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Natural Aristocracy

Natural Aristocracy --- John Adams, the lesser known founding father of U.S., VP of G. Washington twice and 2nd President of U.S. Kennedy family, well known through the tragedies of JFK and RFK, this week, by the passing of the last brother, Teddy... All of them originated from Massachusetts, a coincident or what? Each politicians, I believe, sought to come up to the stage with a heart to do the righteousness for the public, yet, how many of them, once in power, stood by their original goal and serve the needed? That is the questions each public figure should ask themselves everyday. It's easy to loss oneself in the circle of power, not to mention the luring of powerful monies. -- As I watched Teddy's last memorial since last night, I just can't kept felt sorry for him... each of the family tragedies just lays heavy burdens on his shoulder, and yet, he carry them through, not only for his family, but also turn it into energies to aid others in needs. That is wh...

Somewhere out there

Somewhere out there. -- Somewhere out there, there's a hope, a hope among us that, some day, there will not have any disasters around the world, a hope that each ethnic group can live without chaos or arguments. Some day, each individual will realize, realize that step on top of others isn't the best way to work around things... harmonic society isn't a dream, utopia is not a mirage... All of these may come, in time, when each individual is, weak enough, suffer enough, and walk enough, from bottom of the Earth... A dream may come, when, we let go of us... -TT --

慈孝

慈孝 -- 慈悲,孝道,禮儀。 我想,這應該是古老中國文化的一些思想和目標,只是,老祖宗們似乎沒有留下一些標準來讓後人衡量耶。。 經典裏頭的東東,老實說,我沒什麼讀過,對台灣來說,聽說我的官方紀錄是小學肆業,理論上來說,嗯,我是個沒文化的人。。 古人的三綱五常,孔老夫子的論語,朱子的理學,聽說在聯考或高考中都要準備的喔? 那表示說,亞洲成長的孩子們,應該都有認知吧? 理論上。。 這麼多年來,東走走西晃晃,不知是我去的地方怪,還是沒遇到正常人,總是少有機會見識到這些古書上所描素的人或事。。。 這是古人的標準太高了還是什麼? 亦或是我對書中的理解錯誤?? 亞洲媒體報導的,電視中的,生活上的,怎麼都沒讓我有點書上的感覺? 這是被西方文化摧殘的結果嗎?? 小孩子們跟我說名牌,中老年人說政治,青年才俊談論汽車手機與投資; 當我到江西廟裡混時,道士們好奇的是美國人平均一年薪水多少;台灣的善心人士與我談論慈悲心與因果外加算命。。 末了拼命商討說她們是學佛的,所以一切皆是心中有佛。。佛法無邊,慈悲為懷,嗯,阿彌陀佛。。 另外一些媽媽們鼓吹神人理論,所以她們會得永生,我們屬於迷途羔羊,要記得買門票入場。。 不然天堂號列車會走遠。 不過,有個奇怪的地方,也屬於共同點,那就是,台灣與世界的股市如何如何,她們都非常清楚。 外加一些屬於辛密事件,她們也都瞭若指掌,也會熱心十足的與你分享,深怕你不知道那 CIA 是她家開的,小歐是她的下屬。 對於這些上流人士,我是望之莫及,我想,應該我一輩子都追不上的。。 我覺得,我還是做我的沒文化人自在些。。 上頭風大說,我還是玩玩泥巴就好了。。 -- 嗯,這個嘛,那麼,亞洲到底現下重視些什麼呢?我其實非常想知道。。畢竟,離開那麼久了,也是會想知道一些資訊的。。 好嘉在,遠房親戚有一門幾乎都是做老師的,有優良傳統。。 府城人氏,百多年前屬於繁華社區,人才輩出,血統純正,至今依然是門風不減,刻苦克勞,點水成瀝,不容易啊~ 話說,機會來了,那就不要放過,好好研究下台灣的教育思想也是件不錯的事情。。 只是,嗯,這個,研究觀察後發現,ㄜ,禮儀之說似乎跟八股文一起下葬了,慈悲無我的戲碼停播了,孝道無涯的書賣完了。。。 不過還好,物質上的需求,增加了。。 有減就要有增嘛~ 不能吃虧說。 我想,現在人的生活追求,也許真的不一...