August 31, 2011

Taking home these

- Ethics is not judged by consequences to the society; it is evaluated by the amount of happiness you get.
- The desire to be 'good' and to be 'happy' is planted in all of us, in our design. Such is God's will for us.
- Happiness is about self-fulfilment. We can create the direction to achieve self-fulfilment because unlike animals, we have the capacity of mind and will.
- We often believe that happiness comes from increased freedom; and freedom is about having many choices. It is not; happiness comes from what you make out of the choice you made, even if you only had very limited choices.
- It is not about the number of choices you have; it is about how you accept or feel about the choice you make
- Good choices are made based on reliable knowledge and consent.
- A good pianist can make good music with a bad piano; a bad pianist makes only noise even if with the best piano.

Today's RCIA session was probably one of the most engaging ever, in the past 7 months. It was on the topic of ethics and morality, and will span a total of 4 sessions.

Some of the ideas that Father Garcia shared are not foreign to me. In the course of my university days, my course has alluded to some of them. After all, I was in the course of de-constructing society, culture and everyday lives in order to scavenge for deeper meanings and motives. Hmm, nope. It certainly did not sound that 'deep' when I was still an undergraduate. Retrospectives are always more illuminating.

However, the question remains unanswered if you do not have any idea what makes self-fulfilment, and thereby happiness, in your life. For now, I don't exactly know in mine. I guess, I can say I have a hazy idea. But, a hazy idea is not exactly a good idea. So, I'm just letting it come... and trusting that it would... in good time to come... and hopefully, not too late.

Posted by 杏 cy （Jancy） at 23:23