参加八月活动--the five people you meet in heaven

annahw

八月，其实是澳洲最好的季节。到澳洲前，我一位朋友 说，她正在看 the five people you meet in heaven。 Meet, 我们与遇见再次遇见了。

转而，我也买了这本书。 小书很短。但是，一开始便直抓人心。
WITH 50 MINUTES left on earth, Eddie took his last walk along Ruby Pier.

然后Eddie  的生命是论分钟记的。不由得会想起从前有很多人推荐过，但一直没有看的，叫《西藏生死书》。到底我们应该怎样表现，面对即将去世的亲人，才是对亲人最好的。号淘？平静？ 象傅彪的爱人一样，告诉他，“放心，朝着有光亮的地方走”？

By his 83rd birthday, Eddie had lost nearly everyone he’d cared about.  这句话，是怎样的一种孤独。

有人说，这本书，治愈风格的，既不做作也不喂鸡汤。也有人说，”这本书我看了三遍，每遍都有不同的收获，看完这本书，思考问题的面也宽了，之前执着的事情也学会放下。谁会想到一个不相关的人，会在死后还要等待另一个不同世界的人70多年（爱迪在天堂遇到第一个蓝皮人），本以为不相关的人，说不定会曾是我们的家人。“

突然想起了我和女儿在澳洲街头等朋友来接，朋友有点忙，等了蛮久。来了一个澳洲人，突然问，是在等人接吗？ 我说是的，谢谢。 他进一步解释，自己住在前面的那幢蓝楼中，去买菜的时候，看到我们在路边等；现在是买菜回来了，还在这里。因此得问一下。从此以后，这个人一直被女儿叫作Mr. Blue Building.

或许他就是这种想法，亦或者，他其实是我们的家人。

先写到这儿，这书，目前，我亦已看了两遍。第一遍是看了一遍，第二遍，是做笔记。看了这本书，更加感恩每次遇见，每种遇见。

这帖，我会建楼，把自己感觉感动的金句，每楼一条。也欢迎亲们遇见这本书。

annahw

It might seem strange to start a story with an ending. But all endings are also beginnings. We just don’t know it at the time.

所有的结束，也是开始。只是当时惘然。
有存在就有消亡，有消亡就有新生。

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Out on the ocean, diamonds of sunlight danced on the water, and Eddie stared at their nimble movement.

我们的语言中，会用波光跃金来描写…… 语言真的是相通的

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Eddie tried to yell, but his voice was raspy air. He mouthed a “Hey!” but nothing came from his throat.

想起了HARRY POTTER穿越回当年的情景。

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But the running boy is inside every man, no matter how old he gets.  女孩子也是的吧？

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Eddie recalled them shutting this down at least 50 years ago, about the time television became popular and people didn’t need sideshows to tickle their imagination.

tickle their imagination ，多么好的tickle

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His skin was blue.
“Hello, Edward,” he said. “I have been waiting for you.”
The First Person Eddie Meets in Heaven
DON’T BE AFRAID… .” THE BLUE MAN said, rising slowly from his chair. “Don’t be afraid… .”
mr. blue building. 巧合的是，那天，朋友告诉我，来pick up我们的车，也是一辆蓝色丰田车。

MWJ

But all endings are also beginnings.

annahw

MWJ 发表于 2018-8-22 13:09
But all endings are also beginnings.

感谢关注

annahw

People often belittle the place where they were born. But heaven can be found in the most unlikely corners. And heaven itself has many steps.
人们往往太轻视出生地。但是，天堂可能出现在最不起眼的角落。而且，天堂本身就有很多重……

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We all go through the same thing. You cannot talk when you first arrive.” He smiled. “It helps you listen.”

据说，有位丈夫告诉妻子，狗比妻子好的一点是它不会说话。 不会说话，帮助人倾听。

annahw

THERE ARE FIVE people you meet in heaven,” the Blue Man suddenly said. “Each of us was in your life for a reason. You may not have known the reason at the time, and that is what heaven is for. For understanding your life on earth.”

每个人在生命里出现都有原因。当时可能不知道，而这就是天堂存在的意义。为了理解地球上的生命。

annahw

People think of heaven as a paradise garden, a place where they can float on clouds and laze in rivers and mountains. But scenery without solace is meaningless.
也许这也是我们来到异国他乡，把故乡当他乡，梁园当故乡的意义。因为故乡因为某种原因without solace? 也许我们也在天堂，前有希望有慰藉，后有可以回得去的故乡

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This is the greatest gift God can give you: to understand what happened in your life. To have it explained. It is the peace you have been searching for.

这是上帝能够给予你的最好的礼物：理解生命里发生的一切。让生命得到诠释。我们一生所寻寻觅觅的正是这份平和。

annahw

When I died, my life was illuminated by five others, and then I came here to wait for you, to stand in your line, to tell you my story, which becomes part of yours. There will be others for you, too. Some you knew, maybe some you didn’t. But they all crossed your path before they died. And they altered it forever.

有五个人点明了我生命的真谛，然后，我来这里等你，排队告诉你我的故事，也就是你的故事的一部分。你还会见到其他人。有的与你相识，有的不曾相识。但是之前，他们均曾在你的生命之路上与你相逢。而且，他们都永远地改变了你的生命……

annahw

“No life is a waste,” the Blue Man said. “The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone.”