Saturday, July 25, 2015

Connors Family Retreat and Conference Center 家庭退修聚會中心


With more than 50,000 square feet of event and meeting space situated on an 80-acre estate in Dover, Massachusetts, the Connors Family Retreat and Conference Center, owned and operated by Boston College, provides a picturesque backdrop for meetings, conferences, retreats, corporate outings, weddings, and social functions. Less than 20 miles from Boston, the Connors Center offers a peaceful oasis in a surprisingly convenient location.





« From the Heart of a Lonely Poet » 
FROM: Anchors Aweigh 
SUNG BY: Kathryn Grayson (Susan Abbott)

From the heart of a lonely poet 
Came a song for the girl he adored. 
Though she tried very hard not to show it 
She was terribly, terribly bored. 
Then the poet asked her if she'd like to dance 
And her eyes shone, and the moon shone, 
And the stars shone up above, 
As they waltzed through the evening together, 
They were swaying to the music of a joyous violin, 
As they waltzed through the evening together, 
They were swaying to the music of a joyous violin, 
And her eyes shone, and the moon shone, 
And the stars shone up above, 
As they waltzed through the evening together, 
They were swaying to the music of a joyous violin, 
As they waltzed through the evening together, 
They were swaying to the music of a joyous violin. 















































Summer Flowers 夏花


印度泰戈爾《飛鳥集》第82首,英文原文:
“Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autume leaves." 
  鄭振铎譯爲“使生如夏花之絢爛,死如秋葉之靜美” 
  爲什麽說“生如夏花”呢?台灣作家羅蘭曾在散文《夏天組曲》中寫道:“夏天的花和春花不同,
夏天的花有濃烈的生命之力。如果說,春花開放是因爲風的溫慰,
那麽夏天的花就是由于太陽的激發了。”說“生如夏花”正是因爲夏花具有絢麗繁榮的生命,
它們在陽光最飽滿的季節綻放,如奔馳、跳躍、飛翔著的生命的精靈,以此來诠釋生命的輝煌燦爛。 
  當然,“生如夏花”的另一層意思也許是揭示了生命的短暫匆忙。
樸樹在他的歌曲《生如夏花》中表達了他對此的理解:
“驚鴻一般短暫/如夏花一樣絢爛/我是這燿眼的瞬間/是劃過天邊的刹那火焰”。
夏花、火焰、驚鴻一瞥,不一樣的美麗,卻是一樣的短暫,而生命亦正如此。
席慕蓉的另一首詩《美麗心情》也深深感慨:
“生命是一列疾馳的火車……所有的時刻都很倉皇而又模糊/除非你能停下來/遠遠地回顧”。
可是時間從不爲某個人而逗留,青春如詩,歲月如歌,當人生經曆滄桑,過去的甜美成了回憶時,
生命便即將到達它的終點。人們無法挽留生命趨向衰落,正如人們無法阻止花兒的凋謝。
參考資料:http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/7680079.html?md=3(王朝網路 wangchao.net.cn)