Childhood

記得初學這個英文單字時，
恰巧聽到Michael Jackson 的歌曲 〈childhood〉，
以至於日後只要我聽到"childhood"這個英文單字，
這時Michael Jackson便會故人再現，歌聲響起於耳畔.....（堪稱靈媒的功力了...）

除了欣賞這美妙又夢幻的曲風，
Michael Jackson 那細膩溫柔帶著小小乞求的演唱詮釋方式，也令人深深動容；
我喜歡歌詞中的一段：
"Before you judge me, try hard to love me,
 Look within your heart then ask,
 Have you seen my Childhood?"

每個人都不能全然的了解他人的過去，
尤其是童年經驗影響人性格塑造的絕大部份。

也許我們不能理解某個人或某種跟自己截然不同類型的人，
可是我們可以尊重且不傷害他。
就像我們也不能完全瞭解動物的語言，
可是我們並沒有因為不夠了解家裡養的寵物的每一個動作或表情，
就排擠或討厭牠們；
我們只是懷著關懷去跟牠們相處，甚至帶著愛的好奇，
尊重牠們有牠們的世界，有自己的表情跟語言。
那麼，你又為何不能這樣對待他人？

從前看過一句話：「在世界末日之前，上帝還不急著審判人呢！」
生活中會遇到的形形色色的人那麼多，我們都應該用更寬容的心去對待他人，
畢竟再多的臆想跟猜疑，都不能代表當事人的感受跟思維。
而過多的排擠跟不屑，也無助於人類關係的和諧。

lyric:

Have you seen my Childhood?
I'm searching for the world that I come from
'Cause I've been looking around
In the lost and found of my heart...
No one understands me
They view it as such strange eccentricities...
'Cause I keep kidding around
Like a child, but pardon me...

People say I'm not okay
'Cause I love such elementary things...
It's been my fate to compensate,
for the Childhood
I've never known...

Have you seen my Childhood?
I'm searching for that wonder in my youth
Like pirates in adventurous dreams,
Of conquest and kings on the throne...

Before you judge me, try hard to love me,
Look within your heart then ask,
Have you seen my Childhood?

People say I'm strange that way
'Cause I love such elementary things,
It's been my fate to compensate,
for the Childhood I've never known...

Have you seen my Childhood?
I'm searching for that wonder in my youth
Like fantastical stories to share
The dreams I would dare, watch me fly...

Before you judge me, try hard to love me.
The painful youth I've had

Have you seen my Childhood...