Monday, July 24, 2006

好书介绍 - The Alchemist

最近看了相当多的好书,但我前晚上看完了一本我个人觉得非常有精神满足感的一本书。

多亏Cherlyn的大力推荐,我从她那里借来了这本Paulo Coelho的〈The Alchemist〉。 我不知书名在中文怎么翻译,因我是看英文版的。



这本半童话故事的书,有如〈小王子〉一般,故事简单朴素但强而有力。故事讲一个牧羊少年,不顾众人反对,世俗引诱,和路途艰难,坚持寻找他的梦想, 书里称"the Personal Legend"。间接和暗喻似的带出我们每个人都有他自己的Personal Legend,及如何去寻找它的方法。

书中的角色并不多,其中鼓励牧羊少年去寻梦的The old king说了这样令人震撼的话:
"The world's greatest lie is: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate."

The alchemist对牧羊少年说:"Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams." 

还有一句更经典,书中不断重复的一句:"When you really want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." 这解释为何当我们对一些东西有强烈欲望时,往往会有一点点的Beginner's Luck吧!

总之,我强力推荐这本书给大家!

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

献给一位没机会相识的朋友...

永远怀念中

YVONNE TAN
2nd September 1980 - 10th June 2006


昨天中午我的同事,也是创价学会会友的Valarie传来了一个link,是一位已转世的会友的亲友帮她所设立的Blog。

心中流了一些泪水过后再陆续把她感人的故事传载给许多人。

读着她的故事,得到许多启发、许多感想。我为她的人生成就感到骄傲。

她的亲友们为她准备了一个别开生面的葬礼,以Celebration of Yvonne's Life为主题,用庆祝的方式来欢送她。连也是创价会友的演员Orlando Bloom和SGI会长池田先生也送来祝福语,可见她人生成就非凡。封棺当天和火葬后天空还两度出现彩虹,可见她就算离世后都愿意为世界留下美丽。

这是Yvonne的纪念部落格-http://yvonnetannz.blogspot.com/



~ Read Me ~

Who knew
It could happen,
That our paths would cross one day
And here you are.
Remembering every word,
And of all the things
The spirit has to say...

Guess I
Was hoping that,
You wouldn't see right through me.
Then... there you are,
Pondering every word.
So should I...
Or should I not speak?

Slowly
I get to know you,
The intimacy of ink & paper.
There you are.
Reading me like a book.
And I am comfortable in your presence,
There cannot be one without the other.

Untouched
Ideas through the years,
Releasing of the sub-conscious mind.

So. Here you are.
Absorbing every word.
And through you and this,
Some of me will float in everlasting time.

Poem By:
Yvonne Tan
13 Oct 2004


好美丽的一首诗~~~~~