The original post posted just now did not make it into the new blog list as the poor line conditions prevented the posting. Wireless connection conditions are quite unpredictable unless you place the modem at a very strong signal position.
I didn't go out in the morning. It was raining pretty heavy and I felt like waiting until the rain stopped - which only just before noon. Before bed, I thought of going out early and enjoy the sightseeing which I loved every weekend here. But today was Chinese All Souls Day. By right, I was ought to go back to town and go to temple to pray. But I could not make it and I told the folks back there that I would only be back this weekend.
I read Edmund's commentary on Sampson's story and I felt that it was a story which prompts everyone of us to pause for thought. But it raised a question: Where would be the line before someone is deemed to materialistic? If you are a family man, how far will you go? Will you have to be that thing in order to provide comfort and the high quality of life that children should deserve to? Every father or parent are bound by duty to teach the child and support him whatever means necessary to help the child to reach adulthood.
Kiyosaki and Trump did commented and admitted that in the current social state and world economy, every person is will have to get their hands dirty as to put themselves out of the rat race cycle. Somerset Maugham once quoted, "Lack of money is the root of all evils."
But then, I agree and recalled that whatever things you enjoy here are only temporary. The things you have are borrowed from God and when your time is up here, all those are returned to HIM. Everyone has to pay in full price.
Call me of a sudden interest in religious subject, but after reading Edmund's post, it made me try to ponder on the parallel with our lives we are in. IMO, the preaching presents the opportunity and reminder to repent our mistakes that we make. We can be unfaithful in times, but God is faithful; he is everywhere, no matter where we are.
It's Monday tomorrow. Everyone hates Mondays. Break's over and my granny used to say, going back to the cage or prison. Ha!
Hi Melvin,
ReplyDeleteYour post shows that you are very perceptive. Maugham's tongue-in-cheek "lack of money is the root of all evil" is always very, very true. Economic injustice is the source of great sufferings to millions among us. We were discussing exactly this issue the other night over "shesha", remember?
By vanity and worldliness, I mean the "love" of the things of the world - rather than the proper acquisition of finance for the provision of one's needs. More often than not - it is greed that motivates a person rather than real need. Just take a gander at the folks in JB (that we make fun of every chance we get) - they are obsessed with money above all else - resulting in all sorts of nonsensical superstitions, dishonest business practices and outright criminal activities.
In fact, when you think about it, if people learn to be less selfish and share more (probably a more Socialist system), then the evil that Maugham speak of will no longer exist - since the "lack" will be eliminated. However, it is precisely because people's "love" for money is so great that it's unlikely this "lack" will be eliminated in the near future. "The love of money really is the root of all evil".