Fireworks. We all know what that means! It is entertainment in the sky! Flashes of color bursting in every direction! Each one is different! Each one is worthy of lingering oohs and aahs.
These bursts of delight have come a long way since I was a child. We were more than pleased with one at a time with a pause between each one. They soared into the sky and exploded with sound and color. Nowadays we see fireworks that burst constantly above us one on top of another and another, and many sets are choreographed to music! Such amazing progress!
I could not have foreseen the progress fireworks have made, but this gives me pause to reflect on them—after the fact; while I watch fireworks there is no time to think, no time to say, It is a rapid fire event that leaves one exhausted and overwhelmed right through the finale.
Do we have time to think about anything during a flashing set of fireworks? How about after; do we take a few moments to just THINK about what we experienced and witnessed? The beauty! The bravado! The colors and shapes! The sheer number of rockets! If there time to think of times gone by when we saw fireworks as a lass or lad? Do we associate fireworks with good times and family and friends, of parties and patriotism? What does it all mean?
This year, my fireworks experiences reminded me of life in general. Life goes by quickly, and the singular experiences are never repeated. If we close our eyes or even blink, we miss something. If we are distracted by something, we lose focus on what is in front of us. Sometimes we don’t want to miss anything so we keep our focus regardless of what is going on around us; however, this may mean we miss something important that is happening on the side lines.
Living life is amazing! It is like fireworks sometimes, as we rush here and there trying to accomplish a great many things in a short period of time. Some events are once in a life time or once in a while, while some events are routine enough and we keep going at it.
While life is happening to us and around us, do we take the time to appreciate what is happening? Like fireworks, do we take time to breathe in the experiences and savor life so that we remember, so that we learn from life? Life, like fireworks, can be over before we know it.
I can even ask, What kind of fireworks rocket do you want to be? Small and dainty, or larger than life? Loud but will little to show for it or expressive with twirling and twinkling till the end? If your life was a fireworks rocket, what kind would it be?
Good day to you all!
Jan 29, 2009
Jan 10, 2009
Sober Thoughts
"LIFE IS MORE FUN WHEN YOU'RE DRUNK and LIFE IS MORE DRUNK WHEN YOU'RE FUN"
Just think about it ....
haha... interesting quote really. why is there a need to take responsibility for you actions when you are drunk? you can just say: wait, i was drunk.
but no, it doesn't apply to statutory rape.
it doesn't apply to any rape.
it doesn't apply to drug usage.
it doesn't apply to drunk driving.
my point is, take responsibility for your own actions, for your own choices. Ii'm really level headed when i'm high, funny as it may sound. perhaps it's the principles and beliefs that govern a person's life that makes that person behave regardless of situation.
and really, it's really your own choice how you want to behave. I guess i'm really over my days when i just wanted to go club to drink and get high. it doesn't hold that much of an appeal for me anymore. sigh. maybe that's the sad thing, for "life is less fun when you are sober"
but is fun all we need in life? perhaps those people who are fooling around, having fun, unwilling to commit are just those who have been hurt before, who have emotional scars. and they just want to release and heal those scars before the time comes.
which brings me to finding "MS./MR. RIGHT. GO READ LIFE TODAY IF YOU WANT." Where the commentary was on finding your soulmate. Quote: Mr Right can come at the wrong time. Unquote. How true.
"When Mr Right comes at the wrong time". Only some lucky people marry the loves of their lives. the rest marry the most suitable person who come along when they are ready to settle down. sigh how true. and really, first loves are always sweet and saccharine, to the point of pukish to outsiders. and really as you progress through life, you won't marry someone you really love. i guess.
We are heading towards a population crisis. in the future. or even now. parents are seeing their children marrying out of the country (with our international relationships today), and gone are the days when couples have children at 23 and below. which biologically, is the best time to have offspring. in fact, with career being the foremost on males AND females minds today, there is slim chance that people will even settle down before the age of 30. give and take 10 years.
so when our generation grow up, do we expect to support 4 elders? which is really the case in china right now. with the 1 child policy rearing its ugly head. 1 couple to support 2 couples to support 4 couples. 4-2-1. it's unsustainable.
or reverse malthusian for those inclined to economics.
Think about it.
Just think about it ....
haha... interesting quote really. why is there a need to take responsibility for you actions when you are drunk? you can just say: wait, i was drunk.
but no, it doesn't apply to statutory rape.
it doesn't apply to any rape.
it doesn't apply to drug usage.
it doesn't apply to drunk driving.
my point is, take responsibility for your own actions, for your own choices. Ii'm really level headed when i'm high, funny as it may sound. perhaps it's the principles and beliefs that govern a person's life that makes that person behave regardless of situation.
and really, it's really your own choice how you want to behave. I guess i'm really over my days when i just wanted to go club to drink and get high. it doesn't hold that much of an appeal for me anymore. sigh. maybe that's the sad thing, for "life is less fun when you are sober"
but is fun all we need in life? perhaps those people who are fooling around, having fun, unwilling to commit are just those who have been hurt before, who have emotional scars. and they just want to release and heal those scars before the time comes.
which brings me to finding "MS./MR. RIGHT. GO READ LIFE TODAY IF YOU WANT." Where the commentary was on finding your soulmate. Quote: Mr Right can come at the wrong time. Unquote. How true.
"When Mr Right comes at the wrong time". Only some lucky people marry the loves of their lives. the rest marry the most suitable person who come along when they are ready to settle down. sigh how true. and really, first loves are always sweet and saccharine, to the point of pukish to outsiders. and really as you progress through life, you won't marry someone you really love. i guess.
We are heading towards a population crisis. in the future. or even now. parents are seeing their children marrying out of the country (with our international relationships today), and gone are the days when couples have children at 23 and below. which biologically, is the best time to have offspring. in fact, with career being the foremost on males AND females minds today, there is slim chance that people will even settle down before the age of 30. give and take 10 years.
so when our generation grow up, do we expect to support 4 elders? which is really the case in china right now. with the 1 child policy rearing its ugly head. 1 couple to support 2 couples to support 4 couples. 4-2-1. it's unsustainable.
or reverse malthusian for those inclined to economics.
Think about it.
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