"Nourish This Child"
by Michael Jackson, 1993
《 Pigtails and Froglegs : A Family Cookbook from Neiman Marcus 》
Marcus Neiman／著 Chuck Jones／插圖（1993年出版）
序文：養育孩子
中文來源：百度貼吧（翻譯：Flight_7）
對孩子來說，食物是一種特別的東西。它不僅僅是指好吃的味道，或者塑造健康身體的維生素，食物還是【愛】/【關心】/【安全】和【希望】，代表了一個家庭所能提供的一切。
還記得小時候媽媽為你烤的甜餅嗎？當她切了一塊放在你的盤子裏的時候，那就是她對你的愛。她讓饑餓遠離你，你吃飽了肚子，得到了滿足，於是一切都平安無恙。你的滿足感來自於那個甜餅，媽媽用她的愛養育了你。食物是一種我們所有人在生理上不可或缺的東西，但同時它也是愛，更深一層地說，是塑造我們人格的營養。
在使用這本書之前，請你自己想一想這對養育一個孩子有多麼的必要。這本書裏充滿了美味佳餚。每一道菜的材料都格外的用心，因為作者總是在為孩子著想。他們尤其會顧慮到那些由於貧困，疾病，或者殘疾而不能獲得充分營養的孩子們。這些都是需要用食物來拯救的孩子。 拯救世界基金會的宗旨是“貼近我心”，這本書的主題也是如此。這些食譜都呈現了這個精神。請你在做菜的同時把它放在心上。你的孩子一定能夠在愛的呵護下，堅強地成長。在打雞蛋，量一杯麵粉的同時，你也在魔法般地攪拌著人生的禮物。食物的蛋白質和礦物質會變為我們的骨頭和肌肉，而你在做菜時的用心將會塑造一個靈魂。
我很高興大家開始重視孩子們精神上的需求。孩子們沒有力量能夠直接讓戰爭結束，讓長久以來的糾紛平息。他們可以做的就是做好他們自己，在感恩時發光，在被愛時歡樂。然而最終，這不正是最巨大的力量嗎？在孩子的眼睛裏，你被提升到了一個施予關愛和傳遞人生的特別境界，成為歡樂的源泉。
也許你會覺得你的蘋果派裏只放了糖和香料。但是孩子是聰明的，他只要吃了第一口，就會明白這道特別的菜是你愛心的結晶。
讓我們享用吧！ 拯救世界基金會
Michael Jackson
英語原文
"Nourish This Child"
by Michael Jackson, 1993
"To a child, food is something special. It isn’t just a delicious taste or the vitamins that build a healthy body. Food is love and caring, security and hope — all the things that a food family can provide.
Remember when you were little and your mother made a pie for you? When she cut a slice and put it on your plate, she was giving you a bit of herself, in the form of her love. She made your hunger go away, and when you were full and satisfied, everything seemed all right. Because that satisfied feeling was in the pie, you were nourished from a deep level. Food is something we all need physically, but so is love, the deeper nourishment, that turns into who we are.
Think about how necessary it is to nourish a child with a bit of yourself when you use this book. It is full of delicious things. Every recipe has an extra ingredient of caring, because the people who wrote them were thinking of the children. They were specially thinking of those who aren’t able to take nourishment for granted because they are poor, sick or disabled. These are the children who need food to heal.
The theme of 'Heal the World', which has been close to my heart, is the central theme of this book, also. Here are recipes for the spirit. Please make them with that in mind. Your child is growing spirit that can be knit strong with love. When you break an egg and measure a cup of flour, you are magically mixing the gift of life. The food’s proteins and minerals will turn into bones and muscles, but your feeling as you cook will turn directly into a soul.
It makes me happy to think that the needs of children’s spirits are at last becoming important in this world. Children have no power to end wars directly or to mend age-old differences.
All they can do is be themselves, to shine with gratitude and joy when love is turned their way. Yet isn’t that ultimately the greatest power? In the eyes of a child you become the source of joy, which lifts you into the special category of caregiver and life-provider.
You may think that your apple pie has only sugar and spice in it.A child is wiser — with the first bite, he knows that this special dish is the essence of your love.
Enjoy!"
Heal The World Foundation
Michael Jackson
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