"Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs on hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate—he has little success in this—but with the other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins, for he sees different (and more) things than do the others; after all, dead as he is in his own lifetime, he is the real survivor. This assumes that he does not need both hands, or more hands than he has, in his struggle against despair."--Kafka



Wednesday, February 11, 2009

馬拉松修行

如果選一件我常想參與而又遲遲不願參與的事情,我想大抵是參加長跑吧,所以雖然向來不是村上粉絲,看到「關於跑步,我說的其實是……」這等書名,也忍不住買下來,稍稍慰解這種遙不可及的渴求吧。

從來羨慕專注的人。前陣子聽馬家輝訪問卓韻芝,提及所有專業作家都過著有規律的生活,村上春樹跑馬拉松,不單只是當作運動,還當作是修行。不少成功的人士,都過著早睡早起的生活,早起沒有啥好做,就去做運動,早睡沒有夜生活,擁有優質睡眠,謝絕豬朋狗友,多好(寫得好像那些商業self-help 書的口吻,討厭)。專注令人心無罫礙、心境澄明、當下即是,美好的事情。又想起鄧小樺常常提及江康泉的「專注的男人最有型」,怎能不認同?

五光十色的社會,誘惑太多(尤其電腦),修行是奢侈品,看村上這部書,很好看,兩日就看完了,不過我又當作是即食的體驗,我還是沒有資格過這種苦修式生活,靡爛生活依舊是我的座右銘,讓我繼續羨慕早起跑渣打馬拉松的友人們吧。

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