10/05/2026
去年五月，人生在徬徨時，曾有兩位長輩的善意，讓我感到被人慷慨地接住，給我勇氣繼續前行。
後來她們也分別來台東，看看我和一男過得好不好。
這兩天其中一位長輩來，說想去海邊喝茶。第二天也請我設計工作坊，學習如何讓心更安定。上完後，躺在地上的我，想著是什麼樣的心境，讓人願意來這麼遠的地方，帶著禮物來看看晚輩，還出於支持說要上課，其實說穿了，也是理解創業不易，想幫助我們。
她也帶來上個月去中國徑山寺受贈的禪茶。僧人栽種與自製的綠茶，整齊劃一的芽葉，嚐起來有專一細心的淨，獨特的冷韻，與初春的甘甜。
嚐著海邊風吹沙的古樹茶，茶室裡泡給她們喝的老茶，千里來結緣的綠茶，每口味道裡，其實也是在喝著，說不出的體會。
太多理智的考量，能讓我們繼續生存，可是到頭來並不會開心。
修心的路上，偏偏心量很難打開，可是機緣會一次次向你示現，自己承蒙著很多恩澤，被稱之為安排的大手捧在手心，也因為被設身處地的對待，甘願放下心底的狹隘與自大，將領受的善意傳給更多人。
人生真的不在外求或證明自己的存在。
善待他人，相知相惜，感恩活著，盡心盡力就好。
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Last May I was struggling with some big life decisions. Two elders held me with their kindness. It gave me the courage to keep going.
Later, they both came to Taitung to see how E and I were doing. These past two days, one of them came and said she wanted to drink tea by the ocean. The next day, she asked me to design a workshop because she wanted to learn how to quiet her mind.
After the workshop, I lay on the floor thinking about what kind of heart makes someone travel this far, bringing gifts just to visit two younger friends they care about. Even joining a workshop as a way of support.
She also brought a Zen tea gifted from Jingshan Temple in China, a green tea grown and handmade by monks. The tea carried a kind of purity and carefulness that felt deeply cultivated, with the sweetness of early spring.
From the old-tree tea by the sea, to the aged tea in the tea room, to the green tea brought from afar, every cup felt like drinking something wordless within myself.
Too much rational thinking may help us survive, but it does not always make us happy.
To be treated with genuine kindness makes us more willing to let go of our pride and narrowness, and pass that kindness on to others.
Life is not about searching for answers outside ourselves or proving our existence.
To understand one another, cherish one another, and do our best with sincerity, maybe that is enough.
#靜心
#茶席 #禪
