In process, to progress

Beijing – A JOBLESS knife-wielding man attacked and injured 29 children and three adults at a kindergarten in eastern China yesterday in the third school-stabbing frenzy in roughly a month.

Sometimes, I really wonder if everything was acted according to plan. Third school-stabbing frenzy in a month is way too ridiculous for me. Besides, what reason can these stabbers have for hurting those in a school? Just like the problems in life. It just keeps getting into our way. The moment you settled a problem, then at the next moment, you will be stuck into another one. Well, sometimes I think it is there for us to appreciate our lives. People always say, ” Life is short, so live to the fullest” but to my opinion it should be, “Life is still short but facing problems in life will lengthen it”.

So, where is the enjoying part of life? To get problems solved? Of course not.  It is to know more about human nature. It always amazes me when I get to know a someone with a completely new trait of personality which I never come across. Some could be as contradicting as being shy and loud at the same time. A thought flashed through my head, is being easily contented a good trait in term of characteristics? Some may argue that being easily contented is an optimist view whereby you are happy with whatever you achieve in life, while some would say that being easily contented is a way that losers think. To me, there have got to be some balance. So “feel easily contented only after striving your best” is  what I agree on.

We also talked about optimism in the previous chunk of words up there. I think that these terms are so biased. Imagine, you are an optimistic person and you have a mindset that the things prepared for you in life would be good. In the end, it did not turn out as good and you keep getting hurt and sad. Doesn’t it sound like a pessimist? On the other hand, Imagine that you are someone who thinks that life is going to get harder. But in the end, it did not. Moreover, at any problems you face, you have a mindset that it is not the end and it gets you prepared unknowingly that there are more in life. Whatever happens with whatever outcome, you will keep thinking that that is not the worst. It sounds like a optimist, doesn’t it? At my age now, I have got tons to learn. Perhaps someday, I will have the answers.

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