SOME SIMPLE RULES TO A GOOD HUMAN LIFE --Strive to be good (amazing how many people do not even make an initial or sustained effort) --Recognize and appreciate goodness in others --Once you recognize it, do not exploit and abuse the goodness in others Talking to my good friend Yizhao, and we came up with a few simple rules that are, we think, universal, to live a good human life. Of course, life is full of suffering, temptations, complexity and grey areas (no knows that better than I --a product of two cultures, a journalist with many life experiences, a man with more than one failed marriage, having worked with and known some of the most gifted and unusual human beings in human history [really, Im not exaggerating here- both famous, and not so famous] ). But it is amazing how, after all that, life often boils down to the simple rules I learned from my parents as a young child. It is also interesting that Yizhao, from a completely different culture, separated in age from me by more than three decades, with totally different life experiences, should agree with me on these simple concepts. And, of course, these concepts are not as simple as they seem. (This is my note--not one of the three rules, but essential to them all) Be strong--strength will come from the above, and from faith in God.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 19:19:38 +0000