Thursday, March 15, 2007
Life cycle
Hi,
From ashes to ashes, dirt to dirt, what is in between ?
When a person is seven years old, he has reached the age of reasoning. How wonderful, he can distinguish right from wrong, run errands and learn and acquire things fast. And he grows.
When a person reaches twenty one years of age, he has attained adulthood. He is mature, he can look after his own welfare, ready to procreate, and contribute to the family and the nation. He is what that makes the world go round.
When a person lives to sixty years old or the prevailing golden age, he has acquired what his life set for him. It is time for him to retire and set out for the pasture.
When he is at pasture what does he do, he may have a dilemma. Initially he enjoys life of course, because he has sacrificed and toiled for this phase of his life. But he cannot be enjoying life all the time because this really lacks the full meaning of life, and usually boredom sets in. So, does he teach others or just play along with the grandchildren ? Does he have a say in the behavior of society or just let the young have their way ? Does he contribute to improve the machinery of the nation or just watch the world go by ? Does he take part in the problem solving or contribute to the problem ? Does he exercise his presence or just fade away ? He has lived or has he lived ?
Man came totally naked and man will go nicely made up, attired and boxed, disappearing in smoke and leaving some ashes. What does man lose and what can man gain to take away ? What is beyond ?
Have a nice day
Ronald
From ashes to ashes, dirt to dirt, what is in between ?
When a person is seven years old, he has reached the age of reasoning. How wonderful, he can distinguish right from wrong, run errands and learn and acquire things fast. And he grows.
When a person reaches twenty one years of age, he has attained adulthood. He is mature, he can look after his own welfare, ready to procreate, and contribute to the family and the nation. He is what that makes the world go round.
When a person lives to sixty years old or the prevailing golden age, he has acquired what his life set for him. It is time for him to retire and set out for the pasture.
When he is at pasture what does he do, he may have a dilemma. Initially he enjoys life of course, because he has sacrificed and toiled for this phase of his life. But he cannot be enjoying life all the time because this really lacks the full meaning of life, and usually boredom sets in. So, does he teach others or just play along with the grandchildren ? Does he have a say in the behavior of society or just let the young have their way ? Does he contribute to improve the machinery of the nation or just watch the world go by ? Does he take part in the problem solving or contribute to the problem ? Does he exercise his presence or just fade away ? He has lived or has he lived ?
Man came totally naked and man will go nicely made up, attired and boxed, disappearing in smoke and leaving some ashes. What does man lose and what can man gain to take away ? What is beyond ?
Have a nice day
Ronald
# posted by chunmu @ 7:42 PM 
