Community

Of late, likened to study different communities, cultures and living. When I visited the mountains, I see so many natives living in the mountains in decades if not in century already. They didnt open up or rather developed in their neighbourhood, but they are happy as they are. What made them as what they are? (You may say, hey! man, they are so contented!) But they can live a day without fail. They are not starving, they own proper homes, cars, clothings to live on day by day.

Comparatively, those living in the urbans, I can see how greed, materialism changed another to a uncontented person. Many are rushing out in the early morn, be it their day of work, real life or dark life as I love to put it. Some are so greedy that they do robberies, thieving works etc. In which, at this hour (4am) or even earlier, (should I say, damn it in this NY time) they are already working round the clock to hack people's homes in the wake of the hours where everyone should be in the slumberland. Including me, but the barking of neighbour's dog made me realised, I better do something here to make those lurkers at bay! This is the second consecutive nights.

At times, I would wonder, why those people cannot work hard decently in the day, be a dish washer, a street sweeper, a cleaner of anything, selling anything out of the garden (if they ever tilted.. but do they?) In my neighbourhood of about 50 - 60 houses, not a single house, I can see as many fruit trees/plants/flowers like my own garden! I really cannot believe it myself.

But over the CNY celebrations, you can heard much "bomps..." and fire crackers banging, well, deep into it, do they have decent life styles, that I have no comment! Indeed, to me, playing firecrackers is not only illegal, it pollutes the air, waste money not an idea to me for decades! Moreover, if anyone is doing work like the firecrackers, it only changes to paper only!

Thus, in my tutoring time, relaxing over with my students, sharing about basics in life. To have it, every one must learn to plant some trees, flowers, vegetables at home to realise life is not just studying alone. (To do this, I taught them how to plant and we compete to see whose seeds will grow to bigger vegetables, or plants.)

In years to come, what community can do better ? Those who read bibles more often, it is undeniable. It is a book, nothing can be learnt else where. But to master the bible and put to life, is the key to any everlasting community.