万圣节随笔

 万圣节到来了。老妹从加拿大给我打电话第一句话就是“trick or treat."西方习俗对鬼神少了一份敬畏，多了一些嬉戏的成分。这点我有点西方化，生和死看得很开，一切顺其自然。我和我先生就是在鬼节注册结婚的，我当时想这辈子和你在一起，死了以后还要在一起。这辈子你都跑不掉，哈哈，下辈子你还跑不掉，生生世世在一起。

我很喜欢Tagore有关对死亡描写的诗。On the day when death will knock at thy door what wilt you offer to him?

Oh. I will set before my guest the full vessel of my life ----- I will never let him go with empty hands.

All the sweet vintage of all my autumn days and summer nights, all the earnings and gleanings of my busy life will I place before him at the close of my days when death will know at my door.

如果人生浑浑噩噩，在死神面前不可能有如此的洒脱。