今天是5月19日(农历四月十五),北仑天气多云转晴,汶川一带为多云。四川省地震局公告称汶川余震活动水平为6—7级左右,5月19日至20日汶川8.0级地震区附近余震发生的可能性较大。
上午九点半,我来到位于北仑区行政办公楼九楼的北仑区慈善总会,准备将上个周末咱们成人和少儿英语角义卖募捐到的12507元交给他们转赠到灾区。一进门颇感惊讶:平常只有三个工作人员的慈善办公室今天临时添了两套桌椅,五六个工作人员忙着接待络绎不绝的捐款者,一旁还有北仑电台的记者在“捕捉”新闻。年前我曾来到这里将英语角写春联义卖所得的400元结对助学,其中的一个工作人员竟认出我来自小山英语角,热情地向我打招呼。我将12507元捐款一一从文晗交给我的小红包里取出(这个小红包可能是ROBBIE到中国哪个少数民族旅游点买来的吧,样式非常别致),除了一大叠百元的人民币,还有一些十元、二十元甚至一元的零钱,垒成一座小山。一旁的记者显然被“小山”所吸引,迅速将镜头对准它。记者的话筒也在我面前调整好,“请问,你是来捐款的吗?这么多零钱是由谁捐的呢?”
我不知道自己有没有将这几天围绕支援灾区发生在咱们英语角义卖募捐的感人事情叙述清楚,但那一刻,激荡我内心、澎湃不已的是一支爱的火炬。
2008年5月19日14时28分,我参加了北仑区行政办公楼前的为四川汶川大地震遇难者默哀3分钟仪式。随着一声声汽笛长鸣,手佩小白花的我不禁泪如雨下。那一刻,从天安门广场到长城内外、十亿国人为汶川地震失去的几万条鲜活的生命举行国葬;那一刻,从天涯海角到天府之国十亿国人向在汶川地震中日夜奋战的解放军战士、医务人员、志愿者以及所有的工作者而致意!
晚上收到KAREN的一封E-MAIL, 情真意切,和波波一起细细读过:
I don't know why I find myself breaking into tears.......and when the sirens rang at 2:28 this afternoon, my heart seemed to break once again. China is not my home but the Chinese people are my family. I pray that God will bless you during this terrible time of mourning. I wrote this paper this afternoon and wanted to share it with you. Love Karen
Stand Strong Stand Firm We Are With You
This was the chant of thousands of Chinese citizens as they gathered together at Tiananmen Square in China’s capital, this afternoon. The crowds were standing in front of the Gate of Heavenly Peace but most, were not peaceful. The united Chinese people were observing three minutes of silence this afternoon to mourn and remember the people who lost their lives in the earthquake in Sichuan.
We have been flooded with pictures of families, just like ours, who have lost a loved one, a Grandma, a husband or a child. Nothing will ever comfort the family who has lost a child. Our hearts go out to them….we cry for their loss and we cry for ours. What have we lost? We have lost our innocence; where we once thought that we would live to be eighty or ninety, we now see how fleeting life is.
No longer do we count on tomorrow because tomorrow is not guaranteed. We have come to realize that this terrible earthquake could have hit our city. It could have been us digging through the crumbled remains of a building looking for our child or workmate or our neighbors.
We aren’t as concerned about the Olympic Games as we were a week ago. China’s Olympic slogan still rings true today: “One World One Dream”. The world has united together to send support to the survivors with assistance, food and of course, money .More than this though, I believe that the world is mourning with China.
The world has become smaller than it ever was before because Chinese people, who live all over the world, are sending their love and support. I know that the rest of the world is standing beside their sister, China, and offering to help. Now we want to help in everyway we can. How can we help though, we are so far away from Sichuan?
Personally I believe that the best way that we can help, after sending money, is by changing our lives. If we make the decision to love our child in a special way, everyday, then we are remembering the children that lost their lives, so young. If we show kindness to our neighbors and work mates, everyday, then we can change the world, in memory of all those neighbors and workmates who perished.
We will mourn for a long time still, and it may be years before the concrete cities are rebuilt, but we can honor the memory of those who lost their lives by loving those who are still alive. Let’s not work so hard or study so much that we forget to love those who are near us, in memory of those 30,000 who are no longer with us today. May 19, 2008
此刻窗外一轮皎洁圆月凉意似水,让人想起昨晚央视“爱的奉献”赈灾晚会王菲与众人合唱一首《但愿人长久》:
明月几时有
把酒问青天
不知天上宫阙
今昔是何年
我欲乘风归去
又恐琼楼玉宇
高处不胜寒
起舞弄清影
何似在人间
转朱阁
低绮户
照无眠
不应有恨
何事长向别时圆
人有悲欢离合
月有阴晴圆缺
此事古难全
千百年来多少人低吟轻唱过苏轼的这首《水调歌头》,“人有悲欢离合,月有阴晴圆缺,此事古难全”逝者已去、生者当自强!