2/24/2011

My Chinese New Year

In this journey, this is my last article. Perhaps after I stabilize my life, I will keep writing it. This Chinese New Year, I learned how to inject medicine into my father and test his blood sugar. I learned some knowledge about cancer and diabetes which my father suffer from. Right now, he recovers very well. Unfortunately, I lost myself in this incident.

Just like before, I studied in school, got together with friends, had a reunion with family, ate, and slept. I pretended I was fine and nothing happened during last semester. Unfortunately, I lost myself. I was the first one to listen to doctor to diagnose that my father suffered from cancer. I knew it is fate, so I was so calm in order to deal with it well. I even could not imagine that I could stand that. Finally, I passed that by using my strong will. However, I found out that I do not have faith at the time. I always encourage my friends and family to find out the passion from our minds. It probably is the love, family, wealth, or something they thirst to gain. When I face any challenge and question, I always fight for it by myself and rely on my strong will to pass them. But, this time, I am so tired. It does not mean if I have enough strong will or ability, I can pass it. It means that I am weak. Nevertheless, there is still one thing we can trust-faith. I respect religion but I do not have religion in my mind. This winter vacation, I saw a movie “The Rite”. It discusses about faith, belief and unbelief. It inspired some thoughts. It does not mean that I need to be devoted to a religion. It means that I need to find out the faith. Previously, my belief is my family. What I need right now is the faith which can support me and cheer me up.

Right now, right here, I still do not comprehend what I need to pursue to be my faith. I just know belief is a kind of energy which I need to protect, but the faith can feed back to me. I only am normal human being. I still need some things or somebody to cheer me up. As a result, my first step is to leave. To leave the place which I easily gain the comfort is the first way. If I would like to come back, it is simple; otherwise, if I would like to make a decision, it is hard to do. After I graduated from junior high school, I experienced many part-time jobs until I went to serve the military. At the time, I was a workaholic. The affection I have already forgotten for a long term. I need to grasp it back. The spirit of warrior is what I should experience again. To be accustomed to getting alone is the first condition to be a warrior. I need to forget that I was a knight. Being alone can cultivate my desire back and compress the energies. The soft whisper and good words is a kind of obstacles which halt my thought. These several months, I talk with my mind. I chat with some friends. I just like listening to their stories and soothe them. Sometimes I am jealous of thme, because they know how to release their press. For me, the only way can save me is by myself.

I am so apologetic that I do not say goodbye to all of you in person. It is a painful decision. I am really too tired to handle any extra feeling. To be lonely is the only way I get used to taking to overcome. I need some time to recover my spirit. Hope could forgive my leaving. I will miss you all of you. I deeply appreciate that you give me the priceless memories.

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7 則留言:

  1. Jack,
    I’m glad you did not shut down this message board; otherwise, it’d be difficult for me to get in touch with you.

    It’s indeed a shocking news that I learned today you’d decided to quit school for a while. I respected your decision, but I still hope that I could meet you sometime very soon in school.

    My father died of cancer twenty-four years ago at the age of 64. His passing away was the deepest regret in my life. He had been an English teacher for forty-five years before he passed away. Unfortunately, in terms of teaching career I had not had a single day overlapping with his as an English teacher. I am sometimes lost myself dreaming how wonderful it would be if I could have shared teaching experience with him. I know perfectly well that it’s impossible for me to make this dream come true. I also know that my father would have wanted me to teach all my students with all my heart like him. And that’s what I’ve been trying to do.

    I hope you can read this message. If there is anything I can do for you, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me. You know how to find me.

    Best,
    Harris Kuo

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  2. Dear Professor Kuo,

    I respect you so much. so never think to shut down this blog, and I'm so sorry about your father. Thank for your consideration. Give me some time. I'll be back next year~

    Cordially

    Jack

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  3. Jack, I try to call you several times today but you didn't pick up the phone. After reading your blog, I understood why you choose to leave. I knew you don’t know how to face it. I feel sorry about your father and I just want to tell you. I respected your decision but I really don't want to see you taking all the responsibility on your own. It's not your fault and you should not be alone. I can be your listener (I mean it) and sometimes you can't keep everything in your mind. You don't need to pretend that you are fine anymore. You are a smart boy and I believe you can go through this difficult situation. Remember, you are not alone and you can talk to me. Promise me that you won’t do any stupid thing. I want you to eat and sleep regularly and DO NOT think too much. You should share your feeling with your sisters and stop thinking bad things. I will be with you. I keep thinking about you after reading your blog. That’s why I still awake now. Please give me a call and we should meet some time, otherwise I can’t sleep well.
    Best regards,
    Ching

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  4. Dear Ching Ching,

    This article just shares the process of my feeling in the incident at the time. The incident happened five months ago. Now, I'm fine. Don't worry! I just realized that my spirit is still lack of faith which I need to pursue. Luckily, I got an opportunity which I could try. I'm good. Just as you mentioned, I have two great sisters. I'm so sorry that I did not pick up the phone because I don't know what to say. I merely need some time to refresh my mind. The transformation based on tranquility. I have already let Patrick know all about my situation. I thought that Patrick totally comprehended what I'm thinking about. He is my representative right now.^^ Hey, I'm really good. Please have a nice dream for me. I'll miss you.

    PS And, I'm so mean. If classmates would like to keep in touch with me, they need to type English and practice with me. It is one of my trick.:)

    Cordially

    Jack

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  5. Dear Jack,
    It's great to have your reply. Now I see you are all fine and I guess you just need more time to release yourself. However, just go away is not the best way to say goodbye.
    I just want to say if you have any questions or torments, please feel free to contact me.
    I wish you all the best.
    Ching

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  6. Jack,
    I'll never shut down this blog as long as Google exists. Do take good care of yourself.

    Harris

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  7. Dear Jack,
    It's a shame that i didn't contact you until now. i should have done it weeks ago when you ceased from FBing. i'm not in your position and dont know how to encourage you. however, i believe you will overcome any difficulty just as i believe myself will. you are a special person and a good friend that i can talk to. whenever i walk on my way back home from the library at midnight, i think of my dream and think of you, because we always favour this topic. but in constant pursuit of the dream, one inevitably has to face bottlenecks of some kind. i think when it is the case, we can think it as a long vacation and try to live in different perspective. wish you all the best.

    Chifeng(Ian)

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