《誰故草——在孤獨中仍被記念的生命》

https://youtu.be/VYg39CyyaZY?si=5aMwYUgTAt5xqCYR 《誰故草——在孤獨中仍被記念的生命》 弟兄姊妹平安。 在開始分享之前，也想補充一個背景。 根據一些流傳的消息，有提及與「誰故草」意象相關的音樂作品創作者（菅野洋一先生）近日已於5月31日安息，享年92歲。 雖然我們未必能完全核實所有細節，但在這裡，我們仍以尊重與紀念的心，來思想他所留下的音樂意象。 願他的創作與生命，也成為我們今天默想的契機。 在日本的山林深處，有一種植物被稱為「誰故草」。 它不生長在花園，也不被人特別栽培， 而是在森林深處、岩石縫隙、光線稀少的地方默默生長。 它靜靜開花，幾乎沒有人看見。 而它的名字本身像一個問題：「誰故？」 為誰而存在？ 為誰而開？ 為什麼會在這樣的地方？ 這其實不只是一種植物的問題， 也是許多人的生命經驗。 人的經驗：孤單與被忽略 很多人在人生某些階段，其實都會有這樣的感覺： 沒有人真正理解我 我的努力沒有人看見 我在群體中卻像不存在 甚至覺得自己沒有位置 這種孤單，不一定是沒有人在身邊，而是「沒有人真正看見我」。 就像「誰故草」——存在，但被隱藏。 📖聖經的回應：神認識你 聖經給我們一個不同的答案。 詩篇139篇說：> 「耶和華啊，你已經鑒察我，認識我。」 馬太福音說： 「兩個麻雀不是賣一分銀子嗎？若是你們的父不許，一個也不能掉在地上。」 如果連微小的生命都不被忽略， 那麼人更不可能在神的眼中被遺忘。 屬靈轉折：看不見 ≠ 不存在 在人眼中： 看見才重要 記得才有價值 但在神的眼中不是這樣。 以賽亞書說：「我將你銘刻在我掌上。」 這代表： 你不是被偶然記得， 而是被穩定地記念與看顧。 屬靈轉折：孤單 ≠ 被遺棄 希伯來書說：> 「我總不撇下你，也不丟棄你。」 人的感覺可能是孤單， 但神的真實是同在。 結語：從「誰故」到「被記念」 今天的信息提醒我們： 人可能被忽略，但不等於被遺忘人可能在隱密，但仍被認識人的價值不在被看見，而在於被創造與記念 也許你今天的感受是孤單、沉默、被忽略， 但神對你的回應是： 你不是無人問津的生命， 你是在被記念中的生命。 🙏禱告 主啊， 為孤單的人說話， 為被忽略的人說話， 為在沉默中掙扎的人說話。 讓我們不只是尋找人的看見， 更進入你同在的確據。 奉主的名，阿們。

domicile fukuoka 2020

ReFresh (Day 1)

On The Pulse Of Morning'

An Inaugural Poem by Maya Angelou 


A  Rock, A River, A Tree

Hosts to species long since departed,

Marked the mastodon,

The dinosaur, who left dried tokens

Of Their sojourn here

On our planet floor,

Any broad alarm of their hastening doom

Is lost in the gloom of dust and ages. 

But today, the Rock cries out to us, clearly,

forcefully,

Come, you may stand upon my

Back and face your distant destiny, 

But seek no haven in my shadow,

I will give you no hiding place down here. 

You, created only a little lower than

The angels, have crouched too long in

The bruising darkness

Have lain too long

Facedown in ignorance,

Your mouths spilling words 

Armed for slaughter.

The Rock cries out to us today,

You may stand upon me;

But do not hide your face. 

Across the wall of the world,

A River sings a beautiful song. It says,

Come, rest here by my side. 

Each of you, a bordered country,

Delicate and strangely made proud,

Yet thrusting perpetually under siege.

Your armed struggles for profit

Have left collars of waste upon

My shore, currents of debris upon my breast.

Yet today I call you to my riverside,

If you will study war no more. 

Come, clad in peace,

And I will sing the songs

The Creator gave to me when I and the

Tree and the Rock were one.

Before cynicism was a bloody sear across your brow

And when you yet knew you still knew nothing.

The River sang and sings on. 

There is a true yearning to respond to

The singing River and the wise Rock.

So say the Asian, the Hispanic, the Jew

The African, the Native American, the Sioux

The Catholic, the Muslim, the French, the Greek, 

The Irish, the Rabbi, the Priest, the Sheik,

The Gay, the Straight, the Preacher,

The privileged, the homeless, the Teacher.

They hear. They all hear

The speaking of the Tree. 

They hear the first and last of every Tree

Speak to humankind today.

Come to me,

Here beside the River.

Plant yourself beside the River. 

Each of you, descendant of some passed-

On traveler, has been paid for. 

You, who gave me my first name, you,

Pawnee, Apache, Seneca, you

Cherokee Nation, who rested with me, then

Forced on bloody feet,

Left me to the employment of

Other seekers -- desperate for gain,

Starving for gold. 

You, the Turk, the Arab, the Swede,

The German, the Eskimo, the Scot,

The Italian, the Hungarian, the Pole,

You the Ashanti, the Yoruba, the Kru, bought

Sold, stolen, arriving on a nightmare

Praying for a dream. 

Here, root yourselves beside me.

I am that Tree planted by the River,

Which will not be moved.

I, the Rock, I, the River, I, the Tree

I am yours -- your passages have been paid.

Lift up your faces, you have a piercing need

For this bright morning dawning for you.

History, despite its wrenching pain,

Cannot be unlived, but if faced

With courage, need not be lived again. 

Lift up your eyes

Upon this day breaking for you.

Give birth again

To the dream. 

Women, children, men,

Take it into the palms of your hands,

Mold it into the shape of your most

Private need. Sculpt it into

The image of your most public self.

Lift up your hearts

Each new hour holds new chances

For a new beginning.

Do not be wedded forever

To fear, yoked eternally

To brutishness. 

The horizon leans forward,

Offering you space

To place new steps of change

Here, on the pulse of this fine day

You may have the courage

To look up and out and upon me,

The Rock, the River, the Tree, you country.

No less to Midas than the mendicant.

No less to you now than the mastodon then. 

Here on the pulse of this new day

You may have the grace to look up and out

And into your sister's eyes,

And into your brother's face,

Your country,

And say simply

Very simply

With hope --

Good morning. 

Wake up O sleeper

In 1577 Sir Francis Drake wrote :

Disturb us Lord ,
When we are too pleased with ourselves, when our dreams have come true ,
Because we dreamed too little,
When we arrived safely,
Because we sailed too close to the shore .

Disturb us , Lord ,
When with the abundance of things we poses ,
We have lost our thirst for the waters of life ;
Having fallen in love with life,
We have ceased to dream of eternity，
And in our efforts to build a new earth,
  We have allowed our vision of the
   new heaven to dim

New Years Poem

"What can be said in New Year rhymes,
That's not been said a thousand times?
The new years come, the old years go,
We know we dream, we dream we know.
We rise up laughing with the light,
We lie down weeping with the night.
We hug the world until it stings,
We curse it then and sigh for wings.
We live, we love, we woo, we wed,
We wreathe our prides, we sheet our dead.
We laugh, we weep, we hope, we fear,
And that's the burden of a year."

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Once upon a song

Each person who ever was or is or will be has a song. It isn't a song that anybody else wrote. It has its own melody, it has its own words. Very few people get to sing their song. Most of us fear that we cannot do it justice with our voices, or that our words are too foolish or too honest, or too odd. So people live their song instead.”

 Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys

"Song of a Crazy Monk"

Where are the plum-lipped ladies of Tang? In beds of spider dust.

 O let them pass, O let them go, 
As the Long river eastward flow

Never to return nor backward flows.
O forget all, O forget none.

Julia Lin

The Ten Commandments of Working in a Hostile Environment by T.D. Jakes

Excerpts from “The Ten Commandments of Working in a Hostile Environment” by T.D. Jakes

1. Know that you are anointed for the job or position you now hold!
2. Do not expect to be appreciated
3. Embrace opportunities for change
4. Do the job well while remembering the vision
5. Do not let the environment get inside you!
6. Increase your capacity to work with difficult personalities
7. Where you are is not where you are going!
8. Achieve optimal results with minimal confusion
9. Do not pledge allegiance to cliques and groups!
10. Always keep your song near you

It is indeed ironic that out of our desire for stability, security, and predictability we set ourselves up for
instability, uncertainty, and surprises. Perhaps if we adjusted our expectations to be more realistic, we would not be so traumatized when change comes. And rest assured - it will come. We should expect change in our
workplace and know that only God can serve as our secure anchor, our unshakable, immovable rock.
The only way we can extend ourselves to reach the next level is to move beyond our comfort zone and utilize more of our talents and capabilities.

He introduces some change into our lives to spur us into action. The least we can do in turbulent times of
change is to give Him the opportunity to use us, even when what we face seems formidable or impossible to us. Time and time again, we must remember that when God anoints us for a position, then nothing can ultimately stand in our way. Our perceptions of ourselves, if not based on faith in what we cannot presently see, will cause us to limit ourselves and undermine the blessing and success that God has planned for us. We are short-circuiting our own destiny, pulling the plug before the on switch has been flipped; all because we do not think we are adequately equipped for the job.

 Do not put on airs of superiority, especially if you now oversee employees who were once your peers.
“In quiet and confidence shall be your strength. Thoughts are the final frontiers of privacy. If we always
speak our mind, we are violating our own privacy. When it is appropriate, speak up and speak right. But most of the time, we need to keep a guard on our lips.”

Responding requires first quietness and then reflecting. Reacting suggests that some action takes place following a comment or an incident. Negative attitudes, harmful behaviour, and insidious gossip can contaminate the believer and cause him/her to lose his/her witness, along with his/her peace, hope and joy.
Man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.
Make an effort to remain beyond reproach in your dealings with co-workers.

Consumerism is an epidemic in our society that we must attempt to resist. Finally, be strong in the Lord, relying on his mighty strength.

Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Oh Preacher

Like wind in my ear or like lips that caress the reed of a flute If You are caressing my wish, I will not turn my back on the world.

20 Things I Should Have Known at 20.

1. The world is trying to keep you stupid. From bank fees to interest rates to miracle diets, people who are not educated are easier to get money from and easier to lead. Educate yourself as much as possible for wealth, independence, and happiness.

 2. Do not have faith in institutions to educate you. By the time they build the curriculum, it’s likely that the system is outdated– sometimes utterly broken. You both learn and get respect from people worth getting it from by leading and doing, not by following.

3. Read as much as you can. Learn to speed read with high retention. Emerson Spartz taught me this while I was at a Summit Series event. If he reads 2-3 books a week, you can read one.

4. Connect with everyone, all the time. Be genuine about it. Learn to find something you like in each person, and then speak to that thing.

5. Don’t waste time being shy. Shyness is the belief that your emotions should be the arbitrators of your decision making process when the opposite is actually true.

 6. If you feel weird about something during a relationship, that’s usually what you end up breaking up over.

7. Have as much contact as possible with older people. Personally, I met people at Podcamps. My friend Greg, at the age of 13, met his first future employer sitting next to him on a plane. The reason this is so valuable is because people your age don’t usually have the decision-making ability to help you very much. Also they know almost everything you will learn later, so ask them.

 8. Find people that are cooler than you and hang out with them too. This and the corollary are both important: “don’t attempt to be average inside your group. Continuously attempt to be cooler than them (by doing cooler things, being more laid back, accepting, ambitious, etc.).”

9. You will become more conservative over time. This is just a fact. Those you surround yourself with create a kind of “bubble” that pushes you to support the status quo. For this reason, you need to do your craziest stuff NOW. Later on, you’ll become too afraid. Trust me.

 10. Reduce all expenses as much as possible. I mean it. This creates a safety net that will allow you to do the crazier shit I mentioned above.

 11. Instead of getting status through objects (which provide only temporary boosts), do it through experiences. In other words, a trip to Paris is a better choice than a new wardrobe. Studies show this also boosts happiness.

12. While you are living on the cheap, solve the money problem. Use the internet, because it’s like a cool little machine that helps you do your bidding. If you are currently living paycheck to paycheck, extend that to three weeks instead of two. Then, as you get better, you can think a month ahead, then three months, then six, and finally a year ahead. (The goal is to get to a point where you are thinking 5 years ahead.)

 13. Learn to program.

 14. Get a six-pack (or get thin, whatever your goal is) while you are young. Your hormones are in a better place to help you do this at a younger age. Don’t waste this opportunity, trust me.

 15. Learn to cook. This will make everything much easier and it turns food from a chore + expensive habit into a pleasant + frugal one. I’m a big Jamie Oliver fan, but whatever you like is fine.

 16. Sleep well. This and cooking will help with the six pack. If you think “I can sleep when I’m dead” or “I have too much to do to sleep,” I have news for you: you are INEFFICIENT, and sleep deprivation isn’t helping.

17. Get a reminder app for everything. Do not trust your own brain for your memory. Do not trust it for what you “feel like” you should be doing. Trust only the reminder app. I use RE.minder and Action Method.

18. Choose something huge to do, as well as allowing the waves of opportunity to help you along. If you don’t set goals, some stuff may happen, but if you do choose, lots more will.

19. Get known for one thing. Spend like 5 years doing it instead of flopping around all over the place. If you want to shift afterwards, go ahead. Like I said, choose something.

20. Don’t try to “fix” anyone. Instead, look for someone who isn’t broken. Written by: Julian Smith inoveryourhead.net

-Notorious Joke

In order to know where you are, The best way's to find the North Star. Two stars in Big Bear Are pointing to where Polaris in the Small Bear shines far.

夏日的味道

没有太多颜色，其实是神的恩典吧？如荷花绽放的样子，挺多是荷叶的绿影围绕那么一抹淡红。在盛夏里的荷田，一朵有一朵的姿势，一张有一张的张力，一茎有一茎的风度,粉红色的大朵的荷花在万绿丛中闪闪烁烁。

认识的新朋友，好多人离开了，却有很多新人来报到;如参加台场beach party的人潮，可以记下的名字其实屈指可数。忘记在什么情况之下受邀成为欧洲协会的一分子。现任的会长是研究化学的德国人，记得那天和会长朋友去吃百元寿司获知有人即将展开新旅程。時間過得真快啊, 他說:三年就这么一晃就过去了.....下一站是大韩民国。

古柳垂堤風淡淡，新荷漫沼葉田田。 白羽頻揮閒士坐，烏紗半墜醉翁眠。 遊夢揮戈能斷日，覺來持管莫窺天。 堪笑榮華枕中客，對蓮餘做世外仙。说的是：上野公園不忍池的荷花满塘...
The lotus flower basically represents holiness, good wishes, purity and positive energy.

夏日荷影间，最难忘的，要算代々木北口附近的拉面吧。我不喜吃拉面，却觉得那碗拉面是有生以来所尝的味道最甜美的一碗。下次有机会要去研究它的烹煮秘诀。

好听的话等

其1：

玉米，看到日本地震的新闻，想到你，不知道你目前是否还在日本？你博客进不去，挂念你，祝一切安好！

玉米介绍的日本多美！你文笔细腻诗意，看过就不会忘记

你还在日本读书吗？还是要等一切安稳才好去，我朋友在横滨现在面包和牛奶都短缺，随时要出屋避震，还有每天断电

我也很久没写字了，没时间没心情，每天都忙得团团转呢

祝你一切安好！

其二：
知己朋友来信：

我这边已经搬到了新事务所的办公室。
最近在调整身体的状况。

日本这次核泄漏的后果可能会超出我们的想象。
所以也请你谨慎对待。


其实啊，有关东京的辐射水平情况，可以参见如下网站：
来自东京都健康安全中心主页（http://www.tokyo-eiken.go.jp/index-j.html） 的“都内の環境放射線測定結果”一栏。每小时更新一次。有时会比较难以打开网页，但根据这里的结果，昨天出现了不影响健康的高值，今天则一直维持在平日的水平。

另外，离福岛县更近的茨城县的监测结果如下：
http://www.pref.ibaraki.jp/important/20110311eq/index.html

有关辐射的单位很多，比较容易弄混，可以参照以下的换算（来自Ｗｉｋｉ）：
1 Sv = 1000 mSv (millisieverts) = 1,000,000 μSv (microsieverts) = 100 rem = 100,000 mrem (millirem)Ｓｖ和Ｇｙ是同样的。

捎来-生日祝福

一段日子没联系小时候的好朋友了，表面看起来大家走了不同的路，隔窗搁杯酒，渐行渐远。只有还留下来的知道，你我都过得精彩而灿烂。

曾几何时你的facebook里多了那个很自以为是却不自知的女人，我们为此而吵。你的做法好像很合理，你将那个女人和我同时删掉，对我说：我和她根本算不上朋友，但我的名单里却有她的好朋友，我不知道她的好朋友里有没有你不喜欢或者你的敌人啊;这么做为了保护你。你说我们的关系不需要用面子书保持联系或保温。如何替你我的情感定位呢？就如我在各国的父母和不用面子书的他们吧！？虽然大家很久才见上一面，却永远温暖相爱。

一直感谢造物者的大能，神的爱strengthen了我，让我比以前更有能力奉献，也过得加倍精彩。真可惜无法让你看到我近来的动向，我变得懒散，不爱写信，连没有面子书的他们也少了联系。至于面子书，我一共开了两个。一个是和外界联系的管道之一，一个专为亲爱的哥儿以及几个需要个别扶持的老朋友而开设。不知是我修养退步了还是本性如此，我无法像你等有意识地影响群众的公众人物，三教九流的阿猫阿狗都加。我的500多个contacts，也许有一部分碰面少过3次，1巴仙是网上结识感觉比较好的人（业余翻译或者文字工作者）。但90巴仙以上有个共同点：是社会上有身份地位的人，他们的身份是散布在世界各地企业家，CEO,学者，出名学府的学生，政治家，公务员等等，各行各业都有。就是没有娱乐圈的人，拯救者的角色留给上帝动工，我呀，在自己的舞台精彩就好。

不怎么爱写部落格，因为没灵感也没有意愿成为业余writer.文学么，是兴之所至的产物。
然而你的大日子啊，总得写些什么。我希望你会Log in这里。看到我给你的早到的生日祝福。

漫天飞雪的照片是荷兰的景色，我爱雪花。那感觉令人想写首诗，不为传情，只配景。
Time
Transforms an island
Into an continent

Like a snowflake
Blossoming on the mirror
Unfurling a diamond
With a colorful spetrum


亲爱的，
看，你看
白皑皑的从天而降
覆盖了屋顶
覆盖了花草树木
覆盖了大地
覆盖了~~~~

亲爱的，
你可曾觉察
他的冷漠是那白皑皑的
可惜，可惜它们始终覆盖不了
我炽热的心
白皑皑的
我朝你裸奔
亲爱的
珍惜，将是我永不妥协的选择
因为我在你的白皑皑里看到
唯一的色彩
生日快乐

醉了

发上的枫叶，枯黄地撒落在走过的土地

在所有的眸子里，
只有你的眸子会说话。

在所有的笑靥里
只有你的笑靥会开花

在所有的拥抱里-
只有你的拥抱最深情。

呵！醉了！醉了！
悼念辞世故人

遥寄给你

每一段启程都有一个终点
每一个终点却又是另外一个启程
正如我和你曾经平行地并肩
前进，却又命定地变得陌生

曾经我们一起走过类似的单巷
现在却要忙着防戒彼此的残忍
我的和你的孤影，就这样消散
在路与路之间马不停蹄的人生

自从有些日子变成过去
自从有些际遇变成失忆
我们只能踏上赶路的惯性



为着一些理所当然诚惶诚恐
有些回忆从此成全了我们

（其二）

曾经我们如此愚痴地相信
所有小路都将通向大路
为了趋近人生美好的福音
我们各自赶赴着我们的前途

啊！都该赶上你们的大路呀
为着理想，幸福和爱的圆满
坚定好信念
光明就非你们莫属！！
啊！是你，在身后为我们真诚地祈愿

可你却还眷恋地走着这条小路
过了一个路口，还有一个路口
路上常常响起，你沉重的脚步

你的孤影在小路上拉长着拉长着
走远的人们啊，你们有谁曾回头
探望者，这条被遗忘了的小路？（記好友之死）

野菊花啊，野菊花何处是你家

很努力地，吐出几个字。歌唱一样，又像一般呢喃。什么时候可以再度扬帆而去，何日归行？

天凉好个秋

我很臭屁的，偶尔觉得自己是个传奇，很大侠又很搞笑。下雨天的秋凉，最适合小小声轻笑。在那一座山有好多好多的红叶，没有忘记捡一叶，却奈何枫叶易凋，耐不住秋凉。

这一个城市到那一片土地，我们都唱着同一首歌，好奇怪啊。将意大利美声忘记的清光，竟然记得同一首歌的调子。啊！最是美好是秋天。

当下是什么

像男生的女孩，有１５个月大了。爸爸说讨厌ＣＯＣＯ李，可是那位还没有碰面的阿姨却说我百合长得像她。
可是阿姨，ＣＯＣＯ李到底是谁啊？

知多少

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朝花
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有人说我长得像梁静茹，还说越看越觉得像，怎么会呢？呵呵。

不如今天，就用你的创作温度为明日展开序幕吧
是那样的，早上准备出门之前，海蓝它从书桌下面掉了出来，打开来就是那样一大片~

我开始 守候着海洋的蓝
期盼着每一波浪
等待着你的方向
留给我唯一的希望

我守着海洋的蓝
离不开这片沙滩
我的心 沉溺在 你漂泊的海洋

能不能放下忧郁的蓝
给我一场激情风浪

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由本乡三丁目回来读到海角的留言，
她说以上文字弥漫着忧郁的气息，她不知
那是文字的力量 和心呼应 必须深呼吸

其实呀 “海是一片蓝，心从不起浪 孤单 不靠岸~”
“我还是一样”

走下去 我想我还是一样
纵然灿烂已平淡
就算希望只剩遗憾

我想我还是一样
我拥抱我的理想
别让爱 沉溺在 没方向的海洋

我可以承担所有感伤
我不怕再大的风浪