It was still bright and sunny in the noon, then in a mere two hours time, it was all gloomy and rainy. Such is the temperament of the weather these days. Was told that Seoul has had its first snow last Thursday when the temperature dipped into sub-zero degrees. So what do you think you will be doing this weekend? Someone may still be attending the weekly debate discussion group, others roamed about seeking for happening spots and still others looking for a book on sale this year end. Maybe you can go to the zoo? Someone asked me this question last night, “why do we go to the zoo?” I never quite thought of that, as my only reason is always to find out if my beloved giraffes are still in their not so natural habitat. For some unknown reasons, I just love them and zoo would not be a well qualified zoo without them or at least I thought so. But the person told me that we are there to look at the rarely seen beings, the different from humans’ beings called “animals”. Though not agreeing totally with him with regards to the possible difference, it was quite a novel idea. So why not head on to the zoo to look at the animals or take a look at yourself after you have taken a good look at your possible reflections?
A cloudy weekend reminds me of the western styled creamy pumpkin soup or 호반죽 prepared in the Korean kitchen, as well as the music of Lucid Fall, be it the more cheery 보이나요 or the more forlorn 사람이었네 Would even be hearing the falling leaves, the free fall as swiftly as a ballerina from the 은행나무 and right before my eyes is the hue of a deep blue sea. If you were to read a book, it would be Haruki Murakami’s ノルウェイの森 or choose from the Shunji Iwai’s productions to feed your senses.
Cooler nights, evening breeze and painted clouds. Dreaming of the clear autumn skies and clear blue seas, the sinking of one’s feet in the sandy beach and the poetic act of picking the sea shells. Those were the days when the mind was clearer and the tears sweeter, a smile in bloom and a heart at ease. I miss the seas tonight.
Mark 7:14-23
14Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, "Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. 15Nothing outside a man can make him 'unclean' by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a man that makes him 'unclean.' "[a]
17After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable. 18"Are you so dull?" he asked. "Don't you see that nothing that enters a man from the outside can make him 'unclean'? 19For it doesn't go into his heart but into his stomach, and then out of his body." (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods "clean.")
20He went on: "What comes out of a man is what makes him 'unclean.' 21For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, 22greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. 23All these evils come from inside and make a man 'unclean.' "
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