二日書｜自由

對於自由（Liberty）嘅想像，通常都係關於解放（Liberation）呢個概念 — 免於恐懼嘅自由、免於匱乏嘅自由、免於＊＊嘅自由。

哲學家將呢種定義稱之為「消極自由」（negative liberty），相對又有追尋理想、自我實現嘅自由，為之「積極自由」（positive liberty）。講起追尋，我諗起 The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)：

It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson on the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking how did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue and maybe we can actually never have it. No matter what. How did he know that?

通常哲學討論完一輪嘅結果都係虛無（咩係自由、咩係快樂、乜嘢為之真實），但係概念上嘅虛無又無阻人好似反射動作咁樣，日復一日、自動自覺會追尋意義。

講到尾，自由都可以係好簡單嘅小確幸。翻風落雨嗰陣有瓦遮頭，攤喺床上面聽出面沙沙聲；入戲院睇套大爆炸動作片，或者千篇一律嘅愛情故事，明明睇開頭已經估到結局，睇睇下又會眼濕濕；肚餓嗰陣煮個麵食，食得多味精見口乾飲老火湯，或者熱氣嗰陣飲冰凍嘅五花茶（最好梗係飲常溫）。閒時同朋友飲酒傾計傾通宵，再幸福啲就攬住鐘意嘅人睇日出，瞓醒一齊食早餐。

講開又講，唔需要時刻分析利弊、感受多啲當下，可能都係一種自由。