對於長年總在世界趴趴走的S, 當決定取消今年全部的旅程時，雖然是有些失落遺憾卻也抱著隨遇而安的心境，但隨著義大利，西班牙，法國，德國⋯在短時間內疫情逐漸擴散，各國陸續關閉邊界，宣布鎖國，連美國加州，紐約州都相繼封城，一瞬間世界似乎全變了樣，很難置信以往在電影中才會有的場景，竟真實在你我眼前上演，確實讓人感到擔憂忐忑⋯⋯
分享 這篇充滿力量的美好文字，願您也跟S一樣感到撫慰與平靜⋯⋯
With LOVE ❤️
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沒錯，確實有恐懼。
沒錯，確實有隔離。
沒錯，確實有囤積購物。
沒錯，確實有病痛。
沒錯，甚至確實有死亡。
然而，
他們說 武漢在這麼多年的噪音喧擾下
終於又可以聽見鳥兒啁啾。
他們說 在這短短幾週的寧靜
天空不再霧霾籠罩
而是湛藍、灰暗與澄澈。
他們說 在阿西西的街上
人們相互高聲歌唱
橫跨空無一人的廣場，
窗戶敞開著
好讓獨自生活的人
可能聽到周圍家庭的聲音。
他們說 愛爾蘭西部有間旅館
提供免費餐點與外送
給因病不能出門的人。
今天 一位我認識的年輕女性
忙碌地發送傳單至街坊鄰里
上頭有她的電話號碼
好讓長輩們能有打電話的對象。
如今，教堂、猶太會堂、清真寺與寺廟
正準備歡迎與提供庇護
給無家可歸、生病、困頓之人。
全世界 人們放慢步伐、思考著
全世界 人們用新的方式看待街坊鄰居
全世界 人們開始意識到新的現實
意識到我們到底有多大。
意識到我們的掌控力如此渺小。
意識到真正重要的事物。
意識到愛。
所以我們祈禱，我們也記得
沒錯，確實有恐懼，
但不需要仇恨。
沒錯，確實有隔離，
但不需要寂寞。
沒錯，確實有囤積購物，
但不需要吝嗇不友善。
沒錯，確實有病痛，
但不需要心靈的疾病。
沒錯，甚至確實有死亡，
但永遠可以讓愛重生。
意識到你做出的抉擇，
此刻該如何生活。
今天，呼吸。
聆聽，在你恐慌的工廠噪音背後
鳥兒又再啁啾鳴囀。
天空逐漸清澄，
春天即將到來，
愛總是環繞在我們身旁。
敞開心魂之窗，
雖然你不見得能觸碰到空無一人的廣場對面
高聲歌唱吧。
- Richard Hendrick神父, OFM
2020. 3.13
Yen-Ling Lin 林姸伶 翻譯
原文～
Yes there is fear.
Yes there is isolation.
Yes there is panic buying.
Yes there is sickness.
Yes there is even death.
But,
They say that in Wuhan after so many years of noise
You can hear the birds again.
They say that after just a few weeks of quiet
The sky is no longer thick with fumes
But blue and grey and clear.
They say that in the streets of Assisi
People are singing to each other
across the empty squares,
keeping their windows open
so that those who are alone
may hear the sounds of family around them.
They say that a hotel in the West of Ireland
Is offering free meals and delivery to the housebound.
Today a young woman I know
is busy spreading fliers with her number
through the neighbourhood
So that the elders may have someone to call on.
Today Churches, Synagogues, Mosques and Temples
are preparing to welcome
and shelter the homeless, the sick, the weary
All over the world people are slowing down and reflecting
All over the world people are looking at their neighbours in a new way
All over the world people are waking up to a new reality
To how big we really are.
To how little control we really have.
To what really matters.
To Love.
So we pray and we remember that
Yes there is fear.
But there does not have to be hate.
Yes there is isolation.
But there does not have to be loneliness.
Yes there is panic buying.
But there does not have to be meanness.
Yes there is sickness.
But there does not have to be disease of the soul
Yes there is even death.
But there can always be a rebirth of love.
Wake to the choices you make as to how to live now.
Today, breathe.
Listen, behind the factory noises of your panic
The birds are singing again
The sky is clearing,
Spring is coming,
And we are always encompassed by Love.
Open the windows of your soul
And though you may not be able
to touch across the empty square,
Sing.
- Fr. Richard Hendrick, OFM
March 13th 2020,
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