首先要多謝留comment 的 Joe and Gladys．
上一篇entry提到daring ge 問題，Gladys 係comments 中回應了(c.f. comments to last entry)因此想在這篇entry中再說說我對daring ge 看法．
haha enough Chinese till here.. I am trying to type more Chinese in my entries to keep it interesting but it is definitely too time consuming to complete the whole thing by Chinese here. It would kill me to keep trial-and-erroring around 2-3 times for each character.. In any case it is in my plan to type more chinese.
Back to the title of this passage. I wanna elaborate more on the topic of daringness. In fact I would like to modify the phase a little bit into "rational daringness".
Daringness, according to my definition, is very very different from impulsiveness, in which people tend to act recklessly to attain a certain goal without taking into account of the potential risks and gains. On the other hand daringness is the quality of a person that a human is willing to stick onto something and try to attain a certain contributive goal after detailed and thorough analysis of the situation, the potential risks and gains. The most admirable thing about this certain rational daringness is that it doesn't put personal interest on the top of the list (although with the rule of rationality, personal security is still an priority) but instead, the interest of "the group", including self, is at the top of the list. On the other hand, although the goal of an impulsive person can still be very noble, such intension is not a must to meet the criteria of impulsiveness. I must add in here that "daring" to me is not the same as the "dare" in "Do you dare to .....". It is much much more in context.
Let me further elaborate the concept by giving an example. A person who goes to work as a volunteer in a war zone can be either an impulsive or a daring person. An impulsive person would run here and there trying to save at many people as they can. Yet, he/she doesn't put SWOT analysis as a consideration and just dash here and there, putting him/herself and his/her colleagues into dangers. On the other hand, a daring person, while trying to save as much as possible, would take stretagies so that he/she and his/her colleagues are protected from unnecessary dangers.
Daringness, therefore, is a quality that a valued person needs to attain. Of course, we become less "daring" as we grow. But that is because the amount of risk we can withstand decreases as our daily responsibility increases. We should still retain the quality of daringness so that we can keep the fire on and to attain our goal after clever evaluation of the whole thing.
So, I still keep daring as a necessary quality to live a valued life.
Coming soon:
My view on Cilvilization, global village and culture values--Where we are heading?
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Friday, February 09, 2007
Dare to dream.
Haven' t been updating this blog for some while. But I guess readers of this blog would want some quality stuff rather than some random thoughts to fill things up.
So I finally did it. I posted up the link of this blog to my Xanga site. Those who wish to can now visit here without playing that guessing challenge. Whatever. I however doubt how many will actually click in LOL. Do drop a comment if you are first time visitor ;) and welcome.
Lately I have finished my medical rotations and am now under my Orthopaedics and traumatology rotation (i.e. the department that deals with bone and trauma).
Anyway, just read Dede's xanga some minutes ago and it sort of pulled my into some serious thoughts. It was true indeed. Where has the impulsiveness gone?
I recently have watched Kubrick's work of "clockwork orange" which was definitely one of his best known works. In the movie, a certian "method" was invented to "corrent" the criminals so that they feel very sick everytime they think about violence and sex and so on. It was some sort of conditioning really. When the inventor of the method tried to boast about the "effectiveness of such 'cure'", and claim it to be an ultimate solution to the problem of crime, a chaplain shouted "Choice! The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fear of physical pain drove him to that grotesque act of self-abasement. The insincerity was clear to be seen. He ceases to be a wrongdoer. He ceases also to be a creature capable of moral choice."
Beautifully written line, isn't that? Nicely put. sincerely, we are moral beings not becuase we physically exist, but because mentally and intellengently, we LIVE and THINK, and FEEL. We are human beings, not because we eat and excrete, but because our complete existence confers a meaning not only to ourselves but also to human mankind as a whole.
Well, put it short, We live, we think, we feel, we dream. And that moves the world about.
But when has "growth" and "maturation" became obstacles to the realization of the value of our existance? Since when, we tend to be careful with how people see us, with how people say about us, and to "play safe" so that we don't get hurt? Children don't do it, and they are happy. We call them angels. But as adulthood approaches, we deny our own deteriation and call the old way "Naive" and our crappy way "maturation".
Dare. It was one of my favourite word in my post-certificate exam era. (My high school buddies should still remember that...kakaa). It still is. At least, I hope to retain the will to dare inside. Imagine if a young guy loses his will to dare. \so pathetic.
Dare. I dare to dream. I dare to challenge.
Finally I wanna end this post by sharing this song with you-- old fashioned, but is one of my favourite oldies (an all time favourite)
P.S. I am also thinking whether I should start to write something in Chinese. I mean.. what is the fun of writing here without any response or audience.
So I finally did it. I posted up the link of this blog to my Xanga site. Those who wish to can now visit here without playing that guessing challenge. Whatever. I however doubt how many will actually click in LOL. Do drop a comment if you are first time visitor ;) and welcome.
Lately I have finished my medical rotations and am now under my Orthopaedics and traumatology rotation (i.e. the department that deals with bone and trauma).
Anyway, just read Dede's xanga some minutes ago and it sort of pulled my into some serious thoughts. It was true indeed. Where has the impulsiveness gone?
I recently have watched Kubrick's work of "clockwork orange" which was definitely one of his best known works. In the movie, a certian "method" was invented to "corrent" the criminals so that they feel very sick everytime they think about violence and sex and so on. It was some sort of conditioning really. When the inventor of the method tried to boast about the "effectiveness of such 'cure'", and claim it to be an ultimate solution to the problem of crime, a chaplain shouted "Choice! The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fear of physical pain drove him to that grotesque act of self-abasement. The insincerity was clear to be seen. He ceases to be a wrongdoer. He ceases also to be a creature capable of moral choice."
Beautifully written line, isn't that? Nicely put. sincerely, we are moral beings not becuase we physically exist, but because mentally and intellengently, we LIVE and THINK, and FEEL. We are human beings, not because we eat and excrete, but because our complete existence confers a meaning not only to ourselves but also to human mankind as a whole.
Well, put it short, We live, we think, we feel, we dream. And that moves the world about.
But when has "growth" and "maturation" became obstacles to the realization of the value of our existance? Since when, we tend to be careful with how people see us, with how people say about us, and to "play safe" so that we don't get hurt? Children don't do it, and they are happy. We call them angels. But as adulthood approaches, we deny our own deteriation and call the old way "Naive" and our crappy way "maturation".
Dare. It was one of my favourite word in my post-certificate exam era. (My high school buddies should still remember that...kakaa). It still is. At least, I hope to retain the will to dare inside. Imagine if a young guy loses his will to dare. \so pathetic.
Dare. I dare to dream. I dare to challenge.
Finally I wanna end this post by sharing this song with you-- old fashioned, but is one of my favourite oldies (an all time favourite)
"The Impossible Dream"from MAN OF LA MANCHA (1972)music by Mitch Leigh and lyrics by Joe Darion | |
| To dream the impossible dream To fight the unbeatable foe To bear with unbearable sorrow To run where the brave dare not go To right the unrightable wrong This is my quest To fight for the right And I know if I'll only be true And the world will be better for this | |
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