Without Boundaries

昨晚收到這篇 Nike 廣告中的台詞。簡單的言語裡，描述著許多生活經歷，並在兩個段落的對比之下，強調生命中應該著重的部分…

文╱豺狼


書名：《風之影》《 The Shadow of the Wind 》
原名：《 La Sombra Del Viento 》
作者：Carlos Ruiz Zafón
官網：風之影




很久沒有好好讀完一本英文小說了。過了近一個月後，總算在昨晚閤上了最後一頁。

風之影《 La Sombra Del Viento 》前陣子在誠品廣告打得很兇，或許是因為書名帶有那麼一絲神秘感，豺狼看了一眼後就毫不猶豫的買下。Carlos Ruiz Zafón 是一位出生於巴塞隆納（Barcelona）的作家，目前居住於洛杉磯工作。在《 La Sombra Del Viento 》之前曾獲得西班牙重要的「艾彼得兒童文學獎」文學獎，及出版許多廣受好評的青年小說。原任職於廣告界的 Zafón，除了寫作小說外，還撰寫劇本和報紙專欄。《 La Sombra Del Viento 》在歐洲各國獲得大獎，自 2001 念出版以來，已經暢銷世界各地並已譯成逾五十國語言。風之影，究竟它的魅力何在？

作者／Marianne Williamson
摘自╱《 A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles 》

" Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that
other people won't feel insecure around you.

We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others."
 

文╱Rosa ‧在南半球的空氣

不知各位有沒有閱讀過這本書《欠踹的背影》作者綿矢莉莎以楚使清新的手法表現了年輕人青澀，矛盾，怕尷尬的心情。同時也描述了年輕男女剛開始對異性的微妙的心理與好奇心。

其實我看這本書已經是一年前的事了，所以我不能確切的給予細節說明，希望我還不會把它與其他我看過的書混在一起。

書的內容是再描述一個女孩在高中時期裡，對搞所謂的『小圈圈』十分不以為然，雖然表面上看起來冷漠不在乎，但其實初實心裡並不甘於寂寞。作者以「斯講義」、「怕尷尬試著填塞話題」等等來表達了年輕人真實的心理寫照。

本人最喜歡的一段描述是「看著陽光照射中的灰塵像一片片飄下的雪花，亮晶晶的很漂亮」這是當心情低落與不願表現孤獨時才會做的事。試著把週遭的事變得美一些來安慰自己，但又同於帶著憂鬱的心情。

" What happened? "
" Look man, we've been fighting for a long time ... "
" Why didn't you tell me? "
" I didn't want to ruin your parade man ... "
" What the hell happened? "
" We just ... We let it slip away ... you know ... that's the point! You know ... It died. We died! "
" And what was the cause of death? "
" Not enough of all of this, of this, of this ... and not enough ... you know ... "
" Remember the philosopher Epictetus? Remember what he said? "

" If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid. "

...

" You know the Greeks didn't write obituaries. They only ask one question after a man died ... "

" Did he have passion? "

...

-- Serendipity