Practice makes perfect: a girl learned to play a violin, but the sound of violin she played was irritating. Her grandpa asked her, “What musical instrument is it, you are playing? She answered, “Violin, grandpa.” He thought violin produced such an annoying sound. Next morning, he walked the girl to school, near the school building, he heard a…
There are two kinds of food for life: one is food for the body, which is a diet and another is food for the mind, which is knowledge or wisdom. Food for the body is obvious as it’s needed to maintain the body and food for the mind is also needed to supports life. Two…
There is discussion about knowledge and wisdom, what are they? Let’s talk about this, knowledge is the cause and wisdom is the effect or we can describe knowledge is “theory” and wisdom is “consequence of practice.” Knowledge is gained by studying under others like reading books written by the others and wisdom is gained by…
There is a discussion about theory and practice, which one is better? Some say theory is better as it produces knowledge, some say practice is better as it produces experience and consequence. For my understanding, I think theory and practice are dependent originated, as theory without practice is useless. For example, we may learn, read…
It is stated that the positive way of thinking leads to happiness as a story told: A lady was always crying on the raining day and sunny day. She was asked why? She answered, “On the raining day, I am afraid that my elder son cannot sell his sweets. On the sunny day, I am…
There is a question: what is the most important thing to do in life? The answer is “To care.” Let’s talk about the asnwer, “To care” is a good action for ourselves, our familty, our community, society, nation and the world. To care is important because we are living beings and live together in this…
There is a question; who is the most important person in our life? The answer is the person, with “whom” we are now. Let’s reflect on the answer: “The person with whom we are now” should start with ourselves, as we spend most of the time with ourselves until the end of this life. But…
There is a question: When is the most important time in life? The answer is “NOW as it produces the past and the future. Let’s think about this, if we are happy now and when the now is gone, it becomes the happy past. The consequence of the happy NOW will be the happy future….
It is like the story written by Leo Tolstoy: A king wanted to have forever happiness. He consulted with his officers how to achieve it. He was advised to find a happy man, take his shirt and put it on, he will be endlessly happy. The king sent his men to look for the happy…
It is stated that happiness is abstract or formless that all people want and do whatever they can to achieve it. However, they normally understand that happiness is in either materials or objects, such as luxurious cars, big houses and expensive items. They understand, if they have those things, they will be forever happy. In…