一早配早餐的電視新聞令人震驚哀傷
喜劇泰斗Robin Williams在家中結束了自己63歲的人生

O Captain, My Captain…
認識Robin Williams的第一部電影正是Dead Poets Society
那是高中時學校放映的勵志電影
老舊的一女中體育館，某天忽然垂下了超大白色布幔充當螢幕
克難的播映環境，片子卻是我人生的重要啟蒙

Todd Anderson在筆記本上寫下SEIZE THE DAY的那一幕特寫
二十幾年來，深深地烙印在我腦海
不安的我若曾義無反顧，都該歸功於這一幕的催眠成功
想在YouTube搜尋那個片斷
卻看了更多其它經典片斷而百感交集、淚流滿面
心裡明明還是當年那個年輕人，卻已是超過四十的中年人了

這輩子所為何來？竟沒個答案，悲從中來
沒有比年輕時少茫然一點，勇氣倒是所剩無幾，這人生啊……
就這樣進入下半場了，還有想追求的嗎？
除了時不我予的那些，還有什麼能激起熱望？
一路成事不足，大不了也只是被笑得更慘一點而已吧
隨心所欲吧，繼續歪七扭八走自己的路
也許現在我還說不出個所以然來
但總有一天，總有一天我會寫完自己的故事

John Keating: We don't read and write poetry because it's cute.  We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.  And the human race is filled with passion.  And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life.  But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.  To quote from Whitman, “O me! O life!  Of the questions of these recurring.  Of the endless trains of the faithless.  Of cities filled with the foolish.  What good amid these?  O me, O life?”  Answer.  That you are here.  That life exists.  An identity.  That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.   That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.  What will your verse be?

Thank you, Robin.  R.I.P.

★ 2020/11/05 因應Flash停用更新語法，而有幸找到落筆那一幕......

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