平衡與博愛 (節選一段我喜歡的小說家 Dean Koontz 的話與大家分享)

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特別與 Ms. 阿奴分享 :)

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I love life, and I love the world as its exquisite design is revealed in each small portion of the whole.

No one can genuinely love the world, which is too large to love entire. To love all the world at once is pretense or dangerous self-delusion. Loving the world is like loving the idea of love, which is perilous because, feeling virtuous about the grand affection, you are freed from the struggles and the duties that come with loving people as individuals, with loving one place – home – above all others.

I embrace the world on a scale that allows genuine love – the small places like a town, a neighborhood, a street – and I love life, because of what the beauty of this world and of this life portend. I don’t love them to excess, and I stand in awe of them only to the extent that an architect might stand in the receiving room of a magnificent palace, amazed and thrilled by what he sees, while knowing that all this is as nothing compared to the wondrous sights that lie beyond the next threshold.

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想說:傳播宗教不是每個人都能做的。 我們尊敬某個宗教並不是因為有多少人傳播她、信仰她、而是因為看到信仰她的人的綜合素質、素養。

所以與其傳播,不如量力而為做小小的事情更能讓人敬佩與接受。

Happy Weekend~ :)




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中國人勤勞、勇敢、善良,是世界上最優秀的民族 -水滴:)- 給 水滴:) 發送悄悄話 水滴:) 的博客首頁 (166 bytes) () 05/16/2009 postreply 23:24:40

:) -aqua_kid- 給 aqua_kid 發送悄悄話 (0 bytes) () 05/17/2009 postreply 14:56:04

支持。人格,榜樣的力量是無窮的。說教的力量是貧乏的。 -高出不勝寒- 給 高出不勝寒 發送悄悄話 高出不勝寒 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/17/2009 postreply 07:22:46

well said! -AnaZhang- 給 AnaZhang 發送悄悄話 AnaZhang 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/17/2009 postreply 07:46:11

記得我在上海的大沽路,曾經看到一個教徒,眼神中閃著狂熱的光芒。 -燭龍- 給 燭龍 發送悄悄話 燭龍 的博客首頁 (259 bytes) () 05/17/2009 postreply 08:31:54

很對, 我們對基督教的尊敬, 很大程度是對基督徒充滿愛心的肯定. -鐵塔哥- 給 鐵塔哥 發送悄悄話 鐵塔哥 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/17/2009 postreply 09:16:28

同意中文那段 -不明則問- 給 不明則問 發送悄悄話 不明則問 的博客首頁 (28 bytes) () 05/17/2009 postreply 10:03:31

大概是一滴水折射一個世界的意思。。。 -aqua_kid- 給 aqua_kid 發送悄悄話 (0 bytes) () 05/17/2009 postreply 13:16:02

有道理, 信教不可到狂熱執著的地步... -貧農:- 給 貧農: 發送悄悄話 貧農: 的博客首頁 (101 bytes) () 05/17/2009 postreply 14:22:33

嗯,覺得世界上基本上沒有比信仰更personal的事情了 xixi~ -aqua_kid- 給 aqua_kid 發送悄悄話 (0 bytes) () 05/17/2009 postreply 14:49:42

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