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- Always with that phone. Back in my day, we spoke to each other, not to screens.
- It’s not just a phone, Dad. I’m checking internship applications, I am trying to make something of myself.
- Narrator:“Among those who are filial toward their parents and fraternal toward their brothers , those who are inclined to offend against their superiors are few indeed.”(Analects, 1:2)
- Slide: 2
- What good is it to chase your own ambitions while neglecting your family? Have you thought of what our family needs?
- Uncle, the world is different now. Success outside can also bring honor to the family. Isn’t that what matters?
- Slide: 3
- "When a person’s father is alive, observe his intentions. When the father is deceased, observe his actions. If he does not change from his father’s ways, he may be called filial." (Analects, 1:11)
- Maybe I don’t want to live the exact same way.
- Slide: 4
- “The noble person is conciliatory but not conformist; the small person is conformist but not conciliatory.” (Analects, 13:23) You can respect your father’s wishes while still finding your own balance.
- But what if my path disappoints him?
- Slide: 5
- “At fifteen my heart was set upon learning; at thirty, I had become established; at forty, I was no longer perplexed; at fifty, I knew what is ordained by heaven…” (Analects, 2:4) But I’m not sure what my path is yet.
- At some point, you need to decide if living for others is truly living for yourself.
- And that’s okay. You’re still finding it.
- Slide: 6
- Dad, can we talk?
- Of course, what's on your mind?
- Slide: 7
- I know you want me to follow a certain path, to honor our family… but I also need to find out who I am. I need your support, not just your expectations.
- A young man is to be filial within his family and respectful outside it. he is to be earnest and faithful; overflowing in his love for living beings and intimate with those who are humane. If after such practice he has strength to spare, he may use it in the study of culture.” (Analects, 1:6)
- Slide: 8
- I’m trying, Dad. I really am.
- I see that. Just don’t forget where you come from.
- Slide: 9
- The balance between duty and desire is not a conflict to be won but a path to be walked. Perhaps this is where the true honor lies.
- THE END.
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