在Freud将心理学发扬关大之前，基督徒的忏悔应是最好心理治疗。  对错善恶世俗虽有定论， 倒不必太在乎， 至要紧过得了自己一关。曾子曰：吾日三省吾身，为人谋而不忠乎？与朋友交而不信乎？传不习乎？ 自省自责较难，对信得过的人倾诉既可一吐为快，又能得到疏导安慰。 

后悔是另一回事。 后悔多牵涉到利益，与对错无关。  一个人后悔，不外是因判断失误而选择不当导致失去本可得到的机会及好处。战场商场情场上判断失误应自认学艺不精，不服当闭关修炼，卷土重来，后悔于事无补。 

做错了一定要好好忏悔，下不为之。 对失去的机会可以深表遗憾，寻求改进。 但若有看热闹的人别有用心追着你问“后不后悔“，大可气定神闲，淡淡笑问，后悔二字, 怎生书?

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political romantic bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separationunionization.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all women and men men are created unequal, that though they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty Love and the pursuit of Happiness. --That to secure these rights, Governments Families are instituted among Women and Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government Family becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new GovernmentFamily, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments Families long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed....

One has to love Thomas Jefferson after watching the musical “1776” and visiting Monte Cello and UVA.  Don’t think he would mind my alternation of his “declaration of independence”. 

“You are too spoiled!” H said to W in a very disapproving tone. 

W turned her head sideway, eyes rolling at the sky, sneered. 

“So?” H successfully decoded her Snoopy expression.

“What am I gonna do with you , Pikachu?”  H continued on.

“Pi ka, Pi ka”   W responded, hands rubbing the cheeks.

“nothing, I guess”  H again read the encrypted answer.

“When will you grow up?”  H tried in vain. 

“I don’t want to grow up, I don’t want to grow up, I don’t want to grow up… Not me” W sang the Peter Pan answer.  

“Not I” H corrected her.

“Not me” W insisted on the mischievous way.

Frailty, thy name is woman for thou art made of water.

Hamlet and 宝玉 have best insights on woman:-)

1.一江画卷天泼墨，万山素锦霞着色

2. 三界六道，众生皆平等。佛曰！ 

    四菱八角，世间多坷坎。人说！

3. 群鸟携烟渡, 孤影随诗葬

4. 雨羞羞，风碎碎，点点珠珠坠坠

   花俏俏，水潇潇，婷婷片片飘飘

5. 笑古笑今，笑东笑西，笑南笑北，笑来笑去，笑自己原无知无识

    叹天叹地，叹秋叹冬，叹春叹夏，叹山叹水，叹万物皆因渊因源

6. 嫣红嫣紫二花怜 – 红楼 - 嫣红，花怜

   花荣花落一时迁 –  水浒 - 花荣，时迁

All girls should get married for three reasons in addition to love:

a.       the wedding – a self directed movie in which Princess Sisi becomes the Queen. 

b.       the less honest “mirror” – whenever the Queen asks “Looking-glass, looking-glass, on the wall, who in this land is the fairest of all.” , she gets a satisfactory answer.

c.       devil’s advocate – a true fan is the one who knows you by heart and wants to see you become better. 

飞絮舞重天，

眺望彷徨，

菱峰耸立意连绵，

魔道凸凹心胆颤。

归路唯前。

驰骋皎洁场，

七彩衣衫。

盈盈如燕巧盘旋，

矫健似鹰忽跃跳。

情系其间。

大大的脑袋，小小的身子，寥寥数笔，勾出一个个神态逼真，性格鲜明的孩童。 三五画面，足以演绎其喜乐悲欢的童年时光。 一定要很爱孩子和画，才能数十年如一日地。  故事中蕴含作者浓厚的宗教价值及观念，但个中哲理，非该教信仰者亦可领会。 

小狗史奴比最有性格。不是懒洋洋自得其乐躺在红色小屋顶上遐思无限，便是一副飞行员装束，幻想于法国某一小镇与美丽女侍打情骂俏，再不然就一本正经坐在打字机前，敲下如是开端，“一个风高月黑，雷震雨暴的夜晚。。。”由此编出许多奇特有趣却毫无关联的情结，完全不顾怎样收尾。我行我素，潇洒轻松的态度，值得借鉴。

总缺乏安全感，含着大姆指，拖着小毛毯的莱勒斯，煞是可爱。 小小年纪便懂得生存之道，巧妙应付老姐露茜的霸道和无理取闹。 聪明更在众人之上， 他可以侃侃而谈，告诉你他之所以不愿意做第二至第二十八个登上月球的人，每个理由都很俱说服力。不管南瓜大神如何年年不肯现身，他却从不质疑而放弃信仰。 

老好查理布朗于棒球的痴狂，屡败屡战。 倾盆大雨中，孤独地站在发球圈里，纳闷为何球员一个个无影无踪。 对红发小女孩的暗暗倾慕却自始至终不敢和她说片言只语。露茜对天才钢琴家謝勒德的一往情深，常以落花有意流水无情的挫折收场，也不妨碍她把他当作扮家家的对手。 

G was going on vacation and needed someone to take care of the plant.  G targeted M first counting on their breakfast relationship.

M “water a plant? G, you know my infamous green thumbs killed a cactus before… ” – eyes rolling heavenward

G gave M a dirty look, turned to C.

C “I am afraid you "mis-overestimated" my caring ability” - with an innocent yet vile GW smile

G signed, looked to J as the next prospect,

J “I want minimum responsibility.  This is too much” - emotionless face competing with Kevin Spacey

The searching was under siege, G stared at A, almost begging.

A “You should have gotten a plastic one!" - ice cold as the coffee

D passed by, condemning all for being heartless and offered to take care of the poor creature. 

“Can I use hot tea?  That is the only thing I have handy”

G “maybe I should send it to a plant shelter”  - near the edge of breaking down

"好的翻译，是男欢女爱，如鱼得水，一拍即合……坏的翻译，是同床异梦……读起来像鬼话，既亵渎了外文也亵渎了中文"。真说到心坎上 - “touch my heart of heart”

最难翻的是诗词- 唐诗宋词翻为英文, 惨不忍读。 Shakespeare sonnets 中文版辞不达意， 韵律沦陷。 小说翻的好只得“飘"

Ithaca –綺色佳, 师太有一长篇以此为名, 不知可是迷上此三字的养眼悦耳?

Oldsmobile - 傲世莫比

音/意 译皆妙的当推 Shopping – 血拼

When Verdi met Boito in this Italian sonnet.

Viva Verdi, viva Boito. 

"Dal labbro il canto estasiato vola
per silenzi notturnie e va lontano
e alfin ritova un altro labbro umano
che gli risponde colla sua parola.

Allor la nota che non e piu sola
vibra di gioia in un accordo arcano
e innamorando l'aer antelucano
con altra voce al suo fonte rivola.

Quivi ripiglia suon, ma la sua cura
tende sempre ad unir chi lo disuna.
Cosi baciai la disiata bocca!
Bocca baciata non perde ventura.
Anzi rinova come fa la luna."