Blabbing about life

I intended for this to be the first of many blogs blabbing about life. It has been a long time that I was buried in work and few of these occupy much of my tiny brain. Yet, thanks for a period of less work and lots of private time, my brain is again generating thoughts around life.

Whenever I felt quiet and peaceful, I will feel a sense of irony about life. When one is busy with responsibilities, one felt invincible. Good times look like going to last forever. When one is peaceful and facing with reality, one is happy but also further sighted. Life had undergone many changes through the years of growing up, and will still undergo more changes. There will be ups and downs. At the inevitable deterioration of 70s, life will slowly creep to an end. One starts questioning, what is the purpose of pursuits in fame, richness, and material happiness?

I am not an opponent of materialism, rather I believe materialism is important to us. Yet, I am not a supporter of materialism, for I think we can ideally do without materialsm. Materialsm makes the world prosper, yet at the same time, set the world on inevitable decay of the mind and spirit. In everything, reasonableness rules. Only when people are reasonable can be swim freely and surf harmlessly in the sea of life. The reasonable spirit is not carved in stone. Its a decision making ability created our of both rationale consideration and emotional feelings for others. When I decide to work at Starbucks when I am sick of my home, I am being reasonable. When I decide to push myself to the edge so that I can do 120% work every month, I am unreasonable. Reasonable spirit sustain ourselves and our mental state. It also helps make other people's life better.

The problem in life is its too hard to be reasonable all the time. We get consumed by work and care more about the words we submit to our boss and clients than the sun, sand, sea, and creatures around us. After being bitten by other horrid creatures like the crook salespeople, we can begin to care more about ourselves. Being reasonable takes a reasonable state of mind, which is hard to achieve.

Having reasonable spirits guaranteed good times ahead. However, good times will come to pass and death await at the end of the tunnel. Good for those who hated life that suffering will end. But for whom who love life what is in for them? Shrug. A saying in Chinese goes, "Ren ruo jiang si qi yan yi san." It means a dying man speaks kindly. This shows when a man looses all pursuit, his kindness is revealed. If life will end is not so important if everyone has the same nature. For this nature live on in others on our passing. If we act according to this nature, then we strength human life in accordance to what we live to become.

... to be continued.