in chinese... we use "small people" (literal translation) to label those in the story below:
actually... i dun believe i should go into the details of the incident... but perhaps... summarize the morals of the story....
isnt it amazing how people can twist the truth into gossip... just because the truth is something they rather not believe... or they are too jealous to believe...so what do they do?... they turn the story upside down.. and spread it like gossip...
just because of jealousy or lack of their own merit/judgment ... gossip spreads like wild fire and weeds... there is a poem in chinese: 野 火 燒 不 盡 , 春 風 吹 有 生 "fire cannot destory all weeds, for spring wind blows upon new sprouts"... i love this poem for it signifies exactly this situation...
weeds are the small people/the jealousy... they will always be around.. nothing can extinguish them... for gossip will always be spread like the spring wind... that fertilizes the small people !!!
conclusion: i am always the water... perhaps it is me.. that helps to grow/create jealousy in the small people... or.. it is me who destroys the fire that is unable to eliminate the weeds... in the end... i should just go with the flow... and reflect in my own pond of water
full poem:
poet: 白居易
title: 賦得古原草送別
poem:
離離原上草，一歲一枯榮。
野火燒不盡，春風吹又生。
遠芳侵古道，晴翠接荒城。
又送王孫去，萋萋滿別情
for more detailed explanation: description (provided by keith.. thx)
3 comments:
i'm sorry you have to go through this stuff ~_~ but i guess, like u said, there will alwyas be 小人 no matter where you are in life~ however, i definitely know you're not the type who causes people to be like this; the people who spread rumours and twist truths create these jealous feelings within themselves, and you shouldn't need to feel responsible for it in any way!
i know how warm and happy i feel whenever i'm around you.. and i'm definite, 100000000% sure that everyone feels that way except a few select (stupid) people~ so don't let it get to you!
love you!
hmmmmmmm..........~ *pondering*
I wish I could understand Chinese poetry...but I understand what you're 'talking about'...I agree and love that you (we,most of us girls)are waters..because I believe that jealous people are the oxygen that keeps the gossip fires going...and we are the ones strong enough to put it out--so ignore the "small people", because you're too good for them,
luv, Ja9
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