勇敢的人未必永遠活著，但膽怯的人從未活過。

我昨晚被一個視頻感動了。看！那個總是仰望星空懷抱夢想的人，滿懷激情地飛向星空擁抱星星，就像是一團永遠燃燒的火焰，讓一切在凡塵打滾的人都黯然失色。

上個月11號（July 11, 2021）, 還差7天就滿71歲的Richard Branson 布蘭森乘坐著自己公司的太空飛機和以他的母親Eva命名的航空母艦飛向太空邊緣。這個名為地球上最瘋狂的玩的就是心跳的億萬富豪，這並不是他第一次為了擁抱夢想而無懼擁抱死亡。。。1986年他已經駕駛自己公司的大西洋挑戰號以最快的速度橫渡大西洋；1997年，47歲的布蘭森進行了曆時35小時的熱氣球成為世界上第一個穿越大西洋旅行的人，期間燃料係統出了故障、氣球墜毀在撒哈拉沙漠但大難不死，第二年又繼續乘上新設計的熱氣球進行環球旅行。61歲時，用風箏衝浪的方式穿越英吉利海峽。。。

他說：如果你不做夢，你將一事無成。

什麽才算是活著？年齡算什麽？那些懷抱夢想擁抱星空的人，就像是神一樣的非凡存在，他們的光芒照亮了後來的尋夢者。

看看布蘭森在飛向夢想的星空之前，給已經在半年前去世的母親Eva Branson寫的信吧：

“親愛的母親，你總是教我去摘星星。我一路崎嶇地走著自己的路，但從未脫離您的指引。您總是把我們推向我們的極限。

當我還是個孩子時，您把我拋出離家好幾裏的車外，讓我自己找到回家的路。您讓我跳進河裏，要麽沉下去要麽遊上來。

您和父親教會我和姐妹們獨立自主，用既嚴厲又溫柔的方式愛著我們。

您自己就總是一個探險家。穿著男孩子的衣服學習滑翔機飛行，在二戰時入伍，戰後去德國跳芭蕾舞。勇敢地在新創的航空公司飛行在危險的航線上。

。。。您把每一天都當成一個探索的機會。

。。。母親，我們的母航攜帶著您的名字，她將承載著下一代的夢想者飛向天空。

您一直都是個夢想家。您敦促我要為每一個機會奮鬥，要追逐每一個最狂野的夢，讓自己的人生無比豐盈。

好吧，勇敢的人可能不會永遠活著，但膽怯的人從未活過。

您是怎樣地活過、怎樣地愛過、又是怎樣地被人懷念著啊！

爸爸總是說：“人生很美妙，不是嗎？”您倆向我們證明了，是的！”

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'Dear mum, you always told me to reach for the stars. Well, I took my own winding road but I always knew to follow your lead. You always pushed us to our limits. 

When I was a child, you threw me out of the car miles from our house and urged me to find my own way home. You let me jump into a river to sink or swim. 

You and Dad taught me and my sisters independence and loved us with fierceness and tenderness. 

You were always an adventurer. You took glider lessons dressed as a boy, enlisted during World War Two. Toured Germany as a ballet dancer after the war. You flew treacherous routes as intrepid cabin crew for Start Up Airlines. 

You took us into the great unknown on family holidays. You treated every day as a chance to explore. 

Before the word existed, you were always an entrepreneur. You helped make ends meet by creating your own small businesses. You showed me how to grow a company, how to treat people, how to be creative, how to balance work and play, how to live. 

You were always a romantic. You and Dad showed Joan and me the way to build a life filled with humour and heart, hope and humility, honesty and happiness. You showed us the value of kindness, the magic of laughter, the beauty of music and the joy of family. 

You were always my guiding light of Virgin Galactic. You share with me that the day we named our mothership the MSE was one of your happiest. 

You always knew Eve would start my journey to space one day. Just as I always knew you would do the impossible for me. 

Well, mum,  our mothership carries your name, will carry the next generation of dreamers into space.

You were always a dreamer. You urge me to strive for every opportunity I saw. You told me to chase my wildest fantasies and to live life to the full. 

Well, the brave may not live forever. But the cautious do not live at all. 

How you lived, how you loved and how you are missed. 

Dad always said "isn't life wonderful" and you both showed us it was. Always.' 

Eva Branson: