麥苗
今天看，
和昨天沒有區別。
明天看，
似乎也沒有變化。
於是人會覺得：
它沒有生長。
一週之後？
一月之後？
麥田，
已經變成另一種顏色。
生命裡許多重要的事，
都是這樣發生的。
成長如此，
衰老如此，
任何事物
從來不是突然出現，
而是在無數個看似沒有變化的日子裡，
悄悄完成。
平常心是道。
道不在遠方，
而在每天的
吃飯、
喝茶、
行走、
呼吸之中。
一天過去，
感受不到有什麼不同。
但時間，
從未停止。
生命，
也從未停止。
走路時走路，
看花時看花。
麥苗不會因為風雨而不再生長。
花朵不會因為期待而提前開放。
萬物皆有其時。
緩，
不是慢。
而是順應萬物節奏的智慧。
Ku Slow
The wheat shoots in the field
look no different today
than they did yesterday.
Tomorrow,
they may seem unchanged as well.
So we assume
nothing is happening.
But what about a week later?
A month later?
The entire field
has become something else.
—
Many of the most important things in life
unfold this way.
Growth is like this.
Aging is like this.
Mastery is like this.
Practice is like this.
Nothing appears all at once.
Everything is completed quietly
through countless days
that seem unchanged.
—
Zen says,
“The ordinary mind is the Way.”
The Way is not somewhere far away.
It is found
in eating,
drinking tea,
walking,
and breathing.
—
A day passes,
and we feel no different.
A month passes,
and little seems to have changed.
Yet time
never stops.
And life
never stops growing.
—
When walking,
just walk.
When looking at flowers,
just look at flowers.
When it is time to read,
read.
When it is time to create,
create.
—
The wheat does not grow faster
because of impatience.
A flower does not bloom sooner
because of expectation.
Everything has its season.
—
Slow
is not slowness.
It is the wisdom
of moving with the rhythm
of all things.
