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War is over

還有三個星期就是聖誕節了,無論你是否教徒,你都會分享到這個節日的歡樂,儘管這個節日已成為各個商家促銷,鼓動消費的藉口,模糊了這個節日的意義。


這是聖人誕生的日子,對西方人來說,意義十分重大。這是一個充滿和諧和愛,充滿寬恕和原諒,充滿鼓勵與關懷,充滿和解和感恩,充滿接納和認同的節日……


近來班裏發生了很多事,期中考完了,我們也必須反省和認清,讓問題繼續僵持下去、惡化下去,讓心結越扯越緊嗎?說過了,人生最大的勇氣不是勇往直前,而是退後,是理解後的退讓,是回歸問題核心的退後,是認清長遠目標的退卻,這才是退一步海闊天空的真正意義。

在這裏跟同學分享我最喜歡的聖誕歌,那是John Lennon 的Happy Christmas,副題是War is over,我覺得它最能帶出聖誕的訊息—
So this is Christmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young

A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
And so this is Christmas
For weak and for strong
For rich and the poor ones
The world is so wrong
And so happy Christmas
For black and for white
For yellow and red ones
Let's stop all the fight
A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
And so this is Christmas
And what have we done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
Ans so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young
A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
War is over over
If you want it
War is over
Now...