纪伯伦的七个自我_纪伯伦介绍
第一次,当它本可进取时,却故作谦卑; 第二次,当它在空虚时,用爱欲来填充; 第三次,在困难和容易之间,它选择了容易; 第四次,它犯了错,却借由别人也会犯错来宽慰自己; 第五次,它自由软弱,却把它认为是生命的坚韧; 第六次,当它鄙夷一张丑恶的嘴脸时,却不知那正是自己面具中的一副; 第七次,它侧身于生活的污泥中,虽不甘心,却又畏首畏尾。 The first time when I saw her being meek that she might attain height. The second time when I saw her limping before the crippled. The third time when she was given to choose between the hard and the easy, and she chose the easy. The fourth time when she committed a wrong, and comforted herself that others also commit wrong. The fifth time when she forbore for weakness, and attributed her patience to strength. The sixth time when she despised the ugliness of a face, and knew not that it was one of her own masks. And the seventh time when she sang a song of praise, and deemed it a virtue.
你的儿女,其实不是你的儿女。他们是生命对于自身渴望而诞生的孩子。他们借助你来到这世界,却非因你而来,他们在你身旁,却并不属于你。
你可以给予他们的是你的爱,却不是你的想法,因为他们有自己的思想。
你可以庇护的是他们的身体,却不是他们的灵魂,因为他们的灵魂属于明天,属于你做梦也无法到达的明天,你可以拼尽全力,变得像他们一样,却不要让他们变得和你一样,因为生命不会后退,也不在过去停留。
你是弓,儿女是从你那里射出的箭。
弓箭手望着未来之路上的箭靶,他用尽力气将你拉开,使他的箭射得又快又远。
怀着快乐的心情,在弓箭手的手中弯曲吧,因为他爱一路飞翔的箭,也爱无比稳定的弓。 —纪伯伦《孩子》
