村上春树和石黑一雄
石黑一雄
“在我们与世界融为一体的幻觉下，他在情感力量巨大的小说中，为我们揭示了一道深渊。（who, innovels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusorysense of connection with the world.）”，瑞典文学院的授奖词如是说。
2017年10月5日诺贝尔奖委员会公布文学奖得主，获奖者是一名亚裔作家：石黑一雄，1954年11月8日生于日本长崎，1960年随家人移居英国。
村上春树
日本作家村上春树曾被问到喜欢的作家，他这样评价石黑一雄：“至今，我阅读石黑的作品从未失望，也从未不以为然。”
而村上春树，虽与诺贝尔文学奖失之交臂，但作为和之前诺贝尔奖得主川端康成这样的文学泰斗一样，同样享誉国际：《挪威的森林》——在经济快速发展膨胀的社会背景下，对年轻一代人的焦虑和迷茫细腻地展现出来。
“初识”村上春树，还是大学的一次讲座，嘉宾谈到了那部《当我谈跑步时，我谈些什么》，于是买来读了起来。也是那本关于跑步的书，给我另一个新奇的体验，也开始体悟跑在路上的感觉，而不单是最初为了追求保持身材或是单纯的出出汗。
“不论到了多大年龄，只要人还活着，对自己就会有新的发现。”，村上春树这样相信着。
正是有了这份相信，在他三十三岁的时候，开始了长跑，这一跑，就成为了生命的一部分，也就有了那本关于跑步的著作《当我跑步时，我在想什么》。正如村上所写：Pain is inevitable. Suffering in optional（痛处难以避免，而磨难可以选择）。选择长跑就选择了接受改变，当然，敌人不是别人，正是自己。
长跑，过程中的风景和与自己的对话是一个跑者最长情的陪伴。和自己独处，与自己内里的声音对话，身体忍受着疲惫的煎熬，但逐渐我们认识到这样的身体的痛苦或许是成长的必要。而坚持下去，与自己同行，也是认识自己的一种方式。
在三十三岁的年龄开始长跑，如同在很大的年龄开始从事一项事业，都是一件不容易的事儿，但执着的相信并坚持，即印证了人的潜力还是有很大开发空间的。
之于跑步，之于写作，之于其他很多的选择。
在这本《当我跑步时，我在想什么》中提到写作训练日常的一个能力时，介绍了侦探小说家雷蒙特 . 钱德勒：“哪怕没有什么东西可写，我每天也肯定在书桌前坐上好几个小时，独自一人集中精力。”
这就像跑步哪怕没有很好状态，跑了会儿，身体自然的调节就会带动整个人的肌肉恢复活力，小跑一会儿也是对自己机能的训练，跑着跑着人的整个状态就会被带动起来。
写作和跑步，村上春树为此制定了严格的作息：写小说时早上五点左右起床，写作工作到早上十点半，然后锻炼。下午则是从事写作以外工作。晚上九点十点就睡觉了。
石黑一雄和妻子
而石黑一雄创作的《长日留痕》，曾获得英语文学最高奖项布克奖，他坦言这本书是他用四个星期写出来的，也即他所称的“冲锋”期间。他在写小说这件事上，经历了成功带来的干扰：“对写作生涯潜在有益的各式宴会邀请，极具吸引力的外国旅游机会和堆积如山的来信使得我的正常工作无法进行。此前的夏天我写了一部新小说的开头，如今一年已经过去，毫无进展。”
无法专注在自己的事情上令他苦恼。
随后，便和妻子商量了计划，安排了”冲锋“四周的写作专属时间，如他所描述地：“每周一到周六的早上九点到晚上十点半，除了写作我什么事都不做。中午用一个小时吃饭，晚饭则用两个小时。”
就这样坚持了四周后，他基本完成了整部小说。
村上春树和石黑一雄，似乎有种不言而喻的共性隐藏在他们身后……
我
读书，也是读一部人生，与作家进行一次对话，而通过他们两位的文字和人生，我也在慢慢改变着自己的节奏和认知……
说到自己跑步的经历，在巴黎断断续续一直没放弃的就是跑步。当时写过一篇文章发表在领英的个人主页“This morning, what did I learn after getting up at 5（这个清晨，五点后起床我体会到什么）”，记录一段时间的晨跑和早晨的生活：五点钟起床，看书、学外语、晨跑，满满的一个早上就完全供应了一天工作所需的多巴胺。当时有法国同事都会很好奇地问：“你怎么每天都这么有能量？！”
6点半的巴黎
通过跑步，唤醒了我其他的认知，就好像无意做一些事儿，但总会有意外的收获。正如一位美国作家Hal Elrod所说：“It’s time to wake up your full potential （是时候唤醒你的潜能了）”。每天早上当叫醒你的不再是闹钟，而是唤醒晨练或是一本书、一杯温水，静静冥想思考，而时间会慢慢告诉你——你的改变。
作家Seth Godin说：“ ‘Life’s too short’ is repeated often enough to be a cliché, but thistime it’s true. You don’t have enough time to be both unhappy and mediocre. It’snot just pointless ; It’s painful （‘人生转瞬即逝’这样的话已被重复成陈词滥调，但这话是真的。你没有时间让自己活得不开心还平庸。这不仅没意义；而且是痛苦的）。” 当时看到这两句话觉得就是给我写的，在巴黎有段时间似乎平淡到连巴黎这么文艺、精彩的城市都唤醒不起我的精神。直到开始坚持跑步，慢慢改变了我对每天的期待，让我更有力去拥抱崭新的一天。
清晨7点的巴黎
选择了在清晨跑步，在巴黎十六区绕着埃菲尔铁塔、塞纳河和天鹅岛…… 每天清晨伴着日出的第一缕光一道出发，路上行人和车辆还稀疏，就这样绕过自由女神像、铁塔和沿路的河水，望着远方日出的红晕，浸润着塞纳河尽头的天空，将自己也融进这染红了的画里……
那个月突破了很多，一个月跑了139公里，其中有一周跑了两次半马。身体和心理都在突破自己的认知，跑起来，你都不知道自己还可以这么强大。
跑者，在路上思考，在思考中强大。后来又发布了一篇后续文章 “What changes have been on you since lastarticle ‘This morning, what did I learn after getting up at 5’?（自上篇文章‘这个清晨，五点后起床我体会到什么’，我有了什么改变）”。
有一位职业经理分享了文章并写了评论“ Wake up to explore your full potential, enjoy life and sunrise. I’ve done it again this morning and had a great day full of energy and optimism. Pushed myself to the limit but only in these situations I feel alive （醒来去探索自己的潜能、享受生活和日出。这个清晨如约而至，又是充满能量和积极的一天。让自己接近极限，只有这样才感觉到自己的活力）”。
正如毛姆那句话：“每把剃刀都有它的哲学。” 一件事，也许并不伟大，但是坚持久了，自有其哲学和动人之处。跑步，对于村上春树，就是这样的吧。
早上8、9点的巴黎
回味
读了中文的版本后，时隔几年，又通读了村上春树的英文翻译版，也就有了这篇简短的随感。同样的文字，每次都后的感受都不完全一样，不如放在下面回味一下：
Book: “What I Talk about When I Talk about Running”
“Each shave lies a philosophy”, Somerset Maugham once put. Interestingly, interpreted in some way by a writer and runner Haruki Murakami as “No matter how mundane some actionmight appear, keep at it long enough and it becomes a contemplative, even meditative act”.
In a certain age of life, we might try to figure out what kind of life we would like to manage and lead. There could be hardly any other questions like this to question our life meaning. For Haruki Murakami, writing and running have composed most of his life and they are where the meaning lies. In his book “What I Talk about When I Talk about Running”, through a progressive self-questioning and interactive dialogue with his inner minds and his body, he shares some life quotes underlying his smooth streams of consciousness.
Both writing and running, for him, are his options to make a difference in life: not to win, but to tap his full potential. As he says, “Most runners run not because they want to live longer, but because they want to live life to the fullest.” Running, as an option at his full willingness, for most of people, can be a suffering adventure rather than a joyful experience. However, he shares his philosophy in this way, “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
For sure, our minds decide the processing of the external impacts on us, sorrowful or grateful, pessimistic or optimistic. We lead a sort of life which can be decrypted by our own interpretations. It means that “If you’re young and talented, it’s like you have wings”. If we have the power to exert our efforts to challenge our status quo and be ourselves when in solitude, tapping to the utmost potential could not be something unachievable or inaccessible.
Here is another saying which inspired me to practice something early in the morning:
“I’ll be happy if running and I can grow old together.”
村上春树 跑步
村上春树（Haruki Murakami）的句子欣赏
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
“The most importantthing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things can't be learned at school.”
“I’m the kind of person who likes to be by himself. To put a finer point on it, I’m the type of person who doesn’t find it painful to be alone. I find spending an hour or two every day running alone, not speaking to anyone, as well as four or five hoursalone at my desk, to be neither difficult nor boring. I’ve had this tendencyever since I was young, when, given a choice, I much preferred reading books on my own or concentrating on listening to music over being with someone else. I could always think of things to do by myself.”
“I look up at the sky, wondering if I'll catch a glimpse of kindness there, but I don't. All I see are indifferent summer clouds drifting over the Pacific. And they have nothing to say to me. Clouds are always taciturn. I probably shouldn't be looking up at them. What I should be looking at is inside of me. Like staringdown into a deep well. Can I see kindness there? No, all I see is my own nature. My own individual, stubborn, uncooperative often self-centered naturethat still doubts itself--that, when troubles occur, tries to find something funny, or something nearly funny, about the situation. I've carried thischaracter around like an old suitcase, down a long, dusty path. I'm notcarrying it because I like it. The contents are too heavy, and it looks crummy,fraying in spots. I've carried it with me because there was nothing else I wassupposed to carry. Still, I guess I have grown attached to it. As you might expect.”
“I've always done whatever I felt like doing in life. People may try to stop me, and convince me I'm wrong, but I won't change.”
“Being active everyday makes it easier to hear that inner voice.”
“It doesn’t matterhow old I get, but as long as I continue to live I’ll always discover something new about myself.”
“An unhealthy soul requires a healthy body.”
补充阅读
This morning, what did I learn after getting up at 5
作者简介
常识
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如今在非洲大陆，用文字滋养成长的创客。
决定你上限的不是能力，而是格局。
年轻，不如去闯。
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