What I Read During the Winter Break
二忠 王安棣
Before taking your last breath, what will you do? Some are frightened, and some just ignore it while some others understand the fate and face it. And there are people who write letters, the posthumous writings, to leave messages for the generations to come so as to be read even after they die. This winter, I read two things related to death: a story and a person’s posthumous writings. They also have another same feature – the characters and writer are all victims of the White Terror.
The story was about a couple. The girl was arrested because of her bold action to run counter to the government. Before facing the call of death, she cut off a tuft of hair and gave it to her lover. Then, the girl sacrificed. The boy, who later became a man and then an elder, never forgets the girl he deeply loved. He said he would remember her for his whole life.
As for the letters I read, they were from a prisoner, who had one beautiful wife and three kids. At the moment he left the world, his youngest child was only six months old. He wrote these letters to his family, and each conveys a father’s greatest love and a freedom-fighter’s most honorable spirit. However, the letters weren’t delivered to the attempted addressees. After half a century, his youngest daughter’s grandchild found the letters in the government’s profile and then took them back from the century.
These two writings strike a chord with me. Before I read them, the White Terror was just a historical noun. Too many people died from it, couples and families broke up because of it. The harm it caused is so tremendous that we should expose it , face it and then try to heal the wound for reconciliation. Also, we should value the system of democracy and the freedom of speech so that the martyrs didn’t die in vain.
People die, but things can be left behind. From generation to generation, the victims’ spirit and faith they pass on through writings remain and continue to influence the future.
Before taking your last breath, what will you do? Some are frightened, and some just ignore it while some others understand the fate and face it. And there are people who write letters, the posthumous writings, to leave messages for the generations to come so as to be read even after they die. This winter, I read two things related to death: a story and a person’s posthumous writings. They also have another same feature – the characters and writer are all victims of the White Terror.
The story was about a couple. The girl was arrested because of her bold action to run counter to the government. Before facing the call of death, she cut off a tuft of hair and gave it to her lover. Then, the girl sacrificed. The boy, who later became a man and then an elder, never forgets the girl he deeply loved. He said he would remember her for his whole life.
As for the letters I read, they were from a prisoner, who had one beautiful wife and three kids. At the moment he left the world, his youngest child was only six months old. He wrote these letters to his family, and each conveys a father’s greatest love and a freedom-fighter’s most honorable spirit. However, the letters weren’t delivered to the attempted addressees. After half a century, his youngest daughter’s grandchild found the letters in the government’s profile and then took them back from the century.
These two writings strike a chord with me. Before I read them, the White Terror was just a historical noun. Too many people died from it, couples and families broke up because of it. The harm it caused is so tremendous that we should expose it , face it and then try to heal the wound for reconciliation. Also, we should value the system of democracy and the freedom of speech so that the martyrs didn’t die in vain.
People die, but things can be left behind. From generation to generation, the victims’ spirit and faith they pass on through writings remain and continue to influence the future.
二忠 周侑萱
“In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night… You—only you—will have stars that can laugh!” said the little prince. It was also the quote, which my friend wrote me on the card when we graduated from junior high.
This is the sixth…maybe the seventh time I read this book. I can’t tell why I could read it again and again. Every time I open the book, attracted by the pictures which the author drawn, and then I start to enjoy the trip that the little prince took. The first time I read it is at six years old. I still remember it’s an adaptation for children, even attached a CD for kids to play video games or watch a story video. I didn’t like it too much, just thought the adults in the story were so funny. I couldn’t realize why those people each as the king, the businessman, or the geographer couldn’t understand what they are pursuing is not the most important.
But I eventually understand, as I grow up. Every person chase after many things, such as power, wealth, fame, or anything else you can imagine. And there is no reason why we have to do that, the only one is we’ve grown up. I would care about the numbers after I took a test or when I stand on the scales, just like the man who consider he owns all the stars in the sky. I would expect the applause after I do something well, like the conceited man wants everyone admires him. Though sometimes we don’t want to admit, but that is the music we have to face.
The fox said that the little prince was responsible for his rose because he had tamed it. We meet different person every day, every hour, every moment. Most strangers are still strangers, some of them aren’t. Maybe we talk delightedly to each other or have a meal together, and then we may mean something special to each other. Everyone is special to the one he has “established the ties” with, as the little prince to the fox or the rose to the little prince. But when we seek what we want every day, we usually be depressed, feeling too tired to get along with these special people and forget their company. We ask too much, focusing on too much. So it’s easy to miss other important things, like friends, families, or something else meaningful to us. That’s all because of our growing.
I think that’s one reason why Rabindranath Tagore wrote the sentence “If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.” I read it in Tagore’s collection of poems, named Stray Birds. I’ve bought it for over two years, but never read it from the first page to the last. Few days ago, I was asked to clean my room in disorder. I found many things that I thought it had been lost, like my fan, my backpack, and some books. Stray Birds is one of them. I’ve forget why I bought this collection of poem, but it seems that I’ve been attracted to Tagore’s poem for a little time—in Chinese version, of course. So this time I try to read some, honestly, it’s not as hard as I’ve thought. It is surprise that I can understand some it’s moral because his words are easy to read and understand. Maybe that is because of my growing, too.
“No one is ever satisfied where they were.” said the switchman, and I can’t agree more. After we grew up, we have many things to see, to capture, to read, and to pursue. We can realize more, but also can’t figure out more. I wish I can find my rose, and do not miss the stars.
“In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night… You—only you—will have stars that can laugh!” said the little prince. It was also the quote, which my friend wrote me on the card when we graduated from junior high.
This is the sixth…maybe the seventh time I read this book. I can’t tell why I could read it again and again. Every time I open the book, attracted by the pictures which the author drawn, and then I start to enjoy the trip that the little prince took. The first time I read it is at six years old. I still remember it’s an adaptation for children, even attached a CD for kids to play video games or watch a story video. I didn’t like it too much, just thought the adults in the story were so funny. I couldn’t realize why those people each as the king, the businessman, or the geographer couldn’t understand what they are pursuing is not the most important.
But I eventually understand, as I grow up. Every person chase after many things, such as power, wealth, fame, or anything else you can imagine. And there is no reason why we have to do that, the only one is we’ve grown up. I would care about the numbers after I took a test or when I stand on the scales, just like the man who consider he owns all the stars in the sky. I would expect the applause after I do something well, like the conceited man wants everyone admires him. Though sometimes we don’t want to admit, but that is the music we have to face.
The fox said that the little prince was responsible for his rose because he had tamed it. We meet different person every day, every hour, every moment. Most strangers are still strangers, some of them aren’t. Maybe we talk delightedly to each other or have a meal together, and then we may mean something special to each other. Everyone is special to the one he has “established the ties” with, as the little prince to the fox or the rose to the little prince. But when we seek what we want every day, we usually be depressed, feeling too tired to get along with these special people and forget their company. We ask too much, focusing on too much. So it’s easy to miss other important things, like friends, families, or something else meaningful to us. That’s all because of our growing.
I think that’s one reason why Rabindranath Tagore wrote the sentence “If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.” I read it in Tagore’s collection of poems, named Stray Birds. I’ve bought it for over two years, but never read it from the first page to the last. Few days ago, I was asked to clean my room in disorder. I found many things that I thought it had been lost, like my fan, my backpack, and some books. Stray Birds is one of them. I’ve forget why I bought this collection of poem, but it seems that I’ve been attracted to Tagore’s poem for a little time—in Chinese version, of course. So this time I try to read some, honestly, it’s not as hard as I’ve thought. It is surprise that I can understand some it’s moral because his words are easy to read and understand. Maybe that is because of my growing, too.
“No one is ever satisfied where they were.” said the switchman, and I can’t agree more. After we grew up, we have many things to see, to capture, to read, and to pursue. We can realize more, but also can’t figure out more. I wish I can find my rose, and do not miss the stars.
二忠 孟玉婕
“Conversations are being ignored because people are afraid to touch the issue. But if I ignore this and just keep ringing the register, then I become part of the problem. So, here we are. Let’s talk.” It is his positive attitude and strong belief that made the Starbucks CEO, Howard Schultz, a different leader from others.
Starbucks is ubiquitous; nevertheless, it is not just an successful company which makes a great deal of profit, but also a company that takes good care of its staffs regardless of their race, nationality, or education background, contributes to the society, and provides great service including coffee. After reading the articles in TIME magazine, I could certainly understand why Howard Schultz friends would encourage him to run for president. He has transformed his company into a big family, and this family consist of a variety of members, including veterans, disadvantage workers, people without college degrees…and so on. No matter who you originally were, as long as you work for Starbucks, you could get a chance to be trained, educated and helped. Even the Schultz family started up a foundation which serves like a charity and provides student debts in order to help these students finish their education. Starbucks has done things that are even more beneficial and helpful than the government’s welfare system, and this is one of the reasons why Schultz could earn prestigious reputation and the public’s respect.
To my relief, Schultz insists he is not interested in running for the office at the moment, because he thought that was not a solution for America’s recession and he did not think it would end well. I am glad that Schultz is not like some people who thought they had the ability to run for public office just because they are wealthy or widely respected. He knew what his first priorities were and would hardly abandon the company he put so much effort into.
As the proverb goes, “Rome is not built in a day,” Schultz is a man with a plan and is always ready to put it into practice. The founder and CEO of Starbucks has made plenty of tough decisions and worked unreservedly since he built company, and still, he is busy mapping Starbucks’ future. Besides creating a set of premium stores as well as increasing the number of faster, on-the-go locations, Schultz has promised to offer tuition for full- and part-time employees working toward a bachelor’s degree and has pledged to hire 10,000 military veterans by the end of 2018. Schultz says he is deeply invested in these ideas not only because making the company a preferred employer helps jeep turnover costs lower and service quality higher than the industry average but also because he believes corporations have a duty to help people realise the American Dream. As far as I am concerned, because of Schultz’s personality and well-planned picture for the future, Starbucks is thriving all the way through the world.
“Conversations are being ignored because people are afraid to touch the issue. But if I ignore this and just keep ringing the register, then I become part of the problem. So, here we are. Let’s talk.” It is his positive attitude and strong belief that made the Starbucks CEO, Howard Schultz, a different leader from others.
Starbucks is ubiquitous; nevertheless, it is not just an successful company which makes a great deal of profit, but also a company that takes good care of its staffs regardless of their race, nationality, or education background, contributes to the society, and provides great service including coffee. After reading the articles in TIME magazine, I could certainly understand why Howard Schultz friends would encourage him to run for president. He has transformed his company into a big family, and this family consist of a variety of members, including veterans, disadvantage workers, people without college degrees…and so on. No matter who you originally were, as long as you work for Starbucks, you could get a chance to be trained, educated and helped. Even the Schultz family started up a foundation which serves like a charity and provides student debts in order to help these students finish their education. Starbucks has done things that are even more beneficial and helpful than the government’s welfare system, and this is one of the reasons why Schultz could earn prestigious reputation and the public’s respect.
To my relief, Schultz insists he is not interested in running for the office at the moment, because he thought that was not a solution for America’s recession and he did not think it would end well. I am glad that Schultz is not like some people who thought they had the ability to run for public office just because they are wealthy or widely respected. He knew what his first priorities were and would hardly abandon the company he put so much effort into.
As the proverb goes, “Rome is not built in a day,” Schultz is a man with a plan and is always ready to put it into practice. The founder and CEO of Starbucks has made plenty of tough decisions and worked unreservedly since he built company, and still, he is busy mapping Starbucks’ future. Besides creating a set of premium stores as well as increasing the number of faster, on-the-go locations, Schultz has promised to offer tuition for full- and part-time employees working toward a bachelor’s degree and has pledged to hire 10,000 military veterans by the end of 2018. Schultz says he is deeply invested in these ideas not only because making the company a preferred employer helps jeep turnover costs lower and service quality higher than the industry average but also because he believes corporations have a duty to help people realise the American Dream. As far as I am concerned, because of Schultz’s personality and well-planned picture for the future, Starbucks is thriving all the way through the world.
二忠 黃以寧 The Colors of Being Colorless
The water rippled and sparkled, tuning in with Liszt’s years of pilgrimage – “Le mal du pays”. I quietly closed the book cover, trying in vain to sort out the intricate thoughts swarming in my mind.
This is my first time reading a Murakami novel - Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage. Tsukuru Tazaki had four best friends in high school. The funny thing was, his four best friends all had a color in their names; the only one without a color was Tsukuru. He sometimes felt as if he was an outsider, and one day, without any warning, he was cast outside the group. Years after, he was encouraged by his friend Sara to uncover the hidden past.
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki, his friends often joked at him. His four friends all had a distinct personality, but he was just the quiet, average boy, with no unique. “I have no personality, no brilliant color. I feel like an empty vessel. I have a shape, but there’s nothing inside.”(pg.259) However, after confronting his former friends, he found that all his friends saw a brilliant and enchanting color inside him, he just never saw it himself. “So what?” his friend Eri said, “Why not be a completely beautiful vessel?”(pg.260)
In secret, I often thought myself as colorless, too. More specifically, I thought myself as water, with no shape and no color, changing my form to fit my friends’ needs and wishes. I have no exact color; my personality is decided by others. This might sound a bit arrogant, thinking that I could fit into any situation and be friends with anyone, but in truth, there’s a sadness hidden behind. However, like Eri once said, does anybody really know who they are? Perhaps we are all colorfully colorless, taking in different shades from our past and the people beside us.
A vessel could be beautiful and attractive, and water could flicker a gentle light blue. Presumably, we would all change at a stage in our life, just like Shiro lost her light, and Tsukuru shut his heart after the tragic. But even then, we would still have color, from both the past and present. “Not everything was lost in the flow of time.”(pg.298) We are all colorful just the way we are.
The water rippled, again, this time glinting as the last note drew its breath.
The water rippled and sparkled, tuning in with Liszt’s years of pilgrimage – “Le mal du pays”. I quietly closed the book cover, trying in vain to sort out the intricate thoughts swarming in my mind.
This is my first time reading a Murakami novel - Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage. Tsukuru Tazaki had four best friends in high school. The funny thing was, his four best friends all had a color in their names; the only one without a color was Tsukuru. He sometimes felt as if he was an outsider, and one day, without any warning, he was cast outside the group. Years after, he was encouraged by his friend Sara to uncover the hidden past.
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki, his friends often joked at him. His four friends all had a distinct personality, but he was just the quiet, average boy, with no unique. “I have no personality, no brilliant color. I feel like an empty vessel. I have a shape, but there’s nothing inside.”(pg.259) However, after confronting his former friends, he found that all his friends saw a brilliant and enchanting color inside him, he just never saw it himself. “So what?” his friend Eri said, “Why not be a completely beautiful vessel?”(pg.260)
In secret, I often thought myself as colorless, too. More specifically, I thought myself as water, with no shape and no color, changing my form to fit my friends’ needs and wishes. I have no exact color; my personality is decided by others. This might sound a bit arrogant, thinking that I could fit into any situation and be friends with anyone, but in truth, there’s a sadness hidden behind. However, like Eri once said, does anybody really know who they are? Perhaps we are all colorfully colorless, taking in different shades from our past and the people beside us.
A vessel could be beautiful and attractive, and water could flicker a gentle light blue. Presumably, we would all change at a stage in our life, just like Shiro lost her light, and Tsukuru shut his heart after the tragic. But even then, we would still have color, from both the past and present. “Not everything was lost in the flow of time.”(pg.298) We are all colorful just the way we are.
The water rippled, again, this time glinting as the last note drew its breath.
二忠 劉柔妤
“ I know these scars will bleed, and both of our hearts believe, all of these stars will guide us home.”
One night, before I went to bed, I took a quick glimpse of my book shelf. It was there─a book which was highly recommended by my classmates: “ The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green. I opened the book cover, after I finished the first page, I couldn’t stop but continue reading it. The main characters of the story were Hazel and Augustus, who met each other in a support group. They soon fell in love with each other. Since cancer had followed them for a long time, physical pain was already a part of their life. It was the pain from the loss of the loved one that Hazel was actually worrying about. So when Augustus began to be weak and was on the verge of dying, her panic finally exploded. Before Augustus died, he had written a letter to their favorite author—Van Houton. In the letter, he mentioned that his death did left a scar on Hazel, but he was also an effect on her that she will carry with her for her rest life. To Augustus, his importance wasn’t from any of his heroic behavior, but how the ones around him will carry on after he left. The story suggests the pain from the loss of loved ones is necessary, even a part of joy. The name of the book” The Fault in Our Stars” also mentioned that all of the scars in one’s life aren’t sorrow and pain, but great faults. After reading the story, I slightly understood how people could make their life back to normal after they lost their loved ones. The person who left might hope us a normal life, just like what Augustus did to Hazel. Death is a thing everyone will experience, after reading “The Fault in Our Stars”, I think I acquired the ability of facing with tiny faults in my life, and also optimistic attitude to all the good-byes.
“ I know these scars will bleed, and both of our hearts believe, all of these stars will guide us home.”
One night, before I went to bed, I took a quick glimpse of my book shelf. It was there─a book which was highly recommended by my classmates: “ The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green. I opened the book cover, after I finished the first page, I couldn’t stop but continue reading it. The main characters of the story were Hazel and Augustus, who met each other in a support group. They soon fell in love with each other. Since cancer had followed them for a long time, physical pain was already a part of their life. It was the pain from the loss of the loved one that Hazel was actually worrying about. So when Augustus began to be weak and was on the verge of dying, her panic finally exploded. Before Augustus died, he had written a letter to their favorite author—Van Houton. In the letter, he mentioned that his death did left a scar on Hazel, but he was also an effect on her that she will carry with her for her rest life. To Augustus, his importance wasn’t from any of his heroic behavior, but how the ones around him will carry on after he left. The story suggests the pain from the loss of loved ones is necessary, even a part of joy. The name of the book” The Fault in Our Stars” also mentioned that all of the scars in one’s life aren’t sorrow and pain, but great faults. After reading the story, I slightly understood how people could make their life back to normal after they lost their loved ones. The person who left might hope us a normal life, just like what Augustus did to Hazel. Death is a thing everyone will experience, after reading “The Fault in Our Stars”, I think I acquired the ability of facing with tiny faults in my life, and also optimistic attitude to all the good-byes.
二忠 鄧立潔 A Brave Man's Tweet
I was surfing on the net in a lazy afternoon, scrolling news feeds on my smartphone in no particular. Sometimes I stopped to read the whole story, but most of the time, I just skipped them. There were too many sad stories happened around the world, but there was nothing I can do for those people. Finally a tweet caught my attention. It was posted by Kenji Goto, saying “Closing my eyes and holding still. It's the end if I get mad or scream. It's close to a prayer. Hate is not for humans. Judgment lies with God. That's what I learned from my Arabic brothers and sisters.”
I read it for about three or four times, and sit in silence, chewing the meaning inside the words. Kenji Goto was a journalist and a Christian who traveled to war-stricken places, working on videos and pictures that can raise public awareness. By the time he was captured by the IS militants in Syria, he was trying to save his friend. Not long after that, he was beheaded by the IS militants. At first I thought he was just a reckless man whose false decision leads to a hard decision of the country. The tweet totally change my mind. There’s power in the words, a power of kindness, tolerance, and peace. I can’t imagine if I have to work in those war-torn countries. I may suspect humanity, and I may hate those religious fanatics who provoked wars and harmed innocent people. But something in the words reminded me something I have already forgotten, or many of us have forgotten, that hate is not what we are born to feel, and judgment should not be our job. Few people are willing to live a life full of danger or become the devil in their mind. Things people believe are different, and so there should be arguments. But if everybody could be as broad-minded as Kenji Goto, people can still live in harmony. It may be hard for me to change anything, but I can change my thoughts. Close my eyes, I know something is different, by the time I attempt to be empathetic and open-minded. Goto passed away, but his kindness and bravery will live forever in our mind.
I was surfing on the net in a lazy afternoon, scrolling news feeds on my smartphone in no particular. Sometimes I stopped to read the whole story, but most of the time, I just skipped them. There were too many sad stories happened around the world, but there was nothing I can do for those people. Finally a tweet caught my attention. It was posted by Kenji Goto, saying “Closing my eyes and holding still. It's the end if I get mad or scream. It's close to a prayer. Hate is not for humans. Judgment lies with God. That's what I learned from my Arabic brothers and sisters.”
I read it for about three or four times, and sit in silence, chewing the meaning inside the words. Kenji Goto was a journalist and a Christian who traveled to war-stricken places, working on videos and pictures that can raise public awareness. By the time he was captured by the IS militants in Syria, he was trying to save his friend. Not long after that, he was beheaded by the IS militants. At first I thought he was just a reckless man whose false decision leads to a hard decision of the country. The tweet totally change my mind. There’s power in the words, a power of kindness, tolerance, and peace. I can’t imagine if I have to work in those war-torn countries. I may suspect humanity, and I may hate those religious fanatics who provoked wars and harmed innocent people. But something in the words reminded me something I have already forgotten, or many of us have forgotten, that hate is not what we are born to feel, and judgment should not be our job. Few people are willing to live a life full of danger or become the devil in their mind. Things people believe are different, and so there should be arguments. But if everybody could be as broad-minded as Kenji Goto, people can still live in harmony. It may be hard for me to change anything, but I can change my thoughts. Close my eyes, I know something is different, by the time I attempt to be empathetic and open-minded. Goto passed away, but his kindness and bravery will live forever in our mind.
二忠 蘇紐
During this summer vacation, I had watched two videos, which are about the issue of homosexual. It’s not that easy for me to make a clear and precisely description of the feelings that slipped through my mind right after watching, and I decided to try to put them in words.
In the lately years, this issue is gradually thought highly by mainstream society. More and more homos are able to speak out their inner voice of” what they have always being” instead of “what they should be like”, and some governments even started to face the unnoticed homosexual injustice which was forced to them in the history. However it is still unacceptable for some parts of people, and conflicts often occur.
The two videos are two different replies to the doubt to homos, and one of them is a short part of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Ellen, the host, is famous and popular for her special personal style, and this time she chooses to talk about an article of homosexual against. Actually, this video is only two minutes long, but most audiences can hardly forget it. To tell the truth, it’s the first time for me to view this issue in such a different way from comments’ or news’. She makes a successful sample of telling her opinions, and she also catches a lot of attention because of her humorous and nonviolent attitude.
The other one’s title is “Is homosexual a choice?”, and it is a heterosexual man telling about what he saw and heard. What encourages him to take this video is an argument , which happened between a son and his mother. At first they chatted with each other peacefully, and the atmosphere began to change after the son came out of the closet. The mother told her son in a cold, or even cruel way that their family wouldn’t offer any support and he had to move out of the house since then. Why? She said that it’s his mistake, it’s his CHOICE.
“It’s not a choice,” the speaker talked in sobbing, “no one can decide who they like.” That’s truth. It is often said that “love is the most beautiful thing in the world”, but does it turn out to be impropriate while it doesn’t happen between a man and a women? No one is eager to fight with the whole society, and no one wants to be bullied or estranged by others. Sometimes people fall in love and can’t tell why, everything happens just because the one is he or herself, and we even can’t tell when it comes. Physiological sex is never a reason while choosing your lover. You love the person, not the sex.
Maybe one day, coming out of the closet won’t be that difficult; maybe one day, everyone can tell loudly no matter who they love.
We are still paying efforts for it.
During this summer vacation, I had watched two videos, which are about the issue of homosexual. It’s not that easy for me to make a clear and precisely description of the feelings that slipped through my mind right after watching, and I decided to try to put them in words.
In the lately years, this issue is gradually thought highly by mainstream society. More and more homos are able to speak out their inner voice of” what they have always being” instead of “what they should be like”, and some governments even started to face the unnoticed homosexual injustice which was forced to them in the history. However it is still unacceptable for some parts of people, and conflicts often occur.
The two videos are two different replies to the doubt to homos, and one of them is a short part of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Ellen, the host, is famous and popular for her special personal style, and this time she chooses to talk about an article of homosexual against. Actually, this video is only two minutes long, but most audiences can hardly forget it. To tell the truth, it’s the first time for me to view this issue in such a different way from comments’ or news’. She makes a successful sample of telling her opinions, and she also catches a lot of attention because of her humorous and nonviolent attitude.
The other one’s title is “Is homosexual a choice?”, and it is a heterosexual man telling about what he saw and heard. What encourages him to take this video is an argument , which happened between a son and his mother. At first they chatted with each other peacefully, and the atmosphere began to change after the son came out of the closet. The mother told her son in a cold, or even cruel way that their family wouldn’t offer any support and he had to move out of the house since then. Why? She said that it’s his mistake, it’s his CHOICE.
“It’s not a choice,” the speaker talked in sobbing, “no one can decide who they like.” That’s truth. It is often said that “love is the most beautiful thing in the world”, but does it turn out to be impropriate while it doesn’t happen between a man and a women? No one is eager to fight with the whole society, and no one wants to be bullied or estranged by others. Sometimes people fall in love and can’t tell why, everything happens just because the one is he or herself, and we even can’t tell when it comes. Physiological sex is never a reason while choosing your lover. You love the person, not the sex.
Maybe one day, coming out of the closet won’t be that difficult; maybe one day, everyone can tell loudly no matter who they love.
We are still paying efforts for it.