‘My life is my message.’ - Gandhi
Each of us lives a life that expresses who we are, reacts to the world around us, shows our passions, reflects our deep river of feeling and being.
We might sing out in joy, through our words and actions and expressions, we might hide in fear and pain, we might lash out in anger. Every thing we do, everything we are, expresses.
Gandhi’s message was his life, and yours is your life. What message are you giving the world, through your actions, how you live, how you treat others, what you accomplish, how you choose to be, every moment of every day?
Are you an angry rant? A ballad? An epic poem?
Perhaps a sonnet, a limerick, a haiku?
If your life is a poem, what do you want it to say? What would you rather leave out? What will the essence be?
Enjoy each moment as the perfect syllable, recognize the lyrical in the everyday, and sink your teeth softly into that cold delicious fruit.
—
This Is Just To Say
by William Carlos Williams
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
—
(Word Count: 222)
译文:
人生如诗{Translated by Shermee}
“我的人生就是我想要传达的信息。”——甘地
我们的生活体现了我们的本质，回应了我们周围的世界，展示了我们的激情，反映了我们深厚的感情和深长的生存历程。
我们会用歌声、语言或行为表达我们的喜悦之情；我们会掩藏我们心中的惧怕和痛苦，宣泄我们的愤懑。不管我们怎么做，我们都只是在表达我们自己的感情。
甘地所传达的信息是他的人生，你传达的信息是你自己的人生。每时每刻，通过你的行为，你在向世界传达什么信息？你怎么生活？你怎么对待他人？你实现了什么目标？你怎样选择成为一个什么样的人？
你会是一篇慷慨激扬的演说？一首琅琅上口的民谣？还是一首娓娓道来的史诗？
或是一首音韵优美的十四行诗，一首谐趣横生的五行打油诗或是直接明了的俳句？
如果你的人生是一首诗，你想要表达什么？想要留下什么？人生的本质又是什么呢？
就像欣赏华美的乐章一样享受人生的每一刻，充满激情的度过每一天，慢慢品尝沁凉的可口的水果
——
这就是说
威廉·卡洛斯·威廉斯
我吃了
那些放在
冰箱里的
李子
那些
多半是你
留作
早餐时吃的
请原谅我
它们是那么可口
那么甜
那么凉
——
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