Friend sent me a PowerPoint file with beautiful photographs and music and relevant famous ancient poems. Viewing it reminded me a dream (more like a feeling) that I have had since when I was young and has almost forgotten, that is to be part of the good old days and born to a scholarly family or be a well known scholar. I'd like to live a life of dashing and elegant and unrestrained (Xiao Sa), and most of all enlightened.
Unfortunately, modern day's life is full of rush and hush, restrain and confusion. What's funny is that my daughter Helen made up a song in her piano lesson today, named as "Hurry Now". Her teacher actually liked it and wrote it down. Helen will perform it at her next recital this coming Sunday. It's good that she enjoys her music lesson. It's sad that "Hurry" is deeply registered in her head at 5 year old, yet I still rush her every day, hundreds of times to hurry up for something....No wonder that's how she named her song. Only if we can slow down and enjoy life a bit. It's such a challenge, I fail every day.
What have we become?
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
A Birthday Invite - Life is to be celebrated!
Life is to be celebrated!
It is amazing how a complex human being can be started from a single cell.
It is mind boggling how a human baby can survive considering they will need to live years of being fed and being cleaned and being dressed, on and on, before they can grow up to be a self sustaining individual.
It has to be a pure luck for us to grow up and grow old in a not so eventful way considering how many obstacles are along the way to cut short one's fragile life.
Lately, I have been seeing the two ends with much clearer vision than an average Jane. As some of you may know that I had to make a sudden trip to China 2 weeks ago. Fortunately we have overcome that storm. It makes me feel that every second we live is an amazing event, every breath we take is a precious gift. Life is too short, let's celebrate!
Since we can't possibly be parting every day of our life, let's pick some major milestones. Here is one, the 2 year birthday of Alexander Zhang Otis, on March 12.
Location: Our house (xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Time: March 12, Saturday, 5 pm - 9 pm
Format: We will provide the food and drinks and cakes. If you want to enrich the dinner offering, you are welcome to bring a specialty of yours.
Contact us: (703) xxx-xxxx (home); (703) xxx-xxxx (cell)
Please reply no later than March 3rd, Friday, about whether you will join us or not. If you can join us for the celebration, please let me know the total number of adults and kids in your party coming.
Cheers and hope to see you soon!
JZO
It is amazing how a complex human being can be started from a single cell.
It is mind boggling how a human baby can survive considering they will need to live years of being fed and being cleaned and being dressed, on and on, before they can grow up to be a self sustaining individual.
It has to be a pure luck for us to grow up and grow old in a not so eventful way considering how many obstacles are along the way to cut short one's fragile life.
Lately, I have been seeing the two ends with much clearer vision than an average Jane. As some of you may know that I had to make a sudden trip to China 2 weeks ago. Fortunately we have overcome that storm. It makes me feel that every second we live is an amazing event, every breath we take is a precious gift. Life is too short, let's celebrate!
Since we can't possibly be parting every day of our life, let's pick some major milestones. Here is one, the 2 year birthday of Alexander Zhang Otis, on March 12.
Location: Our house (xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Time: March 12, Saturday, 5 pm - 9 pm
Format: We will provide the food and drinks and cakes. If you want to enrich the dinner offering, you are welcome to bring a specialty of yours.
Contact us: (703) xxx-xxxx (home); (703) xxx-xxxx (cell)
Please reply no later than March 3rd, Friday, about whether you will join us or not. If you can join us for the celebration, please let me know the total number of adults and kids in your party coming.
Cheers and hope to see you soon!
JZO
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