To my love on St. Valentine's Day!

On St. Valentine's Day, I kept thinking of you and us.

Love is the greatest privilege and power known to man. The greatest thing in life is to love and be loved! And you have got all! Bless you!


I sent you a bunch of roses in pictures. And now I use words to give you my Valentine's reflections on love.

May rosebuds of love always continue to bloom in your life. May full blooms of passionate red, loyal and devoted yellow, friendly and warm pink, and cool white roses offaith enrich each of your days. And when the roses of love and happiness fade away as do all the things in this life, may you press them in the Book of Your Life and cherish them with peace in your memories. With a Bouquet of Love for you! May our love be blessed!

用寧靜的心擁抱世界

Embrace the world with a tranquil mind.

"心裡放不下別人，是沒有慈悲；
心裡放不下自己，是沒有智慧。"
Quoted from 聖嚴法師的《用寧靜的心擁抱世界》

In Praise of "Slow"

"Where on earth is the time we save?” A question that we're used to but no doubt is raised in Michael Ende's novel, Momo.

An important indication of Modernization--Industrialization--means a pursuit of punctuality and speed. Speed culture shows not only on speed-pursuing and time-saving but on time-spreading. For instance, people explore land, the sea, the universe, and even control space via internet; meanwhile, the 24-hour-open convenient stores, Karaoke and etc. are also a way of exploiting time. In fact, no matter space or time exploitation, they all have close relation to Expansionism and Possessivism.

Furthermore, Electronic media emphasize "real-time" speed. It makes us forget to properly respect and experience "real space," and also neglect the hid risk when we endlessly pursue speed.

Just as what is mentioned in Carl Honore's In Praise of Slow, speed-pursuing can not only prevent us from enjoying life, but destroy our environment. Thus, Paul Virilio, a Modern thinker, considers "speed-pursuing" a kind of "Gray Pollution" that corresponds to "Green Pollution" of environmental protection movement.

Time is money? Time, is our precious life. Time, is to love this world with our whole life!

慢活
「大家省下來的時間究竟跑哪去了？」Michael Ende在他的小說《默默》裡，提出了身為一個現代人的我們習而不察的疑問。

現代化的重要面向—工業化，同時也意味著對準時、速度的追求。速度文化除了展現在追求速度、節省時間，也展現在時間開拓上。例如，人類對陸地、海洋、太空、甚至以網路控制空間；同時，也進行時間的拓殖，因而產生二十四小時便利商店、KTV等夜生活。實際上，無論是空間或時間的拓殖，都與現代化所蘊含的擴張心態、佔有主義（Possessivism﹚密切相關。

此外，電子媒介對即時（real time）速度的強調，使我們遺忘對真實空間（real space）應有的重視與體驗，也無視我們毫無止境地追求速度所蘊藏的風險。

也正如《慢活》的作者Carl Honore所指出，追求速度不僅讓我們無法享受生命，也對環境造成破壞。因此，有人(Paul Virilio)把「追求速度」視為一種「灰色污染」，以對應於環境保護運動所對抗的「綠色污染」。

時間就是金錢？時間，就是我們寶貴的生命。時間，就是用我們的生命去愛這個世界！