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三生石上旧精魂,赏月吟风莫要论;惭愧故人远相访,此身虽异性长存。
Friday, April 20, 2007
Los Angeles has been raining since late last night… In addition to the postponement that I arranged on Thursday based on the forecast, I had to cancel several projects or delay some other work, calling many people for the changes…As a consummate optimist, I had to make the final decision at the last moment, to change the schedule. Apparently, as much as I had hoped and gambled, God has his own plan today…
I had been working since 6:00 am this morning, reporting the bad news and informing several groups of people, making new plans--obviously I was frustrated, “come on, give me a break, this is not Monday!”
Damn, damn and damn!!! 
My 6-year old daughter woke up at 7:30 am. When she realized that it was raining, she immediately yelled out cheers and told me, “Daddy, this is SO GREAT! I can bring my umbrella to school!!!”
Who would not laugh when hearing such an innocent proclamation! One smile and a word of wisdom completely changed my view of things, she made my day!
I told my other equally frustrated partner about this little story. Precisely as I predicted, he was changing from an F-word-swearing-angry-man into a happy camper, in no time…We all laughed about it and went on finishing things that only a rainy day could offer, because there would be no interruption...
I always have several unfinished books in my car, even when I go play tennis. I would put several books into my tennis bag, just in case the court is taken, the game is rained out, or whatever reason that I can not play. I found that the best time to read a book is when I serve on a jury duty. I remember last time when I served, during the lengthy and supposedly boring preliminary process, I was completely soaked into that book while all others were complaining about the inefficiency of the government and the failing of our court system...
I did go too extreme sometimes....I found that it s not a good idea to have a book when I go to Disneyland with my daughter, because she would want to talk to me even when we are in a long line--oh well, I adopted it...
We all have such times in life, when we are frustrated about something, about being treated unfairly, about justice not been served and, asking endless of Why’s when the unexpected hit us… Just remember--- when it rains, it rains on everybody! The way we choose to look at life and take action will be the differences in our lives.
Always have a heart of a child, experiencing life with whatever life throws at us...
这其实是一篇非常有趣, 也很有意义的小文. 女儿的童真, 她的快乐, 她对人对事对大自然的信赖都很有感染力. 受你那首诗的启发,我曾经想写一篇"女儿是爸爸前世的情人"--说说老公和女儿的父女情深. 还没时间写呢. 总之吧, 就是看到这样的父女情总是另人很感慨.
"Always have a heart of a child, experiencing life with whatever life throws at us..." --说得多好!!
女儿是父亲上辈子的情人， 这辈子的朋友。好多的朋友回忆起和父亲渡过的日子，生命中最美好的情景都会涌现出来。文革是中国人的不幸， 更是是中国父亲们的不幸， 也是中国女儿们的不幸，因为多少人为此丧失了父女恩爱的时刻，那些短暂的瞬间一晃就过去了， 再也追不回来了。。。
我上个星期给她买了个风筝---我在想， 以后即使是刮大风的时候， 在那昏天黑地，路上行人欲断魂的时刻，女儿也会是那些为此而雀跃的灵魂中的一个，她的心也会乘着风飞上天空翱翔，像那个风筝一样。。。
你的文章，把我帶回去童年時節，和父親一起的回憶，和下雨天牽繫着。。。
滂沱大雨的黄昏，拉着父親的手，要他抱着我，站在天台上看"雨花"，看水漫的公園，看一畦畦露出水面的"綠洲"，看那水鳥穿梭其中，聽父親娓娓道來，一段段以前他在南洋雨天的故事。。。。
南半球正是雨季，瀝淅瀝淅的雨聲，灑在陽台上，灑在心上。。。