APAD: Free as a bird

本帖於 2024-07-19 06:12:24 時間, 由普通用戶 最西邊的島上 編輯

The idiom means that you are free to go where you like when you like and do what you like.
- It's also a symbol of freedom and independence, whether it be political, social, or personal.
- It's also a metaphor for someone who is free-spirited who are true to themselves and live life on their own terms.
- It's also a spiritual concept: to represent the soul that is free from the constraints of the physical world, to transcend the limitations of the body and connect with something higher.

Origin:
- Bible:  Psalms 124:7-8  "We've flown free from their fangs, free of their traps, free as a bird. Their grip is broken; we're free as a bird in flight."
- Originally, German word vogelfrei (=outlawed currently) merely meant "as free as a bird, not bound." That is the usage in a German source from 1455. Even Martin Luther (1483–1546) and Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1531) used the term still in its original meaning.

For me, freedom of thinking and speaking are the important things which I didn't have before I came to Canada.  Also I believe one has to forgo self (image, status, ego, .. etc) to really feel free and to be truly free.

This morning, I came across to the song of 生命光芒 "from 原創音樂劇《趙氏孤兒and felt moved.  So I 
quickly wrote a little "poem" based on the lyrics:

Life is open to everyone
Death is fair to everyone
Light wants to shine over everyone
Darkness likes to swallow up everyone
With muddy waters under the feet,
and injured wings
You fly up high to catch the cloud
for freedom and happiness
You stand on the sharp edge of the blade
gritting teeth but keep singing
You are, We are, 

the free birds.
uh-oh, Maowi the cat is coming for the birds, so I'd better stop now. 嘻嘻

Wish you all a happy and relaxed Friday!

 

 

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Remind me the song IBelieveICanFly, tho more about ambition -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (282 bytes) () 07/19/2024 postreply 07:33:50

I canFly 2, butOnlyInDream, &can’t control speed&direction;) -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/19/2024 postreply 08:15:11

元劇看看就好了不必太當真,左傳中並沒有屠岸賈其人,趙氏滅族引子是其家族的一起醜聞,醜聞當事人為轉移視線而誣陷謀反 -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (671 bytes) () 07/19/2024 postreply 07:50:27

謝謝史普!其實我對曆史讀的和知道的並不多,所以很容易誤讀,也很容易被糾正哈 ;-)) -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/19/2024 postreply 08:10:29

當初隨晉文公流浪的幾位忠臣最後形成了幾大家族,輪流主政,這幾家都有自己的家武裝,這樣的大臣誰不害怕 -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/19/2024 postreply 08:39:14

春秋時期還流行顏控,趙氏不僅才華人才輩出而且顏值還都逆天,相比之下國君與其他家族相形見絀,不滅你隻是沒借口 -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/19/2024 postreply 08:44:41

本來就覺得生活在現在是幸運地,你這麽一說就更證實了我的直覺。如果可能,遠離權勢遠離利益糾紛,沒有那些欲望就沒有那些苦惱哈 -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/19/2024 postreply 08:53:22

“無恥者富, 多信(佞)者顯, 夫名利. 之大者, 幾在無恥而信”,—《莊子》,是對當時權貴社會真實寫照哈。 -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/19/2024 postreply 09:03:55

中國曆史曆來有誅殺功高蓋主功臣的傳統,包括本朝。而百姓僥幸生在太平盛世還總有徭役,就是白幹活不管飯 -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/19/2024 postreply 10:14:51

To be free, we practice breaking grips daily, on the mat:-)) -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/19/2024 postreply 08:50:23

hahaha, is it BJJ? -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/19/2024 postreply 08:56:01

You bet. I fought for freedom so bad and got arthritis:-) -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/19/2024 postreply 09:02:51

Oh No. Better to be 中庸,對人對事對鍛煉 ;-)) -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/19/2024 postreply 09:05:25

I always wonder skill vs absolute power -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/19/2024 postreply 09:50:51

You won't after two years in BJJ :-))) -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/19/2024 postreply 10:10:47

Yes, absolute power, corrupts absolutely -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/19/2024 postreply 10:36:10

My friend's cat grew up with dogs, he thinks he is a dog, -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/19/2024 postreply 10:28:26

love bath, sit @porch with birds chirping around him. -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/19/2024 postreply 10:29:07

good 4 birds, poor cat tho ;-) -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 07/19/2024 postreply 19:42:26

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