「喜歡」與「愛」

「喜歡」與「愛」中間產生着微妙關係，因為所有「愛」都是從「喜歡」開始。

人與人之間的相處開始，只要單靠外表、個性等，就可以「喜歡」對方。似乎「喜歡」是一種感覺；感覺淡了，自然就不喜歡。因此兩個人走在一起，單靠「喜歡」是不能維持。因為當中要有「愛」﹣那份可以包容體諒、那種無怨無悔的付出、那些永遠希望對方過得比自己好 ﹣才可令兩個人越走越近，到最後可以一起用相同的步伐走完人生。




Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
(by Denis Diderot - French author, encyclopedist, & philosopher, 1713 - 1784)

Rainbow Connection

最近很喜歡這首歌，不只是音樂，還有其歌詞。因為我深信每一個人，都會在彩虹的另一端遇見那一個「他／她」。
Written by Paul Williams and used by Kermit the Frog, of The Muppets, Jim Henson Productions

Why are there so many songs about rainbows
And what's on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions,
And rainbows have nothing to hide.
So we've been told and some choose to believe it
I know they're wrong, wait and see.
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection,
The lovers, the dreamers and me.

Who said that every wish would be heard and answered
when wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that
and someone believed it,
and look what it's done so far.
What's so amazing that keeps us stargazing?
And what do we think we might see?
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection,
the lovers, the dreamers and me.

All of us under its spell,
we know that it's probably magic....

Have you been half asleep
and have you heard voices?
I've heard them calling my name.
Is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors?
The voice might be one and the same.
I've heard it too many times to ignore it.
It's something that I'm supposed to be.
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection,
the lovers, the dreamers and me.



Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.
(by Charles F. Kettering - US electrical engineer & inventor 1876 - 1958)

發生在聖誕前的奢侈的願望

天氣終於開始轉涼，香港漸漸踏入冬季。雖然中午時候的氣溫，仍維持於攝氏約24度，但香港人早已怱怱換上了冬裝。

季候風刮起的時候，又提酲大家2007年剩下不足兩個月而已。萬聖節過後，大家期待的又是一個普天同慶的悠長假期﹣聖誕節和新年。每年的十一月底開始，全城已為聖誕節的節目忙過不停 ﹣寄聖誕卡、準備聖誕禮物、開派對、出席各種聖誕聚會、相約三五知己欣賞燈色．．．

當整個社會，甚至全世界推行環保的時候，我仍期望收到別人親手執筆為我而寫的一句、半句祝福，那算是奢侈的願望嗎？其實，我已經有一段很長的時間，沒有接過一張這樣的聖誕卡。雖然電子聖誕卡是方便，但它似乎並未為我送上一點冬日暖意。不知身在遠方或是與我距離十步的你，會否為我送上這份暖意呢？



If winter is slumber and spring is birth, and summer is life, then autumn rounds out to be reflection.
It's a time of year when the leaves are down and the harvest is in and the perennials are gone.
Mother Earth just closed up the drapes on another year and it's time to reflect on what's come before.
(by Mitchell Burgess - Northern Exposure, Thanksgiving, 1992)

Life is Short

The music is touching although the tune is similar to canton pop in the 80's. The lyrics are meaningful. Hope that you will love it the lyrics n melody. Of course, the pic n quote at the bottom as well.

Crying in the Party (黃偉文)
熱播的歌忽爾靜了，場邊 一聲慘叫。
好友都靠近了，你沒有被忘掉，
觀眾預了分擔惡兆。
大喝三杯，失控地笑。
孩子，終於哭了！
空氣的震盪裡，你沒說但心照；
某個事情大概不妙了！

因一個人痛哭，哭崩派對舞曲。
我也曾像這樣，青春大概相似；
總有段情落入這種困局。

或有一天，當你大了；
城府開始深了。
年輕的眼淚流光了，
便掛念曾經這樣了！
讓你哭泣，哭到倦了；
重整呼吸心跳。
哭過．吵過．鬧過，你為愛做足了，
再接下來就要收拾了。

是，所有熱情會乾掉，
一發現已經成熟了！