孟飞Phoenix

Standing on a mountain high
站在高高的山顶上
Looking at the moon through a clear blue sky
看着月亮穿过晴朗的湛蓝色天空
I should go and see some friends
我应该去看看我的朋友们
But they don’t really comprehend
但是他们无法真正领会我现在的感受
Don’t need too much talking without saying anything
不需要说太多，甚至什么都不用说
All I need is someone who makes me want sing
我只是需要有一个能听我说出所有感受的
Take me to your heart
把我带进你的心扉
take me to your soul
把我带进你的灵魂
Give me your hand before I’m old
给我你的手，在我将要苍老之前
Show me what love is - haven’t got a clue
告诉我什么是爱，不要这么冷漠
Show me that wonders can be true
告诉我奇迹是可以实现的
They say nothing lasts forever
他们说没有什么是能够永恒的
We’re only here today
我们现在能做的只有把握今天而已
Love is now or never
爱是稍纵即逝的机缘（爱就是勿失良机）
Bring me far away
带我去远方吧
Take me to your heart
把我带进你的心扉
take me to your soul
把我带进你的灵魂
Give me your hand and hold me
把你的手给我，握着我的手
Show me what love is - be my guiding star
告诉我什么是爱的真谛，做我生命中的启明星
It’s easy take me to your heart
而这一切都很简单，把我带进你的心扉

好久没有录东西啦，这次一起和可儿讲故事，小朋友竟然非要点名要《如果有来生》来作背景音乐￣□￣｜｜

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.

As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, but somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man’s name embossed in gold. Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, “With all your money you give me a Bible?” He then stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.

Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but realizing his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make the arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.

When he arrived at his father’s house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his father’s important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer’s name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words… “PAID IN FULL”.

How many times do we miss blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

Sometimes we don’t realize the good fortune we have or we could have because we expect “the packaging” to be different. What may appear as bad fortune may in fact be the door that is just waiting to be opened.

读一本新书恰似坠入爱河，是一场冒险。你得全身心投入进去。翻开书页之时，从序言简介直到封底你或许了解的很少。生活会有新鲜事发生，你或许也会有新的爱书。一切总有可能的，当然，也一定会有这样一本书，它陈列在某家书店的书架上、它经人辗转，真的就像是在等你捧起翻阅，等着向你低语：“我会伴你左右。”

Starting a new book is a risk, just like falling in love

Starting a new book is a risk, just like falling in love. You have to commit to it. You open the pages knowing a little bit about it maybe, from the back or from a blurb on the front. But who knows, right? Those bits and pieces aren’t always right.


Sometimes people advertise themselves as one thing and then when you get deep into it you realize that they’re something completely different. Either there was some good marketing attached to a terrible book, or the story was only explained in a superficial way and once you reach the middle of the book, you realize there’s so much more to this book than anyone could have ever told you.


You start off slow. The story is beginning to unfold. You’re unsure. It’s a big commitment lugging this tome around. Maybe this book won’t be that great but you’ll feel guilty about putting it down. Maybe it’ll be so awful you’ll keep hate-reading or just set it down immediately and never pick it up again. Or maybe you’ll come back to it some night, drunk or lonely — needing something to fill the time, but it won’t be any better than it was when you first started reading it.


Maybe you’re worn out. You’ve read tons of books before. Some were just light weights on a Kindle or Nook, no big deal really. Others were Infinite Jest-style burdens, heavy on your back or in your purse. Weighing you down all the time. Maybe you’ve taken some time off from reading because the last few books you read just weren’t worth it. Do they even write new, great works of literature anymore? Maybe that time you fell in love with a book before will just never happen for you again. Maybe it’s a once in a lifetime feeling and you’re never gonna find it again.


Or something exciting could happen. Maybe this will become your new favorite book. That’s always a possibility right? That’s the beauty of risk. The reward could actually be worth it. You invest your time and your brain power in the words and what you get back is empathy and a new understanding and pure wonder.


How could someone possibly know you like this? Some stranger, some author, some character. It’s like they’re seeing inside your soul. This book existed inside some book store, on a shelf, maybe handled by other people and really it was just waiting for you pick it up and crack the spine. It was waiting to speak to you. To say, “You are not alone.”


You just want more of the story. You want to keep reading, maybe everything this author’s ever written. You wish it would never end. The closer it gets to the smaller side of the pages, the slower you read, wanting to savor it all. This book is now one of your favorites forever. You will always wish you could go back to never having read it and pick it up fresh again, but also you know you’re better for having this close, inside you, covering your heart and mind.


Once you get in deep enough, you know you could never put this book down.

有时候，一些人进入你的生命，你马上知道他们是注定要出现的，他们的到来是为了达成某种目的，给你提供教益，帮助你认清自己以及自己想要成为怎样的人，你不会知道这些人是谁（很可能会是你的室友、邻居、同事、失散多年的朋友、爱人，甚至是素未谋面的陌生人），可是当你的目光锁定他们的那一刻，你就知道他们会给你的生命带来深远的影响。

有时候，发生在你身上的事情看似可怕、痛苦和不公平，但仔细一想，你就会发现，如果不克服这些障碍，你就不会意识到自己的潜能、力量、意志和决心。任何事的发生都是有原因的。没有事情是偶然出现或运气使然。疾病、伤痛、爱情、与成功失之交臂，以及彻彻底底的糊涂犯错，这些都是你对精神极限的考验。无论这些小小的考验是什么，没有了它们，生命就像是一条不知通往何处的平坦大道，纵然安全舒适，但却了然无趣、毫无意义。你所遇到的影响你生命的人，你所经历的成功与失败，都有助于塑造和成就你的人生。

即使是不好的经历，也能从中吸取经验。事实上，这些经验可能是最深刻和最重要的。如果有人伤害了你，背叛了你，或伤了你的心，原谅他们把，因为他们帮助你理解了信任，让你懂得了在敞开心扉时保持精神是很重要的。 如果有人爱你，你要无条件地爱他们，不仅因为他们爱你，还因为他们教会了你去爱，以及如何敞开你的心扉、放开你的目光。

让每一天都过的有价值。 珍惜生命中的每一刻，并尽你所能地从中取得收获，因为你不会有从头再来的可能。跟那些你从来没有说过话的人交谈，并注意聆听。让自己去爱，挣脱束缚，让目光高远。要昂起头，因为你有权利这么做。 告诉自己，你是一个伟大的人，并相信自己，因为如果你不相信自己，别人就很难相信你。 你可以做任何想做的事来塑造你的人生。 创造你自己的人生，并无怨无悔地去过这一生吧。
最重要的是，如果你爱某个人，就告诉他/她。因为你不知道明天将会怎样。活着的每一天里都要有所收获。
这就是生命的故事。

人/
是很奇怪的生物/
只有人/
在走近死亡的时候欢呼/

不管过年/
还是过生日/
我们都离死亡近了一步/
我们庆贺/

我不知道是看穿了生死的从容/
还是破罐子破摔的无奈/
亦或是/
忘却死亡的糊涂/

小时候/
你说不想长大/
我和你妈都很诧异/
问起/
你小声说怕爸爸妈妈变老/
你的回答/
让我很伤感/
虽然没跟你说/

那么小/
你就恐惧衰老和死亡/
爸爸一直不知道怎么跟你表述/
人存在的意义/
表述生死/

今天/
爸爸想跟你说说/
爸爸存在的理由/

爸爸在这里/
是为了爸爸不在的时候/
你能够无碍前行/

爸爸无力为你铺就一路鲜花/
就算爸爸能够做到/
鲜花总会枯萎/
而你/
已经不是听童话的年龄/

你会遇到坦途/
也会遇到坎坷/
爸爸希望能够让你/
经过坦途时不自负、不松懈/
经过坎坷时不自卑、不气馁/

是你的，一定会来/
我们每时每刻都在得到，要感恩/
不是你的，一定会走/
我们每时每刻都在失去，不苛求/

爸爸无法让天空每天阳光灿烂/
你会遇到蓝天白云/
也会也到狂风暴雨/
爸爸希望让你/
能在蓝天白云下欢快舞蹈/
也能在狂风暴雨中尽情歌唱/

爸爸无力为你准备一辈子都花不完的钱/
你也许不会知道什么叫做贫穷/
也许，会为每天的生计发愁/
爸爸希望让你无论过得奢华/
还是简朴/
都会感恩/
会分享/
你会知道，给予就是财富/

爸爸无法给你一份永恒的情感/
当然爸爸支持你追求你想要的幸福/
爸爸也希望让你知道/
如果情感之下有纯净心灵打造的更为坚实的信仰基础/
你就不会忐忑/
你可以一直欣赏，你的爱/

不管你走进/
还是离开/
爸爸都会赞许/
你的选择一定有你的道理/

爸爸无法一直保护你/
爸爸会走/
为了下一个旅程/
早晚/
你将独自前行/
你会遇到友好/
也会遇到恶意/
不管你多么善良/
因为世间就是这样，不好，不坏/

你也会知道/
宠爱不是宠爱/
伤害不是伤害/

爸爸希望让你增长智慧/
能够看清人，看清事，看清理/
希望让你学会以慈悲之心超越善恶/
学会如太阳一般/
既照耀鲜花狮虎/
也照耀荆棘蚊虫/
感恩美好/
感化丑恶/

爸爸能做的不多/
就这些了/
如果你能智慧/
如果你能慈悲/
爸爸会很放心/
放心离去/

启发你的智慧/
浇灌你的慈悲/
智慧让你认识生命的本质/
慈悲让你享受生命的大乐/

为了爸爸走的时候/
你我能够默契地坦然微笑/
为了我们这一生一世的缘分/
或许/
还有来生来世的相遇/
相知/

这就是/
爸爸存在的理由/

在生活中，你错过了什么?

妻子25岁的时候这样问丈夫。
丈夫沮丧地回答：“我错过了一个新的工作机会。”

35岁时，丈夫生气地说他错过了公交车。

45岁时，丈夫悲伤地说：“我错过了见至亲最后一面的机会。”

55岁时，丈夫失望地说：“我错过了一个退休的好机会。”

65岁时，丈夫匆匆地回答：“我错过了和牙医的预约。”

75岁，妻子不再问丈夫同样的问题，丈夫跪在病重的妻子面前，想起以前妻子常常问起的那个问题，这次他也问了妻子同样的问题，妻子笑了笑，一脸平静地说：“我这一生，没有错过你!”

丈夫满眼泪水，他总是认为可以和妻子白头到老，于是总是忙于工作和琐事，从没在意过妻子。他紧紧地抱住妻子说：“这50多年来，我怎么能允许自己错过了你对我的爱呢。”

在繁忙的城市生活中，有人总是忙于工作。他们整天围着工作转，甚至为了达到社会的标准，牺牲了自己的健康。他们不愿花时间来关注自己的健康，在孩子成长的过程中错失了与之共享天伦之乐的机会。他们忽视了那些关心他们的人，以及他们的健康。

没有人知道一年后会发生什么事情。

生命不是永恒的，所以活在当下吧。把你对爱人的感谢说出来，用行动证明你关心他们。把每一天当作人生的最后一个篇章，只有这样，当你离开时，你爱的人们才会没有遗憾。

真正快乐成功的人会长成最好最真实的自己——从内心而非外表上。重要的不是品牌、名誉或者外表形象，而是真实的自我。

道理很简单，讲出来也很容易。但问题是，做起来就不简单了：这需要付诸很多努力，甚或一辈子才能实现。

需要穷尽毕生精力的事情必定不容易。成大事者必先苦其心志。因此，你必须走出舒适区，去经历、去体验那些会让你害怕的机会。况且，人这一辈子，若到头来都认不清自己、未能长成最好最真实的自己，还有什么意义呢？正如史蒂夫-乔布斯在斯坦福大学的毕业典礼上所言：时间宝贵，不要虚掷光阴过着他人的生活。不要让周遭的聒噪言论蒙蔽你内心的声音。

不仅如此，乔布斯的讲话和我要说的话都需要集中和自制——这两个品质在当今社会非常难能可贵。何以见得？因为集中和自制都不容易做到。人们很容易分散注意力、寻求即时快感——舒服且容易上瘾。

为激励你迎接挑战、踏上寻求自我的旅途，我列出了成为最好最真实自己后的三大益处：

你会感到快乐。了解自己后会让你更愉悦地接受自己，减轻你的压力和焦虑，使你成为更好的伴侣、父母、朋友，让你成为一个更美好的人。这些益处难道不够说服你为之努力吗？

我们每人心里的某一部分，都属于当年的自己，永远是孩子般的模样，代表了年少时的所有美好和期许。如今回头遥望，有怀念有伤感，但任你如何去追忆，那样的时光永不再回来。那短短的几年时光，也许是每个人漫长一生中最无忧无虑的一段。在这灿烂如花的年华，别让孩子背负太多，就让他们好好享受这仅有一次的童年吧。

今天要跟大家分享的是一篇双语文章《童年一去不复返》Only one childhood


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我停下来，注视着正在她的房间里忙着玩耍的小女儿。她一手拿着一个塑料电话，另一只手拿着一个玩具扫帚。我听到了她跟她假想中的“小朋友”在谈话，而她说的每一个字都让我永远牢记，即使那是假装的。

女儿说：“苏西就在角落里，因为她表现的不好。她连一个字都不肯听我说，也不干她该做的事情。”我看到她的娃娃在角落里，浑身上下都穿着粉红色的衣服，配着蕾丝。很显然，她是被放在那里的，让她独自坐在那儿反思。

当我在地板上坐下来的时候，女儿还在继续她的“谈话”。她说：“我受够了，我不知道还能拿她怎么办？每当我工作时，她就开始哭闹，还想要玩游戏。她从来不让我去干我该干的事情。

她想帮我刷碗，但她的手够不到，毛巾怎么叠也不知道。我没有时间去教她，我还有一大堆的事情要去处理，这么大间房子要去打扫。我没有时间去坐下来陪她玩——你明白我的意思吗？”

那天，我想了很多改变了我的生活的事情。当我听着女儿那些天真的话语时，我心如刀割。我没有给予我最爱的人足够的关注。我只顾着承担那些逐年增长的责任。

不过现在，我的态度发生了转变，因为我从心里意识到……我透过亲爱的小女儿的眼睛，从另一个角度看到了这个世界。所以，就让蜘蛛网呆在墙角，让地板铺满灰尘吧，我再也不为这些琐事操心了。

我要让房间里充满一个孩子和她母亲的回忆……因为我们每个人都只有一个童年，一旦失去就再也找不回了。



I stopped to watch my little girl busy playing in her room. In one hand was a plastic phone; in the other a toy broom. I listened as she was speaking to her make believe little friend And I&`&ll never forget the words she said, even though it was pretend.

She said, “Suzie’s in the corner cuz she’s not been very good. She didn’t listen to a word I said or do the things she should.” In the corner I saw her baby doll all dressed in lace and pink. It was obvious she’d been put there to sit alone and think.

My daughter continued her “conversation”, as I sat down on the floor. She said, “I’m all fed up , I just don&`&t know what to do with her anymore? She whines whenever I have to work and wants to play games, too. She never lets me do the things that I just have to do?

She tries to help me with the dishes, but her arms just cannot reach... And she doesn&`&t know how to fold towels. I don’t have the time to teach. I have a lot of work to do and a big house to keep clean. I don’t have the time to sit and play—don’t you know what I mean?”

And that day I thought a lot about making some changes in my life; As I listened to her innocent words that cut me like a knife. I hadn’t been paying enough attention to what I hold most dear. I’d been caught up in responsibilities that increased throughout the year.

But now my attitude has changed, because, in my heart, I realize... I’ve seen the world in a different light through my little darling’s eyes. So, let the cobweb shave the corners and the dust bunnies rule the floor, I’m not going to worry about keeping up with them anymore.

I’m going to fill the house with memories of a child and her mother... For we are granted only one childhood, and we will never get another.

感谢ni的收听，我们下次再会