Chapter 343: 436, Blessing Starting Point

436, Blessing Starting Point....

_______A red apricot branch protruding from the wall (Part Ten)

Friends are certainly puzzled: What's wrong with Liu Guozong, why has he been talking about dreams lately? The reason is simple: I have recently immersed myself again in Cao Xueqin's Dream of the Red Chamber. At the same time, I was moved by seeing my friend Zhong Wei Yun's beautiful dream come true. So, I will talk more about dreams.

My purpose in speaking of 'dream talk' is to let friends draw life inspiration from others' dreams coming true, and walk their own road to success.

I have also long doubted the saying 'All roads lead to Rome'——

Why must one go to 'Rome'? Couldn't one find a place to survive elsewhere? The world is so vast and broad.

I greatly admire this saying: 'Where there is a will, there is a way.'

Although I have never succeeded. I, as the author Cao Xueqin of Dream of the Red Chamber said: 'Nowadays, weary and troubled, I have accomplished nothing……' But I have seen others succeed. Others' success, especially a friend's success, brings joy to my low spirits and adds courage and confidence to my life. Friends, you are surely all successful; your success also brings me joy and happiness.

This world holds many of my confusions and perplexities, especially about my own fate and life's unknowns. I won't speak of it, because to do so would waste my life in trivialities, which is meaningless. It's better to talk about others' affairs……

Writing fiction? Friends, sorry: I've been unable lately. The reason is that I've already apologized to friends——

I have already told friends why I set aside my novel: the earthquake in the Sichuan Wenchuan region shook my heart so painfully that my state of mind could not be restored to its original condition.

Whenever I see Sichuan's disaster on television now, I tear up. Especially when I see the footage of the People's Children Soldiers bravely rescuing people, I am moved to tears.

When I was young, reading Wei Wei's 'Who Is the Most Lovable Person' in textbooks, I also shed tears: the People's Liberation Army of China is the most lovable people. But back then my tears were not as many as today. Now I increasingly understand what 'Who Is the Most Lovable Person' means——

People's Children Soldiers!

Are the most lovable people!

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What can I do for the disaster area's people? Fortunately, Starting Point has provided me a platform to bless the disaster area's people. Using this platform each day, I can say to the brothers and sisters of the disaster area: 'My heart is with the disaster area, my affection is with the disaster area: May peace, courage, confidence, and strength be with the disaster area's people!' To express my heartfelt concern for the disaster area's people, I will keep saying this……

Thank you, Starting Point, for giving me a platform to send blessings to the disaster area's people! May Blessing Starting Point grow ever more popular!

Whoever said this, wasting one's entire life in trivial, narrow dreams and habits is also a tragedy. The tragedy of life lies in the bedroom.

This saying is awkward and hard to pronounce. Why quote such an awkward, hard-to-pronounce phrase? Isn't that wasting our energy and time? My purpose in quoting it is to remind friends: one should not spend a lifetime stuck in those trivialities, endlessly chattering about the messy, petty things around them. Instead, as the saying goes, 'Let the wind carry far-reaching aspirations,' dream bigger.

My friend, a farmer, had just finished junior high when he dropped out due to family hardship. Yet he did not give in to his immediate difficulties. He set his dream's goal, which is unimaginable for ordinary people: he objected to the definition of periods, question marks, and exclamation marks that have guided societal language and writing behavior since China introduced modern punctuation in 1919.

This dream can be called a great and beautiful one. For this great and beautiful dream, he devoted thirty years of his heart and blood—indeed, his whole life! His research results have already been recognized by society. In the near future, when we writers add punctuation to sentences, we will use his proposed punctuation method (I am not exaggerating). Therefore, I must write about him, because he is relevant to us; writing articles requires punctuation.

I want to write out his spirit of perseverance and indomitability, which will surely benefit those who pursue their dreams in obscurity. Please understand my predicament, friends. My friend Zhong Wei Yun, already past sixty, still labors. By 'labor' I mean true labor: by day, sweating profusely in the fields doing physical work; by night, bending over the lamp, using the pen to cultivate his dream.

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(My heart is with the disaster area, my affection is with the disaster area: May peace, courage, confidence, and strength be with the disaster area's people!