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☃️š²š Whenever it comes back Christmas, some stories flash across my mind with lots of connected images such as Christmas tree, its gifts, its carols, and a house decoration for Christmas... something like that.
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He might have chosen the titleć ”The Gift of the Magić ” from the Bible, in other words, the gift of the Magi was for celebrating the birth of Jesus[Christ]. Thus he would also have entitled like that, borrowing its title from the Bible. Because he would have wanted this short story that he wrote to be represented as a moving, warm, and humble love story like the story of the Gift of the Magi, even though the story of the gift of the Magi in the Bible is quite different from his short story. In the teeth of it, he must have been inspired to write this story by the Bible, especially by the word 'gifts' the Magi brought.
The synopsis is this: there was a poor couple. The husband had an inherited wristwatch from his father, but the watchstrap was too worn-out to put on, what is more, he could not change it to a new one, for he had no money to do it. Meanwhile, his wife had a long, glossy, and an attractively beautiful brown hair that was her best attraction.
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When Christmas day came, the wife wanted to give a gift to her husband, but she had no money to buy it, in the end, she made a big decision to get her hair cut short, and then after that, she only received a chicken feed after selling her charming hair, and thereby she bought the watchstrap that her husband had to change to a new one.
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| Christmas Gifts |
Our lives are the same as the cheap cost she received, which means that we people have done for something, however, its result can turn out not only a zero but also a minus. Since nothing is done whatsoever we people wish that is life...
Well, these days people might not like wearing a wristwatch, for almost all people have a mobile phone which is already equipped the function of a watch. Regardless of it, what people put on a watch on the wrist is that they might want to accessorize themselves to be shown more fashionable, more intelligent, more stylish, more mannish (if they are a man), more professional for their business, and the like. In my eyes, metal watchstraps look more voluptuous and more provocative than other kinds that are made with leather watchstraps.
In the meantime, the husband sold his treasurable wristwatch to give a gift to his wife. The purchased gift was none other than the best hairbrush set. He would have wanted to see her comb her beautiful hair with the hairbrush set he had bought. What a touching and teary story it is! When describing this story, I have a lump in my throat, although this story is utterly fictional...
What is love?...
Of course, there are countless definitions and wise sayings regarding love what it is, so anyway, it is my view that love is really mysterious, invisible, unreachable, kaleidoscopic, and indefinable... etc., even love looks as if a spiritual and an invisible world like the unknown world...
Firstly, Scripture(1Corinthians 13: 4~7) defines what love is. Having said that, humanly speaking, no one can practice such a transcendental love. Even it seems to me that the love of Jesus [Christ] is never free-of-charge, but there is the principle of give-and-take as if the circle of cruel business and as though a childish dealing! LOL In short, it seems that Jesus[Christ] wants humans to be victimized only for the sake of Jesus Himself as same as He was victimized for the ultimate sake of Himselfć ”true be told, it seems not for humans, and then He asks the cost of His sacrifice to humans vice versa and unilaterally and unconditionally! Namely, Jesus [Christ] carries out multi roles alone excluding a human rights, which says that He incriminates humans first, then kills humans in return for the sin, in the end, saves humans(only God's people) that is why and that is the Bible says.
Secondly, loads of writers and philosophers have reasoned out and defined the definition of love, and tons of artists and musicians have expressed what love is. Nevertheless, I think that no people can define love precisely. In general, we people know the definitions of love; for instance, a family love, an erotic love, a platonic love, and agape love... and so forth.
Thirdly, a medical circle heartlessly defines love like this: In their own words, love is simply the reflection of a chemical action under a man's hormone system, its biological system, to which it affects a man's brain or body, we therefore know that especially an erotic love cannot be maintained for a long time, or better yet, it is only possible to sustain within three months minimum or one year maximumć ”it depends on each of couples.
At any rate, everybody will experience the so-called love or will fall in love with even once. That being said, I cannot even define what love is. Some say it is a simply sexual desire, and some say it is just an opium dream.
According to the Bible, no one is righteous, in other words, no one can love others, for we humans only love 'self' under our inborn nature called a 'self-centered being', which was derived from the sin-stained nature. It might be a very true colors of humans.
Having said that, I don't want to dig deep into the convoluted and abstruse definition of love, for I am not God Himself nor am I the Bible. But love might be the thing that we humans empathize with his or her or other people's minds and hearts...
Every time we empathize with their heart and mind, even though we cannot fully grasp, sometimes we feel up and feel down, and sometimes we feel unfair, abashed, and angry, and now and then, we might be betrayed by them, and thereby we may endlessly have to bruise our ego.
No one will place a high value on an invisible love, because love cannot become a down-to-earth money we people love, furthermore, if we people fall in love with, then tend to regard ourselves as a ridiculous person who dreams an opium dream. Love never feeds bread for our starving belly...
In that regard, a platonic love is not more sacred either, it is also like a blowing wind and flaming spark that will disappear soon. Negatively speaking, love might be a brainwashed or an infatuated brain... On the other hand, some might think that when loving, there should not exist self, instead there should exist only for you, namely other party. No, it might also be wrong; so to speak, there might have to coexist both you and I ...
In this story, The Gift Of The Magi, the husband and wife would have become one in mind and in heart at the exact moment, when they thought to give a gift to each other. It happened at the same time both the husband and the wife so that it might deliver readers a warm message... In other words, their love was not a one-sided love, but was a mutual love.
That being said, I think that we people cannot define love, nor can we see love, nor can we catch love... , but we people may know the one thing, like this famous lyrics:
We humans cannot even bear a grudge against the worst situation in our lives... Because it is not even allowed to grumble like the ruthless slavery and its slaves... ; what is the good of complaining all that?..., and how can such slaves dare stand up to all kinds of inequities against their master?... That is to say, if God is the Creator, then humans are His own slaves whose life can be perished by God or can be saved by God, as such, the Creator might be dominating everything in the world as He only wishes like an abysmal tyrant..., that said, the Bible states that God is love...(Really?)...
Well, these days people might not like wearing a wristwatch, for almost all people have a mobile phone which is already equipped the function of a watch. Regardless of it, what people put on a watch on the wrist is that they might want to accessorize themselves to be shown more fashionable, more intelligent, more stylish, more mannish (if they are a man), more professional for their business, and the like. In my eyes, metal watchstraps look more voluptuous and more provocative than other kinds that are made with leather watchstraps.
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| Wristwatch |
In the meantime, the husband sold his treasurable wristwatch to give a gift to his wife. The purchased gift was none other than the best hairbrush set. He would have wanted to see her comb her beautiful hair with the hairbrush set he had bought. What a touching and teary story it is! When describing this story, I have a lump in my throat, although this story is utterly fictional...
What is love?...
Of course, there are countless definitions and wise sayings regarding love what it is, so anyway, it is my view that love is really mysterious, invisible, unreachable, kaleidoscopic, and indefinable... etc., even love looks as if a spiritual and an invisible world like the unknown world...
Firstly, Scripture(1Corinthians 13: 4~7) defines what love is. Having said that, humanly speaking, no one can practice such a transcendental love. Even it seems to me that the love of Jesus [Christ] is never free-of-charge, but there is the principle of give-and-take as if the circle of cruel business and as though a childish dealing! LOL In short, it seems that Jesus[Christ] wants humans to be victimized only for the sake of Jesus Himself as same as He was victimized for the ultimate sake of Himselfć ”true be told, it seems not for humans, and then He asks the cost of His sacrifice to humans vice versa and unilaterally and unconditionally! Namely, Jesus [Christ] carries out multi roles alone excluding a human rights, which says that He incriminates humans first, then kills humans in return for the sin, in the end, saves humans(only God's people) that is why and that is the Bible says.
Secondly, loads of writers and philosophers have reasoned out and defined the definition of love, and tons of artists and musicians have expressed what love is. Nevertheless, I think that no people can define love precisely. In general, we people know the definitions of love; for instance, a family love, an erotic love, a platonic love, and agape love... and so forth.
Thirdly, a medical circle heartlessly defines love like this: In their own words, love is simply the reflection of a chemical action under a man's hormone system, its biological system, to which it affects a man's brain or body, we therefore know that especially an erotic love cannot be maintained for a long time, or better yet, it is only possible to sustain within three months minimum or one year maximumć ”it depends on each of couples.
At any rate, everybody will experience the so-called love or will fall in love with even once. That being said, I cannot even define what love is. Some say it is a simply sexual desire, and some say it is just an opium dream.
According to the Bible, no one is righteous, in other words, no one can love others, for we humans only love 'self' under our inborn nature called a 'self-centered being', which was derived from the sin-stained nature. It might be a very true colors of humans.
Having said that, I don't want to dig deep into the convoluted and abstruse definition of love, for I am not God Himself nor am I the Bible. But love might be the thing that we humans empathize with his or her or other people's minds and hearts...
Every time we empathize with their heart and mind, even though we cannot fully grasp, sometimes we feel up and feel down, and sometimes we feel unfair, abashed, and angry, and now and then, we might be betrayed by them, and thereby we may endlessly have to bruise our ego.
Despite our ego can never be removed to the last breath, sadly, because we humans might be living only for our ego...
No one will place a high value on an invisible love, because love cannot become a down-to-earth money we people love, furthermore, if we people fall in love with, then tend to regard ourselves as a ridiculous person who dreams an opium dream. Love never feeds bread for our starving belly...
In that regard, a platonic love is not more sacred either, it is also like a blowing wind and flaming spark that will disappear soon. Negatively speaking, love might be a brainwashed or an infatuated brain... On the other hand, some might think that when loving, there should not exist self, instead there should exist only for you, namely other party. No, it might also be wrong; so to speak, there might have to coexist both you and I ...
In this story, The Gift Of The Magi, the husband and wife would have become one in mind and in heart at the exact moment, when they thought to give a gift to each other. It happened at the same time both the husband and the wife so that it might deliver readers a warm message... In other words, their love was not a one-sided love, but was a mutual love.
That being said, I think that we people cannot define love, nor can we see love, nor can we catch love... , but we people may know the one thing, like this famous lyrics:
People talking without speaking,People hear hearing without listening,
This song is The Sound Of Silence. Yes, it is an old song that the duet Simon and Garfunkel sang.
How can I dare define love?...Does love really exist?...
I cannot even know what love is..., yet I may have to say it without speaking and without listening... like you...
š²Merry Christmas!š
This is my gift for Christmas Day. I played the violin with piano accompaniment as below:
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