..my battle stance..

it is not intelligence, nor wisdom, nor beauty. it is graciousness, and compassion, and kindness. the true wonders in life can we do a genetic engineering on that? could DNA be responsible for that?

so there is this part in Dong Yi, period korean drama I've been watching, where the king was under pressure to hand over a court lady Dong Yi, whom he favored, to the court ministers to be judged. they have accused her of crime she didn't do, and they were out to kill her. the king knew it. so in his attempt to protect her, this is what he did. he bestowed his grace upon her. Dong Yi.. who was suppose to enter the palace as criminal.. entered the palace in royal robe instead. once she was an ordinary court lady with no power, now she was the king's bride, bestowed with his grace. the evil ministers were enraged. a scandalous grace! she was now a Palace Matron.. and not just any palace matron, she is a matron of grace. when someone has received his majesty's grace, she is no longer subject to judgment and punishment. harming her equals to insulting his majesty himself. the king's grace is above and beyond all authority. what a scandalous, amazing grace.

you know what.. if i choose to care and observe, i would have been disappointed and let down in so many ways. so.. i choose to learn to act blur. it's one way or another, i can't stand in between.

it was ninth month night, where wind and dagger were inseparable. cold and heartless. then with one stroke, wind and dagger were shattered. swift and piercing. tune of two stringed fiddle, tear of the white chrysanthemum.

it's not fun really to be mature, or to be more precise.. to act mature. you know.. to act like you can understand, that you feel for other person, that you can put on the other' shoes. when what you really really want to say is: what the heck??!!!

Hmm.. I think twitter is really a good place to look for inspiration. One of the celeb that I followed today was saying things about social vs moral incentive. "Social incentive proves to have stronger push, but weaker foundation. While moral incentive is a stronger foundation but seldom a strong push" I dunno whether that was taken from books or just a personal thot. But I found it to be particularly interesting and meaningful.

A nurse on the pediatric ward, before listening to the little ones' chests, would plug the stethoscope into their ears and let them listen to their own heart. Their eyes would always light up with awe, but she never got a response equal to four-year old David's comment. Gently she tucked the stethoscope into his ears and placed the disk over his heart. "Listen," she said. "What do you suppose that is?" He drew his eyebrows together in a puzzled line and looked up as if lost in the mystery of the strange tap-tap-tapping deep in his chest. Then, his face broke out in a wondrous grin and he asked, "Is that Jesus knocking?" --author unknown