发信人: oceann (dany), 信区: English
标 题: You don’t have to wait till Thanksgiving to give
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (Sat Aug 9 20:42:45 2003)
Recently, there have been several articles by fellow members of this board exp
ressing feelings of depression
due to personal tragedies and the angst of having to face with uncertain f
utures. The following is based on a very short essay I wrote in another BBS a
little over 2 years ago. Not too long before that my favourite brother-in-law
died of cancer-- only 3 years after my sister had died. He was only 50 years o
ld. Less than a week later, a newly acquired sister-in-law committed suicide.S
he was only 48 years old. That came on the heels of news reaching me that thre
e of my classmates, one from elementary school,one from high school and the ot
her from graduate school, (all of whom had not yet reached 60) , had also pass
ed away.
This was originally written in November, 2000, a few
days before the American Thanksgiving. The following
is a revised version.
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As the year draws rapidly to a close and the American Thanskgiving right
at the doorstep, let us stop for a moment and take stock of our lives.
If you are living in an island of tranquility amidst an ocean of tumoil ﹐
in good health with no life threatening ailments ﹔ if you are free from pres
ecutions, real or imaginary; if you have a warm place to sleep in , hot food i
n your tummy , not having to worry about where the next meal is coming from an
d how to feed your children; then take a look at the sea of suffering, depriva
tion, depression, hopelessness, crippling pain, terminal illness, unresolvable
internal conflict and manaic depression , that surrounds you. Open your heart
and feel the agony of people, who, haunted by past ghosts and potential futur
e demons, see no way out but suicide; the torment of people who are trapped in
deformed minds and/or bodies; and the anguish of people dying at the prime of
their lives from painful terminal illnesses. Pause for a moment and give than
ks to either fate or the god of your choice and say to yourself: “But for the
grace of god (or good fortune, fate...), there go I.“
Life does not have to be a cup that runneth over. It does not even have t
o be full, or even half full. So even if your cup is only a quarter filled, do
n’t think of it as
almost empty, but think of it as still having something left to drink from
. And even if what is left is only water, savour it slowly and appreciatively
and it will taste sweeter than the sweetest of all wines.
How many more Novembers,
I know not..
Nor do I wish to know.
Each day is a new day,
Fill with things of wonder
Waiting for me to see and enjoy.
--
好想振作一点点，真的好想
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