you want‘. For example think about how will you feel when you confidently give a public talk. Amplify that feeling of confidence. How will you feel in your dream car? What you will see and hear?
Suppose you want to write a book but you are feeling writers block then think about how will you feel if words could flow freely on the paper. Anticipate how will you feel if you could write effortlessly pages after pages.
Anticipation works better than affirmations because when you anticipate you are exploring the possibilities. You feel excitement and that excitement motivates you, that excitement inspires you. Then you are not imposing false beliefs on your mind that’s why your mind will not resist you.
In the morning when you wake up don’t open the eyes immediately. First of all direct your mind in the direction of happiness and excitement. Just think about how wonderful is thismoment. Feel prosperity and abundance that surrounds you. Think about anything, any person or any topic that makes you feel good. In this way you will give your brain a right direction.
If you begin your day with gratitude then you will transform your day and you will feel good. If you begin your day with irritation then also you will transform your day and you will feel irritation. So the choice is yours.
In the morning set intention of feeling happiness, confidence and gratitude. This way you give your brain a direction. Without direction it will wander anywhere.
When you set new year resolutions you give a direction to your brain. Your brain will obey your orders. When you set a goal, declare an intention, ponder on a subject, anticipate a solution, remember good memories then you are giving your mind a right direction. You are telling your brain that this is what I want.
If you focus your mind on problems before you sleep then your sleep will disturb. And your brain will also get programmed to go in the wrong direction.
This is very simple thing, deliberately choose better feeling thoughts and mental images at least when you wake up in the morning or before you go to sleep. Because these are the two specific moments when your brain shift gear and pass through a gap. When your brain is passing through the gap it is very receptive to new ideas.
If you do these two simple things then you will see your life shifting in the desired direction before your eyes.
If you do not want to focus your attention on a specific goal then simply focus your attention on the present moment. Feel the coziness and comfort of your bed, observe your breath, pay attention to your body and notice which part is feeling more relaxed than the other part. The point is one should never get focused on worries and concerns immediately after waking up or before going to sleep.
Use these two moments to give your mind a proper direction or simply remain silent and enjoy the moment.
Topics to entertain before you go to sleep:
- How will I feel when I will reach there?
- What does it feels to achieve that goal?
- What exactly I want in my life?
- What if I could write a 100 pages book?
- What will I see, hear and feel when I will behave confidently in this particular situation?
- How does it feels to be prosperous?
- How will I feel when I will reach there?
- What does it feels to achieve that goal?
- What exactly I want in my life?
- What if I could write a 100 pages book?
- What will I see, hear and feel when I will behave confidently in this particular situation?
- How does it feels to be prosperous?
Topics to entertain before you open your eyes in the morning:
- How wonderful I feel this moment!
- Today I intend to live every moment wisely
- I want to feel prosperous just for today
- Today I want to feel happy for no reason
- Today I want to feel love and compassion
Find your own topics which make you feel good and create excitement.
In this way you can redirect or shift your brain from worries and tensions to happiness and achievements.
- How wonderful I feel this moment!
- Today I intend to live every moment wisely
- I want to feel prosperous just for today
- Today I want to feel happy for no reason
- Today I want to feel love and compassion
Find your own topics which make you feel good and create excitement.
In this way you can redirect or shift your brain from worries and tensions to happiness and achievements.
2014年12月4日星期四
自由 安定

「因為人會變,生活會變,家,也跟著變質。 渴望安定時,很多人進入一個家;渴望自由時,很多人又逃離一個家。 渴望安定的人也許遇見的是一個渴望自由的人,尋找自由的人也許愛上的是一個尋找安定的人。 家,一不小心就變成了一個沒有溫暖、只有壓迫的地方。 外面的世界固然荒涼,但是家可能更寒冷。 一個人固然寂寞,兩個人孤燈下無言相對卻可能更寂寞。 很多人在家散了之後就開始終身流浪。 」
The problem isn’t that life is unfair – it’s your broken idea of fairness
Unless you’re winning, most of life will seem hideously unfair to you.
The truth is, life is just playing by different rules.
The real rules are there. They actually make sense. But they’re a bit more complicated, and a lot less comfortable, which is why most people never manage to learn them.
Let’s try.
Rule #1: Life is a competition
That business you work for? Someone’s trying to kill it. That job you like? Someone would love to replace you with a computer program. That girlfriend / boyfriend / high-paying job / Nobel Prize that you want? So does somebody else.
We’re all in competition, although we prefer not to realise it. Most achievements are only notable relative to others. You swam more miles, or can dance better, or got more Facebook Likes than the average. Well done.
It’s a painful thing to believe, of course, which is why we’re constantly assuring each other the opposite. “Just do your best”, we hear. “You’re only in competition with yourself”. The funny thing about platitudes like that is they’re designed to make you try harder anyway. If competition really didn’t matter, we’d tell struggling children to just give up.
Fortunately, we don’t live in a world where everyone has to kill each other to prosper. The blessing of modern civilisation is there’s abundant opportunities, and enough for us all to get by, even if we don’t compete directly.
But never fall for the collective delusion that there’s not a competition going on. People dress up to win partners. They interview to win jobs. If you deny that competition exists, you’re just losing. Everything in demand is on a competitive scale. And the best is only available to those who are willing to truly fight for it.
Rule #2. You’re judged by what you do, not what you think
Society judges people by what they can do for others. Can you save children from a burning house, or remove a tumour, or make a room of strangers laugh? You’ve got value right there.
That’s not how we judge ourselves though. We judge ourselves by ourthoughts.
“I’m a good person”. “I’m ambitious”. “I’m better than this.” These idle impulses may comfort us at night, but they’re not how the world sees us. They’re not even how we see other people.
Well-meaning intentions don’t matter. An internal sense of honour and love and duty count for squat. What exactly can you and have you done for the world?
Abilities are not prized by their virtue. Whatever admiration society awards us, comes from the selfish perspectives of others. A hard working janitor is less rewarded by society than a ruthless stockbroker. A cancer researcher is rewarded less than a supermodel. Why? Because those abilities are rarer and impact more people.
We like to like to think that society rewards those who do the best work. Like so:
But in reality, social reward is just a network effect. Reward comes down mostly to the number of people you impact:
Write an unpublished book, you’re nobody. Write Harry Potter and the world wants to know you. Save a life, you’re a small-town hero, but cure cancer and you’re a legend. Unfortunately, the same rule applies to all talents, even unsavoury ones: get naked for one person and you might just make them smile, get naked for fifty million people and you might just be Kim Kardashian.
You may hate this. It may make you sick. Reality doesn’t care. You’re judged by what you have the ability to do, and the volume of people you can impact. If you don’t accept this, then the judgement of the world will seem very unfair indeed.
Rule #3. Our idea of fairness is self interest
People like to invent moral authority. It’s why we have referees in sports games and judges in courtrooms: we have an innate sense of right and wrong, and we expect the world to comply. Our parents tell us this. Our teachers teach us this. Be a good boy, and have some candy.
But reality is indifferent. You studied hard, but you failed the exam. You worked hard, but you didn’t get promoted. You love her, but she won’t return your calls.
The problem isn’t that life is unfair; it’s your broken idea of fairness.
Take a proper look at that person you fancy but didn’t fancy you back. That’s a complete person. A person with years of experience being someone completely different to you. A real person who interacts with hundreds or thousands of other people every year.
Now what are the odds that among all that, you’re automatically their first pick for love-of-their-life? Because – what – you exist? Because you feel something for them? That might matter to you, but their decision is not about you.
Similarly we love to hate our bosses and parents and politicians. Their judgements are unfair. And stupid. Because they don’t agree with me! And they should! Because I am unquestionably the greatest authority on everything ever in the whole world!
It’s true there are some truly awful authority figures. But they’re not all evil, self-serving monsters trying to line their own pockets and savour your misery. Most are just trying to do their best, under different circumstances to your own.
Maybe they know things you don’t – like, say, your company will go bust if they don’t do something unpopular. Maybe they have different priorities to you – like, say, long term growth over short term happiness.
But however they make you feel, the actions of others are not some cosmic judgement on your being. They’re just a byproduct of being alive.
Why life isn’t fair
Our idea of fairness isn’t actually obtainable. It’s really just a cloak for wishful thinking.
Can you imagine how insane life would be if it actually was ‘fair’ to everyone? No-one could fancy anyone who wasn’t the love of their life, for fear of breaking a heart. Companies would only fail if everyone who worked for them was evil. Relationships would only end when both partners died simultaneously. Raindrops would only fall on bad people.
Most of us get so hung up on how we think the world should work that we can’t see how it does. But facing that reality might just be the key to unlocking your understanding of the world, and with it, all of your potential.
2014年7月13日星期日
林二汶 樂子
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有一天,我看見一個我很喜歡的朋友做了一件事,然後我就明白為什麼我如此喜歡這個朋友了。 一天我跟這位朋友去買東西,他駕駛。買完東西之後我們都要趕回家休息,很可惜途上遇上歷時很久的塞車,結果我們塞在路上,因為累和肚子餓,大家都沒有說話,而我感覺到他其實開始很不耐煩,因為他真的又餓又累了。當我們終於可以開車回家,在途上,本來很憫的他,突然間想起在路上有一家店的麵包很好吃,於是他就立刻駕駛去那家店,買他最喜歡吃的東西,吃完,他就快樂起來。從這件事我看到,這位朋友最可愛的地方是,他也有情緒,但他總會找到方法讓那個不可愛的情緒停止。這種人,就是真正快樂的人,因為他有個意識,不要讓不好的情緒干擾自己。他其實不是刻意要自己快樂起來,只是在一個會讓他發脾氣的路上,他就會自動找到一些樂子讓自己滿足和輕鬆過來。對我來說,這是一種生存的智慧。 懂得找樂子的人,只要他找樂子的動機不是傷害別人,這種就是生存的智慧。 人生中,我們總會遇上很多不同種類的不快樂,我們可以選擇讓這些不快樂纏繞我們,但我們也可以選擇用一個讓自己快樂的方式來拆解這些不快樂。生存,其實有很多很多不同的方法。在適當的時候懂得找樂子,是讓自己健康和對別人好的生存之道。我特別欣賞那些不輕易讓自己不快樂的人,因為他懂得生命本來是美好的。就算不是腦袋「懂得」生命是美好的,他的心靈也很自然就往快樂那邊靠,不怨懟,這種人最可愛。 林二汶 |
林二汶 增長
One of my fav pieces
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我們總是期望世界會一直給機會我們,我們都相信,努力過後,還是要等待機會來臨才可以發揮。 你問問自己,有多少時候是等待機會來臨的?你自問很努力,但你還是渴望上天給你舒服的發展機會才出擊。當眼前的機會不是你想要的時候,你就埋怨這個機會不是最好的。好像你進了一家公司,以你的學歷,你應該得到的應該是主管的位置,或者,至少你在公司不應該只處理簡單文件那麼不重要。你很努力地處理文件,然後你洩氣,因為就算多努力,處理文件畢竟都是很雜務的工作,所以你開始討厭眼前的工作。曾經有一個CEO,當CEO之前,他從小職員開始做起,起初他只負責寄信,但他看到的不只是寄信,他看到的是信背後的意義。他用心認識要寄那些信的原因,然後他開始查閱很多關於公司營運的脈絡。有一次,碰巧有機會上司要問他一些關於公司的問題,他可以很清楚地解答,於是他就慢慢晉升,到最後變成公司的CEO。這個故事,有點神化,也有點老套。是的,你是否會遇上一個肯提攜自己的老闆還是一種運氣,不過,遇上不遇上,不是你努不努力的原因。 當人家給你100元,要你做100元價值的東西,你最好要求自己做夠200元的價值。那不是給人家看的,是給自己看的。你見到你自己值200 元,那麼你就會吸引值200元的工作。做200元的工作,你就做到值300元,那麼層層增長下去,你就會遇上真正的機會。這是很老套,很神化,但千真萬確的事。難就難在要我們可以樂觀地相信,然後快樂地做。從來機會四周都是,但用什麼態度和力量去好好把握,這個才是最重要的課題。 |
林二汶 朋友間的浪漫
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浪漫不止在愛情,朋友間也可以很浪漫,因為浪漫,跟接吻和心跳沒有直接關係的。 愛情間的浪漫對每個人的定義都不同。有些人覺得只要一起在巴黎鐵塔,就算只是觀光,就算有多擠擁,就算湧了上去塔頂望下去那個巴黎,卻發現跟明信片差很遠,只要有巴黎鐵塔這個浪漫指標,一切就是浪漫。友情間的浪漫,有時候比愛情間的還珍貴。兩個人電光火石走在一起,擦出很深的友誼火花,這種浪漫很難得。我記得我跟我的朋友有很多浪漫事。例如是讀書的時候,放學我們就約定在門口等,放學前的幾小時就開始期待見面,因為知道一見面就會有無窮無盡的話題。在門口一見面,我們就說,不如一直走一直聊。於是我們從九龍塘步行到尖沙嘴碼頭,走了兩個小時,大家一點也不累。我忘記說了什麼話,但是我肯定我們一生都記得這些畫面。深深印在腦海的片段,能夠讓你回味很久的片段,就是浪漫。我很喜歡跟朋友散步,因為散步就是真真正正兩個人一起走在路上,沿途的風景是話題,就算連沉默也可以是話題。當兩個朋友走在一起,大家不跟大家聊天,但感受到對方在身旁就感覺很好,這也是一種很大的浪漫,浪漫得可能連情侶也沒有辦法分享。朋友間的肝膽相照也是浪漫,因為大家在大家的眼神中,看到的是肯定。那種肯定就是:我肯定,只要你需要,我就在你身旁。 假如你找到這樣的朋友,你就好好繼續這樣浪漫下去。假如你找到能夠如此當你朋友的情人,那就請你,好好愛下去,記得友誼永固。 林二汶 |
林二汶 聚散
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常常聽到很多人說,人來人往,總有些人要進入你的生命,也有些人一定要離開。也許在我們這個二十尾三十頭的年紀,大部分人都沒有經歷過很多生離死別。經歷過的所謂道別,就是與一些不能再跟自己快樂地在一起的朋友,在成長中因為各走各路而別離。 我記得出來工作後不久,跟從前一些很死黨的朋友出來見面。見到面的時候,嘴裏很高興的說着從前大家怎麼樣,喉嚨卻不知道梗着什麼,有些話想說但說不出。心裏好像有隻手努力掩着臉龐,另一隻手就拉着線,你一放手,大家就會從此分開兩個世界。你知道,你現在的面貌不要隨便給他們看到,好好的喝過這餐茶就好,大家嘗試保留着從前靠在一起時的大家就好。也許現在的你不是變壞了,但你知道,只要你稍一不慎露出現在的自己,你們就得承認,那些一起靠着大家過的日子真的過去了。那一刻我明白,原來分開不是說一句再見,而是相見,但見到的大家已經是另一個人。 也許生命的過程本身就是列車,但你不能只在一輛列車上停留,你會不斷的轉車。有些朋友留在原本的列車上,你搭上下一班車,車從路軌緩緩開出,某一刻,它跟你離開的那一班列車交錯而過時,在窗裏見到的對方,已經變成彼此的風景。 「聚散有時」四個大字毫不留情地寫在成長那一章,需要多少次在不同的道別裏哽咽過,你才可以坦然地明白這些字?是的,有些人不能跟你一起搭上同一班列車,但他們守着一個連你自己也不再看見的自己,這種珍貴,也有讓我們微笑的理由吧? |
林二汶 千萬不要
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當大家有什麼不開心的時候,千萬不要忘記相擁。每個意見分歧是雙方認識大家的機會,相愛,沒有原因要因為一些可以商討和溝通的事而忘記擁抱對方。是的,意見分歧總是能夠將雙方割開,而且當討論的過程出現讓對方都傷心的時刻,我們更加難以讓大家軟化下來將大家抱緊。只是,其實都是因為太深愛,所以傷口可以愈痛和愈深,既然相愛,不要讓傷口變成鴻溝,要用擁抱提醒大家我們的牽線還是把大家緊緊相連。 當我們有什麼感受時,千萬不要忘記可以跟對方坦誠以對。真話總是難以吞下,然而,真話也是唯一可以讓彼此消除隔膜的良藥。每個人也有自己的底線與堅持,當然,跟你如此相愛的人,每當因為一些界線讓你們不能走近,大家總是會覺得難過,但當大家的底線清楚讓大家看見,疼惜對方的話,你們總會找到一個方法讓大家也能夠好好活在大家身邊。做當然做比說難多了,但這也是大家能夠相處下去的最好辦法與學習。 當你愛着的時候,千萬不要忘記,能夠愛着是多麼幸福的事。一起走的路總會遇上挫折,那些挫折可以是教你泄氣的理由,但它們也可以是你們應該走下去的理由。因為相愛幸福,挫折就是屬於你們的其中一些精彩故事,也是讓旅程豐富的小插曲。兩個人能夠修得到那麼大的緣分再在今生相擁,假如放開不是你們想要的結果,那麼就應該抱得更緊。 最後,千萬不要忘記「我愛你」。「我愛你」這幾個字,就是你們關係的根基。要是彼此心裏都有一句「我愛你」,那麼就請握緊大家走下去。 |
林二汶 關於愛的「 為什麼」
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為什麼在不能信任的時候,你更加要去信任? 因為信任是勇氣。當關係沒有足夠的勇氣去經營,這段關係其實沒有把握。是的,愛人總有機會做了一些事情讓你懷疑他是否能夠繼續信任下去,但一個人要成為真正值得信任的人,除了有關他天生的性格是否夠好之外,也有關他是否願意從經歷學習。一個人如果因為愛而願意透過學習而變成可信的人,他有的誠信比天生就是老實的人也許更堅厚,因為他做的選擇經過思考和用心。假如你真的決定愛下去,那麼你要做的是跟他一起學習經營信任,要是不愛了,那麼你可以直接跳往下一段。 為什麼當你覺得軟弱的時候,你更加應該要堅強? 因為當你軟弱無力的時候,你沒有的就是堅強。當你可以堅強,那麼你還害怕什麼軟弱呢?當然你可以反駁:「要是我已經很堅強,那我又怎會軟弱呢?」我所說的堅強,並不是退而求其次地告訴自己你可以失去你本來認為重要的人和事,而是去好好想想如何珍惜你覺得重要的東西,這種堅強是有付出的。這是很困難的,因為軟弱的時候,好像沒有什麼東西可以支撐你,但那些日子還是要過去,堅強還是應該成為最後的選擇,因為你還要活下去。既然要活下去,那麼就不如對自己要求高一點,選擇活得更好更陽光吧? 為什麼不要隨便放棄? 因為當你決定放棄,以上說的一切其實都沒有意義,而你們之間經歷過的一切,也沒有意義。其實,能走下去的最大理由都只是愛。為什麼要愛下去,就是因為愛,你還需要找其他原因嗎? |
林二汶 信任與欺騙
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很多人在信任與欺騙裏面徘徊,當中千絲萬縷的感覺非筆墨所能形容。不過,我多想一點,究竟信任是什麼?而欺騙又是什麼? 你相信這個人對你絕對真誠,但有一次他不小心做錯事,你就覺得一切信任都毀了。也許是他背着你結識了新朋友,你覺得,要是他心中沒有鬼,那麼為什麼不能告訴你呢?於是你認為你們之間的真誠破壞了。那一刻,沒有求證過真正原因之下,你的心可能已經涼了一截。他這個「不真誠」的行為就像一把刀,將你們之間的信任割開,但其實你有沒有想過,是你自己看見刀就衝過去將刀插在自己身上?先別管他背後的原因是什麼,你先問自己,要是你覺得自己對他有絕對的信任,那為什麼你連去求證的動作也不做,就直接為對方判罪?這一刻你要做的,不是質疑對方可不可信,而是問自己壓根底兒相信對方多少。假如你發現,原來在這麼一個考驗裏面,你看到自己對他的信任不是十足十的,那麼你先需要知道原因。也許是你底蘊裏根本不敢太相信任何人,遇上眼前這個人讓你覺得可以投資信任,你將心放下去,但你的信任,原來脆弱得不堪一擊。那麼,你可以深深思考一下,究竟是你自己本身不懂得真正的信任是什麼一回事,還是對方真的在欺騙你? 大部分的欺騙都不是存心的,遇上有動機地做騙子的人,跟遇上絕對真誠的人一樣難,因為人本來就沒有那麼一面倒。很多時候我們覺得的欺騙與不真誠,根本就是溝通問題碰巧刺痛內心脆弱之處。懷疑的時候就問,連問也不問,談什麼信任? |
林二汶 運氣
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「我不知道哪裏得到這麼大的運氣,上天居然讓我擁有這樣一個你。」 有一天在facebook看見朋友status寫着這樣一句,然後還tag了他的男朋友。換轉是從前,我不會明白為什麼要這麼公開示愛。然而,當我也經歷自己的故事時,就立刻明白,其實公開這些感覺不是「晒命」,而是,就算有多少人看見或聽見你的宣言,你也不會覺得尷尬,因為你真的快樂得你想要整個宇宙都知道你的喜悅。 找到這麼一個人的感覺是這樣的:當你在某一個瞬間肯定對方就是這麼一個人,你方才明白原來自己從來都欠缺了一半,當對方來臨你的生命,你才真正明白「完整」原來是這個意思。這個人將你最壞的脾氣都收起,因為看着他你會捨不得發脾氣;這個人讓你想把自己變得更好,因為你害怕你不夠好的話上天會將這份幸福收起;這個人讓你想自己身體健康,因為你害怕身體不好你不可以長長久久地對着這個人,你很想以後都可以清醒地在他身邊照顧他和好好地仔細看他;這個人在你身邊的時候你不想睡覺,因為每一秒都變得那麼短,你怕看漏一眼會錯過他一點什麼;這個人教你明白理財的重要,因為只有好好理財,你們才可以擁有富足而安穩的生活,最重要的是,你不想他捱,你只想他安好。 人家說有運氣你就會遇上對的人,我卻覺得,其實這個你愛上的人,就是運氣本身。因為有他,你真的踏踏實實地將自己打理得更好,為了愛,你變成一個新的人。有他,你就是最幸運的人,而你一生也只會更努力,讓他成為最幸福的人。 |
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