Everyone Wants to Look Good

Once upon a time, not too long ago.. okay, two days ago...
An ex-*little pal was relating to me how he practised smiling before he went for photo-taking for his passport photo. Ha.. But when he reached the studio, the atmosphere became a little awkward and in his own words, "all his practices have gone to waste". Haha.. However, the outcome was still rather desirable.

He finds it funny. Oh well, I think it's a little funny too.

Do we observe ourselves only at the "surface"?
How much effort do we put in to observe our inner-self?
Do we spent most of our time, only observing and being critical of others instead?

I can't help but to recall a historical event which I would like to share.

Once upon a time, really very long ago... okay, more than two-thousand years ago...
A man had a little medical problem with his little finger, but not a single physician he knew could cure it. Later, in his later years, he learnt of a great physician living far far away that could cure his condition. Without much consideration, he travelled far and wide to "hunt" this particular physician down to cure him, cure his little medical problem with his little finger.

So everyone wants to look good, by all means within his or her capacity.

But let's look back. If we know that we have a little character flaw or have a tainted moral fibre, what would we do? Do we choose to ignore it and take it as our uniqueness and live with it?
Many learnt people led as to think that a true Jun Zi (君子) would, by all means within his or her capacity, rectify all character flaws or tainted moral fibres.

So indeed everyone wants to look good, by all means within his or her capacity. Believe me, you look best when you are morally upright and possess a wholesome character. :)

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有一位圣者这么说：
战胜别人称英雄，战胜自己称圣贤。然而，想战胜自己、克制自己，并不容易。
明知虎会伤人，偏向虎山行；明知靡靡之音要远离、火爆脾气要克制、贪心妄想要根除、嗔忿之心不可起，却又敌不过它，奈何不了它，无法逍遥得自在。
唯有以理制欲。故曰：“克己复礼，天下归仁焉”。