我感觉到这种爱从我的体内散发出去,像一把保护伞一样轻轻地把它包裹了起来,当它喘息着最后一口气的时候温柔地将它扶在我的手臂里。
我永远也不会忘记那只小兔子和那种感觉,那是它以及任何生命可以给予的、对生命的启示。
During a brief acting career; I appeared in an obscure play at a backstreet theatre。 My part was a real challenge; furiously rehearsed for weeks。
On the second night after opening; I was aware of a strange lack of response from the house。 Believing there was something lacking in my performance I tried a little harder – and harder still。 No improvement。
Only in the interval was the terrible truth revealed: There was no one in the audience。 I was mortified。 To this day I feel the blush on my cheek when I think of myself pouring my heart out – to no one。
I quit acting soon after that。 It obviously wasn’t the right choice for me; if a response was so essential。
By contrast think of an artist like Renoir; who went on producing pictures; day in day out; year after year; decade following decade。 Nothing ever stopped him; no amount of discouragement; poverty or failure。 He painted away; regardless of people’s opinions; in pure delight at his own creativity。
To be an artist merely for the return it may bring is as doomed as entering a relationship only for what you hope to get out of it: warmth; togetherness; intimacy; sex; security; money; status or whatever: The minute the reward is not forthing; it all es to an end。
Love is like art: to survive it has to be genuine; sustained by its own imperative; and never requiring an applause。
A lot of people have a fear of mitment。 I suppose what they really abhor is being dependent; handing over control。 I can relate to that。
What I can’t understand is why anyone should want to control another; especially in the name of love。 For if you attempt it; it leaves the other person with no option but to resist; evade or deceive you; or; worst of all; succumb to your will; in which case their personality expires; and you are stuck with what? A mollusc。
The symbiosis of domination; like any mutual dependence; is the enemy of love。 Based on want; our greatest weakness; it makes us stunted; insecure。 For if you rely on each other to fill the vacuum inside you; one of you is always bound to lose; as the other one dies; or simply moves on。
So – if you wish to find a partner; foster your independence; over…e your needs。 Thus released; you’ll have the best to offer: your own affluent heart。
Give freely of your love。 One day you’ll e across another giver; and then it will all fall into place; without any restrictions。 You’ll both be ready for the ultimate gift: that of mitment。 电子书 分享网站
Love 爱(3)
Trivia is poison for the soul。 It wears you down; grates on your nerves; drives you to distraction。 Mental breakdowns and stress…related illness are often due to pressures of the most meaningless kind。
As for romance; few antidotes are as effective as the trials and tribulations of normal; everyday family life。 Before you know it; endless concerns of little or no significance take up your entire field of vision。
It takes something extraordinary; perhaps a brush with tragedy; to make you realize what you stand to lose。
When a friend of ours died unexpectedly; leaving behind a wife and a young child; I wrote the following lines to my husband:
My love; when you die –
if you die before me –
I shall grieve。
Not for your passing;
I know better than that。
What can’t be altered
must be borne
and gracefully accepted。
But I shall grieve –
oh how I shall grieve
for each moment of our life together
that we had and did not treasure:
precious gifts left unopened;
blossoms trampled underfoot。
Celebrations
lost forever。