Monday, November 1, 2010
The noble ‘imperfect’ guidance
I’m afraid the world’s trickiest people to fool are our own children. Therefore, parents themselves must be pay special attention to their own imperfection/weakness and aim for a greater perfection/strength. This way, your child will naturally learn some significant aspect from this attitude. ——Mr. Ikeda
Victory doesn’t necessary equivalent to accomplishment because most of the time victory is the incomplete part of an even greater accomplishment. So how something which is incomplete can be so noble? Simple, it is because we never realize that it’s noble, always assuming those things are progressing so success and victory couldn’t be determined. This assumption proves that we never truly appreciate incomplete or imperfect things.
Incomplete or imperfect means still progressing and to persevere courageously surmounting along this path and relentlessly advance is in fact the actual proof of one’s fulfilling life and the actual proof of one’s life filled with dynamism. Everyday’s continuous effort is a small victory. In regard to children’s education, we shouldn’t expect children to achieve accomplishment ahead of their time but undeniably, this scenario still persists. It is most commonly observed on children’s school’s achievements.
Adults often over emphasize on children’s academic performance thinking that bad results equals failure. But how many people out there really pay attention to children’s efforts? I’ve heard of a saying which says, a child grows up learning from the shadow of adults and that children are their parents’ mirror. If adults affectionately love and encourage their children, the children will strive to do their best and advance along the path of an optimistic growth. On the contrary, if an adult treats a child as a tactic of vanity or a dependant, then for sure, the loneliness and emptiness the child feels will go way beyond words could express.
The Chinese word ‘pure’ comes from the Chinese character meaning ‘fight’ when added two dots representing ‘water’ in front of the word, hence the Chinese word pure come about. From this Chinese word, pure brings about the capability of purification. When human beings stop struggling, they will become like the stagnant water, losing the potential for growth and purification. Adults and children are all imperfect; everyone is in the process of learning. Hence, everyone must confront their own weakness, strive and encourage each other and grow.
Victory doesn’t necessary equivalent to accomplishment because most of the time victory is the incomplete part of an even greater accomplishment. So how something which is incomplete can be so noble? Simple, it is because we never realize that it’s noble, always assuming those things are progressing so success and victory couldn’t be determined. This assumption proves that we never truly appreciate incomplete or imperfect things.
Incomplete or imperfect means still progressing and to persevere courageously surmounting along this path and relentlessly advance is in fact the actual proof of one’s fulfilling life and the actual proof of one’s life filled with dynamism. Everyday’s continuous effort is a small victory. In regard to children’s education, we shouldn’t expect children to achieve accomplishment ahead of their time but undeniably, this scenario still persists. It is most commonly observed on children’s school’s achievements.
Adults often over emphasize on children’s academic performance thinking that bad results equals failure. But how many people out there really pay attention to children’s efforts? I’ve heard of a saying which says, a child grows up learning from the shadow of adults and that children are their parents’ mirror. If adults affectionately love and encourage their children, the children will strive to do their best and advance along the path of an optimistic growth. On the contrary, if an adult treats a child as a tactic of vanity or a dependant, then for sure, the loneliness and emptiness the child feels will go way beyond words could express.
The Chinese word ‘pure’ comes from the Chinese character meaning ‘fight’ when added two dots representing ‘water’ in front of the word, hence the Chinese word pure come about. From this Chinese word, pure brings about the capability of purification. When human beings stop struggling, they will become like the stagnant water, losing the potential for growth and purification. Adults and children are all imperfect; everyone is in the process of learning. Hence, everyone must confront their own weakness, strive and encourage each other and grow.
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