12月8日

成功
林海音 ( 1918~2001 )
孤獨不算孤獨，貧窮不算貧窮，軟弱不算軟弱，
如果你日夜用快樂去歡迎他們，
生命便能放射出像花卉和香草一樣的芬芳：
使它更豐富，更燦爛，更不朽了。
這便是你的成功。

──選自《城南舊事》等

December 8

Success
Lin Haiyin (1918 - 2001)
English translation: Fo Guang Shan Tsung Lin University and William Chong

Loneliness, poverty, and weakness are not what they seem.
If you welcome them with joy at every moment, life would
emit fragrances like those of flowers and vanilla: making
it richer, more glorious, more enduring─and this, is your success.

── from Chengnan Jiushi (My Memories of Old Beijing) and others