佇2005年4月綴教授佮同學到捷克布拉格做一禮拜的訪問參考察。彼當時我沓沓留連佇莫爾島（Vltava）河墘，哼唱著Bedrich Smetana「我的祖國」（Ma Valst）的旋律，熱血中對古典樂音的滾絞，雄雄使我領悟到：「母親予我上大的資產，毋是錢財，毋是物質，是一種我對人文藝術的欣賞佮感動力。」
我的音樂教育是位母親有身就開始，續落來抑袂到五歲的時，我就無選擇的餘地予伊安排第一節的小提琴課。幾十冬來放搡幾若遍，但是雙手總是予心中釘根真深的音樂波浪喊喝重新閣提起琴佮弓。以前，位台灣到英國，位瑞士到加拿大，位音樂主修到飯店管理，到目前佇維多利亞大學（
University of Victoria）攻讀MBA的教室內，小提琴一直陪伴佇我的身軀邊。雖然音樂已經毋是我的「主修」，但是由台北亞都麗緻飯店的音樂欣賞社，到帶領位世界各地來加拿大維多利亞大學讀企管碩士班的同學進入音樂廳，「我的興趣」已經變成「逐家的興趣」矣。
自細漢就感覺母親是一位敏感、脾氣無穩定、多才多藝而且企圖心真強的人，今年三十幾歲的我看著家己想起當年細漢看著三十幾歲的伊，感覺家己佮伊實在有夠相仝（除了脾氣無穩這點以外）。伊六十幾歲，提著十公斤冊包
(包括字典)到溫哥華上嚴格的Vancouver Community College上課。有一工，我經過伊的教授的允准到教室旁聽，才發覺伊的同學攏比我較少年，聽怹讀著艱深的英文創作課程，觀察伊和老師同學的互動，才發現伊並無予逐家知影伊的年歲。這也予我想著我拄開始嘛無予MBA同學知影我的音樂背景仝款，原因是無想欲予教授同學知影了後，用較鬆的標準來評定我這个主修音樂、飯店管理的統計學、財務管理、企業策略學等等科目的能量。
母親的旋律流動足濟愛的旋律，親像伊的文章自頭到尾攏咧數念親情，像
「無界巧的老母」、「行! 咱來去English Bay 扭琴」、「遠方的門」…的篇章，攏存囥著無數伊對囝兒的深情，這是人間珍貴幸福的形影。進前佇美國波士頓主修大提琴的姊姊倩瑩，即馬是國中的音樂老師佮兩个囡仔的老母，嘛咧為著下一代播掖音樂的種籽。另外予母親啟蒙的表姊李錦雯，也佇美國Oklahoma大學提著鋼琴博士，即馬嘛是佇大學做副教授。母親予阮的形影，慢慢延展生命地平線的遠方，伊拍開第一扇門，予阮可能全新去影著無數世界的門後彼个毋知影的遠景。
母親的人生目標攏是赫懸，好奇的雄心嘛是赫爾強，印象中伊無啥物代誌做袂到的，抑我
! 是不是也親像伊佇這个生命旅程中，行向家己的目標咧進行矣？
---寫佇加拿大溫哥華---
The Greatest Possession by Su En-Sheng
-----For my mother Lee Hsiu－
In April 2005, I traveled with my professor and my schoolmates to Braga in the Czech Republic for a week-long seminar. While there, I often went to Vltava to enjoy the emotional music of Bedrich Smetana, who is the composer of “Ma Valst”. As I Lingered on the river bank, I would inevitably sing the melody of “Ma Valst”. I have always had a great passion for all classic music. However while I was visiting the Czech Republic, I suddenly realized that my in angible treasure, “Mother gave me the greatest possession not a large amount of money and not any other kind of material wealth as well, but she taught me to have a great appreciation for all the arts.”
Actually, my training in music started while my mother was pregnant with me, because she played the piano every day. Later, I had no choice when she arranged my first violin lesson at the age of five. Several decades passed, and even though I gave up the violin many times, my hands always wanted to pick up the bow and strings again. It was as if unseen fingers, like an idle breeze, continued played to music in my heart until I had to play again.
From Taiwan to England, from Switzerland to Canada, I went from majored in music to studying hotel management until now I am an MBA student at University of Victoria but still the violin is follow me. Even though music has not always been my major subject, I have been a musical guide for my co-workers at the Taipei Hotel and now I am a musical mentor at University of Victory. Therefore, my musical interest has become everybody’s interest.
Now that I am over thirty years old, I am thinking about myself and looking back on my mother at the same age as I am now and the way I saw her when I was child. I find out that I resemble her so much except her unsteady temperament! At the moment, although she is over sixty years old, she is very diligently studying English all the time. Once I was permitted in her classroom to watch their difficult course. I detected that, not only are her classmates all younger than me, but also her age wasn’t a factor in the interaction. She didn’t want special treatment because of her age. Likewise, I also didn’t let classmates or professors know about my musical background, because they would doubt my ability to learn subjects, such as statistics, financial business and enterprise strategies. Certainly, mathematical logic courses are a big job for a musical student.
Every thing my mother did to care for me and my sister expressed her music of love. Her writing has always focused on family relationships and her infinite love for her children. All her work has been infused with the music of love and now all her efforts are finally being rewarded. First, several years ago, my sister studied the cello at Boston Conservatory and now she is a musical teacher. Second, my cousin earned a PhD in piano at Oklahoma University – my mother was her first piano teacher. Of course, I myself am a violinist whenever I can perform for people who like music.
Mother turned on the first light transferring into gold every cloud of doubt or confusion in our musical studies, and she scattered gems of achievement in profusion. Mother’s goals are always high; her ambition is strong as well. As she says “You can do whatever you want to do, if you really want to do it”, and me, I want to follow her as I face my own journey of life!
－Written in Vancouver－
