Monday, June 25, 2012
keep and share.
Just wanna list down the things that I read recently that have greatly blessed me. :)
I conclude, then, that logic is a real insight into the way in which real things have to exist. In other words, the laws of thought are also the laws of things. (p. 41)
Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable. How many hours are there in a mile? Is yellow square or round? Probably half the questions we ask—half of our great theological and metaphysical problems—are like that… (p. 61)
(hahahz! find this really funny~)
We need to forgive our brother seventy times seven not only for 490 offenses, but for one offense. (p. 145)
The glory of God, and, as our only means to glorify him, the salvation of human souls, is the real business of life. (p. 129)
All that is not eternal is eternally out of date. (p. 252)
http://www.desiringgod.org/resource-library/articles/book-review-a-mind-awake-an-anthology-of-c-s-lewis
Something regarding frienship :)
http://www.duwenzhang.com/wenzhang/youqingwenzhang/20070808/621.html
And Something I really want to read every day! :)
http://www.desiringgod.org/blog/posts/10-resolutions-for-mental-health--2
2. Instead of the accustomed idea of a mindless and endless evolutionary change to which we can neither add nor subtract, I shall suppose the universe guided by an Intelligence which, as Aristotle said of Greek drama, requires a beginning, a middle, and an end.
I think this will save me from the cynicism expressed by Bertrand Russell before his death when he said: "There is darkness without, and when I die there will be darkness within. There is no splendor, no vastness anywhere, only triviality for a moment, and then nothing."
3. I shall not fall into the falsehood that this day, or any day, is merely another ambiguous and plodding twenty-four hours, but rather a unique event, filled, if I so wish, with worthy potentialities.
I shall not be fool enough to suppose that trouble and pain are wholly evil parentheses in my existence, but just as likely ladders to be climbed toward moral and spiritual manhood.
4. I shall not turn my life into a thin, straight line which prefers abstractions to reality. I shall know what I am doing when I abstract, which of course I shall often have to do.
5. I shall not demean my own uniqueness by envy of others. I shall stop boring into myself to discover what psychological or social categories I might belong to. Mostly I shall simply forget about myself and do my work.
6. I shall open my eyes and ears. Once every day I shall simply stare at a tree, a flower, a cloud, or a person. I shall not then be concerned at all to ask what they are but simply be glad that they are. I shall joyfully allow them the mystery of what Lewis calls their "divine, magical, terrifying and ecstatic" existence.
7. I shall sometimes look back at the freshness of vision I had in childhood and try, at least for a little while, to be, in the words of Lewis Carroll, the "child of the pure unclouded brow, and dreaming eyes of wonder."
8. I shall follow Darwin's advice and turn frequently to imaginative things such as good literature and good music, preferably, as Lewis suggests, an old book and timeless music.
9. I shall not allow the devilish onrush of this century to usurp all my energies but will instead, as Charles Williams suggested, "fulfill the moment as the moment." I shall try to live well just now because the only time that exists is now.
C.S. Lewis Quotes from the anthology of C.S. Lewis
I conclude, then, that logic is a real insight into the way in which real things have to exist. In other words, the laws of thought are also the laws of things. (p. 41)
When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed
if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly.
When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of
childishness and the desire to be very grown up. (p. 32)
Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable. How many hours are there in a mile? Is yellow square or round? Probably half the questions we ask—half of our great theological and metaphysical problems—are like that… (p. 61)
(hahahz! find this really funny~)
We need to forgive our brother seventy times seven not only for 490 offenses, but for one offense. (p. 145)
The glory of God, and, as our only means to glorify him, the salvation of human souls, is the real business of life. (p. 129)
All that is not eternal is eternally out of date. (p. 252)
http://www.desiringgod.org/resource-library/articles/book-review-a-mind-awake-an-anthology-of-c-s-lewis
Something regarding frienship :)
http://www.duwenzhang.com/wenzhang/youqingwenzhang/20070808/621.html
And Something I really want to read every day! :)
http://www.desiringgod.org/blog/posts/10-resolutions-for-mental-health--2
10 Resolutions for Mental Health
1. At least once every day I shall look steadily up at the sky and remember that I, a consciousness with a conscience, am on a planet traveling in space with wonderfully mysterious things above and about me.2. Instead of the accustomed idea of a mindless and endless evolutionary change to which we can neither add nor subtract, I shall suppose the universe guided by an Intelligence which, as Aristotle said of Greek drama, requires a beginning, a middle, and an end.
I think this will save me from the cynicism expressed by Bertrand Russell before his death when he said: "There is darkness without, and when I die there will be darkness within. There is no splendor, no vastness anywhere, only triviality for a moment, and then nothing."
3. I shall not fall into the falsehood that this day, or any day, is merely another ambiguous and plodding twenty-four hours, but rather a unique event, filled, if I so wish, with worthy potentialities.
I shall not be fool enough to suppose that trouble and pain are wholly evil parentheses in my existence, but just as likely ladders to be climbed toward moral and spiritual manhood.
4. I shall not turn my life into a thin, straight line which prefers abstractions to reality. I shall know what I am doing when I abstract, which of course I shall often have to do.
5. I shall not demean my own uniqueness by envy of others. I shall stop boring into myself to discover what psychological or social categories I might belong to. Mostly I shall simply forget about myself and do my work.
6. I shall open my eyes and ears. Once every day I shall simply stare at a tree, a flower, a cloud, or a person. I shall not then be concerned at all to ask what they are but simply be glad that they are. I shall joyfully allow them the mystery of what Lewis calls their "divine, magical, terrifying and ecstatic" existence.
7. I shall sometimes look back at the freshness of vision I had in childhood and try, at least for a little while, to be, in the words of Lewis Carroll, the "child of the pure unclouded brow, and dreaming eyes of wonder."
8. I shall follow Darwin's advice and turn frequently to imaginative things such as good literature and good music, preferably, as Lewis suggests, an old book and timeless music.
9. I shall not allow the devilish onrush of this century to usurp all my energies but will instead, as Charles Williams suggested, "fulfill the moment as the moment." I shall try to live well just now because the only time that exists is now.
10. Even if I turn out to be wrong, I shall bet my life on the assumption that this world is not idiotic,
neither run by an absentee landlord, but that today, this very day,
some stroke is being added to the cosmic canvas that in due course I
shall understand with joy as a stroke made by the architect who calls
himself Alpha and Omega.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
嘻。请问。。你。是。谁？
好像是好久好久开始，就学会了。想做最真实的自己，却来回-徘徊。根本摸不着嘛。
什么样的艺术，什么样的个性。什么样的星座，什么样的态度。大家，似乎在寻找着。想要发现这奥妙的艺术品。啊，不就是我们么。
但，当发现了什么的时候，却又害怕了。怕，是否不一样。不一样了是否，又一样。真搞笑。啧。无聊。
。。。（真的。。无聊么..) 。。。
我们不就是那神秘的艺术品吗？那高尚的，那持久的。
那为创作者，可厉害咯！
就这样。
发现。
不断询问“他”，不断跟他走。
他，会带你，我，走最美丽的路程，最奥妙的旅途。奇妙吧！
期待着。
什么样的艺术，什么样的个性。什么样的星座，什么样的态度。大家，似乎在寻找着。想要发现这奥妙的艺术品。啊，不就是我们么。
但，当发现了什么的时候，却又害怕了。怕，是否不一样。不一样了是否，又一样。真搞笑。啧。无聊。
。。。（真的。。无聊么..) 。。。
我们不就是那神秘的艺术品吗？那高尚的，那持久的。
那为创作者，可厉害咯！
就这样。
发现。
不断询问“他”，不断跟他走。
他，会带你，我，走最美丽的路程，最奥妙的旅途。奇妙吧！
期待着。
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
more writing...
In this world, everyone is trying to be something other than their selves...
Just came back from an exam and after three hours of writing, yes. more writing.
While walking back from uni, my mind was just full of joyful thoughts, felt so content, so happy, so satisfied as I reflect upon the journey God has brought me through. I am grateful that my parents did not stop me from doing music, I am grateful that how that night, God has placed this thing in my heart to wake up and not give up on a dream, that seems so far fetch. He definitely knows me better than I do, so much more. Music studies is just the perfect spot to put me in. This semester I am so grateful for the things music studies subject that I took. In the exam hall just now, I couldn't simply express the joy of writing so much in an exam paper. Three hours of full blown writing, and I am enjoying every single bit of it. Hard to imagine eh,when the setting is in an exam hall. Where students are suppose to stress out, when fears are suppose to overwhelm. How blessed I am to not only be able to write my paper peacefully but to actually enjoy every single stroke that I wrote on it. Because of this, I grow to love words, and now, to add to the joy, I am writing about music, something that I love, and I enjoy. What privilege it is and that made me wanna take up writing a bit more seriously, so that I can flow naturally and express my love in ways that are not limiting and use words to colour the picture of music as much as I can.
While walking back, looking at the trees on the side of the field, it makes me see through the vastness of this world, and not to contain within my own world. If only I spend a little bit more time and attention to things around me, if only I can accept myself as a part of this beautiful picture and if only I could see others a little more, how beautiful this world can be. What a majestic piece of art! Every single person, every single bit of this world.
Oh well, time to get back to reality and off to an unknown world again! adios!
:)
Just came back from an exam and after three hours of writing, yes. more writing.
While walking back from uni, my mind was just full of joyful thoughts, felt so content, so happy, so satisfied as I reflect upon the journey God has brought me through. I am grateful that my parents did not stop me from doing music, I am grateful that how that night, God has placed this thing in my heart to wake up and not give up on a dream, that seems so far fetch. He definitely knows me better than I do, so much more. Music studies is just the perfect spot to put me in. This semester I am so grateful for the things music studies subject that I took. In the exam hall just now, I couldn't simply express the joy of writing so much in an exam paper. Three hours of full blown writing, and I am enjoying every single bit of it. Hard to imagine eh,when the setting is in an exam hall. Where students are suppose to stress out, when fears are suppose to overwhelm. How blessed I am to not only be able to write my paper peacefully but to actually enjoy every single stroke that I wrote on it. Because of this, I grow to love words, and now, to add to the joy, I am writing about music, something that I love, and I enjoy. What privilege it is and that made me wanna take up writing a bit more seriously, so that I can flow naturally and express my love in ways that are not limiting and use words to colour the picture of music as much as I can.
While walking back, looking at the trees on the side of the field, it makes me see through the vastness of this world, and not to contain within my own world. If only I spend a little bit more time and attention to things around me, if only I can accept myself as a part of this beautiful picture and if only I could see others a little more, how beautiful this world can be. What a majestic piece of art! Every single person, every single bit of this world.
Oh well, time to get back to reality and off to an unknown world again! adios!
:)
Sunday, June 17, 2012
My journey in music studies
I couldn't express any better the feeling of sitting in the music library, listening to various interesting music and studying music for my exams. What luxury do I have as a student. Studying music has always been my dream, and even though I know, I am far from being an expert, far from being a musician, God has given me this opportunity to study something that made my heartbeat so fast, my blood all pumped up, feeling excited just looking through the article, excited about what is coming up in the next line of the article. Feeling discouraged as I am not a top student in music, definitely not, studying music has become a dream that is so far fetched. I couldn't have believed that right now, I am actually studying it for my exams. This is way too exciting. Even though I am not a professional, and i know how greatly blessed I am to be able to just study something that I am passionate about, studying music has definitely helped to discover and accept myself. Well, at least for a start, I know now that I am not the only weird one out there with weird ideas and appreciation for art, not the say the weird taste for music. lolz! Coming to an end of my bachelor degree, I realize that it has been so fruitful and fulfilling. So colourful in this mysterious journey that is slowly being revealed. But one thing for sure that I think uni taught me, is the importance of language. And right now as I am studying for my next exam, through reading the articles, it really made me to think twice that I should in fact take language a bit more seriously, as it is just so amazingly wonderful, the joy u can have by uncovering what is inside each word, and the amazement of being able to share wonderful things in life through the power of language and proper use of words. This is an art itself, and it definitely is not disconnected from other forms of art. I love music, I love art. and now, I think I love langauge. What more? :) As I realize, art that brings us closer to God unleashes its beauty more than ever before. They are keys, they are tools, to the wonders of God but they are a miracle themselves as how God has created them.
I guess, at this very point, I just want to shout out ; I LOVE MY COURSE!!! :D MUSIC ROX!!!! :D
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