Muses and Flutes

music alwaez accompanied mi thru e dark periods of my life..throughout my adolescent years, angry music like Green Day, Bon Jovi, Guns and Roses and Linkin Park was an outlet for no small number of angst-ridden issues..

in e army, retro songs like Square Rooms took mi far along my flights of fantasy n dark insanity..oh i forgot 2 mention, soppy love ballads brought mi thru my junior college years..

n as i get older, i return once again 2 my Han Chinese roots with Chinese music of complex harmonies n on-key croonin..the songs of e past dun just leave or fade away..they r filled with memory..sometimes sad, sometimes joyous..n some remain favourites 2 dis day, like e worship of Hillsongs n e praise of e Planetshakers as well as e unforgettable Christian cynisism of Jars of Clay..but undoubtedli, all these thousands of songs (at least as many as i can get my hands on) remain on my I-pod for listenin..

sometimes, its not dat as we get older we adopt different philosophies or tastes..its just dat we see more from different perspectives..n we all need a standpoint for our views n faith dat sythesizes n integrates wat we are at a point in time n space in dis universe..dats called a worldview..

Basics of faith n values will remain thruout each age in our lives..but worldviews change as we relate to pple n events differentli..how can i reach out 2 pple of a certain mindset if i dun understand e way they think n feel? i dun hav 2 be like them, but watever is good, n noble n pure of somebody's thinkin i can relate to easily, n use dat 2 springboard a witness in2 their lives of my faith n ideals..

i've alwaz admired Matteo Ricci who brought e gospel to China (albeit in a Catholic form)..he wore e robes of a Buddhist monk n carried e bible in e external form of an ancient sutra so e Chinese could understand dat dis truth was old yet strangeli familiar to e hearts of men from their most primal instincts..

wats good n true has e tendency 2 point 2 the Almighty..but it must b brought out..how can dat b if my choice of language is outdated n useless for today?