Insight / 洞察力

新的一年剛開始，我的小盆栽便給我驚喜，種了將近五個月的九層塔開花了。

My basil gave me a really pleasant surprise at the beginning of the new year. After five months, it has bloomed. 

       從去年延續到今年，植物是我生活很重要的一部分。這個月開始我在植標館也有新任務，現在我是導覽員，並不是我的知識三級跳，而是我想從實作中學習可以進步得更快，可是當我在資深工作人員旁實習時，很少嫉妒別人的我，在那一刻卻很希望自己可以立刻看穿生命的成長和變化。我不禁想到前幾天讀到的台灣植物界的奠基之父早田文藏，從年少時便關心生死，這成為他研究植物以找出生命答案的動機。

   Since last summer, plants have played a key role in my life. Now I have a new task in the herbarium. I am the guide in the new exhibit room on the weekend shift. Well, not that I have suddenly turned pro. It's just that I think I'll learn faster through doing the job. However, when I did the internship under the guide of the staff, I, who hardly feel jealous in my life, can't help wishing that I could see through all that superficial complexity. This also reminds me of one of the leading figures I was reading about a few days ago, Bunzo Hayata, the father of Taiwanese botany. He was inspired to be a botanist at a young age by his strong desire to learn about death and life. 

       儘管現在的我沒有洞察力，但是我有很強烈的學習念頭，我的2014年會因此充滿光亮。

   I don't have the insight now, but fortunately I am well-motivated. I think my new year will be full of light because I want to learn so much.