Monday, October 27, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
我們長期吃福山有機菜農史先生夫妻種的菜；前兩週因颱風侵襲的關係，農作受到影響，沒菜吃。所以下台北時，我們便至市場或農會超市採買；相較之下，才體認史先生的菜真的實在又美味。據說，人其實最好、也最合適吃在自己居住環境附近的菜 (自己長出來的更好)，因氣候、土壤、水等都是重要元素，一點也不假。現今社會和生活型態，多少人有機會吃到自己生活區域附近種植的蔬果？我覺得自己好幸運，很珍惜這個福氣。
最近兩週，史先生終於恢復供菜，我們好像等了好久，他也好像說抱歉似地，給我們特別多!
# posted by Chao=Sabiy : 10:24 PM
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
The other day, a friend of mine brought up a question:
What's the core value of human existence?
I think it's not a hard question, but one that is difficult to give an answer. Even though you ask a bunch of scholars to produce hundreds of papers for this issue, you won't get a satisfactory answer either. How about this, from Calvin and Hobbes?
What's the core value of human existence?
This afternoon, the autumn wind blew gently. It rained a little bit and the sun came out for a while. Then we got a full rainbow here! We enjoyed watching it getting stronger and fading out in the air again, peacefully.
友問：人存在的『核心價值』是什麼？
是個很大的題目... 我想若是邀請世界知名的、資深的學者撰寫論文百篇也說不清楚的。
是個很大的題目... 我想若是邀請世界知名的、資深的學者撰寫論文百篇也說不清楚的。
想了一想，我實在答不出來，最主要的原因大概是，這是要「體會」的、「活出來」的，而不是用「說」的。人很渺小，但可生而為人，同時是很殊勝的因緣；我以為，一方面要能夠瞭知如斯道理，並擅用所學與能力做利益眾生 (包括大自然、親友、乃至社稽) 之事，二方面要自修以了生脫死，不再輪迴。既然因緣給我們有機會作「人」，享福、消業、修德，有機會和所愛相遇、共同修行，應該珍惜。
想了一想，我另一半也提出一個簡單的答案：人存在的『核心價值』，不是為了消費。
# posted by Chao=Sabiy : 11:15 PM
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Yugan is reading me a book every night before bed: To Kill A Mockingbird, the famous novel by Harper Lee. There's one paragraph that truly impressed us. It speaks out what we have been thinking and feeling recently."......folks don't like to have somebody around knowin' more than they do. It aggravates 'em. You're not gonna change any of them by talkin' right, they've got to learn themselves, and when they don't want to learn there's nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language." (page 136)
每晚睡前，我先生唸 Harper Lee 著名的、也是唯一的小說 To Kill A Mockingbird (1960)* 給我聽。其中有一段，他剛唸畢，我倆便不約而同地對視，心領神會，無奈它如實道出我們的心聲：
「人總是不喜歡週遭有人知道的比自己多，這會惹惱他們。你說對的話將無法對他們造成任何改變；他們必須自己去學習；當他們不願意學習時，你所能做的只有閉嘴或是和他們說一樣的話。」
* 中譯版書名：梅岡城故事
# posted by Chao=Sabiy : 11:10 PM
Friday, October 10, 2008
dessert
Yugan with my first coffee cake!
::a cake without milk and eggs, with flour, coffee powder, soy milk, grapeseed oil, raisins, walnuts, and wild dates.
平常我們用麵包機做麵包，最近添購許多食材，所以就開始做蛋糕了! 日前，第一個做的是巧克力蛋糕，今天則是咖啡蛋糕，飯後甜點就有了!
::無蛋、奶，有麵粉、咖啡粉、豆漿、葡萄籽油，和葡萄乾、核桃、野棗。
雙十節快樂!
# posted by Chao=Sabiy : 10:10 PM
Sunday, October 05, 2008
