Little Conversations
Had a long talk over dinner with one of my uni frens this evening... its amazing how a simple conversation can trigger thinking in the brain sometimes. A lot of times in life we get so settled down in our comfort zone that we are afraid to take the plunge: I was talking about a close person in my life who is ever so afraid of being a part of society that he literally gave up on himself and lived a decadent life ever since.

He knows what he does is wrong but his choice was to continue with it. At many a time, parents out of their great love they have for their children can never bear to do the punishing to let their children change for the better.

But these are normal phenomena that we humans are unable to transcend because we are afraid to come out of our comfort zone. We want the short way out, we want to be gratified instantly.

I asked a teacher of mine how it is that she could stay so long in her job given that it looks so ungratifying at times, or even depressing at many instances. She hesitated for a moment and told us that it is for the belief that she believes what she believes, that what she was doing was worth doing, that she is willing to take the plunge and surrender herself to the unknown or the ungrateful.

I think that is an admirable feat; and it is well-worthy of my respect. How many of us can actually live our dreams, our beliefs, against all the odds?

It is through the little things in life that we do such as we discover the extraordinary-ness of life.. and it is precisely going through such little conversations that we see the meaning out of them all....

Little conversations.... .. ..
- posted by “兴”火燎原 @ 4:32 PM