在越南MIU NE海滩边,躺在木条椅上,头顶罩着稻草伞,海风迎面吹来,暖意中透着一丝凉快,手端着一本书,一本由姐姐介绍的埃及女作家AHDAF SOUEIF写的短篇小说集"I THINK OF YOU","I THINK OF YOU"是小说集中的一篇,也是我这次越南驴行期间所看的唯一一篇文章.
文章引人入胜,可我看第一遍的时候,并没有完全看懂,里面人物之间的关系也不是很清楚,直至看完第三遍,才全部理解: )
印象最深的小说最后部分,作家和她的好友之间的一段对话,"I THINK OF YOU"中的I是指作家她自己,而YOU指的就是作家的这位知己女友.
In the Meridien,all those years ago,with the Nile shining behind you. I said,"But you've been married nine years.Can one trust passion, romance? Can one really trust being in love?" A shadow passed across your face. "Well," you said after a moment,"of course things change.Yes,they do.But I think now, perhaps, sympathy --- yes,sympathy and tenderness and goodwill. They can last, if we're wise. Maybe they are the lasting part of love. My hu*****end has those. And your man,from what you say, has them too."
刚读完第三遍的那一刹那,感觉那女友的话简直太崇高太对了! 越南一路也时不时琢磨着她的这几句话,而到现在再来回味，却感觉她的这些话其实是透着一丝无奈的,因为A shadow passed across her face,她身患绝症,她的自身环境与现实,让她说出了那些话,我想如果她身体健康的话,所说出的应该是不一样的话吧,她早前的个性,决定了她的命运,而后来,她的身体,决定了她的命运,有失(自身的健康以及丈夫有另外5任妻子)必有得(丈夫所给予她的sympathy and tenderness and goodwill)吧.....
感恩知足? 还是无可奈何? .....
其实,一个人的健康,也决定着他/她的命运.....
人生在世,面对诸多挫折困难的同时,也要面对那些逃避不了的选择,如何选择,于自己的个性有关,于自己的健康更有关,只有健康的人,有着健康的心态,才会做出健康的选择吧？
