(Shanjing)
1 Inner Talks
Perhaps I'd be writing a lovely poem,
but this is not.
Please bare with me, dear friend/s,
to be boring in the Spring.
I just can’t help with the inner talks
that often bring me inner peace .
I love what I do, perhaps, the same as you.
Even though it doesn’t pay a lot,
it helps internal growth,
as a multi-dimensional being.
We all have competence in decision-making;
rational or irrational, who else ’d really know?
For instance, why do people choose to get drunk,
get hooked to drugs, or
do things that hurt others
and in turn hurt themselves?
2 Know the Self ?
Nature and nurture,
they work together.
As an infant we imitate;
as a child we play; and
as an adult, we participate in
and contribute to our world, in which
love and hate
often follow as twin.
Who am I, and what do I want
as a human being?
Now, please sit down,
take out a piece of paper and a pencil, and
just let your thoughts flow.
Please j uggle down whatever comes to your mind -
your inner or social self:
your impulses, desires, ambitions, traits,
infatuation, passion, intimacy,
abilities, interests, hobbies,
family, friends, confidant,
career, dedication, commitment,…
Please stop whenever you want to.
Now on what you wrote
you may see a picture
of yourself; it may tell you
W ho you really are.
3 Appreciation
Sharing the age of information,
appreciation of the holistic view
the structural thinking,
and the organic integration
that orchestrates a beautiful
Fountain of Spring.
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