小鹿班比的碎碎唸

痛苦
On Pain

…如果你能讓心靈驚嘆於
生命中天天發生的奇蹟，
你的痛苦將會和快樂一樣奇妙。
你將能接納心中的季節變化，
一如你向來接受定會走過田地的四季變換，
你將能平靜地目送你悲傷的冬日。
…And could you keep your heart in wonder at
the daily miracles of your life,
your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy;
And you would accept the seasons of your heart, even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields.
And you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief.

你的痛苦多半是自尋煩惱，
那是你內心的醫生
為治癒你的病痛所下的苦藥。
所以，相信你的醫生，
沉默且平靜地喝下這帖藥吧；
他雖然出手既重又猛，
卻是由上帝那雙看不見的溫柔之手引導；
他帶來的杯子雖然燙嘴，
卻是上帝這位陶匠，用祂神聖淚水滴溼的泥土燒成。
Much of your pain is self-chosen.
It is the bitter potion
by which the physician within you heals your sick self.
Therefore trust the physician,
and drink his remedy in silence and tranquillity:
For his hand, though heavy and hard,
is guided by the tender hand of the Unseen,
And the cup he brings, though it burn your lips, has been fashioned
of the clay which the Potter has moistened with His own sacred 

佛教常說：「苦、集、滅、道」。

而這邊紀伯倫要我們注視痛苦真正的本質，他用季節變化與苦藥來形容痛苦，人生中無法避免的事實，

並提醒我們真正的關鍵在於用平靜的心情看待這總會經過的冬季，並去信任這醫師。

因上帝悲憫的與我們同在：「他端上的杯子，儘管燒灼你的雙唇，卻是由陶工用自己神聖的淚水打濕陶土而製成。」

在痛苦中，上帝與我們同在。