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爱一个人,就要允许他/她成长为自己

不是个小变化。

以前的座右铭是亚里士多德的一句话:优秀是一种习惯(We are what we repeatedly do. Therefore, excellence is not an act. It is a habit.) 这句话从我写博客开始,到现在已经用了七八年了。

现在换了:爱一个人,就要允许他/她成长为自己。不是因为亚里士多德的话不对,是因为除了优秀,还有更重要的事情。

以前的我,很想成为他人眼中优秀的人。当然每个人都有自己的历史和障碍,挣扎也好,奋斗也好,过了这么久,惊觉大多数时候敌人竟是自己。今天,看到一个妈妈在博客上讲述自己与父母的故事,感到深深得难过。同时也为她而喜悦,因为当她打开心里面这最柔软又最令人战栗的部分的时候,她已经准备好了成长。于是,我就这样坐在家里为一个千里之外的陌生人痛哭流涕并衷心祝福着。陌生人吗?素未谋面。陌生人吗?都走在相同的路上。每一个无法公开深入谈论自己父母的人,想必都有一个运作不良的原生家庭,一段伤心并且仍然无法释怀的历史。有人每日奔忙无暇顾及自己的历史,有人不敢抬眼哪怕是看一看自己的历史,有人把自己的历史用鲜花装饰起来,有人装作什么都没有发生过,也有人愤怒把自己的历史踢得远远的。而成长,就是有一天我们能够检视、尊重并承认历史的本来面目,就像尊重我们自己一样。

小的时候,渴望来自父母的爱与承认。长大了,要放下这份对爱与承认的执着,找到自己本来的面目并且爱自己。

骚动的青春中迎来成年,我们找到了伴侣,要放下心中的想象,看到并爱他/她的本来面目。

做了父母,要放下心目中那个理想孩子,允许和帮助孩子成为他/她自己。

太满的瓶子装不下新的东西,不放下原本那个自我所定义的种种,自己就没有办法成长。不把自己的人生之锚从父母、伴侣和孩子身上收回来,他们想要做自己就更多了一层障碍,特别是孩子。我们都不想让孩子重复我们自己的错误,或者吃自己吃过的亏。带着改头换面的决心,却每每夜深人静的时候发现自己走在老路上,惊出一身冷汗。如此,是放下之难。

那个躲在潜意识迷雾中的自己,似乎就在角落里,却无从触及。如此,是成长之难。

路漫漫且行之不易。好在,有了成长的愿望,便是成功了一半。

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冥想练习:与母亲和解

选自海灵格2009年6月香港组织排列工作坊

Now you close your eyes.
Now we look at our mother and we feel the distance between her and us.
And we take a very small step to overcome this distance.
Just a very small step.
And facing the fear and the pain that prevent us from taking this small step.
And if we gathered enough courage, we take another small step.
And we look her in the eye, and take another small step.
And so we move on until we reach her.
(long pause)

And we say to her:
“Now I take you as my mother, exactly as you are.
Dear mom, I take my life from you, in its fullness as you give it to me, together with my father.
Now I am rich(意指丰盛).
I got all that I need.
And I will do something great with it.
I will serve life, in memory of you.
I will do something great now, as your child.”

Then we turn our back on her, feeling her behind us.
And we look forward at our business, our profession, our work.
And we take a small step, in that direction.
And then another one, and then another one.
Look straight at them(指business).
And tell them: “Now I am ready.”