人生百味:浴室變奏曲(1/2)

The Shower by Al Batt A famous line from a great book reads, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." Now I know what the author meant. I am taking a shower——the best way I have found for me to start a day. Some people like an icy cold whower in the morning——one that will wake them up quickly. Not me. Some people like a very hot shower——one that eases the sleep out of the body and limbers up those sleep stifened muscles. Not me. I like showers just the way Goldilocks liked her porridge——just right. Not too cold and not too hot. Just right. While I am in a shower, I have no doubt that the day is going to be a great one. I stride the earth like a colossus. The best ideas come to me when I am in the shower. I should write them down, but the paper always gets too wet and soggy. I depend on my memory to preserve them. I sing in the shower. Normally a pathetic singer, I am a regular canary when I'm in the shower. Today I am pretending to be Elvis Presley singing It's Now or Never in front of thousands of adoring fans. The louder I sing, the more they love me. I rock. I have a neighbor who is fond of saying, "When things get too good, look out." He is Lutheran, he has to say things like that.