[Book] Oriental Classics - The Analects of Confucius
子曰：「學而時習之，不亦說乎?」
The Master said, "Is it not pleasant to learn with a constant perseverance and application?"
I believe that Classics give a lot of insights to life as classics are accumulation of older generation.
Considering the fact that insights give by the past generation applies the same to this very day, maybe the essence of the life and value related to life do not change.
What I learned from the first chapter of the Analects is that learning is not equal to practicing. Up until now, I think I delude myself into a pretense that I can practice something simply because I learned it.
However, the Master is teaching me that
- learning is understanding the knowledge
whereas
- practicing is constantly trying out and applying what one has learned.
With the development of technology, we get so much information and knoweldge these days. However, that does not mean that all of that information is mine unless I practice it.
There are two important thing related to learning and practicing.
One, even if it is a very tiny small thing, we need to actually practice and apply to our life daily so that what we learned can be part of us eventually.
Two, we may fail to completely apply what we learned. However, we should not give up. Part of learning is failing and we need to learn how to enjoy the dissapointment. That is where constant perseverance comes. I think the Master already knew that there are may failures and disappointments in applying the knowledge to real life and that is why he added the phrase "constant perseverance."
After reading this, I thought that I don't need to learn more but what I actually need to practicing and applying what I have learned so far.
What are something small that you would like to apply to your life so that it may become a good habbit to you and change your life at the end?
Let's do a baby step everyday!
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A beautiful read - thank you.
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