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Less Is More - 少即是多


此文不长,建议反复读几遍,如能早日真正领会,
你就能学到做人的智慧,得益匪浅!
等到真能悟出了,代表著智慧已達巔峰,但等到真能悟出也該是衰老時。
less is more = 少即是多
最近我去見一位老業主,過去我替他設計了多家旅館,一家比一家繁複華麗。
後來他生了一場大病,到美國住了十年,現又回台北,他說他的觀念完全改變了,過去他經營的旅館,設計是用加法,現在是要求用減法,一家比一家精簡,不只成本低,回收快,且整理方便,生意更好。
減法的設計,我們學建築的早就知道”less is more 的道理。
嗯!我想不只設計,現在也可用減法來過生活,以減法來過後半生吧?
其實在世上擁有的越多,煩惱也越多。
有一棟房子,有一個煩惱,擁有兩棟,煩惱加倍。
財產越多,留給家族子孫的煩惱就越大。
最近金融風暴,也可見證那些擁有越多的人就越不快樂。
前一陣子,我為一位建築商做家庭室內設計,兩個兒子的房子都是百餘坪,等老東家房子來委託設計時,我想那不知要多豪華,未料拿來一看,大吃一驚-總面積: 二十一坪 。「這……」我才在懷疑,他打斷我的話,說:「我打拼了一輩子,蓋了不少房子,也擁有不少房子,想通了,小房子既溫馨又好整理,只剩我兩老,這就夠了! ,孩子們還想不通,由他們去吧!」
世上的一切我們只能享有,不可能擁有,何必一定要佔有?
因此,五十五歲之後的我,非必要的東西不再添購,去旅遊也不再買東西回來了,也不想與風景合照,只拍些使我感動的景緻、上帝創造的美、或設計上的新知。我覺得最要把握的是當下,在此時、此景、此物,親臨的那一刻,我是否真正認真的享受、體會、感恩,那一刻才是需要的。
六十歲那年,我把家中多餘的用品、裝飾品、收集的紀念品清了出來,拿去社團義賣,做社區服務經費。家中清楚多了。現在,該是以減法過人生的時候了。
好友Coral,是個很好的典範,她曾有過華麗的生活,但同時也曾伴著傷心的往事,而我們現在看到的她,並不會抱著過往,自哀自憐,相反的,她清理心情,拋開過去,積極地投入人群,擁抱有盼望而光明的人生。
再次提醒自己,放下對世界的慾求,放下心中的掛念,卸下對人的恩怨,過減法的生活,輕鬆的面對人生。
人,一無所有時,倒很容易滿足;一旦擁有,則有一欠九,反而不足。
心不要貪,一個人能得多少,不是自己可決定的。   

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