A Dialogue About Life Between Two Cherry Blossoms

One cherry blossom petal said to another,

"When I fall, I hope I can fall on the moon!"

"Why do you want to fall on the moon?"

"I want to live a little longer!"

"How can you live longer on the moon?"

"The moon's gravity is one-sixth that of Earth's, 

so I can fall a few seconds more slowly..."

兩片櫻花瓣有關生命的對談

某一櫻花瓣對另一櫻花瓣說，

“當我要下落，我希望我能下落在月球上！”

“你為什麼想下落在月球上？”

“我想活得長久一點！”

“在月球上你怎樣能活得長久一點？”

“月亮的地心吸力是地球的六分之一，

這樣我就可以下落得慢多幾秒......”

Life with doubt

Life is a difficult book to read. 

Many words, paragraphs, 

and meanings between the lines are 

hard to understand. 

You can ask AI, Google search, 

or on-line dictionaries 

for answers in any areas of doubt. 

But some answers can only be found 

through an inner search from 

concrete living experiences throughout life.

Emilio Piano ft. Lucie - Maison

Where do we go? 

When we have no home to return to? 

Flowers beneath concrete, 

Mother, Tell me, Where do we go? 

Do we ever truly know? 

Or are we always pretending? 

Where does the heart wander when it's lost? 

Through doubts and winter frost? 

Why do all days blend into one another? 

Do we eventually see what we've been building? Mother, tell me. 

Beyond The storm, 

there lies Love, love, love, 

When the sky opens, 

Everything grows calm again 

And all is well. 

Where does it go? 

Happiness, that fragile thread, 

When it wavers and breaks? 

Mother, tell me, Where does it go? 

Why does the world seem so vast, 

When we grow just a little taller than before? 

What becomes of dreams that flee? 

And memories we forget? 

Will I always have these questions? 

Perhaps I'll turn them into songs. 

Mother, tell me. 

Beyond The storm, 

there lies Love, love, love, 

When the sky opens, 

Everything grows calm again 

And all is well.

Passenger | The Way That I Love You (Official Video)

Be yourself in these chaotic times,

and when love is not easy.

____

Passenger - 

The Way That I Love You (Official Video)

How many times 

can I tell you 

You’re lovely just the way you are 

Don’t let the world come 

and change you 

Don’t let life break your heart 

Don’t put on their mask 

Don’t wear their disguise 

Don’t let them dim the light that 

shines in your eyes 

If only you could love yourself 

the way that I love you 

How many times can I say 

You don’t have to change a thing 

Don’t let the tide 

wash you away 

Don’t let worry ever clip your wings 

Discard what is fake 

Keep what is real 

Pursue what you love 

Embrace how you feel 

If only you could love yourself 

the way that I love you 

And if you ever choose a road that 

leads nowhere 

All alone and 

you can’t see right from wrong 

And if you ever lose yourself out there Come on home and 

I’ll sing you this song 

So how many times can I tell you 

You’re lovely just the way you are 

Don’t let the world 

come and change you 

Don’t let life break your heart

Leave or Stay

Different people choose 

different ways of living 

based on their unique 

personalities and characters, 

even when faced with 

the same environment and circumstances.

No one can definitively say 

who is right or wrong, 

or who is better or worse, 

as these choices stem from 

personal experiences and values.

Each choice represents 

how a person deals with his fate, 

and his fate is also unique and 

will not be the same as

 anyone else's.

________

Theme from "Papillon" / Jerry Goldsmith

Start VS Stop

For some cases, 

it is not difficult to 

find the right time to start, 

but it is not always quite easy to 

find the right time to stop.

 

Elton John - Someone saved my life tonight

When I think of those east end lights

Muggy nights the curtains drawn

In the little room downstairs

Prima donna Lord you really should have been there

Sittin' like a princess perched in her electric chair

And it's one more beer and I don't hear you anymore

We've all gone crazy lately

My friend's out there rolling 'round the basement floor

(ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh...)

And someone saved my life tonight

Sugar bear (sugar bear...)

You almost had your hooks in me

Didn't you dear

You nearly had me roped and tied

Altar bound hypnotized sweet freedom

Whispered in my ear

You're a butterfly

And butterflies are free to fly

Fly away

High away

Bye bye

(ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh...)

Never realized the passing hours of evening showers

Slip noose hanging in my darkest dreams

I'm strangled by your haunted social scene

Just a pawn outplayed by a dominating queen

It's four o'clock in the morning

Damn it listen to me good

I'm sleeping with myself tonight

Saved in time

Thank God my music is still alive

(aah-aah-aah-aah-aah...)

And someone saved my life tonight

Sugar bear

(sugar bear sugar bear...)

You almost had your hooks in me

Didn't you dear

You nearly had me roped and tied

Altar bound hypnotized sweet freedom

Whispered in my ear

You're a butterfly

And butterflies are free to fly

Fly away

High away

Bye bye

(ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

I would have walked head on into the deep end of the river

Clinging to your stocks and bonds

Paying your H.P. demands forever

Coming in the morning with a truck to take me home

Someone saved my life tonight

Someone saved my life tonight

Someone saved my life tonight

Someone saved my life tonight

Someone saved my life tonight

So save your strength and run the field you play alone

And someone saved my life tonight

Sugar bear

(sugar bear sugar bear)

(sugar bear...)

You almost had your hooks in me

Didn't you dear

You nearly had me roped and tied

Altar bound

Hypnotized

Sweet freedom

Whispered in my ear

You're a butterfly

And butterflies are free to fly

Fly away

High away

Bye bye

Come Down In Time

Time goes by fast.

we should take any

available opportunity

to get what we want,

such as love, money, or both!

Time will steal from you

what you are pursuing

 if you fail to get them in time.

Elton John - Come Down In Time

In the quiet silent seconds 

I turned off the light switch

And I came down to meet you 

In the half light the moon left

While a cluster of night jars 

Sang some songs out of tune

A mantle of bright light s

Shone down from a room

Come down in time I still hear her say

So clear in my ear like it was today

Come down in time was the message 

she gave to me

Come down in time and 

I'll meet you half way

Well I don't know if I should have heard her as yet

But a true love like hers is a hard love to get

And I've walked most all the way and 

I ain't heard her call

And I'm getting to thinking if 

she's coming at all

Come down in time 

I still hear her say

So clear in my ear like it was today

Come down in time was the message 

she gave to me

Come down in time and 

I'll meet you half way

There are women and women and 

some hold you tight

While some leave you counting the stars in the night

Your name is beautiful.

I have a friend whose name is very beautiful. 

One time, I told her, 

"Your name is so beautiful." 

She angrily replied, 

"You're just saying that to imply I'm not pretty!" 

This friend has a beautiful name, 

and she herself has well-defined features; 

she is not ugly by any means. 

When I said her name was beautiful, 

I was only referring to her name and 

not implying anything else. 

She overthought it and 

has been hostile to me for a lifetime.

As I write this, 

I still remember her name, 

but my impression of her features 

has become somewhat fuzzy.

中譯

我有一個朋友，她的姓名很美。

有一次，我對她說：“你的姓名好靚。” 

她很憤怒地回答我：

“你即是曲線話我唔靚！” 

這個朋友，她的姓名很美，

而她本人也五官端正，怎樣說也不算醜陋。

我說她的姓名很美時，祇是指她的姓名，

並無涉及其他範圍。

她想多了，因此嬲咗我一世。

我寫這篇文的此刻，

還記得她的姓名，

但她的五官印象卻有點模糊了。

————————

周杰倫 - 七里香 

作詞：方文山 作曲：周杰倫

窗外的麻雀 在電線桿上多嘴

妳說這一句 很有夏天的感覺

手中的鉛筆 在紙上來來回回

我用幾行字形容妳是我的誰

秋刀魚 的滋味 貓跟妳都想了解

初戀的香味就這樣被我們尋回

那溫暖 的陽光 像剛摘的鮮豔草莓

你說妳捨不得吃掉這一種感覺

雨下整夜 我的愛溢出就像雨水

院子落葉 跟我的思念厚厚一疊

幾句是非 也無法將我的熱情冷卻

妳出現在我詩的每一頁

雨下整夜 我的愛溢出就像雨水

窗台蝴蝶 像詩裡紛飛的美麗章節

我接著寫 把永遠愛妳寫進詩的結尾

妳是我唯一想要的了解

雨下整夜 我的愛溢出就像雨水

院子落葉 跟我的思念厚厚一疊

幾句是非 也無法將我的熱情冷卻

妳出現在我詩的每一頁

那飽滿的稻穗 幸福了這個季節

而妳的臉頰像田裡熟透的番茄

妳突然 對我說 七里香的名字很美

我此刻卻只想親吻妳倔強的嘴

雨下整夜 我的愛溢出就像雨水

院子落葉 跟我的思念厚厚一疊

幾句是非 也無法將我的熱情冷卻

妳出現在我詩的每一頁

整夜 我的愛溢出就像雨水

窗台蝴蝶 像詩裡紛飛的美麗章節

我接著寫 把永遠愛妳寫進詩的結尾

妳是我唯一想要的了解

And so the story began

Life is a story of ups and downs.

Some parts hold many ups and few downs;

others, few ups and many downs;

some only ups;

some only downs.

From one part of life, 

it moves to the next—

a new story begins,

it may be in similar patterns; 

sometimes not.

So when the story begins,

wait and see what it reveals.

_______

And So the Story Began · Jef Martens