飄蓬
飄蓬
少年時的胸懷大志，青年時的展翅高飛，中年時的壓力山大，到老年時的雲淡風輕。
生老病死，人事難逃。只是不要壅塞，不要貪嗔，庶幾可以平安一生。
人事有代謝，往來不曾停。
道義擔天下，經緯度永恆。
憂從千年起，路向萬里行。
綿綿足下土，寂寂耳旁風。
執著窮邊際，回首一點通。
聖靈未曾遠，俯仰呼吸中。
慧根毋壓迫，生發百世功。
金錢如流水，潤物細無聲。
誰言守財者，可以買親情。
青春難留客，莫糾身後名。
惜哉時光快，轉眼白頭翁。
翩翩何所似，宇宙一飄蓬。
寫於 2024年4月27日
Drifting Thistledown
The dreams of youth seek to embrace the world; adulthood spreads its wings, only to discover the weight of responsibility. With advancing years comes a quieter heart. Birth and death, gain and loss, meeting and parting belong alike to every soul. We cannot escape them, yet we need not be ruled by them. If we let go of greed, resentment, and pride, and walk each day in the gentle companionship of the Holy Spirit, perhaps life itself becomes a peaceful pilgrimage.
The generations fade, yet time rolls on;
Truth quietly outlives us, one by one.
We dream to bear the world while we are young;
Age teaches songs no youthful heart has sung.
Old grief began long before our first breath;
Still every road leads onward, not to death.
The earth lies silent underneath our feet;
The passing wind repeats a rhythm sweet.
I chased the edge of every distant sky;
One backward glance revealed the reason why.
The Holy Spirit never dwells afar;
He breathes within us, nearer than the stars.
Let wisdom grow where no harsh chains confine;
A faithful life outlives the bounds of time.
Like running streams, let earthly riches flow;
Love blooms where coins could never hope to grow.
Who thinks that wealth can purchase kindred hearts,
Has never learned where lasting treasure starts.
Youth is a guest who never chooses stay;
Fame is a shadow fading into gray.
How swift the years! Before we understand,
White hair has come with quiet, gentle hand.
And what are we beneath the endless sky?
Drifting thistledown... and homeward still we fly.
Truth quietly outlives us, one by one.
We dream to bear the world while we are young;
Age teaches songs no youthful heart has sung.
Old grief began long before our first breath;
Still every road leads onward, not to death.
The earth lies silent underneath our feet;
The passing wind repeats a rhythm sweet.
I chased the edge of every distant sky;
One backward glance revealed the reason why.
The Holy Spirit never dwells afar;
He breathes within us, nearer than the stars.
Let wisdom grow where no harsh chains confine;
A faithful life outlives the bounds of time.
Like running streams, let earthly riches flow;
Love blooms where coins could never hope to grow.
Who thinks that wealth can purchase kindred hearts,
Has never learned where lasting treasure starts.
Youth is a guest who never chooses stay;
Fame is a shadow fading into gray.
How swift the years! Before we understand,
White hair has come with quiet, gentle hand.
And what are we beneath the endless sky?
Drifting thistledown... and homeward still we fly.