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祝福那些願鬆手的人們
區樂民在蘋果日報記下了近日一段小經驗: 生命中的十字架 2012年02月05日 在愛爾蘭停留了五天，每天都致電回家跟母親聊聊。母親問：「吃得好嗎？」 「除了早餐，所有正餐都在療養院和神父一起吃。」我答道。 「甚麼？」母親高聲大叫：「老遠飛到歐洲，只吃老人院的食物？」 說實話，在療養院吃到第三天，信心開始動搖。可是，我很想陪神父用膳，算是對他的支持。 有天我問神父：「生病時，會否感到沮喪？」 「基督徒都要揹起十字架追隨耶穌，」神父答道：「十字架有不同形式，有貧困，有逼迫，也有疾病。儘管如此，能夠追隨耶穌，是福樂。」 「你怕不怕死？」我又問。 「不怕，」神父說：「死亡是通往永生之門。自己愈接近死亡，愈為那些未有信仰的人憂心和難過。我帶着盼望離開世界，他們是帶着甚麼呢？」 我開始明白自己為何每年都探望神父，是他對世人的愛心，吸引着我；如果把這顆愛心乘大很多倍，就可解釋耶穌為甚麼能夠吸引億億萬萬的信徒。 到了道別的早晨，神父問：「你不是說星期六才走嗎？」 「今天是星期六。」我回答。 神父拍一拍自己的頭，皺眉道：「這裏不中用了。」 「明年再見。」我握着神父的一雙手。 「謝謝你來看我。」神父也握着我的一雙手，良久也沒有放開。 陽光透過窗紗灑滿一室，牆上的大鐘的的答答，漸漸我不肯定，究竟是誰不願意鬆手。 http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple_sub/art_main.php?&iss_id=20120205&sec_id=12187389&art_id=16042373&cat_id=268&coln_id=81 ======================================================== 我想，人間有情，就是這樣的意思吧。 很慚愧，對自己的老師，我沒有這麼長情，但卻幸運地得到一些學生長期的顧念。不久前又再收到一個舊學生的賀年咭，他是十八年前我教過的一名兼讀課程的學員，我對他有特別印象，除了因為他總是彬彬有礼外，他當時已是教育署的主任，但卻全無公務員的習性，思考和談話中充滿人文關懷。過我對他的欣賞只放在心中，在行動上對他沒有特別的照顧。 但這樣一個我忙碌時不會隨意想起的舊学生，十八年來，從沒間斷地在每一年的農曆新年前寄賀咭給我，十八年來，他從沒要求過我為他幹點什麼，當在這個年代，我們往書店揀選一張賀咭、寫上一兩句祝福語，貼上邮票，找邮筒寄出……也覺得是費時失事的時候，他卻年復一年的對老師送上問侯。 慶幸世上還有那麼多願意鬆手的人。 這舊學生的名字是方紹文。
Embracing one’s sense of mission
Dear Hey When you finished your talk to the student teachers, and I said you didn’t look like someone who was working for the Government, what I really meant was that it is difficult to find an education worker these … Continue reading
Telling my life history
Four final-year undergraduate students have brought me a new experience. There are two things that I would avoid doing in my interactions with young, fulltime, students. I will tell myself: (a) Don’t ramble away. (b) Don’t talk about my past … Continue reading
Why people cry
This is a quote which I bumped into on Facebook. I liked it, and I then shared it on my status update: Part of the reason I liked it was that it aptly illustrated the usage for ‘It is because …’, which … Continue reading
Keeping the departed company
Last night in a funeral parlour, I did somethng for the first time. I had not been very close to the departed person, a relative, and there were few people to talk with. After a while, my mind began to … Continue reading
A small yet big breakthrough
I had a breakthrough today. I was waiting to place my order at a service counter in a McDonald’s restaurant. The attendant, a middle-aged lady, was so engrossed in chatting with the attendant next to her that after 16 seconds, she still didn’t … Continue reading
Embracing happiness, parting company with depression
** Last time, I mentioned my former student quoting something I said about the goal of life in the epilogue of the book that she wrote. In this book, she wrote about the struggles that she went through while suffering … Continue reading
Epilogues, and food for thought for Easter
I am in the process of writing the epilogue for the book co-authored by Dr Benjamin Au Yeung and me. I was looking up some sample epilogues from the books on my bookshelf. One of the books I picked up is a … Continue reading
Are you happy?
Today, I had lunch with Icy and Olive. Icy had earlier remarked that she had a lot of sympathy with the younger generations today, who had to face a lot more challenges than our generations did. (Of course Icy is … Continue reading
Looking at the stars
A former student, Wong Oi Wah, shared a quote on Facebook, which resonated with me instantly: “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” Oscar Wilde How come I was not aware of … Continue reading
