自由如鸟

转来我在美坛每日一语活动中的一帖。

非常庆幸自己生长到了这个世界；经历了这个年代。现在有了这么好的自由：可以随性地读；可以仔细地想；可以走心地说真话；可以认真地做实事。

我还相信：人，只有在放下了表面和虚荣的自我后，才能找到真正的自我和自由。

 

自由万岁！！！

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Free as a bird

The idiom means that you are free to go where you like when you like and do what you like.

- It's also a symbol of freedom and independence, whether it be political, social, or personal.

- It's also a metaphor for someone who is free-spirited who are true to themselves and live life on their own terms.

- It's also a spiritual concept: to represent the soul that is free from the constraints of the physical world, to transcend the limitations of the body and connect with something higher.

Origin:

- Bible:  Psalms 124:7-8  "We've flown free from their fangs, free of their traps, free as a bird. Their grip is broken; we're free as a bird in flight."

- Originally, German word vogelfrei (=outlawed currently) merely meant "as free as a bird, not bound." That is the usage in a German source from 1455. Even Martin Luther (1483–1546) and Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1531) used the term still in its original meaning.

For me, freedom of thinking and speaking are the important things which I didn't have before I came to Canada.  Also I believe one has to forgo self (image, status, ego, .. etc) to really feel free and to be truly free.

This morning, I came across to the song of " 生命光芒 "from 原创音乐剧《赵氏孤儿》and felt moved.  So I quickly wrote a little "poem" based on the lyrics:

Life is open to everyone

Death is fair to everyone

Light wants to shine over everyone

Darkness likes to swallow up everyone

With muddy waters under the feet,

and injured wings

You fly up high to catch the cloud

for freedom and happiness

You stand on the sharp edge of the blade

gritting teeth but keep singing

You are, We are, 

the free birds.