there indeed are moments when we stop to look at what we have and become jealous of those who are brave enough to go after an idyllic life. like henry david thoreau, by his reclusive living at the walden he fronted only the essential facts of life, declared of independence and simplicity. we at occasions wish we had the same courage. but we don’t. because we are at the same time jealous of those who live with a sense of self-fulfillment as their life is so organized that it appears to be flawless as well. we enjoy the “coffee” side too.
the dilemma is that we keep telling ourselves we cannot have them both. but the fact is, for most of the times, we are puzzled by choices that we don’t have to make. living deep does not mean a conflict with realism. thoreau himself could manage to be an individualist anarchist on his voyage of spiritual discovery, and adam smith used to lecture us on how happiness originates from inner peace. just think of the taste of the green tea latte at starbucks, mixed with the fragrance of tea and the delightful bitterness of coffee. this is the smell of life.
life is never a question of coffee or tea. it is an exploration of coffee and tea. the difference is made when you spare a second for introspection and link the two of them. werner heisenberg spent a summer in his youths in the southern german villages and after viewing the picturesque scenery he depicted himself as not willing to look at physics for even another glance. however, later, when he was devoted again to laboratory, he claimed that he had found the unity of science and nature. this is the eureka moment. sooner or later it comes into our own lives too to teach us about the harmony of coffee and tea. as jorges luis borges would say, for a genuine poet, every facet of the diamond of life is shining, for art is its heart.
that friend of mine has now put his programmer days behind. although late in the night when i pass his office the light might still be on, i am glad to hear new stories from him about discoveries on a lately opened café or a thought-provoking movie. i guess we have finally learned that life is sometimes like a cup of coffee. it is too hard to live to abstract ideals. and sometimes it is like a cup of tea, inspiring you to suck out the marrow of it. and we know that either coffee or tea needs to be exquisitely brewed. that is, after all, how we live in the world and of the world.
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英語老師教學總結
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