"When I was young I set out to change the world.
When I grew older I perceived that this was too ambitious,
so I set out to change my state.
This too, I realized as I grew older, was too ambitious,
so I set out to change my town.
When I realized that I could not do even this, I tried to change my family.
Now, as an old man I know that I should have started by changing myself.
If I had started with myself, maybe then I would have succeeded
in changing my family, the town, or even the state-
and who knows, maybe the world."
(unknown)

November 22, 2009

2012.12.21 didn't know such a date

Could it be the END of the world? I didn’t think about that while watching the movie 2012 because the gigantic earthquake and tsunami in the movie were impressive with the aid of computer effects, and the escapes of the main people in the movie with their plane were interesting and funny.. you will never get boring, although you might not able to understand completely the science (geology) behind, since the large part of the movie does make the audiences laugh, about the humor of some actors or excited with their adventures, instead of feeling sad or pity or anxious about.

Well, not until the final scene of the movie.. really has the meaning.. did feel like the end of the world, did get emotional with the familiar selfishness (win-lose), and ‘quick-fix’ (just take my way, easy…) behavior existed in mankind, BUT as you can see in the movie, there is GOOD part in the 6.8 billions human beings around us too and that's what we should always believe in - those who see no advantage or disadvantage and respect the differences of every living beings; those who would stand out and make time and put in effort (definitely difficult) to seek 3rd alternative to achieve mutual understanding and respect (win-win)! Just which side you are up to..

Okay, back to this, 2012.. after googling, found a lengthy story (and reference list) in Wikipedia related to the Mayan calendar and 2012 phenomenon.. haven't had read about any first-hand data that predicted the phenomenon which I couldn’t interpret, by the way. So, I don’t know, but we do more oftenly hear about massive natural disasters everywhere in recent years, earthquake, flood, fire, tsunami, typhoon.. and more aware of the climate change and the 'green' movement. Anyway, not about the date, take a look at what happen around us..