A Lesson From A Jetplane Ride

Hello, i'm in Hong Kong. I thought it was going to be super cold (the temperature at 8 km above is minus, according to the airplane temperature sensors), but here at Hong Kong International Airport, it's not bad.

*insert Mr. Obama's face here*

The ride itself, though, gave me lessons.

One, fear not, even in the dark, when we cannot see anything (it's a night ride, and we're still far away from the mainland, according to the map on the screen), because our leader (our father, headmaster, or ultimately, our Father) knows more than we do, and can see more clearly than we do. In spiritual sense, this is important, especially if you're a Catholic.

Two, experience, either from our own, or the others, is very important. I have never gone abroad so far, and i have never gone in a night flight, either. So when i saw the freezing window, and the altitude meter which goes down every second, I was praying for the life of eveyone on the plane.

I know, I watch too many films.

Three, prepare for death, anytime. Don't you know that life is temporary, and death is due to every living thing on this Earth? Even though certain animals have regeneration which seemed to make them immortal (researchers are trying to benefit human body from this ability), what's the purpose? What is good from living until the end of our universe, if we don't have the real Peace, Joy, and Love? Ask, or observe someone who have done mortal sin, and you will see, how they live their life. I've been there, on the enemy's side. I don't want to be there anymore. The constant worry, fear of death, and despair is things that I had there. I hope that you will choose Life.

Can't You See The Beauty?

It's been months since the last time i had a course in Direct English. One of the natives, Curt, taught me one thing: when a child gets hurt (by falling, etc) they will not cry if they don't see their parent's worried face. He goes on by telling us to use this trick: when chirdren hurt himself, don't show any bad expressions. Put a calm, smiling face, and eveything will be okay. No cries (this method has been used by one of his family member).

Forgive me for being religious, but in a children's innocence, only recently i have realized this beautiful depiction of how men should act, if only they can see God's face. Man do sin, so they fall like a child, but the only people who have ever seen God the Father's face are not here on earth. We can see that only a few people cry, just like a child, when they fall into sin. I am barely sad when I fell into such position. This is because only a few even truly get to know Jesus, let alone seeing his face. I start to think that children cry because they fail their parent's hopes and dreams of him or her being steady on his or her feet, not just because it hurts.

Whether you're religious or not, let us do a favor to our parents by standing steady, avoiding the fall by fighting our irrational feelings.