我不是完美小孩

喜歡幾米這本新近出版的繪本裡的格言：


不要害怕完美，因為你永遠達不到它。
Have no fear of perfection, you'll never reach it.
~ 達利 Salvador Dali／西班牙畫家

為了追求更好，我們毀損了原已夠好的。
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
~ 莎士比亞 Shakespeare/英國作家

如果這世界完好，
一點問題都沒有，
我們不就無事可做了。
If there was nothing wrong in the world,
there wouldn't be anything for us to do.
~ 簫伯納 George Bernard Shaw/作家

完美有一個重大缺陷。
它往往是無趣的。
Perfection has one grave defeat.
It is apt to be dull.
~ 毛姆 William Somerset Maugham/英國作家

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完美的大人都是小孩
大人天天哭窮，卻天天購物。
大人整天抱怨時間不夠用，
卻花很多時間看電視。
大人常常喊累，卻花很多力氣對政府生氣。
大人只會管小孩，卻從來不好好管管自己。
如果我變成大人，一定不要跟他們一樣，
如果會跟他們一樣，我就不要變成大人 .....

(rough translation)
Adults always complain that they are poor,
yet they go shopping every day.
Adults all day complaining about lack of time,
yet they spend a lot of time watching TV.
Adults are often tired,

but spend a lot of effort to get angry at the government.
Adults only like to control children,

but never have a good look at their own self.
If I turn into an adult, i don't want to be like them,
If i would become one of them, then I do not want to be an adult .....