Oh, my “gods”!

Saturday noon, I encountered two nuns on Royal Avenue on my way home. I wondered if they wanted to ask road while I figured out their purpose; however, I still chatted with them for a while because I thought that to do a “questionnaire” was not bad. Their questions were interesting, just like we did discussions in English11 class.

* There are so many gods, and how do you know which one is real?
* What can God help you when you’re in difficulty?
* What do you think the meaning of life?

Firstly, I have to declare that I respect different religions and the people who have their own religion. Actually I don’t think I’m very religious but following my parents worshiping our ancestors and gods. In Taiwan, most people believe in Taoism (combined with Buddha). Similar to Hindu, Taiwanese believes gods rather than only one god.

I like the thought of respecting every thing. When I first visited Bali, I saw there were varied fresh fragrant flowers setting on trays lying on two sides of the street. Later I got to know that they believed in road god, tree god... therefore, they kept the road clean. They respected Natural just like the belief of "Avantar", the movie.

I never consider what "gods" can help me. I believe "God helps those who help themselves." I don’t think I can do nothing but sitting there or kneeling down and praying for something. Help is an action of assistance. If we never start and try to deal with our problems but ask for "help", it's not "help"; it's "doing" for us.

About the meaning of life, I couldn't count how many times I've been asked about it since I was teen. Chiang Kai Shek said, "The meaning of life is to create the new lives of the universe," (directly translated from Chinese) which I learnt at middle school. For me, now I would say- satisfaction. We might covet being a rich man or a powerful person, but we might still unhappy because we would want more, or we would lose something else when we got it. Happiness could be just simple, just like right now I'm sitting at my desk by the window with the night scenes of New West uptown sharing with my feeling.

Thanks gods!