Yen’s Philosophy
Comments(3) | Yen has started asking some tough questions about life. Why good people suffer and why people live or die, etc. Yen is thinking big thoughts lately. But for me what is most important is the air i breath, the food i eat and the environment i live in.
Yen comes from a beautiful part of central Vietnam in Hanoi where the landscape is green and rains fall in time. There are plenty of fruits and food from the fertile hills she grew up climbing. And ever so once in a while she catches a glimpse of strange looking African immigrants who have come to Vietnam to cherish the wealth of this beautiful country. She is thousands of miles from the nearest desert or sites of natural habitat destruction. And yet Yen is wondering why people live or die. Why her good friend or relative suffers so often from debilitating illnesses.
Yen needs to find excitement in life by stepping out of her comfort zone and seeing the world a little bit just like Buddha did. She needs to appreciate the fact that we as human beings do not have much time to leave our foot marks on the sands of time. I envy Yen because she is going to experience the thrill of her lifetime. Good luck Yen! Good luck.
But if she live happy as long as she can, with such a chaste and kind heart, I guess no suffering pain might be a better choice.
May everyone live happy.
Like the song from John Lennon:
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
Peter, you are thoughtful man. I am a member of human being and as you are a person, it means that you will have a lot of happiness, a lot of troubles, a lot of hurt, a lot of funny, etc. Each event also gets 2 own sides: advantages and disadvantages. When something comes, like a picture, you see it from the particular side (northern side, for example), it is pink. But if you look from the other side, it is dark. It up to the way you see. That’s correct? I was born in Vietnam, and before I was born, I had not had a opportunity to choose where I would be born. But I am happy because I had a chance to be available in this life, and know you guys, of course. Moreover I have beencapable of suffer from many steps of temper all my life. I can not say that I am pleasant but I expect it. Life always gets and losses.
Dear Peter and Yen,
Very interesting discussion. A friend of mine told me that ‘life is fair to everyone’. I didn’t believe it. That time I saw on TV a teenager spent $60,000 to celebrate her 16th birthday! But after years gone by, I started to feel that well, it may be true.
Yen lives in a wonderful country, has a sweet mother who is willing to buy sweet potatoes for her after 10pm. She doesn’t need to worry about surviving, but she has many other things to worry. For you Peter, you have a whole family to take care of, so the stress is on you. Because of that, you have the courage, persistent and strength that many of us lack of. If you two have the chance to give up what you have and trade with each other, are you willing to do that? I guess the question is a definite No.
We can feel happiness only after we’ve suffered the pain and depress. A happily-after life doesn’t mean we will live happy forever, it means a boring life. We need some ups and downs, so that life can be interesting, challenging, unpredictable so that years later we still keep it in memory. So let’s appreciate life.