靚靚寶貝是我的天使, 在她將滿一歲之際, 再次拿出孕期常讀的文章, 提醒自己.
除了滿滿的愛, 為人父母的期待與盼望都是多餘. 回歸生命本質, 教養而非寵愛, 紀律而非無限上罡的自由是我應盡的責任.
凝視寶貝, 滿心喜悅. 我領著她探索世界的美好與暗黑, 她回應我成長與勇氣. 陪伴將是互許的默契.
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紀伯倫。論孩子
你們的孩子並不是你們的孩子。 他們是生命對自身的渴求的兒女。
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
他們憑藉你們而來，卻不是因你們而來。儘管他們在你們身邊，卻並不屬於你們。
They come through you but not from you, and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
你們可以把你們的愛給予他們，卻不能給予思想，因為他們有自己的思想。
You may give them your love but not your thoughts, form they have their own thoughts.
你們可以建造房舍蔭庇他們的身體，但不是他們的心靈，因為他們的心靈棲息於明日之屋，即使在夢中，你們也無緣造訪。
You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of to-morrow, whitch you cannnot visit, not even in your dreams.
你們可努力倣傚他們，卻不可企圖讓他們像你。因為生命不會倒行，也不會滯留於往昔。
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you, for life goes not backward not tarries with yesterday.
你們是弓，你們的孩子是被射出的生命的箭矢。
You are the bows from which your children are living arrows are sent forth.
「弓箭手」(上帝)看到無涯道路上的標記，他以神力將你拉彎，以使他的箭迅捷遠飛。
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with his might that his arrows may go swift and far.
請在「弓箭手」的手中歡欣的彎曲吧；
Let your bending in the Archer's hand be for gladness.
因為他既愛飛馳的箭，也愛穩健的弓。
For even as He loves the arrows that flies, so he loves also the bow that is stable.
