身不由己的大人物

身不由己的大人物
─ May 3, 2009

坐在漆黑的夜色中，冰涼的山風吹拂著臉龐，螢火蟲點點亮光，對映著窗內一片燈火通明。拿著麥克風的人賣力的唱著，坐在一旁的人專注的打著拍子，開了一整天的會，這些大人物都累了，此刻就是他們解除壓力，最快樂的時光。大老遠開了兩、三個小時的車來到山上，馬不停蹄的開會、討論、做決策，雖然辛苦，但顯然非常成功有效率，因為每個人臉上都掛著興奮卻又疲累的表情。望著這些才五、六十歲的大人物，但滿頭華髮、滿臉風霜，不知道今天在他們成功的事業上，又添加了什麼新的大計畫。

曾經讀過ㄧ個故事，有一個人向神抱怨背上的擔子太重了，可是他一邊抱怨，一邊又將走過的路上，其他的擔子一個一個拾起背在身上。

這些大人物上個禮拜不是才請了醫界泰斗來指導如何健身保養？大家聽得點頭如搗蒜，平常他们在事業上縱橫捭合，折衝禦侮，每個人都有傲人的成績，但是隨著事業直線往上衝，健康也就直線往下墜。談到事業每個人雙目炯炯有神，談到健康，只有一聲長嘆！

曾經有個富人和一個窮人炫耀他的勞力士金錶，窮人看著閃閃發亮的金錶緩緩的說：「我連隻錶都沒有，但我有的是時間。」

今晚大家睡個好覺，明天一早又得啟程，趕著下山參加另一個行程，老遠來到山上，卻爬不了山，沒有時間也沒有體力！醫生不是說爬山有益身心嗎？人生如此的匆忙，見山不是山，見水不是水。望著這些爬不了山的大人物，我決定告訴錫東，我不在乎做大人物。走！我們爬山去。

THE RELUCTANT ELITISTS
May 3, 2009

It was pitch dark on the porch, the soothing breeze blew over from the valley, the fireflies danced around in the bushes, and the crickets chirped in the meadow. It was such a beautiful night in the mountains. I felt as if I was in the heaven. Shyi-Dong had already finished a meeting with a group of important people and now they were enjoying themselves inside a lodge. I was waiting to go for a walk under the starry sky, but there was no sign that Shyi-Dong could leave the group. Sitting alone on the porch, I watched people singing and clapping their hands excitedly. After driving for two and half hours to this mountain resort and going directly into a long day meeting, every one looked exhausted. Singing was definitely the best way for them to unwind. Obviously, the meeting was very successful because they were chatting and singing loudly with big smiles. Watching their excited faces through the window, I wondered how many more commitments they had made at the meeting to add to their overwhelming daily workloads. They were only in their fifties and sixties, but they couldn?t hide their grey hairs and wrinkles.

There was a story I read one time about a man who complained to the Lord how heavy his load was on his back and he asked the Lord to lighten it. Before the Lord could answer, he quickly picked up everything he saw on the way as he passed and put on his back.

Last week a well-known doctor was invited to give a speech exclusively to those elitists on the issue of health. Everyone listened attentively because no one was in good health and they desperately needed medical advice. It was very ironic that those elitists had won the whole world, but had lost their health.

After a good sleep, everyone would rush to leave for another appointment in the morning. It was hard to understand that they made a special trip all the way up to the mountains, but they had no time or energy to climb any one of them. Didn?t the doctor suggest that mountain climbing was good exercise? Why was everyone in such a hurry? They were right in the mountains but it seemed to them that the mountains never existed.

I remember another story which was about time and a watch. A rich man was showing off his gold Rolex watch to a poor man who didn?t even have one. Admiring the beauty of the gold watch, the poor man said slowly: ?I don?t have a watch but I have time.?

Thinking about this story, the elitists? faces were dancing in front of me, I decided to tell Shyi-Dong that I would rather him remain ?a small potato?. Yes, let?s go climbing the mountains.