苟日新，日日新，又日新

Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself. I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks. I got up early and bathed in the pond; that was a religious exercise, and one of the best things which I did. They say that characters were engraven on the bathing tub of King Tching Thang to this effect: "Renew thyself completely each day; do it again, and again, and forever again." I can understand that. Morning brings back the heroic ages.

11月初的早上，冷氣團剛要從本島南端溜走，我騎了單車，後頭跟著老爹，打算讓清晨的空氣洗滌身心的髒污。然而這樣宗教式的行為並不保証有效。早上五點多就已經有不少人在運動，他們起床運動的目的卻不是每日更新自己，而是希望能為殘敗之軀多延續幾日。《法句經》有：

若人壽百歲，不知成敗事，不如生一日，見微知所忌。

正法之王尤帝世提爾說：『這世間最奇怪的事是：每天，每天，我們都知道有無數的人死去，但大多數的人卻以為自己可以一直，一直地活下去，並且不斷用這樣的想法在行動！』

據說，有一位慈濟師姊向證嚴法師投訴：『為什麼我已經作這麼多了，還是經常生病？』證嚴法師回答：『你看我，也是天天在打針。』

學佛不是為了帶來幸福、健康、富裕、美滿的人生，只是讓你能夠坦然面對生命中的不幸、病痛、窮苦及缺憾。