tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33432958049284037952024-03-16T14:53:00.806-04:00Human Without GodIs man merely a mistake of Gods? Or God merely a mistake of man? --- Nietzsche
Yun Yihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.comBlogger441125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343295804928403795.post-3219038263802936532021-12-22T10:03:00.009-05:002021-12-22T17:46:18.731-05:00Making Harmony With OthersI suppose, if one needs to make harmony with his/her fellow human beings - from spouses, friends to acquaintances, one must more or less give up the truth, regardless of what kind of truth one holds: biased or objective (Of course no one can have completely objective truth). Yun Yihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343295804928403795.post-47844813491189743582020-12-25T15:21:00.006-05:002022-01-29T12:01:58.630-05:00A Widow for One Year by John IrvingTwo teenage brothers were killed during a car accident, from which the mother Marion was profoundly traumatized. Later she had a daughter Ruth, but the newborn child didn't relieve her pain from the loss of her sons, nor did it mend the relationship with her husband. One day, Marion left the family without a goodbye, abandoned her 4-year-old daughter and the 16-year-old lover who had sex with herYun Yihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343295804928403795.post-58199713538828010522020-10-01T16:41:00.012-04:002022-01-27T15:21:34.726-05:00The Cider House RulesThe Cider House Rules is a complex and profound story under a seemingly plain title and a nonchalant beginning. It is a journey of love and kindness that starts and ends at a solitary orphan house. I watched the movie first. While I was already deeply moved by the movie, I found the book is even more breathtaking. The book addresses social issues such as abortion, prostitute, racial Yun Yihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343295804928403795.post-87295839545208399662018-04-07T20:47:00.000-04:002018-04-09T10:47:28.884-04:00Cooperation vs. SolitudeHumans cannot survive without cooperation, cannot think without solitude (independence).Yun Yihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343295804928403795.post-69596945654179596652018-04-06T11:40:00.001-04:002018-07-23T09:17:35.499-04:00More on Getting AlongA morally flawed person cannot get along with others, a morally "perfect" person can't either. This is because most people in this world are not "perfect", so it's hard for a "perfect" one to accept the imperfect others, and VICE VERSA.Yun Yihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343295804928403795.post-27100650646020452862018-03-02T10:52:00.000-05:002018-03-02T10:52:08.985-05:00SingleSingle persons are easily misunderstood and misjudged because people assume the reason that they are single is because they cannot get along, and getting along equals virtue.Yun Yihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343295804928403795.post-9527684102136374672017-11-27T17:46:00.001-05:002018-07-23T11:08:17.375-04:00A Disturbing "Natural" KillingI came across this image on a Chinese online community, which claimed that the "mother deer" in the middle of picture chose to fall prey to 3 cheetahs in order to let her kids running away... while I was stunned and sad, someone suggested that was a fake story. So I searched online and found true story, which is even more disturbing.
The true story was recorded by photographer Alison Yun Yihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343295804928403795.post-88640565826996907792017-09-05T17:46:00.000-04:002018-07-23T12:15:02.809-04:00The Sun The Moon and Taking Things for Granted
I just read a Chinese parable another day. It says an old man was asked which one is more important, the Sun or the Moon. The old man thought for a long while and answered "the Moon".
"Why?"
"Because the Moon shines in the night when we especially need it; the Sun shine in the day when it's already light."
I found it inspiring. Taking thing for granted seems to be a major disposition of our Yun Yihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343295804928403795.post-77409728508647938022017-09-03T12:34:00.000-04:002018-07-23T09:15:36.800-04:00Thomas Hardy vs. Charles Dickens I became a Hardy's fan recently, but not yet Dickens', though both of them focused on human tragedy. I wonder why?
Just read some comparison of these two online and I got clues. It says that the characters of Dickens are mostly typical types from the overall population of the time, and the cause of their tragedies are mostly social problems; on the other hands, hardy's characters are mostly more Yun Yihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343295804928403795.post-90676732968671848062017-04-24T13:24:00.001-04:002017-04-26T15:21:16.992-04:00Loss of InnocenceHaving a job like teaching art for children, I have a "privilege" to be with younger generations, which made me happy because I am type of persons who don't like to deal with the complication of adults. However, I also occasionally witness some changes - from immaturity to maturity, form simplicity to complication. Most of these changes are pleasant because they are in good ways, however, I Yun Yihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343295804928403795.post-61326102952010888032016-11-02T16:49:00.000-04:002016-11-02T17:58:59.508-04:00Spread Love, Not Hatred.
Yesterday, I went to public library to vote. In voting room I saw a teenager working there who looked familiar. So I asked her:"Do I know you somewhere?" "Maybe", she said, with a voice of boy. Instantly I realized her face looked identical to a student I taught long time ago, so I gave her a hint:"I teach art." "I was in your art classes." "R****!" I called out her name, though with low voice.Yun Yihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343295804928403795.post-33818209011059945512016-08-02T15:01:00.001-04:002016-08-02T15:01:35.112-04:00Ideas
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A sign of narrow mindedness is to defend ideas. Ideas are made to discuss, not to defend.Yun Yihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343295804928403795.post-82376360892445015282016-04-14T14:17:00.002-04:002018-07-23T12:22:06.460-04:00Tantra - physical vs spiritual
Based on online definition:
Look at these spiritual beings!
"Tantra is a Sanskrit word that means 'woven together.' Hindu and Buddhist meditation practitioners use sexual union as a metaphor for weaving together the physical and the spiritual: weaving man to woman, and humanity to the divine. The purpose is to become one with God."
Oh please, give me a break! Admit it, it's just physicalYun Yihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343295804928403795.post-62731228570931322342016-03-14T21:10:00.000-04:002016-03-14T21:13:41.635-04:00Intelligence vs. Smartness
Intelligence Failure (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
It takes great intelligence to know that we ultimately know nothing, so it's not a surprise that this world is full of "smart" people who think we know everything.Yun Yihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343295804928403795.post-64832468945092337812016-03-14T16:33:00.000-04:002016-03-14T17:14:07.601-04:00Ignorance
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Never underestimate the power of ignorance. It can do great harm, disregard the so called "good intention".Yun Yihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343295804928403795.post-81077005706281011552016-03-14T16:31:00.002-04:002016-03-14T16:38:20.066-04:00Reason to Love
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Being loved is never the reason to love. Love is. And it's the only reason.Yun Yihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343295804928403795.post-65536232283348730382016-02-18T10:21:00.000-05:002018-07-23T12:47:39.991-04:00Unconditional Love and Self-esteem - A Psychological Study of Child Abuse Victims' Emotional Journey
unconditional. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
We all need love. This is because that love make us feel connected to others, and this connection eases, or even eliminates our biggest fear: loneliness. Thus love becomes the greatest – sometime the only - reason for us to live.
But, unfortunately, love from others are not entirely secure. It comes and goes without warning. It's beyond our Yun Yihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343295804928403795.post-43761913998586278222016-02-06T20:49:00.000-05:002016-02-06T20:49:21.729-05:00Individualism vs GeneralizationIndividualism doesn't necessarily mean to ignore the collective or general differences between groups, such as races, cultures, nations, etc., but only means to refuse to use them as guide to treat each individual.Yun Yihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343295804928403795.post-73053601962769845482016-01-12T11:36:00.003-05:002018-07-23T13:23:01.459-04:00"No I Can't" and by Saying That, I Know I Am One of the Most Positive Persons on The Earth
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"Yes I can!", or "No, I can't", seem to be the signs of positive and negative personality for most people to identify. Over stated? Just look at those overwhelmingly "liked" facebook posts, we get idea.
Long ago I told a by-then friend of mine that "I can't do" something due to my critical illness (oh yes I was all time ill for over a decade - a decade of Yun Yihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343295804928403795.post-59023009383597167912015-12-20T17:43:00.001-05:002015-12-20T18:40:37.043-05:00Physical Vs. MentalIt's so strange that it takes a person like me, who naturally doesn't enjoy much physical pleasure, to believe that the physical part of life is more essential, more decisive, thus more important than the mental part among our whole life existence. Most people don't realize this simply because they take their good physical health for granted. Yun Yihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343295804928403795.post-476144616309289262015-11-19T11:54:00.001-05:002015-11-19T12:05:55.418-05:00Belief
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Faith/belief should only be the guide of our acts, not our understanding of universe.Yun Yihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343295804928403795.post-41256416696883310552015-11-06T12:39:00.000-05:002015-11-06T12:59:01.367-05:00From Ignorance To Stupidity
English: Bust of Socrates in the Vatican Museum (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
We are all ignorant in some ways but not all stupid. So what's the "line" divides stupid and wise? Socrates put it quite brilliantly over 2 thousands ago, but let me add something to it so it can cover both ends: those who admit our ignorance are wise, those who don't stupid.Yun Yihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343295804928403795.post-39692235788934778382015-11-02T14:30:00.000-05:002015-11-06T11:30:09.785-05:00Defending WeaknessIt seems (to me) that in most cases, to ignore the obvious only serves one purpose - to defend our weakness.
Yun Yihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343295804928403795.post-83261238201881133992015-11-01T10:04:00.000-05:002015-11-02T12:50:43.342-05:00Apology & Evolvement Those who do not apologize will not evolve.Yun Yihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343295804928403795.post-18964407635867786312015-10-20T16:53:00.000-04:002018-07-23T14:14:20.249-04:00Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Tragedy Unavoidable?(spoilers)
Just finished reading Tess of the d'Urbervilles, the first Thomas Hardy I've ever read, will not be the last for sure. I wonder what made me to neglect this literature classic for so long. I watched movie "Tess" when I was a teenager, it somehow didn't strike me as hard as "Jane Eyre" or some other films adapted from literature masterpieces. Recently, for some obscure reasons I pickedYun Yihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.com2