音樂，當然也可以用來教批判思維。
[愛自己、我係我]
Nothing ever goes away until
it teaches us what we need to know.
( Pema Chodron )
有一個年青人必須思考的問題，就是：
「甚麼是愛自己？」
不少心理學家都告訴我們要「愛自己」，
但哲學家會先解決甚麼是「我」，甚麼是「自己」，
然後去研究甚麼是「愛」，
最後才去研究如何「愛自己」。
參考：
《「我」I 》
《我 ego》(一) 《我 ego》(二) 《我 ego》(三)
隨之而來就是一連串的問題：
甚麼叫做「我係我」？
如果我認為我是不會改變的，
是否堅持不改變就是「我係我」？
是否堅持不改變就是愛自己？
除了自己的身體之外，一個肯定我是不會改變的人，
到底是一個好天真和好傻的人，還是一個成熟穩重的人？
人是否應該考慮：
甚麼可以改變，甚麼不可以改變？
那裡應該改變，那裡不應該改變？
A rationalist is simply someone for whom it is
more important to learn than to be proved right;
someone who is willing to learn from others ─
not by simply taking over another’s opinions,
but by gladly allowing others to criticize his ideas
and by gladly criticizing the ideas of others.
( Karl Popper )
如果我認為我是一個「會不斷進步的人」，
那麼「我係我」的意思就是「我是一個不斷改變的我」，
那麼是否不斷學習生命中美好的事物，努力去蕪存菁，
不斷修改個人不良的部份就是愛自己？
最後我們還要追問：
難道「我」就只包括自己一個人嗎？
「我係我」之中的我是否還會有其他人，包括親朋好友在內？
我之中有沒有他(她)？又有多少個他(她)？
《問我》
陳麗斯
張偉文
馮寶寶
一個人如果不認識自己，或者拒絕認識自己，
而人生又選擇了一條灰灰暗暗、曖曖昧昧的道路，
那麼他在死亡之前怎會有勇氣唱《My Way》這首歌？
Elvis Presley
Frank Sinatra
如果一首歌曲的填詞者並非思考方面的高手，
用一首歌曲的歌詞來教批判思維，的確是一個好方法。
[My Way (lyrics)]
And now, the end is near,
[如今大限將至，行將入木]
And so I face the final curtain.
[我要面對人生最後的一幕]
My friend, I’ll say it clear,
[我的朋友，我會清楚地說明]
I’ll state my case of which I’m certain.
[我會說清楚我經歷的一生]
I’ve lived a life that’s full,
[我活過豐盛的一生]
I’ve traveled each and every highway.
[我經過每一條超級公路]
And more, much more than this,
[而且更重要的是]
I did it my way.
[我照著自己的意願和方式去做]
Regrets？ I’ve had a few,
[遺憾？我有一些]
But then again, too few to mention.
[但少到不提也罷]
I did what I had to do,
[我做的一切都是我覺得必須做的]
And saw it through without exemption.
[每次都是執行直到結束]
I planned each charted course,
[我謀定而後動]
Each careful step along the byway,
[謹慎所行的每一步]
Oh, and more, much more than this,
[噢，而且更重要的是]
I did it my way.
[我照著自己的意願和方式去做]
Yes, there were times, I’m sure you knew,
[對，我相信你知道，有許多時]
When I bit off much more than I could chew.
[我吞下了過多我未能完全消化的東西]
But through it all, when there was doubt,
[但最後，即使心中尚有疑慮]
I ate it up and spit it out.
[我承擔責任並且坦白說出]
I faced it all and I stood tall,
[我昂首挺腰，勇敢地面對一切過失]
And did it my way.
[我照著自己的意願和方式去做]
I’ve loved, I’ve laughed and cried,
[我愛過，笑過，哭過]
I’ve had my fill, my share of losing.
[我得著過，也損失過]
And now, as tears subside,
[當淚水流完之後]
I find it all so amusing,
[我發現真的很有趣]
To think I did all that.
[我竟然會做那些事]
And may I say, not in a shy way,
[讓我光明磊落地說]
“Oh no. Oh no, not me.
I did it my way.”
[不是我，一定不是我，
因為我一向照著自己的意願和方式去做]
For what is a man？ What has he got？
[請問怎樣才算是一個人？他擁有甚麼？]
If not himself, then he has naught.
[除了他自己之外，其實他甚麼也沒有]
To say the things he truly feels,
[有勇氣說出自己真實的感受]
And not the words of one who kneels.
[而不是那些卑躬屈膝、諂媚之徒口裡的說話]
The record shows I took the blows,
[紀錄顯示我承受了堅持自己的打擊]
And did it my way！
[我照著自己的意願和方式去做]
Yes, it was my way.
[對，我照著自己的意願和方式去做]
對於那些堅持人格永不貶值的人，我們會送這首歌給他：
《Just the way you are》
Billy Joel
Diana Krall
Tadao Hayashi (harp)