Holy family

 

Shoonyin's Diary
Today, my church celebrates the Feast of the Holy Family. The Feast of the Holy Family doesn't necessarily mean a perfect family, but rather a place where people support and serve one another. The Roman Latin word for "family" is "Familus," which means to serve.
I remembered when my mother was sick, my father would call me to his office several times a day for even very trivial matters, like when my mother needed a diaper change. I would always patiently tell him that I was attending clients and could not  just leave the office. Besides, my boss was very difficult; if I asked to leave the office, she would yell at me.
At other times, my father would call to say that my mother needed to see a doctor at the clinic. I would tell him that I could only pick her up during my lunch break. Fifteen minutes later, he would call again and said the same thing. In the end, I could only arrange for my older sister to pick them up, and then I would wait for them at Dr. Pang's clinic.
By the time I had everything arranged, lunch break was over. Back in the office, I quickly drank a glass of water and ate a few cookies before my boss started yelling. Just before I was about to break down, the words of an old monk became my only solace.
The old monk asked the young monk: "If you take a step forward, you will die, and if you take a step back, you will die, what should you do?"
The young monk said without hesitation: "I will go to the side."
When you're at your wit's end and facing difficulties on the road of life, try thinking from a different perspective. You might realize that the roadside is also a road.

顺英的日記
今天我所在的教堂慶祝了聖家節。聖家節不一定意味著完美的家庭，而是指一個彼此扶持、互相服事的地方。羅馬拉丁語中“家庭”一詞是“Familus”，其意義就是服侍。
我記得母親生病的那段時間，父親每天都會打電話到我的辦公室好幾次，都是些瑣事，例如母親需要換尿布。
我總是很有耐心地告訴他，我正在接待客戶，不能離開辦公室。而且，我的老闆非常難纏，如果我要求離開辦公室，她會對我大吼大叫。
有時，父親會打電話說母親需要去診所看醫生。我會告訴他，我只能在午休時間去接她。十五分鐘後，他會再打電話說同樣的事情。最後，我只能安排姊姊去接她們，然後我自己去龐醫生的診所等她們。
等我把一切都安排妥當，午休時間已經結束了。
回到辦公室後，我趕緊喝了杯水，吃了幾塊餅乾，老闆就開始大吼大叫。
就在我快要崩潰的時候，一位老僧的話語成了我唯一的慰藉。
老僧問年輕僧人：“你向前走一步就會死，向後走一步也會死，你該怎麼辦？”年輕僧人毫不猶豫地回答：“我向旁邊走。”
當你走投無路，在人生的道路上遇到困境時，換個角度思考，你或許會明白：路邊也是一條路。