大俠行天下日記 我見我聞我思 03/14

春遲感悟

朱自清先生在《春》一文中寫道 ，盼望着， 盼望着 ，東風來了， 春天的腳步近了， 小草偷偷地從土裡鉆出來， 嫰嫩的， 綠綠的， 園子里 ，田園裡， 瞧去一大片一大片，滿是的， 风輕悄悄的， 草軟綿綿的 ……

週末走訪了一趟友人的農場， 佔地近三百多畝， 坐上結實的四輪帶動小車上， 奔馳在一望無際的沃土上， 有牛群、 小驢， 在廣大的土地上享受春天的陽光 ，這𥚃敍述了一個劉先生伉儷成功的故事， 半世紀前她們離鄉背井 身無分文來到這塊人人響往的土地，從讀書到創業， 歷盡艱辛， 而今成為了令人羨慕的「大地主」， 她們的成就代表了亞華裔在美國奮鬥的佳話， 事實证明， 我們是這片土地的主人翁 ，春天在她們的農場雖然來遅了些， 廣大的原野還有幾分寒意。

清晨起來時， 聽到前總統奧巴馬也感染到新冠病毒， 據說他除了有些咳嗽之外， 情況良好 ，又據輝瑞公司表示 ，我們可能要在秋天接受第四針的加強疫苗注射， 這實在令人太難受了， 這場新冠疫情浩劫已經是第三個年頭了， 在美國奪走了百萬人的生命， 是我們有史以來最大的挑戰。

春天終於遅遅地來了， 因為我家前院的粉紅桃花又再次綻放了， 它是我們迎接春天最佳的禮物和訊號。

今天我們在迎接春天之來到而把時鐘撥快一小時， 正逢學校春假之来臨 ，學生們在海灘上狂歡， 就連西點軍校的學生也在迷藥中取樂， 大西洋彼岸的歐洲戰火方酣 ，美洲大陸仍可日日笙歌， 我們是何等幸運啊。

Feelings Of A Late Spring

The Chinese author Zhu Ziqing once wrote in his article, “Spring” that he looked forward to the ‘east wind” coming. The footsteps of spring were approaching and the grass sneaks out of the earth. In the tender green garden I looked at a large area full of light wind and the grass is soft.

On the weekend, we visited a friend’s farm covering more than 350 acres in Beaumont, Texas. In the city where we spent our college days, we got on a four-wheel drive cart and drove across the endless farm land. There were cattle and donkeys all over this beautiful farm. The scene represents the successful story of Mr. and Mrs. Liu. A half century ago they came to this land looking for a new life. After getting their higher education, they contributed their whole life to America. They went through all kinds of hardships and now they have become “big landlords” in east Texas. This achievement represents a great success story of an Asian American.

When I woke up this morning I heard that former President Obama is now also infected with Covid -19. According to Pfizer, we may need to get a fourth shot of the vaccine. The pandemic is entering its third year now in America. We have lost millions of lives which is the greatest tragedy in our history.

Today we are welcoming spring and have set the clock forward one hour. Spring finally has come. Because our flowers have bloomed in our front yard, it is the best gift for our family.

While there is still fierce fighting in Ukraine, many students are enjoying their spring break now. We really are very lucky these days.