"One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop

One Art
               Elizabeth Bishop, 1911 - 1979

 The art of losing isn’t hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.

Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn’t hard to master.

Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it was you meant
to travel. None of these will bring disaster.

I lost my mother’s watch. And look! my last, or
next-to-last, of three loved houses went.
The art of losing isn’t hard to master.

I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,
some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.
I miss them, but it wasn’t a disaster.

—Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture
I love) I shan’t have lied.  It’s evident
the art of losing’s not too hard to master
though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.

Do it Anyway--Mother Teresa

Do it Anyway — Mother Teresa
 

People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered.
Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind,
people may accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful,
you will win some false friends and some true enemies.
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank,
people may cheat you.
Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building,
someone could destroy overnight.
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness,
they may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today,
people will often forget tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have,
and it may never be enough.
Give the best you've got anyway.

You see, 
in the final analysis it is between you and God;
it was never between you and them anyway.

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雙溪秘境虎豹潭溪步道、

吸睛的野生藍菓子、

產業道路上的蟾蜍...

(走了三個小時啊)

十分瀑布上游

關於跑步，我說得其實是...村上春樹

一個讀者的文摘，在一個秋天的陪讀夜裡…PS有風真好!
書名：關於跑步，我說得其實是…

作者：村上春樹
閱讀動機：因為村上從33歲開始沒有休息奔跑了超過30年…還有好久沒讀村上的書了…

P02-03, 『Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. 痛是難免的，苦卻是甘願的…我覺得這句話，簡單扼要地點出了馬拉松這種競技最重要的部份。』

P26, 『所以一天就算只跑一小時，藉以確保只屬於自己的沉默時間，在我的心裡衞生上就成為擁有重要意義的作業了。至少跑步時我可以不必跟誰說話，也可以不必聽誰說話。只要望著周圍的風景，只要注視著自己就行了。這是任何東西都無法取代的一段寶貴時間。』

P33, 『想一想河流，想一想雲，但本質上，什麼也沒想。我只是在自家製造的小巧空白中，在令人懷念的沉默中，繼續跑著。這是一件相當美好的事。不管別人怎麼說。』

P80, 『啤酒當然美味，不過現實的啤酒，並沒有方才一面跑一面殷切想像的啤酒那麼美味。現實世界的任何地方，都沒有已經喪失理性者所懷抱的幻想那樣美麗。』

p81 『當時所寫的這篇文章，事隔多年重讀，竟發現：經過二十多年，跑過二十多次全程馬拉松的現在，我對於跑42公里所感受到的，和最初好像完全沒有不同。現在我每次跑馬拉松，大概都經歷了和前面所寫的那樣，同樣的心路歷程。到了30公里為止時想到「這次也許可以跑出不錯的時間」，過了35公里時身體的燃料逐漸燒光燃盡，對很多事情開始生起氣來。最後終於變成「開著空油箱還繼續跑的汽車的那種心情」。不過跑完後經過不久，又把辛苦和不爭氣的想法，完全忘記，並堅定決心「下次要跑得更好」。不管累積多少次經驗，增加多少歲數，依然是同樣事情的反覆。
是的，某種歷程是不管怎麼樣都不會改變的，我這樣想。而且如果不得不和這歷程共存的話，我們能夠做的，只有靠執著的反覆來改變(或彎曲)自己，只能把這歷程納入自己人格的一部分。』

P87, 『日常的跑步對我來說，就像生命線一樣的東西，不能因為忙就省略或停跑。如果因為忙就停，一定會變成終身都沒法跑了。因為繼續跑的理由很少，停跑的理由有一卡車那麼多，我們能做的，只有把那「很少的理由」一一珍惜地繼續磨亮。一找到機會，就勤快而週到地繼續磨。』