Author: Shen Shián

Wandering Thought #43: Partiality Any one form of partial and worldly love is not superior to any other form of…

Wandering Thought #42: Transience Since this physical life is already so transient, why overly pursue that which is equally materially…

Wandering Thought #41: Partnership Of course, this is totally optional, but if you wish to have a life partner, why…

Wandering Thought #40: Temper Temperamental people unfairly expect others to be patient with them. Perhaps, for self-reflection, they should meet…

Wandering Thought #39: Respect One who does not expect more respect to be earned by demanding it from another immediately…

Wandering Thought #38: Consultation No ruler, unless enlightened, can truly survey the needs of the people from an ‘almighty’ tower…

Wandering Thought #37: Laziness Just as it is largely due to sheer laziness that we do not succeed in worldly…

Wandering Thought #36: Wisdom When you catch your thoughts wandering, why not gather them, to make some sense of them,…

Wandering Thought #35: Promise For what you have no intention of doing at all, why say to another that you…

Wandering Thought #34: Tension Since censorship is usually either of truth or falsehood, we should censure the first kind of…

Wandering Thought #33: Nagging Unless you wish to be seen as naggy, with each time you nag becoming less effective…

Wandering Thought #32: Expectations We tend to idealise others with our expectations, of what they should and should not do….

Wandering Thought #31: Volatility If you are volatile in your speech and actions, while not recognising and changing this, how…

Wandering Thought #30: Cracks The collapse of giant structures painstakingly built up over time and with much effort usually begins…

Wandering Thought #29: Communication Even if you do not see the need to communicate with another to clarify a troubling…

Wandering Thought #28: Remake Just as there is no need to remake a classic song that we cannot perform better,…

Wandering Thought #27: Apology Always swiftly apologise when you had done wrong, or could had done wrong – because the…

Wandering Thought #26: Barrenness Socrates warned to ‘Beware the barrenness of a busy life.’ Indeed, a busy social and worldly…

Wandering Thought #25: Aversion If you have to do what is necessary but deemed unpleasant, why make it doubly worse…

Wandering Thought #24: Action We tend to have more good ideas than actual actions to implement them. We should be…