情意結.

人生路

Complex of Love                                      

C』est la vie

在九龍塘歌和老街近窩打老道有一棵扭曲的大葉合歡,樹形奇特,正是樹木"向性"的教學典範.植物向上生長是天然本性.當樹木生長出現傾斜,它會自然矯正.過多了,便再矯正.再過多了,便又再矯正.此樹樹幹出現多達六次的方向轉變,顯示它從不放棄的決心!

There is a Lebbeck tree (Albizia lebbeck) at Cornwall Street near Waterloo Road in Kowloon Tong.   Its unique tree form is a classic example when we study 「tropism」 of trees.  Plants grow up is their nature. When the tree grows in a tendency to lean, it will instinctively rectify itself.  If it』s too much, then rectify again; again and again…. You can see six turns of direction in this tree trunk which shows its determination to never give up!

谷主經過九龍塘時總喜歡望它一眼.一個人的成長,總會走過一些冤枉路,好彩的早發現,便會糾正過來.谷主行錯路後的轉變,相信與此樹有得比.

希望這棵樹也讓你有所啟發.

Whenever I pass by there, I always like to take a look at this tree. In our journey of growth, we inevitably make some wrong turns.  If we are lucky, we discover it soon enough to rectify the situation in time.  The number of wrong turns that I have had so far is comparable to this tree. 

Hope this tree also sprinkles some inspirations on you.

作者: Leon Lau, 譯者: Mary Chung

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