Current Affairs Selections (7) 05

Author: Wang Yuqiang, Editor-in-Chief
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Publishing Date: 2005-05-01
Features: On a leisurely afternoon, during the twilight of sunset, with a cup of tea in hand, open the book in your grasp. Watch familial love shine like a lamp, silently illuminating every corner of our lives, until tears stream down our cheeks; life is like a chess game, in the of life, hold a calm heart, watch the clouds roll and flowers bloom, petals fall. In the blink of an eye, let these beautiful Chinese characters, the deep emotions hidden in ordinary matters, flow through our minds like the passage of time. Perhaps, what we need is just this feeling. Reading is an enjoyment—enjoying the sunshine, its brightness; enjoying the air, its freshness; enjoying the trials, their depth. Reading is a sentiment—attending to nature, yearning to listen, embracing life, entering the heart. Reading is a happiness—the grass and trees in nature, the joys and waves in humanity, all spark love, overflow with emotion, reveal laughter’s comfort, and bitterness’s taste. Zhuangzi’s transcendence, Tao Yuan’s seclusion, Yue Fei’s heroic spirit, Lu Yao’s perseverance—all will give you a clear heart, a peaceful heart, a full heart, and an upward heart. Reading makes you like the wind, sweeping across mountains and rivers, the Yellow River, the Huangshan Mountains, the Yangtze River, the Great Wall; makes you like the swallow, soaring over the homes of green, blue, and yellow, experiencing Xishuangbanna and Daxinganling, listening to the Yarlung Tsangpo and Himalayas. Open the door to wisdom and strength, kiss the rose with fresh dew and a faint fragrance! Embrace the life tree that sparkles with the fire of wisdom and is full of youthful vitality!