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Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Positive sophistication
It may at first seem that cynicism is a sign of
sophistication. But it is usually more an indication of
self-absorbed immaturity.
It may seem more realistic to look at the world and to pay
the most attention to all the sorrows and shortcomings. But
that is not even half the picture.
When you can look at anything and always see something to
love and to treasure, that is when enlightenment is within
your grasp. Any fool can criticize and find fault with life,
for there is no sublime skill needed to tear things down.
If you truly want to be sophisticated, then be positive. If
you seek to be acutely realistic, then focus on the positive
possibilities.
For though there is a downside to life, it is far outweighed
by the upside potential. Only things that already exist can
have problems or be torn down, while there is no limit to
what can be imagined and created.
Negativity is always self-limiting, for it surely and
eventually consumes itself. The loving, creative, positive
side of life has no such limitation, for the more it grows,
the more possibilities it creates.
Choose to be truly realistic and genuinely sophisticated.
Choose to be positive.
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发表于 2007-9-21 19:08
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