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1、人生如诗,自有其韵律和节奏人生如一首诗,人生自有其韵律和节奏,自有内在的生成与衰亡。人生有童年、少年和老年,谁也不能否认这是一种美好的安排,一天要有清晨、正午和日落,一年要有四季之分,如此才好。Ithinkthat,fromabiologicalstandpoint,humanlifealmostreadslikeapoem.Ithasitsownrhythmandbeat,itsinternalcyclesofgrowthanddecay.Itbeginswithinnocentchildhood
2、,followedbyawkwardadolescencetryingawkwardlytoadaptitselftomaturesociety,withitsyoungpassionsandfollies,itsidealsandambitions;thenitreachesamanhoodofintenseactivities,profitingfromexperienceandlearningmoreaboutsocietyandhumannature;atmiddleage,thereisa
3、slighteasingoftension,amellowingofcharacterliketheripeningoffruitorthemellowingofgoodwine,andthegradualacquiringofamoretolerant,morecynicalandatthesametimeakindlierviewoflife;thenInthesunsetofourlife,theendocrineglandsdecreasetheiractivity,andifwehavea
4、truephilosophyofoldageandhaveorderedourlifepatternaccordingtoit,itisforustheageofpeaceandsecurityandleisureandcontentment;finally,lifeflickersoutandonegoesintoeternalsleep,nevertowakeupagain.我以为,从生物学角度看,人的一生恰如诗歌。人生自有其韵律和节奏,自有内在的生成与衰亡。人生始于无邪的童年,经过少年的青涩,
5、带着激情与无知,理想与雄心,笨拙而努力地走向成熟;后来人到壮年,经历渐广,阅人渐多,涉世渐深,收益也渐大;及至中年,人生的紧张得以舒缓,人的性格日渐成熟,如芳馥之果实,如醇美之佳酿,更具容忍之心,处世虽更悲观,但对人生的态度趋于和善;再后来就是人生迟暮,内分泌系统活动减少,若此时吾辈已经悟得老年真谛,并据此安排残年,那生活将和平,宁静,安详而知足;终于,生命之烛摇曳而终熄灭,人开始永恒的长眠,不再醒来。Oneshouldbeabletosensethebeautyofthisrhythmoflife
6、,toappreciate,aswedoingrandsymphonies,itsmaintheme,itsstrainsofconflictandthefinalresolution.Themovementsofthesecyclesareverymuchthesameinanormallife,butthemusicmustbeprovidedbytheindividualhimself.Insomesouls,the3discordantnotebecomesharsherandharsher
7、andfinallyoverwhelmsorsubmergesthemainmelody.Sometimesthediscordantnotegainssomuchpowerthatthemusiccannolongergoon,andtheindividualshootshimselfwithapistolorjumpintoariver.Butthatisbecausehisoriginalleitmotifhasbeenhopelesslyover-showedthroughthelackof
8、agoodself-education.Otherwisethenormalhumanliferunstoitsnormalendinkindofdignifiedmovementandprocession.Therearesometimesinmanyofustoomanystaccatosorimpetuosos,andbecausethetempoiswrong,themusicisnotpleasingtotheear;wemighthavemoreofthe