孔子曰:「未知生,焉知死。」
第四堂課,他說:「學會死亡,你就學會活著……」
我曉得這樣的類比實在有點那個,只是生死問題,不論古今中西,都是我們不能免俗要談、要面對的恆久課題。
面對著患有肌肉萎縮性脊椎側索硬化症 (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,簡稱ALS)、生命只剩下幾個月的恩師,表像看來擁有成功事業、美滿生活的作者,也不得不正視自己內在的惶惑困頓,把握最後的機會,向積極面對死亡的老師討教人生幾個不能不談的重要命題。這就是《最後14堂星期二的課》(Tuesdays with Morrie) 一書的緣起。
故事談的可說都是老生常談,只是,這些老話若沒有被提起,我們都早已淡忘。直到我們遇上類似的境地,面對疾病、痛苦、傷害、欺騙、失敗的時候,我們才會認真的想應該執著什麼、放棄什麼、遠離什麼、擁抱什麼?
中英劇團演出話劇《相約星期二》就是改編這書,陳鈞潤老師的翻譯固是了不起,演員也是一貫的水準表現。可惜就是欠缺了一些驚喜。意外的竟是愛哭鬼在周圍都有小姐抹淚找紙巾的情況下,卻只有一種會心的觸動,眼淚始終沒有掉下來。
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The very thought of you
Words and music by Ray Noble
The very thought of you and I forget to do
The little ordinary things that everyone ought to do
I'm living in a kind of daydream
I'm happy as a king
And foolish though it may seem
To me that's everything
The mere idea of you, the longing here for you
You'll never know how slow the moments go till I'm near to you
I see your face in every flower
Your eyes in stars above
It's just the thought of you
The very thought of you, my love
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