september6

Perhaps in monasteries in the West

there is leisure, but outside –

especially in the cities – life seems to

be running at a rapid pace, like a clock,

never stopping for an instant! So, if you

look at life in an urban community, it

seems as if every aspect of a person’s

life has to be so precise, designed like a

screw that has to fit exactly in the hole.

In some sense, you have no control over

your own life. In order to survive, you

have to follow this pattern and

the pace that is set for you.

也許在西方世界的修院裡,

還存有安逸的空間,

但外面 –尤其在城市裡 –

生活似乎以極快的速度進行著,

像一個時鐘, 從不片刻停息!

所以, 如果你觀察一個城市的社會生活,

從各種角度看來, 一個人的日子得過得非常精準,

設計得像一顆螺絲必須緊緊的栓住一個孔.

在某種程度上, 你無法控制自己的生活.

為了生存, 你必須跟得上已為你設定好的模式與速度.