FW: 內心的準備 - end of my MBA

Toward the end of my MBA life, yes, still have TWO MORE electives to go @_@, but last core class will end next Monday - after that, many buddies will head back to their own life, just like before we started 2 yrs ago. 

I do understand it's "part of the deal," and understand some of our life's "cross path" won't just end right there, but deep down still "sadden" to leave this part of my life - we saw each other AT LEAST twice a wk in the last 18 months, celebrated and "cut" NUMEROUS birthday cakes, as well as celebrating mid-autumn fest, cny's eve, Valentine's day (HAHA) and many other festivals together (by no choice but just class), HAHAHA....

Not to mention with numerous PPT, ESSAYS, Case StudieS, presentationS, examS, sending me next day's reading assignments just b/c i lost my copy in the laundry (HAHAHAH) / forget it next to my bed, or simply the same was eaten by Elvin!!!!! (and more than once! HAHAHA).... McDonald's chicken McNuggetS, Starbucks' cheesepocketS, Pacific Coffee's Buy-1-get-1Free, Hot PotS, kS, drinkS....

also with FightS (i did have some STUPID SILLY KID type of "war" w/ classmates that ended in tears more than once OMG), hugS (but no, no kissES LOL), many many others....

Without the head start w/ Chris, and his last email to us, i wouldn't be ready for the last 18 mths; my 6 senses, Steph, Howard, Anita, Billy, Jan, Harry and Stephen, each taught me something "different" in life (haha, although they may not know!).   Together with many others, I know maybe as the article said, many things i may have overlooked / "not ready" and missed, i do feel LUCKY annd BLESSED that it just happened our life did cross each other in some pt.

Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same.  I'm REALLY grateful, to get to know them, thanks, for filling my MBA life w/ laughters and tears. Thanks for taking me in and took good care of me, thanks, for being my 親密戰友 the whole time, i never feel 孤獨 with you around (even at time when elvin tear off / eat up my notes!) LOL

I sure will miss this part of my life a lot.   Understood can't look back all the time, and it's about time (if not too late) to look ahead.....

Looking forward to the drinks gathering after last class next Monday - a closing 序幕 for my MBA life...

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路中拾遺：內心的準備


楊照寫給他女兒的溫柔叮嚀《我想遇見妳的人生》其中一篇是這樣寫的：當年楊照帶着年僅三歲的愛女到京都看楓葉，然而因為年紀太小，後來她記得的，俱是跟楓葉無關的瑣細，譬如當時誓死不肯穿上，一穿上就哭鬧的藍色波點外套，其他，不管紅葉多美，京都多醉人，她都毫無記憶。

於是楊照一直記着這一件小事，並時刻警惕。他把這個定義為人生的殘酷。他說，儘管三歲的你到了京都，看了楓葉，去過嵐山、高山、太原，然而因為你年紀太小，你的感官和記憶還沒準備好，所以這些地方都沒有進入你的生命，成為你生命的一部分……

人的生命有或沒有甚麼，不是取決於我們到了哪裏，遇上甚麼，而是我們遇上、看見時，我們的內在感官與記憶有多少準備，能發生多少聯繫。生命的豐富與否，與其說是跟外在環境有關，不如說是跟自己內在準備有關，更為確切。

為甚麼那麼多人到羅浮宮或者大英博物館沒有感覺，那是因為他內在還沒準備好，所以才毫無感動。反過來說，為甚麼我們會輕易對某些別人麻木無感的人或事觸動流淚、感恩痛苦，那不是詛咒，也不是孤獨，只是因為我們內在的準備比別人豐富而已。這是恩賜，即使再孤獨，無人共鳴，也不該把這天賜的敏感當作不幸的詛咒。想讓自己的生命更豐富，不是走得更遠，而是，更開放自己的內在，時刻做好準備，迎接下一個觸動的瞬間。

王貽興