懶人閒話悄悄說

走在馬路上, 到處都提醒著母親節就是這個星期日了.

我和母親相隔一整個美國和一個太平洋, 卻能夠透過科技, 每天連上網路聊聊天, 打打屁, 胡說八道一番. 這大概就是所謂的咫尺天涯.

青春期的時候只知道叛逆, 完全不了解母親的辛酸. 現在年紀一把了, 雖然還不是個母親, 卻也漸漸可以了解母親一路走來為家庭的奉獻和付出.

感謝媽媽忍受一切, 感謝媽媽的堅強, 讓我追逐夢想, 讓我自由的飛.
感謝外婆給我的支持和永遠的鼓勵.
祝天下的媽媽們, 母親節快樂!

Before I was myself you made me, me

Before I was myself you made me, me
With love and patience, discipline and tears,
Then bit by bit stepped back to set me free,

Allowing me to sail upon my sea,
Though well within the headlands of your fears.
Before I was myself you made me, me

With dreams enough of what I was to be
And hopes that would be sculpted by the years,
Then bit by bit stepped back to set me free,

Relinquishing your powers gradually
To let me shape myself among my peers.
Before I was myself you made me, me,

And being good and wise, you gracefully
As dancers when the last sweet cadence nears
Bit by bit stepped back to set me free.

For love inspires learning naturally:
The mind assents to what the heart reveres.
And so it was through love you made me, me
By slowly stepping back to set me free.

by Dimitri Shostakovich

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