仁
The Virtue of Human-Heartedness
The Virtue of Human-Heartedness
Humans are perfectible in the sense that they can achieve the value of 仁. It is the will of Heaven that they strive to achieve this virtue - the virtue of human-heartedness or loving respect. 仁 is represented in Chinese by an ideograph constructed from two simpler ideographs, the left side represents 'person', and the right side represents 'two'. As the ideograph shows, it is a quality that has to do with the problems of relating to other people. Its meaning is close to 'the art of dealing with others'. In the Analects, Confucius associates 仁 with reciprocity - the realisation that relations with others are two-way streets. Hence, he teaches, "Do not do to others that which you would not have them do to you." The ultimate concern of the person who possesses 仁 is the good of humans, not just himself or herself. 仁 is not to be identified with a feeling or emotion of affection. It is closer to an ability or way of being. It involves the whole person, including a kind of intellectual input, because reciprocity is a concept that must be understood quite apart from our feelings about it.
-- Patterns of Religion, pg 285-286
What a name to live up to. Maybe the happenings of today showed me, I won't live up to my name for some time to come.
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I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you, and you know I never want to. I was not in e most awesome of moods just now, especially in light of what I shared with you about not knowing if I can trust myself. I just felt totally inadequate. I know I make people sick talking to them about this issue, but sometimes I wish I knew what to do. Cos the truth is, I don't. and I more often than not, I'm stuck in the middle of nowhere.
I respect you, and your decisions. Whenever you told me you didnt want me to do something, I've always said ok and respected your decisions. Like when u told me last time that you weren't comfortable talking on the phone. Or when you told me you didn't want to meet up. I've never said no. I hope you can understand. Since you've decided that you don't want me to ask you about this issue, I won't. But I hope we can still be as good buddies as we were half an hour ago.
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I'm starting to realise why I enjoyed staying in the apartment. I really can't stand it anymore. Why do u keep dragging me to the toilet and showing me how the toilet bowl leaks? I can't do anything about. Besides, when the water bills went up, I onli stayed here 8 days a month. Why is it assumed that the cause of the rising water bill is me? Why is it assumed that I don't feel bad about the accident? C'mon. I had THREE nightmares last night of me getting into accidents. Is that not bad enough? Argh.
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I'm not sure I can trust myself anymore. Sometimes things rage.
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I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you, and you know I never want to. I was not in e most awesome of moods just now, especially in light of what I shared with you about not knowing if I can trust myself. I just felt totally inadequate. I know I make people sick talking to them about this issue, but sometimes I wish I knew what to do. Cos the truth is, I don't. and I more often than not, I'm stuck in the middle of nowhere.
I respect you, and your decisions. Whenever you told me you didnt want me to do something, I've always said ok and respected your decisions. Like when u told me last time that you weren't comfortable talking on the phone. Or when you told me you didn't want to meet up. I've never said no. I hope you can understand. Since you've decided that you don't want me to ask you about this issue, I won't. But I hope we can still be as good buddies as we were half an hour ago.
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I'm starting to realise why I enjoyed staying in the apartment. I really can't stand it anymore. Why do u keep dragging me to the toilet and showing me how the toilet bowl leaks? I can't do anything about. Besides, when the water bills went up, I onli stayed here 8 days a month. Why is it assumed that the cause of the rising water bill is me? Why is it assumed that I don't feel bad about the accident? C'mon. I had THREE nightmares last night of me getting into accidents. Is that not bad enough? Argh.
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I'm not sure I can trust myself anymore. Sometimes things rage.
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"Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee." Isaiah 26:3
Hey buddy, put only your trust in God ok? We walk by faith, and not by sight:)
Let Bygones be Bygones, Forgive and Forget the Past...be transformed by the renewing of your mind, then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is - His good, pleasing and perfect will... baabaa