140723（三） 台北。颱風
清晨難得的賴床，聽著風啪噠啪噠用力的拍擊窗戶。
狂風暴雨降臨的時刻，如果無能為力，逃不出暴風圈半徑，與其焦躁心煩，不如放棄
掙扎，任憑它揉捏。
「不能解決的事情，煩惱幹嘛，反正無論如何都不能解決。」
謝謝你用我安慰你的這句話反過來安慰我，情緒寫了一篇、睡了一覺，也就平復了。
早上讀了一篇科爾賀的小品，覺得很感動：
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We are used to thinking that what we give is the same as what we receive,
but people who love expecting to be loved in return are wasting their time.
Love is an act of faith, not an exchange.
Contradictions are what make love grow. Conflicts are what allow love to
remain by our side.
Life is too short for us to keep important words like "I love you" locked
in our hearts.
But do not always expect to hear the same words back. We love because we
need to love. Otherwise, love loses all meaning and the sun ceases to shine.
Arose dreams of enjoying the company of bees, but none appears. The sun
asks:
"Aren't you tired of waiting?"
"Yes," answers the rose, "but if I close my petals, I will wither and
die."
And yet, even when Love does not appear, we remain open to its presence.
Sometimes, when loneliness seems about to crush everything, the only way to
resist is to keep on loving.
from Paulo Coelho
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但願有一天，我能夠達到這份崇高的純粹。
We love because we need to love.
時常覺得生命中的每樣際遇，都能用愛來理解。我們買了這件衣服，因為愛它的顏色
、款式、剪裁，或我們愛的是標籤上的30% off；接受了一頓晚餐的邀約，因為菜色美味
、服務生秀色可餐、因為共進晚餐的是我們所愛的朋友、家人、戀人。
幾度感覺自己匱乏的時刻，幸好都有這些成堆成群的愛，在門口列隊迎接我。
從自己身上發掘到這份感情，什麼路都能走得更長更久。說不定耐得住孤獨寂寞，源
自於愛自己愛得夠多，知道所做的每一件事，遠在終點的盡頭，都還有自己會等候，沒有
掌聲、沒有喝采、沒有笑鬧也無妨，因為從來就是自己與自己靈魂的堅持。
如果能夠更勇敢的愛自己，在負起責任與不打擾到其他人的情況下，自由地過活，就
已足夠。
當認知到自己本來就是一無所有之後，突然不害怕，因為再也沒有什麼能夠失去。
於是風雨之中，無畏無懼。