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1、SandandFoambyKahlilGibranIAMFOREVERwalkingupontheseshores,Betwixtthesandandthefoam,Thehightidewillerasemyfoot-prints,Andthewindwillblowawaythefoam.ButtheseaandtheshorewillremainForever.*OnceIfilledmyhandwithmist.ThenIopeneditandlo,themistwasaworm.AndIclosedandopenedmyhandagain,andbeholdtherewasab

2、ird.AndagainIclosedandopenedmyhand,andinitshollowstoodamanwithasadface,turnedupward.AndagainIclosedmyhand,andwhenIopenedittherewasnaughtbutmist.ButIheardasongofexceedingsweetness.*ItwasbutyesterdayIthoughtmyselfafragmentquiveringwithoutrhythminthesphereoflife.NowIknowthatIamthesphere,andalllifein

3、rhythmicfragmentsmoveswithinme.*Theysaytomeintheirawakening,“Youandtheworldyouliveinarebutagrainofsandupontheinfiniteshoreofaninfinitesea.”AndinmydreamIsaytothem,“Iamtheinfinitesea,andallworldsarebutgrainsofsanduponmyshore.”*OnlyoncehaveIbeenmademute.Itwaswhenamanaskedme,“Whoareyou?”*Thefirstthou

4、ghtofGodwasanangel.ThefirstwordofGodwasaman.*http://www.en8848.com.cnWewerefluttering,wandering,longingcreaturesathousandthousandyearsbeforetheseaandthewindintheforestgaveuswords.Nowhowcanweexpresstheancientofdaysinuswithonlythesoundsofouryesterdays?*TheSphinxspokeonlyonce,andtheSphinxsaid,“Agrai

5、nofsandisadesert,andadesertisagrainofsand;andnowletusallbesilentagain.”IheardtheSphinx,butIdidnotunderstand.*LongdidIlieinthedustofEgypt,silentandunawareoftheseasons.Thenthesungavemebirth,andIroseandwalkeduponthebanksoftheNile,Singingwiththedaysanddreamingwiththenights.Andnowthesunthreadsuponmewi

6、thathousandfeetthatImaylieagaininthedustofEgypt.Butbeholdamarvelandariddle!Theverysunthatgatheredmecannotscatterme.StillerectamI,andsureoffootdoIwalkuponthebanksoftheNile.*Remembranceisaformofmeeting.*Forgetfulnessisaformoffreedom.*Wemeasuretimeaccordingtothemovementofcountlesssuns;andtheymeasure

7、timebylittlemachinesintheirlittlepockets.Nowtellme,howcouldweevermeetatthesameplaceandthesametime?*SpaceisnotspacebetweentheearthandthesuntoonewholooksdownfromthewindowsoftheMilkyWay.*Humanityisariveroflightrunningfrom