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前年回国,遇到一些老同学和朋友,数年不见,相聚时大家不免感慨光阴如梭,和各自巨大的变化。看到国内朋友一个个都是兴旺发达,过着风光自在的生活,而自己在海外插队,蹉跎多年,一事无成,为了稻粱而忙碌,那如留在国内?
回来之后,心底不免有些不宁。想当日为了出国,考 GRE, TOEFL 费尽心血,何尝料到今日之结果?
如果当年不出国,生活会怎么样?这个想法时不时地涌上心头,有时,不免一声叹息。
最近,看了“武林外传”的“中秋圆梦”才明白,这样的情结人人都有啊。
老板娘,老白,秀才,郭女侠,李大嘴等在中秋之夜,邀月共饮,各自谈论自己未曾实现的梦想。“如果当初我走了另外一条路,那会怎么样?” 每人都遐想无限,心驰神往。
这不禁令人想起 Robert Frost 的隽永小诗 “The Road Not Taken”. 我怀疑,宁财神写这一集武林外传时,就是心中先盘绕着类似 "The Road Not Taken" 这样的感触。然后,以此为内核来编剧,虚构故事,正好非常完美地阐释了Robert Frost的诗,异曲同工啊。
就想武侠书里所说,先有剑意,再有剑招,意在剑先。
The Road Not Taken
---- Robert Frost (1874–1963).
TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
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幸运的是,同福客栈各位的梦想都得以实现,但是结局却也出乎各自预料,令人哭笑不得。
老板娘的夫君没有死,却吃喝嫖赌,浪荡成性,让老板娘吃尽苦头,后悔不已。
老白成为了画家,却手无缚鸡之力,眼睁睁地看着所爱的人离开,却无能为力。恨自己为何没有武功在身?
。。。。。。
等等,等等。
就像大话西游里面紫霞临死前所说,“我猜中了这开头,却没有料到其结尾。” 即使当初选择另外一条路,同样是缺憾和不甘心。
生活本来就满是缺憾,非人力能够勉强和弥补。
老天爷给你2条路,其中一条是让你来走的,而另外一条,就是专门来烦恼折磨你的,尤其是在失意的时候。让你遐想无尽,无数次徒劳地去猜谜,却永远无法知道正确答案。
原来那条未走的路,未必比现在的路要好。既然这样,还是少些劳神和叹息,珍惜眼前。
幸福,也许就在此心安处。更多精彩文章及讨论,请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
前年回国,遇到一些老同学和朋友,数年不见,相聚时大家不免感慨光阴如梭,和各自巨大的变化。看到国内朋友一个个都是兴旺发达,过着风光自在的生活,而自己在海外插队,蹉跎多年,一事无成,为了稻粱而忙碌,那如留在国内?
回来之后,心底不免有些不宁。想当日为了出国,考 GRE, TOEFL 费尽心血,何尝料到今日之结果?
如果当年不出国,生活会怎么样?这个想法时不时地涌上心头,有时,不免一声叹息。
最近,看了“武林外传”的“中秋圆梦”才明白,这样的情结人人都有啊。
老板娘,老白,秀才,郭女侠,李大嘴等在中秋之夜,邀月共饮,各自谈论自己未曾实现的梦想。“如果当初我走了另外一条路,那会怎么样?” 每人都遐想无限,心驰神往。
这不禁令人想起 Robert Frost 的隽永小诗 “The Road Not Taken”. 我怀疑,宁财神写这一集武林外传时,就是心中先盘绕着类似 "The Road Not Taken" 这样的感触。然后,以此为内核来编剧,虚构故事,正好非常完美地阐释了Robert Frost的诗,异曲同工啊。
就想武侠书里所说,先有剑意,再有剑招,意在剑先。
The Road Not Taken
---- Robert Frost (1874–1963).
TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
------------------
幸运的是,同福客栈各位的梦想都得以实现,但是结局却也出乎各自预料,令人哭笑不得。
老板娘的夫君没有死,却吃喝嫖赌,浪荡成性,让老板娘吃尽苦头,后悔不已。
老白成为了画家,却手无缚鸡之力,眼睁睁地看着所爱的人离开,却无能为力。恨自己为何没有武功在身?
。。。。。。
等等,等等。
就像大话西游里面紫霞临死前所说,“我猜中了这开头,却没有料到其结尾。” 即使当初选择另外一条路,同样是缺憾和不甘心。
生活本来就满是缺憾,非人力能够勉强和弥补。
老天爷给你2条路,其中一条是让你来走的,而另外一条,就是专门来烦恼折磨你的,尤其是在失意的时候。让你遐想无尽,无数次徒劳地去猜谜,却永远无法知道正确答案。
原来那条未走的路,未必比现在的路要好。既然这样,还是少些劳神和叹息,珍惜眼前。
幸福,也许就在此心安处。更多精彩文章及讨论,请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net