在對像的選擇上,有人給過一個六十秒的測驗,知道對方合不合適:
問自己下列四個問題:
第一,我會想和對方生兒育女嗎?
第二,我會希望孩子將來像對方嗎?
第三,我希望越來越像對方嗎?
第四,對方若一直沒有改變,我還願意跟他共度一生嗎?即使對方一輩子都不改變。
就品格而言,往正面、成熟的方向成長改變,是必需的,
就外表、談吐、氣質、個性、興趣而言…
愛對方,是接受對方的優點,也接納甚至欣賞缺點,即使一輩子都不改變,
愛對方的全部,就是喜歡那起初的愛,是打從心底的喜歡。
因此這首歌所訴說的是否是:
愛她/他的重點是在…心思意念上相知相惜,心有靈犀一點通,
而不在追求外在環境的因素,就是喜歡原來的樣子,那是愛對方的原因之一,
因為一開始在各方面上的吸引,成為了知己,心靈上的水乳交融,
讓那起初的愛一直都沒有改變,因此才會I love you just the way you are!
*測驗是康希牧師說的,也知道他可能會有的想法是:
神愛世人,不在乎你是否富有或貧窮、外表漂亮或醜陋、
能力好不好,神就是喜歡全部的你,祂愛你Just the way you are
Billy Joel “Just the way you are” Live 1977
Don't go changing, to try and please me
You never let me down before
Don't imagine you're too familiar
And I don't see you anymore
I wouldn't leave you in times of trouble
We never could have come this far
I took the good times, I'll take the bad times
I'll take you just the way you are
Don't go trying some new fashion
Don't change the color of your hair
You always have my unspoken passion
Although i might not seem to care
I need to know that you will always be
The same old someone that i knew
What will it take till you believe in me
The way that i believe in you.
I said I love you and that's forever
And this i promise from the heart
I could not love you any better
I love you just the way you are.
I don't want clever conversation
I never want to work that hard
I just want someone that i can talk to
I want you just the way you are.
Billy Joel – She's Always A Woman
She can kill with a smile
She can wound with her eyes
She can ruin your faith with her casual lies
And she only reveals what she wants you to see
She hides like a child
But she's always a woman to me
She can lead you to live
She can take you or leave you
She can ask for the truth But she'll never believe you
And she'll take what you give her as long as it's free
She steals like a thief
But she's always a woman to me
Oh, she takes care of herself
She can wait if she wants
She's ahead of her time
Oh, and she never gives out
And she never gives in
She just changes her mind
She will promise you more
Than the Garden of Eden
Then she'll carelessly cut you
And laugh while you're bleedin'
But she'll bring out the best
And the worst you can be
Blame it all on yourself
Cause she's always a woman to me
She is frequently kind
And she's suddenly cruel
She can do as she pleases
She's nobody's fool
But she can't be convicted
She's earned her degree
And the most she will do
Is throw shadows at you But she's always a woman to me