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September 02 The Pursuit of LifeLet us imagine that the treasure called life – life at its best, life as life was meant to be – is hidden on a great mountain peak. A path leads to it, and we are gathered at the starting point below We are going to seek this treasure together. The time has come to begin, the prospects are hopeful, and we are eager to be off. Before we begin our journey, however, we need to know something about the path ahead. We need a clear; sound philosophy of life.
The Ideal Life
Our first and most fundamental definition of life – the ideal life – is that life is being truly human. It is as fussless and down-to-earth as that. If life is what we are after; we can forget about doing weird and wonderful things. Life is being truly human.
This raises a basic question. What does it mean to be truly human? One person looks for life in some exotic food, pill or potion, while another seeks it in meditation, and still another in social revolution. Each has a different view of life. The food faddist thinks man is basically a stomach on legs. The second person thinks man is a ghost in a machine. The third thinks of man as an economic animal. Each person's view of what man is determines his life and action.
We recognize that human nature is composed of various faculties. Among these are sight, hearing, speech, mobility, sexuality, affections and reason. But on reflection we see that these faculties have meaning only in the setting of relationships. Could there be any value to sight if there were nothing to see? What would be the use of speech if there were no one with whom to communicate? What of mobility if there were no place to go? Or of affections with no one to love? A mere description of faculties does not tell us what it means to be truly human.
Our humanness is defined by our relationships, and therefore we are truly human only in our relationships. It is self-evident that we are related to the environment, to others and to ourselves.
To be human means being related to the environment in a certain way. It provides us with food to eat, places to go, and things to see and enjoy. To be human means having the capacity not only to react to our environment, but to act upon it.
To be human means being related to others. We are social creatures whose very existence rests on our solidarity with the human race. We are brought into the world by the action of others. The most independent person depends on others to service his needs. While we go about our own activities, others are growing our food, representing us in government, printing our newspapers and servicing an untold number of our daily needs. We switch on the light without even thinking that the activity of thousands of people who possess skills most of us know nothing about have made this possible.
Fred didn't want to be the slave of other people, so he made a million dollars. Now neither the alarm clock nor his wife could get him out of bed. "I don't have to work," he said. "I've made a million dollars." After he was weary of rest, he sauntered out to get his morning paper. There wasn't any He went to get milk for his corn flakes. There was none. He turned on the television set to watch his favorite program. It was off the air. Nothing was working. The situation was desperate. What was the matter? Everybody had made a million dollars! Fred began to sweat. He was frantic. That awakened him, for it was only a dream. He got out of bed and went off content to serve his fellow men. Life would not only be dull and lonely it would be impossible without others.
To be human means having a relationship with ourselves. While animals are conscious, only human beings are self-conscious. We have self-awareness. Either we have self-respect and a sense of selfworth, or we lack self-respect and believe we are worthless. Human life is defined by relationships. We do not deny the reality of our faculties, but they have meaning only in the setting of relationships.
We are now ready to propose a second definition of life. Life is being rightly related to the
environment, to others, and to ourselves. We can call these three relationships physical, social and spiritual life. Thinking relationally saves us from the mistake of dividing man into two or three distinct parts and then trying to look at each part separately. Human life is one. Each person is an indivisible unity. The physical, social and spiritual are not three different parts of the person. They are the same whole person seen from three different relationships. The whole person is a physical being. The whole person is a social being. And the whole person is a spiritual being. He is all three at the same time.
Since life is indivisibly one, whatever affects one relationship affects all relationships. If we mistreat our neighbor; we hurt our conscience – our sense of self-respect – and thus damage our spiritual life. If our diet is impoverished and we become irritable or diseased, we impair our social as well as our physical life. We cannot have wellbeing in one area of our existence unless we have well-being in every area. So we can say that life means to be whole in all our relationships. From the word whole come the words wholesome and health.
This brings us to a third definition of life. Life is health. By health we do not mean merely freedom from aches and pains, but wholeness and wellbeing of the total person. We could call it total health. So any time we talk about health or total health on our journey let us remember we mean the same thing as life.
If life is a right relationship in all areas of human existence, this leads us logically to the next point. The moment we say right relationship we imply there is a distinction between right and wrong. Of course there is! There is a right and wrong way to relate to our environment. There is a right and wrong way to relate to others. And there is a right and wrong way to relate to ourselves.
What then is right and what is wrong? To which we must answer; right and wrong are defined by law. It is self-evident that we live in a structured universe governed by law. There are laws which guide the planets and other heavenly bodies in their courses. There are laws which relate to the lives of animals and man. Nothing we see in this world can escape the operation of law.
The universal laws which govern the world and everything in it have three features:
1. Law is a given. We didn't choose it or think it up. No person can decide within himself what a universal law shall be. It is objective. It is there whether we recognize it or not.
2. Law is inexorable (unchangeable). It never changes. It has no favorites. It is absolutely
impartial and unvarying. Two plus two always equals four. A falling object always accelerates at a rate fixed by the law of gravity Astronauts must make thousands of calculations based on invariable laws. If they do not re-enter the earth's atmosphere at the right angle and velocity, they are doomed. Without inexorable law an unpredictable world would make life impossible.
3. Law is penal. A penalty is always attached to its violation. There is a difference between law and advice. We may ignore advice without experiencing harm, for advice may or may not be based on law But if we violate a fundamental law of life, we will suffer the consequences. If someone jumps off a tall building, the law of gravity will destroy him within seconds. He doesn't really break the law. The law breaks him. If another puts his hand on a hot stove, he will find an unalterable law which produces painful tissue destruction. An engineer knows that a piece of steel with certain specifications can carry a certain load. If a bridge collapses or a dam bursts, someone has miscalculated. These principles apply to all relationships. I cannot hit my neighbor in anger without damaging our relationship and my own selfrespect. Likewise, if I despise myself I will suffer certain psychological consequences. The violation of law always brings a penalty. We may suffer because of someone else's violation of the laws of life. But in most cases we have disregarded these laws ourselves. We have disrupted some vital relationship and thereby brought suffering upon our own heads.
We are now ready to state our fourth definition of life – life at its best. Life is being in harmony with the unalterable laws of life. Most of us would like to think we can find health in some more spectacular way.
The humdrum business of bringing our lives into harmony with the unalterable laws of life requires discipline. We are tempted to think it is easier to take herbs and drugs or to undergo surgery. These, however; are measures to deal with disease. What we are talking about is health, not disease. Health is not found in remedies, good or bad. When some people are told that the basis of health is conformity to the laws of life, they groan, "Has it come to that?" They would rather empty their purses on an operation to remove a "guilty" organ, swallow some mysterious potion or run to the ends of the earth after a dubious health messiah.
There Are No Secrets
The essential principles of successful living are as plain and open as the sunlight. What we need to know to live healthy happy and successful lives is available to all. It is the responsibility of everyone. There are no secrets.
What are the basic laws of life which govern our relationship to the environment, to others and to ourselves? Let us begin with the most obvious and reason from the known to the unknown.
We cannot live without the environment. From it we receive air; water; food and sunlight. A person can live about five minutes without air; five days without water, five weeks without food, and somewhat longer; of course, without sunlight. 1 Life depends on a good supply of pure air; clean water; good food and adequate sunlight. That is right input.
Now there must be right function. In order to enjoy life and health we need correct posture, regular exercise, adequate rest, regular and moderate habits, proper hygiene and, most important of all, right mental attitude – to the environment, to others and to ourselves.
1 We are speaking only in round figures.
Here, then, are the... Ten Laws of Life:
These basic principles of life are self-evident and self-authenticating. That is why there are no secrets. These fundamental laws of life make sense, and they are so simple that anyone who can count can understand and remember them. But let's not think they are child's play.The practice of these basic laws of life will do more to promote the quality and length of life than the best
agencies known to science. Medical science has made marvelous contributions toward healing disease and easing human suffering. But it has not removed the appalling burden of such diseases as heart attack, cancer; stroke and mental illness. People must be educated and motivated to live in compliance with the fundamental laws of life if there is to be improvement in the quality and length of life. We will see that the ten laws cover everything really important. We will also see that they are all interrelated. Correct breathing depends on good eating, correct posture, regular exercise, sufficient rest and a right mental attitude. Proper hygiene is related to air; water; food, sunlight and exercise. In fact, each law is related to every other law. The violation of one tends to the violation of all. Most important, proper compliance with any law depends on a right attitude to the environment, to others and to ourselves.
Summary
Let us summarize what we have learned about the ideal life:
First, life is being truly human.
Second, life is being rightly related to the environment, to others and to ourselves.
Third, life is health – wholeness.
Fourth, life is being in harmony with the unalterable laws of life.
The Ten Laws of Life are:
Input Function
1. Pure air
2. Clean Water
3. Good food
4. Adequate sunlight
5. Correct posture
6. Regular exercise
7. Adequate rest
8. Regular and moderate habits
9. Proper hygiene
10. Right mental attitude
December 31 2007Hey! It's end of 2006! Put on your party hats, raise a toast to good times and do a countdown for a happy and happening New Year. Begin this New Year in a very special way for your friends/ family/ near and dear ones. Warm and wonderful Happy New Year wishes to my internet buddies (I know that I miss a lot of commenting on your blog! Don't worry I'll be back soon) and make the year 2006 a memorable by burning you ugly neighbor house cause he always park his car at your parking lot or kill your nephew cause he fed your arowana fish a candy bar and the fish get choked and died. So just forget about everything on 2006 and make this world a better place to liveon 2007. Happy New Year and bless all of you a better fortune and good living on the incoming year. Welcome 2007 and Goodbye 2006. May 30 B'day Baby--------------JANUARY BABY-------------------- ---------FEBRUARY BABY -------------------- ----------------MARCH BABY -------------------- -----------------APRIL BABY ------------------- ----------------MAY BABY ----------------- -----------JUNE BABY ------------- ---------------JULY BABY -------------- -----------AUGUST BABY --------------- -----------SEPTEMBER BABY --------------- --------------OCTOBER BABY ------------------- --------------NOVEMBER BABY -------------------- --------------DECEMBER BABY --------------- May 24 BIRTHDAY AGAINIs your birthday day 1 of the month?
Your Life You are very curious and dedicative. When you are interested in something, everything else has to wait. This is your quality. But if you learn to be more patient and complete what you have started, you will be successful in life. Your Love You believe in love at first sight. You won't wait to learn more about the person. Vise versa, people who fail to impress you will hardly get a chance to be your friend. Your emotion is on the extreme. You can only love or hate, nothing in between and this often shows in your _____expression. Try not to end a relationship in a quarrel. ----------------------------------------------------------- Is your birthday day 2 of the month? Your Life You have great common sense but usually fail to follow through. This might happens because you are too busy with your mission and shut yourself from the outside world. You are clever and profound so there's a slight chance for self-control problem. Your Love Your love progress slowly, and quietly. You seem to be contented with your unrequited love. Your are a romantic and loyal lover. ----------------------------------------------------------- Is your birthday day 3 of the month? Your Life Although you are innocent and romantic but your _____expression often mislead others that you are an active, fun loving kid. Because of your double personality, it's hard for others to really know the real you. You are careful and patient. Your Love Your love is the greatest which often surprises others. No one can bring you to light when you are in love. Your confidence might lead you to the track your parents disagree. ----------------------------------------------------------- Is your birthday day 4 of the month? Your Life You usually think before acting which makes your life quite easy. But you often are the one who give yourself a hard time by being paranoid. People might not truly understand you but you are really nice to be around. You are cheerful and friendly. Your Lo ve S till water runs deep, that's what you are. You always surprise others with your new character when you are in love. Your love trap often comes unexpectedly and your love life is full of surprises... ----------------------------------------------------------- Is your birthday day 5 of the month? Your Life Although you are on the quiet side, but you enjoy excitement and changes. Routine is something you cannot stand. Because of your extreme confidence, you hardly ask others for opinion. You believe in leading your own life, and you have got the gift in doing so. Your Love Nothing can stop you from making progress in your love life. Once you are in love, you feel the ownership of your lover. A third party can only makes your jealousy becomes worse. ----------------------------------------------------------- Is your birthday day 6 of the month? Your Life You are generous with people in need, sometimes to an extreme that people find you nosey. Your hidden courage and dedication often surprise others. Your imagination is extremely unique. Your Love Your love life is on the smooth track because it grows from friendship. Although you may not make a sweet lover but your sincerity bring happiness to your couple. ----------------------------------------------------------- Is your birthday day 7 of the month? Your Life You are sensitive to changes around you but your feeling is hardly expressed. You hate exaggerations. Under your quiet personality, you are rather stubborn and self-centered. These qualities are the force behind your extreme persistence. Your Love You have enormous courage to please your lover. Your relationship often progress quickly. ----- ------------ ------------------------------------------ Is your birthday day 8 of the month? Your Life You have pleasant and friendly personality. People look u to your wit and imagination. You are unpredictable and hardly complete what you started, which sometimes create negative impact to people around you. Your Love Falling in love becomes your routine. Most of the time you are lucky. You fascinate people with good taste but you never have enough with one. Although your love progresses very fast, it never lasts. ----------------------------------------------------------- Is your birthday day 9 of the month? your Life You often have problem in promoting yourself, just because you don't know how to express your true self. On the other hand, you don't really care what they think. This is why people misunderstand you until they really get a chance to learn about your pleasant personality. Opposite sex find you mysterious and worth searching. Your wit is remarkable but sometimes you are too fast to follow. Your Love You won't reveal your feeling even after dreaming about the same guy over and over. Your first love lasts forever. You are responsible to the feeling of your lover. The chance to betray your lover is none. You have luck with children. You Will be Happy Always with u r Love Marraige. and she ----------------------------------------------------------- Is your birthday day 10 of the month? Your Life You are very capable. If you are a woman, you have high chance to be a renowned workingwoman. If you are a man, your path to fame and honor is near. As an innovator, you are not a good follower. You are good in implementing your imagination and share it with others. You are always well dressed. Your Love You often lose your love ones from being too jealous. You always feel like you own the person you fall in love with and that often blows your relationship. ----------------------------------------------------------- Is your birthday day 11 of the month? Your Life You are gracious, elegant and prudent. People admire your qualities and some even become jealous of you. You are realistic, flexible and adaptable. You are remarkably kind and moral person. Your Love You are willing to sacrifice yourself for the one you love. Your lover will always have your gentleness, care a n d loyalty. You will always be happy to hand around the one you love. ----------------------------------------------------------- Is your birthday day 12 of the month? Your Life You are friendly, humorous and full of energy. You are open-minded and do not care for minor details. Your weak point is your hot temper. Your Love You are willing to start off in one-sided love affairs because you strongly believe that you will eventually win his/her heart. On the other hand, once you are together, you always want to do things your way, which is often the fire starter. You usually run in and out of love quickly. ----------------------------------------------------------- Is your birthday day 13 of the month? Your Life You are si ncere and easy going. Flattering and charming around are not your style. You care so much for freedom that often leads you to the difficult path. Because of your sincerity, most people find you easy to be around although you are sometimes too straightforward. Your Love Your gentleness, care and sincerity make you an attractive person. Eventhough you don't intend to be charming, but you naturally are, especially in the eyes of opposite sex. ---------------------------------------------------------- Is your birthday day 14 of the month? Your Life You are so confident that sometimes you forget about the people around you. If you have to be in one of the two teams, you will choose to be in the winning team. On the other hand, you are kind and caring but above all, you care for your own benefits. You r i magination is unique and often gets implemented shortly after it comes across. Your Love You will not get soft with the one you don't really like, no matter how hard he/she tries. But once you feel for someone you have chosen, there's no getting back. ----------------------------------------------------------- Is your birthday day 15 of the month? Your Life You are outgoing and love to be at the center of attention. From the outside, you may seem flashy, flirty, and tricky but your true self is strong, full of hope to be the leader. When you fail to convince someone, you will get frustrated, and perhaps let your temper shows. Your Love You are emotional. Many can win your heart at once, but not for long. This is why you hardly win a decent relationship. ---------------------------------------------------- ---- --- Is your birthday day 16 of the month? Your Life You always follow the good and the right instead of listening to your heart. Another word, you are a perfectionist. You care for every word people say about you. You often seen isolated while you are, by nature, curious and a dreamer who is ready to get over the edge to make your dream comes true. Your Love You often fall in love with a person who is much different from you, in age and other aspects. Your relationship grows on friendship. Love at fist sight is not your style. ----------------------------------------------------------- Is your birthday day 17 of the month? Your Life You neither want to be interfered nor have the desire to mess with others' life. But you are friendly and occasionally a party animal. You are always in a circle of friends. You often do things in your own way that occa sionally go beyond the acceptable limit. People may find you childish and not very attractive in that sense. Your Love Your fun-loving character attracts opposite sex. Many of those are great.You often find yourself trapped among a few great guys while you have to choose only one. ----------------------------------------------------------- Is your birthday day 18 of the month? Your Life At first glance, people think you are quiet type of person. Actually you are cheerful, but conditionally. You will show your joyful character only in good mood. One the other hand, when you are moody, no one would dare to be around. Because of your emotion fluctuation and frank character, some find you hard to be around. Your Love You hardly show your feeling towards opposite sex no matter how much y ou like him/her. Your partner also has similar character so your love affairs often take quite a while to flourish. Time tells it all. Your sincerity makes you very attractive. ----------------------------------------------------------- Is your birthday day 19 of the month? Your Life You are great in managing everything in your life and this is how you gain respect from others. Because of this quality, you sometimes feel that you are better than the rest. Extreme confidence might lead you to the wrong path. You are a free bird and want to lead your own life. Your Love You love life is rather different from others'. When you are in love, nothing can stop you. You may often fight with your partner but, soon after that, you will make up in a way that surprises others. --------------------------- ------ -------------------------- Is your birthday day 20 of the month? Your Life You are prudent, circumspect and take things seriously. Before you make any move, you will think of a few alternatives that might take a while. You are patient, imaginative and target oriented. You value friendship more than anything else. Your Love You usually study your partner carefully before making any move. You never demand anything beyond the natural quality of that person. Your sincerity doesn't bring excitement in your love life but it brings deeply grown relationship. ----------------------------------------------------------- Is your birthday day 21 of the month? Your Life You are curious and a true fo llower. You can please someone so much that it seem like you are trying to charm that person. You hide your disagreement under your smiling face. This is a charming quality of yours. Your Love You are quite unlucky in love. You are loved by someone you don't like while your dream man is so far away. Your love life is occasionally under turbulence. Sometimes you don't have the clear view of the guy in your heart. ----------------------------------------------------------- Is your birthday day 22 of the month? Your Life You have the boss character, but not a leader. Most people look up to you for your capability and confidence although they find you quite stubborn. You should listen more to others. You are a unique and charming individual. Your Love You hardly take the moderate track. You either love or hate someone. Whom you call friends are the chosen ones.. If any of them betray you, you won't let them get away without having hard time. ----------------------------------------------------------- Is your birthday day 23 of the month? Your Life You never live your life in the way others want you to. You are an independent individual who loves challenges and excitement. You are ready to face with the result of your decision. You are usually the one your friends count on. Your Love Because you love excitements, you occasionally get involved in forbidden love affairs. You may fall in love with a married person and no one can stop you from making progress. You are ver y charming, althou gh you might not realize it. ----------------------------------------------------------- Is your birthday day 24 of the month? Your Life You are very optimistic and that's why you always enjoy life. You are gifted in entertaining others. Your friends love and trust you. You'll be the first they come to when they are in need of someone to speak their heart out. Your Love Sometimes you fall in love just because you want to be in love, not that you really like that person. You always be seen as a sweet couple but you can't really get over your love ones from past. Your partner is usually crazy about you because you are remarkably charming and romantic. ----------------------------------------------------------- Is your birthday day 25 of the month? Your Life You are a warrior. No obstacle can stop you from reaching your goal. You always keep yourself busy. This quality plus your responsibility will eventually bring you success. Your Love You adore your partner as the number one priority. You value your love one more than yourself. Your love is the greatest of all and your have potential to get married young. ----------------------------------------------------------- Is your birthday day 26 of the month? Your Life You are always curious and responsive to changes. Routine life is not the way you choose to live. Travelling is your favorite hobby because excitement is what you are after. Your Love You will not stand being around the one you dislike. Your love comes and goes quickly. You can be deeply in love but soon after you will be looking around for the next one. ----------------------------------------------------------- Is your birthday day 27 of the month? Your Life You are sensitive and vulnerable. Tears often run down your cheeks even when the matter is not that bad. This might be the result from being to pessimistic. You might seem cold on the shell, but your inner self is a kind loving person. Your Love You will be elegantly dressed, no matter how casually dressed your date may be. You are emanding in love and sometimes to an unacceptable extend. ----------------------------------------------------------- Is your birthday day 28 of the month? Your Life You are a capable person but you usually underestimate your own ability. This is the cause of missing numbers of opportunity to step forward. If you try to give yourself a chance, you can be successful in life. Try to see things on the bright side and you will be happier than ever. Your Love You are quite unlucky in love. The one in your arm is not the one in your heart. Your love has so many ups and downs. You often chicken out before seeing any progress in love. ----------------------------------------------------------- Is your birthday day 29 of the month? Your Life You can trust your sixth sense. Life is exciting so routine job is not your interest. You have great ideas and fantastic imagination. You often feel tired of things and people around you. Your Love You can tell what's in the mind of another person just from looking into his/her eyes. You are paranoid and jealous and these are the cause of fights between you and your lover. Sometimes the thing you believe in is just your imagination. ----------------------------------------------------------- Is your birthday day 30 of the month? Y our Life You are always surrounded by a circle of friends. You are friendly and fun to be with. Though you occasionally disappoint them by being stubborn, but over all, they love your qualities. Your Love You want to have full control of your love and that's not a nice way to treat your partner. You take your time in saying yes to his wedding proposal or if you are a man, you will not propose anyone until you are certainly confident which might take ages. ---------------------------------------------------------- Is your birthday day 31 of the month? Your Life Your emotion is hard to predict. You can be sad this minute and happy in the next. People might find it difficult to follow your emotion and understand you. You tend to take things seriously. Your Love You take your time to study a person before falling in love. Once you decide that he or she is the one, no one can st op you from making progress, even your partner May 11 Fluid Like A RiverThe journey of water as it flows upon the earth can be a mirror of our own paths through life. Water begins its residence on earth as it falls from the sky or melts from ice and streams down a mountain into a tributary or stream. In the same way, we come into the world and begin our lives on earth. Like a river that flows within the confines of its banks, we are born with certain defining characteristics that govern our identity. We are born in a specific time and place, within a specific family, and with certain gifts and challenges. Within these parameters, we move through life, encountering many twists, turns, and obstacles along the way just as a river flows. Water is a great teacher that shows us how to move through the world with grace, ease, determination, and humility. When a river breaks at a waterfall, it gains energy and moves on, as we encounter our own waterfalls, we may fall hard but we always keep moving on. Water can inspire us to not become rigid with fear or cling to what's familiar. Water is brave and does not waste time clinging to its past, but flows onward without looking back. At the same time, when there is a hole to be filled, water does not run away from it in fear of the dark; instead, water humbly and bravely fills the empty space. In the same way, we can face the dark moments of our life rather than run away from them. Eventually, a river will empty into the sea. Water does not hold back from joining with a larger body, nor does it fear a loss of identity or control. It gracefully and humbly tumbles into the vastness by contributing its energy and merging without resistance. Each time we move beyond our individual egos to become part of something bigger, we can try our best to follow the lead of the river. May 09 What is I Love You (Chinese)
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