2010年2月12日

Don't be upset. I began to die on 18 Sep 1978.

一個人要死,哪管是時裝界劃時代的領導者,是做家務的老人家,是買完祭祀先夫用品回家的婦人,還是對於日常生活過得不俗心靈世界卻不能滿足的妻子媽媽,我們做到的,只是看著。看著別人離開,是為了自己的死亡不多不少做著準備。如果生和死是代表了兩個世界,那麼知道「另一邊」有著越來越多有趣的人,也許到時候的大 re-u 會是怎樣的一件樂事,死,也許並沒有什麼值得恐懼。


定期都找著些有共鳴的文章,此乃其中一二:




"Dear friends. I'm dying."
"Don't be upset. I began to die on July 6, 1917. That's the day I was born, in council with what our psalmist says, 'We who are born, are born to die.'
"Now, I heard a little joke that deals with this. A minister was visiting a country church, and he began his sermon with a stirring reminder:
"'Everyone in this parish is going to die!'
"The minister looked around. He noticed a man in the front pew, smiling broadly.
"'Why are you so amused?' he asked.
"'I'm not from this parish,' the man said. 'I'm just visiting my sister for the weekend.'"


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