Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Not The Average Town Square

Tiananmen Square. Means Gate of Heavenly Peace Square. Largest urban square in the world. A favorite for national and foreign tourists. Adjacent to Mao's mausoleum, the Hall of the People (congress' building), the Monument to the People, the Forbidden City (emperor's palace) and the National History Museum.

See that famous structure in the background? The building and the maroon-colored wall is the face of the Forbidden City, constructed in 1420. Twenty-four emperors lived here over five hundred years. It was from this wall that Mao Zedong proclaimed the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949.

- Drew, Rach, & baby T.

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Neighbors 邻居

“It may be possible for each to think too much of his own potential glory hereafter; it is hardly possible for him to think too often or too deeply about that of his neighbor. The load, or weight, or burden of my neighbor's glory should be laid daily on my back, a load so heavy that only humility can carry it, and the backs of the proud will be broken. ...

"There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations -- these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit. ...your neighbor is the holiest object presented to your senses.”

- C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory