篇一
ever since the dawning of the history of mankind, there have been myriads of diversifed inventions, discoveries, and even explorations of the mysteries of the universe. in fact, the human beings are so intelligent that we have solved almost all kinds of problems we have confronted with .
however, nobody has ever made out what the word “love” really connotes, not even the most famous people such as great politicians, saints and philosophers can clarify the meaning of “love”, neither can they deal with the various affairs concerning love. love is like a huge boundless net that shrouds us all in. we can neither break away from it nor escape from it. like it or not, we are always entangled in it. it is an invisible net without any form, that shrouds in different people from different angels; it is a merciless net that upsets us or even tortures us to death. it is also a supreme net which almost no human can surpass. even if they are heroes, emperors, wise men or saints, they can do nothing but show their helplessness in its face. those who can breathe through the holes of the net should be regarded beyond commonness and vulgarity. love can bring us temporary comfort and happiness, but mostly they bring about annoyance and sufferings. maybe this is the reason why many people have seen through the illusions of the mortal world. however it is not so easy to break away from this boundless, ever-existing and indifferent net of love.
love is varied and changeable, but roughly it can be divided into three categories: family love, fraternal love and amatory love. not like monkey king who jumped out of the rocks, we were all born after mothers pregnancy of about nine months, hence we have countless relatives without any choice: parents, grand-parents, and grand-parents-in-law, uncles and aunties, brothers and sisters, etc. and once looking at the genealogical tree, well see no end. family love is what everyone longs for, but the warmth and support from our beloved ones are what everyone yearns for the most. but how many of us are determined to contribute to our beloved one? and how many dont expect repayment and relaxed. conscience even if they have the desire and preparation to contribute to their beloved. the distance between relatives is different and so are their expectations. but since its very difficult to know how much we should expect, a lot of worries and distresses emerge.
parents always expect their children to show their filial obedience, or at least pay them frequent visits after they have got married. if the children fail to do this, they feel hurt and upset, and theyll even complain about their children, because they just cant understand why their children dont care about them after what they have done for the children for so many years to bring them up. nevertheless, ones experience determines his ideology. young children are naturally attached to their parents, but when they grow up, specially when they have made their own friends, and got married, what they need most is independence and freedom, and parents sometimes might become their burden. once there is generation gap, it becomes more difficult to communicate and this keeps them away from their parents. objectively speaking, they need more independence in order to achieve success. in the present society, what the children want to have most is the economic support from their parents, not their moral support or guidance. they would complain if your economic support is not up to their expectations. the love from uncles and aunties would naturally dwindle after they have had their own children. only the love from grand-parents and grand parents-in-law is pure and demands no repayment, and they are also too old to wait for any repayment. as for the distant relatives, their love depends on their needs, just as the old saying goes “the poor have no friends even if they live in downtown while the rich have distant relatives even if they live in deep mountains”. granny liu, a distant kinsfolk, in a dream of the red mansions , claims kinship with the wealthy jia family, thinking that she may benefit from it in some ways. liu might have run away without any traces if the jia family had been a poor one. another saying goes “close neighbors are better than distant relatives.” the most difficult is to manage the relatives when doing business together, just as what the tv series program liu laogen discloses. it is all right to stay poor together, but as soon as the business grows prosperous, the group will become estranged and even dissolve because of the unfair distribution. family love is like a maze which we shouldnt go too far into it, otherwise, well surely get lost. love is a bilateral matter and unilateral love can only lead you to nowhere in spite of your good intentions. family love is, sometimes, like an arranged marriage, leaving no choices to you. due to the different experiences and tastes, staying together temporarily can be entertaining, while living together for a long time can only be boring due to the lack of common interest and understanding. how can we communicate with each other without understanding? parents have the duty to support the children who are not yet economically independent, and children have the responsibility to provide for the elderly parents who are lack of economic abilities to support themselves. except these two kinds of duties which we must fulfill, other kinds of love become conventional formalities such as paying visit to the sick or the dead and giving presents to the newly-born etc..
篇二
love and time
once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: happiness, sadness, knowledge, and all of the others, including love.
很久以前，有一个岛屿，所有的感情生活：快乐，悲伤，知识，和所有其他人，包括爱情。
one day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so all constructed boats and left. except for love.
一天，所有的情感听说小岛即将沉没，因此建造小船，纷纷离开，除了爱。
love was the only one who stayed. love wanted to hold out until the last possible moment.
爱是唯一留下来的.，因为它希望能坚持到最后一刻。
when the island had almost sunk, love decided to ask for help.
当岛屿几乎沉没，爱决定请求帮助。
richnewas passing by love in a grand boat. love said,"richness, can you take me with you?"
富有驾着一艘大船从爱身边经过，爱说，“富有，你能带上我么?”
richneanswered, "no, i can't. there is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. there is no place here for you."
富有回答说：“不行，我的船上载满金银财宝，没有你的地方。”
love decided to ask vanity who was also passing by in a beautiful vessel. "vanity, please help me!"
虚荣坐在漂亮的小船中从爱身边驶过，爱问：“虚荣，你能帮助我么?”
"i can't help you, love. you are all wet and might damage my boat," vanity answered.
虚荣说：“不行，你全身湿透，会弄脏我的船。”
sadnewas close by so love asked, "sadness, let me go with you."
悲伤的船靠近了，爱问：“悲伤，请带我走吧。”
"oh . . . love, i am so sad that i need to be by myself!"
“哦。。。爱，我太难过了，想一个人呆着。”
happinepassed by love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even hear when love called her.
幸福经过爱的身边，它太开心了，根本没听见爱在呼唤。
suddenly, there was a voice, "come, love, i will take you." it was an elder. so blessed and over joyed, love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going. when they arrived at dry land, the elder went her own way. realizing how much was owed the elder,
突然，一个声音喊道：“来，爱，我带你走。” 声音来自“年老”。爱太高兴了，甚至忘了问他们即将去何方。当他们来到岸上，年老自己离开了。爱突然意识到“年老”给了它多大的帮助。
love asked knowledge, another elder, "who helped me?"
于是，爱问另一位老者--知识：“谁帮助了我?”
"it was time," knowledge answered.
知识说：“是时间。”
"time?" asked love. "but why did time help me?"
“时间?”爱问：“但是时间为什么帮助我?”
knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, "because only time is capable of understanding how valuable love is."
知识睿智地微笑道：“因为只有时间了解爱的价值。”