你認為距離是衡量你和我不同的標準之一。你說：我們之間的距離越遠，我們越不相同。我說：我們之間的距離越遠，我們將越不需要考慮距離。

距離決定我們的相對地理位置。如果我們處在遙遙相對的海的兩邊，我們期待不同的晝夜時刻，你不會選擇與我同一個時刻就寢，因為你不會讓這樣的睡眠變成你的奢侈，你會考慮是否願意付出相當的代價縮小我們的不同。我累了，於是我上床睡覺，因為我知道當你倦了，你會停下來，走到床邊，坐下，整理棉被，然後躺下來，蓋上棉被，閉上眼睛。

距離決定我們所處的經濟境地。當你享受綠茵豐收，我面對的是風搖地動，我們對神有不同的期待，我們對自己有不同的認知，這將不只是男女的不同、膚色的不同，我們的語言（特別是祈禱的語言）與信仰也變得很不相同。我們在這樣的時刻，望著同樣的天空，聽著祖先的故事，唱著小時候的歌曲。

距離決定我們對情感的想像。漸漸的，在你的心中，我將慢慢變成你想要的樣子。你無法忍受一成不變，於是我變得多變；平凡變得無趣，所以我變得不平凡。在我的心中，我慢慢得將你還原成你自己。我在我的記憶中旅行，我在你的臉頰旁停留，我坐在你的身邊很久很久。當時間無限的延伸，我不再坐在你的身邊，於是你成為你自己。

親愛的你，我和你一樣，我們也和許多許多的人一樣，必須面對潮汐的起落與晝夜的變化，我們的肩上的包袱沈重，我們為情感作決定。但是，我的親愛，請不要害怕，我們與星辰一樣輪迴，我們與花草一樣青春，我們也與山水一樣蒼老。你和我都不孤獨。

You think that Distance is a measure of differences. You say: the farther we are apart, the more different we become. I say: the farther we are apart, the less we have to concern about Distance.

Distance decides where we are geographically. If each of us is on each side of the ocean, we expect different day and night. You wouldn’t choose to go to bed at the same time as I would. You would not be willing to pay such a price to reduce our difference. I am tired, so I go to bed. I know when you are tired, you stop doing whatever you do, you walk to bed, sit down, straighten your blanket, and then you lie down and close your eyes.

Distance determines our economical contexts. When you enjoy harvests, I suffer the winds and the earth trembling. We expect differently from God. We know ourselves differently. These are not only the differences between genders and races. Our languages (especially the praying languages) and beliefs would be different, too. At this moment, we watch the same sky. We listen to the ancestors’ stories. We hum our children’s tune.

Distance fulfills our imagination of love. Gradually, in your mind, you turn me into the way you like. You cannot bear conventions, so I become extraordinary. In my mind, you gradually become yourself. I travel in my memory. I stop at your cheek. I sit next to you for a long long time. When time is no longer time, I don’t sit next to you any more. You become yourself.

Dear you, I am the same as you. We are the same as many many people in the world. We have to face the tides and waves. We experience the change of day and light. We carry such a heavy burden over us. We decide our love. However, my dear, please don’t be afraid. We are turning the same wheel as the stars. We are as young as blooming flowers and as old as the mountains. You and I are not alone.

**painted by Jimmy(幾米)