Esther Lee

“何其特別的經歷一一禱告和默觀可以打開眼界,看見大 自然的實相;而大自然的實相,令人更能注意上帝的引領。我曾經以為默觀最好在隱修院或內室的寂靜中進行,如今我知道了,大自然也可以是我們默觀的同伴-你不再嘗試限 制或操控你的生命或你的小小世界,相反,你變得對上帝的臨在益加敏銳;你不再漠視或轄制大自然,企圖征服它、擁有它,相反,你會輕撫它;你不再檢視它,而是愛慕它。因此,大自然向你啟示它自己,是經過更新改變的一一大自然 不再是禱告的攔阻,而是明辨的利器;不再是刀槍不入的盾牌,而是揭開的幔子,讓你窺看不可知的領域 讓大自然説話可以開啟辨明上帝同在的新境界,這境界是人不大察覺的。樹和星說了甚麼?有時候,我們實在需要花時間在森林中走走,不論走過的是璀璨新生的明亮,還是濃淡灰影的質樸;然後,求上帝向我們啟示祂的作為、旨意、性情" .”
― 盧雲, Discernment: Reading the Signs of Daily Life

“I guess I had never bothered to consider that there might such a thing as a boy, but now that I had found one, I thought it was just about the most wonderful concept in the world. He smelled of mud and sugar and an animal I'd never scented before, and a faint meaty odor clung to his fingers, so I licked them.”
― W. Bruce Cameron, A Dog's Purpose

“The problem with time, I've learned, whether it's those first two weeks I got to spend with you, or the final two months I got to spend with him, eventually time always runs out. I have no idea where you are out there in the world, John. But I understand that I lost the right to know these things long ago. No matter how many years go by, I know one thing to be as true as ever was - I'll see you soon then.”
― Nicholas Sparks, Dear John

“My purpose, my whole life, had been to love him and be with him, to make him happy. I didn’t want to cause any unhappiness now—in that way, I decided it was probably better than he wasn’t here to see this, though I missed him so much at that moment the ache of it was as bad as the strange pains in my belly.”
― W. Bruce Cameron, A Dog's Purpose