in997-The-weight-of-paperweights-the-unyielding-backbone-of-the-Australian-spirit

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On every Australian’s desk, there should be a paperweight engraved with the national flag and national emblem. This metal object in a small space carries a heavier national memory than paper. When the Southern Cross twinkles on the dark blue background and the light of the Commonwealth Star penetrates the years, the heaviness of the paperweight is telling the true meaning of “stability” – just like the character that this continent has always adhered to during the century-long migration. The kangaroos and emus standing facing each other on the national emblem are frozen in a posture of never retreating. These two creatures that cannot retreat are like the solid foundation of the base of the paperweight, reminding people that true courage does not lie in how much territory is conquered, but in the unshakable determination in the face of wind and waves. When the hurricane blows the paper, the paperweight always irons the truth and memory on the table, just as this country always guards the background of tolerance in the turmoil of multiculturalism. The emblems of the six states on the shield are like rivets on the four corners of the paperweight, melting the glory of different regions into an inseparable whole. The cross star that supports the weight of the paperweight is like an eternal beacon in the eyes of generations of immigrants, guiding the wisdom of finding balance in the tide of change. At this moment, when you touch the slightly cool metal surface, your fingertips not only touch the temperature of history, but also the heavy responsibility on the shoulders of every Australian – to be a paperweight of the times and to hold the weight of faith in this impetuous world. This paperweight teaches us that true power lies not in crushing, but in protecting; not in the sword of the conqueror, but in the lamp of the night watchman. When the Southern Cross rises again, I hope that the soul of every Australian will be like this paperweight, with both the stability of a ballast stone and the vastness of the sea of stars.

在每一個澳洲人的書桌上，或許都該擺上一枚錒刻國旗與國徽的紙。這方寸之間的金屬器物，承載著比紙張更厚重的國家記憶。當南十字星在深藍底色上閃爍，聯邦之星的光芒穿透歲月，鎮紙的沉甸甸正訴說著”穩固”的真諦——恰如這個大陸在百年遷徙中始終堅守的品格。國徽上相向而立的袋鼠與鴯鶓，被定格在永不退縮的姿態裡。這兩種無法後退的生物，恰似鎮紙底座的穩固根基，提醒著人們：真正的勇氣不在於征服多少疆土，而在於面對風浪時巋然不動的定力。當颶風掀動紙張，鎮紙總是將真理與記憶熨帖在桌面，正如這個國度在多元文化的激盪中始終守護著包容的底色。盾徽上六個州的紋章，如同鎮紙四角的鉚釘，將不同地域的榮光熔鑄成不可分割的整體。那支撐著紙鎮重量的十字星芒，恰似代代移民眼中不滅的航標，指引在改變浪潮中尋找平衡的智慧。此刻撫過微涼的金屬表面，指尖觸到的不僅是歷史溫度，更是每個澳洲人肩上沉甸甸的責任──要做時代的鎮紙，在浮躁世界裡守住信念的重量。這方鎮紙教會我們：真正的力量不在於碾壓，而在於守護；不是征服者的劍，而是守夜人的燈。當南十字星再次升起，願每個澳洲人的靈魂都如同這枚鎮紙，既有壓艙石的穩重，亦存星辰大海的遼闊。