人生很多事情都是一种契约。你怎样怎样，我就怎样怎样。大至宗教的因缘果报，神人之约，小至男女的婚姻，都是不同形式的契约。就说说婚姻吧。可能因为有太多的不确定性，婚姻这契约不但要有第三方（证婚人，神父或僧人）参与，婚礼还得在教堂或寺庙举行，以期上帝和神佛都来做这份契约的证人。双方交换戒指就如同交换契约合同。美好的爱情，只有一部分来自爱情本身，大部分是来自契约的坚守和执行。情人节刚刚过去，我写些这么不浪漫的东西, 真的太没情趣了。
Life is full of contracts. There are many more contracts in your life than just the ones printed on paper with signatures. Our relationships with other people could all be viewed as contracts and marriage is of course a very real one. As there are too many challenges in marriage, besides human witnesses, God, Buddha or deities are being called on as witnesses in a marriage ceremony. When couples exchange rings, they are actually exchanging a physical contract. Love itself does not make a love story perfect, the keeping of the marriage promises does. Valentine’s Day just passed, I think it is absurd for me to write something so unromantic.
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