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    2/7/2006

    迷路人

     

    这个人往左走,那个人往右走,他们都是迷路者,只是方向不同而已。

     

    过年,亲朋好友坐在一起吃饭。

    一大屋子形形色色的人物,让我有点看不够,品不完。

    一位饱经沧桑的老人坐在我旁边,和蔼地笑着问我:“你有没有过在黑暗中迷路的经历?”

    我摇了摇头,说:“没有。”

    “在黑暗之中迷路,四周围一盏灯也没有,很是可怕啊!”老人喝了口茶,接着说,“但在大白天迷路,更可怕!”

    “更可怕?”我边问便在心中暗笑这位老人的故作深沉。

    “对,”老人轻叹了口气,“在大白天迷路,你慌慌张张的神色写满脸上,而四周尽管明亮无比,但却没有一位路人来帮助你,相反还有人幸灾乐祸地看你怎么办。在黑暗之中迷路,或许摸索着前进,还可到达一方亮土。但若在白天迷了路,你可见的东西再多,你还是不认识路,心中还是照样一团漆黑!”

    老人停了一下,似乎意犹未尽。接着又好像叮嘱似的说了一句:“记住了:光线充足的地方,影子也就特别黑。”

    我有些不自觉地吐了吐舌头,心里面则吃惊这样一位慈眉善目的老者,怎会如此的悲观。

    饭后,这位老人家又和其他的年长者聊起了生活琐事。

    这时,老人的妻子走了过来,关切地问我:“老头子没和你说些莫名其妙的话吧?他呀,看到年轻人就爱絮叨个没完,也不管人家愿不愿意、想不想听。他年纪大了。孩子,你就听一句是一句。有什么话重了,也别往心里去啊!”

    原来,老人在文革时受过迫害,锒铛入狱,过了十几年暗无天日的生活。一直与他相依为命的老伴告诉我:就在那个时候,他的精神好像受了刺激,和人说话有些语无伦次。

    我默默地点了点头,算是感谢老太太的一番好意。

    事后,回想起老人的话,总觉得颇有深意,但时代与年龄的差异导致我实在无法明了这些话的真正内涵。

    突然想起罗马诗人贺拉斯的名句:“这个人往左走,那个人往右走。他们都是迷路者,只是方向不同而已。”

        或许,这位老人是个曾经的迷路人。

        而在那个看不到明天的年代,老人大概已经悟出迷路者的真谛了吧?

     

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    依依灵儿wrote:
    我期待你的一粒幸福的种子。。。。
    Feb. 7

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