醫生的兒子從19樓一躍而下,留下一封遺書,信中留言:最想爸爸陪他,最想看電影,最希望快快樂樂……兒子往生之后,爸爸才明白,人生中最珍貴的不是成就,而是親情。
A doctor’s son jumped from the 19th floor of a building and left a posthumous letter which expressed his strong desire for staying more with his father, going to see a movie with his father, etc. Not until his son committed suicide had the doctor realized that the most precious thing is not career achievement, but the tight and intact family bonds.
可惜千金難買早知道,很多美好的事,往往簡簡單單就被輕易錯過了。
It is no use crying over spilt milk. We have missed a lot of precious things in our life without knowing to cherish them.
事實上,我也錯過一些事。錯過的理由很簡單:以為還有明天。
Actually, I also missed something precious before. The reason why we would have missed those precious things is less than simple: we had thought that we could still own them tomorrow.
事實上,明天是不可靠的。要不,日休禪師怎么會說,很多人的一生中,只做了“等待”與“后悔”兩件事,合起來就叫“來不及”。我們老愛說:長大再說,有錢再說,老了再說……可是到了那時候,卻什么都不必說了。
Nevertheless, tomorrow is actually by no means reliable. There was a famous Buddhist monk saying that in many people’s lives, they have only done two things: waiting and regretting. The result is that they were always too late to cherish what they had before they lost it. We would often claim to do something when we grow up, or when we have money or when we become old, etc. However, when we reach the condition we have expected, we could no longer do realize our wish any more, because we have lost it by then.
(中文: 來自小故事網 譯者:賴小琪)