剛洗完澡,電鈴就響了。有人今天沒帶鑰匙?515Please respect copyright.PENANANAr6oW0gmx
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我開門,花豹站在外頭。515Please respect copyright.PENANALVnCqASX3z
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我先是一愣,趕忙開門讓牠進來,進到我擁擠的小房間。花豹沒有坐下,牠開口:「我拿這個來跟妳交換。」邊遞出了一個緞帶綁的蝴蝶結,我接過來,滿臉疑惑。515Please respect copyright.PENANAQx2Ch8Tg2w
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「我要妳幫我保管的東西。」牠提醒。515Please respect copyright.PENANAkvCGmRkaZ5
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「啊!喔…好,等我一下。」我翻找自己放飾品的小盒子,拿出牠的領結。自然又順手的就幫牠繫上,調整好位置。515Please respect copyright.PENANAv8vwutqnqr
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牠盯著我,幾秒後,牠垂下頭,摸了自己的領結…然後是好長一陣沉默。515Please respect copyright.PENANAnYxW0DYleA
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這個動作……515Please respect copyright.PENANACz8MZNbFVc
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我瞬間明白了牠來找我的原因。515Please respect copyright.PENANANmYASgm5y7
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等牠抬起頭時,我忍不住擁抱了牠。515Please respect copyright.PENANAjCsjVYZj8z
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然後牠說「妳記得『哀悼的原因』嗎?」515Please respect copyright.PENANAwXQNR1KYd9
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「我記得。逝去的不會重生,所以哀悼是為了…感謝他們曾經出現…」515Please respect copyright.PENANAwRhISipkid
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花豹對我微笑。515Please respect copyright.PENANAzxTjpx9QLG
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然後牠在我旁邊坐下,和我說了那條緞帶蝴蝶結的來由。515Please respect copyright.PENANAdYoPVuBMIu
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「幾個月前我不想再繼續哀悼了,就去做別的事。」515Please respect copyright.PENANArXg18lyTPF
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「『哀悼』如果是一份工作,那『慶祝』就是另一份工作。」515Please respect copyright.PENANAzObAThAZ1U
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「這條緞帶,就是『慶祝』時必須用到的。」515Please respect copyright.PENANAR9y1AMKFDN
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「『慶祝』的內容是什麼呢?」515Please respect copyright.PENANA0SgBJxWcyJ
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「哀悼為失去,慶祝則是為收穫。」515Please respect copyright.PENANAMkRySuxzSm
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牠說牠為懷孕的母親慶祝、為考滿分的孩子慶祝、為成為新嫁娘的女孩慶祝、甚至只是幫一隻餓壞的流浪貓得到晚餐而慶祝。515Please respect copyright.PENANANpYvHifc08
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「然而,不是每種收穫都值得慶祝。」515Please respect copyright.PENANAxlKUDpVxl8
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牠為分到遺產的人慶祝、為詐騙集團得手而慶祝、為走紅卻變壞的藝人慶祝、為一個吵鬧不休而得到玩具的孩子慶祝…515Please respect copyright.PENANAZcq53ycqvn
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「『慶祝』根本不管收穫的原因、得到的是好是壞…『慶祝』只為了當下的『得到』與『擁有』。」515Please respect copyright.PENANAYJlbWmITki
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「有時候我才剛慶祝完,就看見負責『哀悼』的在外頭等了…」515Please respect copyright.PENANAZntXRhbErv
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我聽牠說完,點點頭,手中捏著那個蝴蝶結。515Please respect copyright.PENANALh8D7i6n04
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「所以,我也許不適合『慶祝』。」515Please respect copyright.PENANAVBxrJVSDH3
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「那你為什麼要把這個給我呢?只是為了換回你的領結嗎?」我問。515Please respect copyright.PENANAPd6uV3J3YH
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花豹搖搖頭。515Please respect copyright.PENANAR62VAD0SSI
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「我拿回領結,重回我負責『哀悼』的身分,回來第一個哀悼的對象,就是妳…」515Please respect copyright.PENANAXxOIyZoVpA
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「但是,妳應該收下這份『慶祝』。」515Please respect copyright.PENANATOva93su5h
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「妳得到了些什麼,對吧。」515Please respect copyright.PENANAJj6TJmWesd
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……我點頭。515Please respect copyright.PENANA57SoMpPEYI
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前幾天,一個重要的傢伙過世了。515Please respect copyright.PENANAjwjC9Tjmh0
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我在失去的同時,得到了……515Please respect copyright.PENANAoiNKV5OZ7a
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我想,花豹想說的是,515Please respect copyright.PENANAx9dQxiY1UF
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有時候,不是「得到」或「擁有」,只是「學會」罷了。515Please respect copyright.PENANA9MQLfhX6Gf
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難怪我們常常覺得快樂很假、難過很真,因為慶祝不分快樂的來源,只為了當下的快樂,而哀悼卻不是為了當下的難過。515Please respect copyright.PENANAlIftM8NmIM
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「逝去的,就不會再重生,唯一能做的就是哀悼,感謝他們曾經出現。」515Please respect copyright.PENANAu7wqN6FPeZ
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花豹走後,這句話還在我腦海裡繞。
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