Dear All
In my earlier blog I mentioned Edison Chen & the biasness of society. Edison is a HK actor-singer with his own fashion line. In today's "wo bao" - "My Paper" he confesses to having taken most of the pictures and apologises to all the ladies involved and the hurt it has caused them.
When I reflect on this episode, it dawned on me that if these photos were not publicly disseminated, these people would probably continue with what they were secretly doing i.e adultery and fornication. In the bible, I remembered it was said that people do all kinds of bad things in the cover of the night/dark. When Judgement Day comes, when we stand before God, God will not accuse us or ask us for an account of all that we have done. We ourselves will be the judge of our own account. It's like what's happening in this photo scandal case. When the acts that were done in secret were exposed to the light, the man and the seven women involved felt awkward and embarrassed as they knew what they had done was wrong. They have judged themselves in front of society (here equvalent to God/heavenly community).
Isn't it scary for us too? I don't know about you but I have done lots of wrongs in "secret", perhaps in my thoughts or actions, and it's soon forgotten. But come Judgement Day, all will be revealed and highlighted to me. This is where I'm grateful for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. At least my slate can be wiped clean again before it gets too dirty to be washed clean.
Regarding another matter of the "Hey Arnold Show". It showed Arnold and his best friend learning to fish from Arnold's grandpa. His grandpa then to exaggerate, so they wonder if there really was such a huge fish or was it just an urban legend. Their classmates also laugh at them as they knew they can't fish. When the 2 friends finally caught the elusive fish, Arnold felt sorry for the fish and let it go. His friend wanted to let the world know there was such a fish and the only evidence was to bring it back to their friends to see for themselves. They will be heros too. His friend decided to allow Arnold to let the fish go, and also the chance for glory for himself. Before they let it go, Arnold took back the broken hook his grandpa told him that the big fish took when he caught him when he was a young man. No one, include his wife, believed him.
When the 2 friends came back empty handed, prizes were being given out for the biggest fish caught, but none of them could compare to the size of the one which they had let go. Worse still, their friends laughed at them and made fun of them in believing the urban legend. What was moving was, the 2 boys ignored their teasing and gave grandpa back his broken hook which fitted well with his other half of the broken pole. His grandma still laughed as she did not believe in her husband, but it didn't matter to grandpa. Arnold realised that he himself at first didn't believe his grandpa, but that didn't affect his grandpa one bit. I told Tiffany that in life, we do not have to proof to others anything. Even when we are right and people laugh at us, we should not get angry and try to proof them wrong, as we know deep down what we believe in is true and that's what is more important.
Sometimes, cartoons do have important life messages and life-skills taught to us, even for grown-ups. I hope my sharing with my girls would mould them into confident women in the future. Just my 2 cents worth :)
Love Theresa
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