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I am not against the way these young people respond to the present society, but one needs to realise that self-preservation and avoiding pain (if you consider all the above practical examples are the sources of pain) are not the only human instincts we have. As a human being we also have the urge to activity (sex, travel, play, change), to connect (socialise, share), to search for meaning (knowledge, religions) and to create (art and expressions of all kinds). In other words, we have the need to grow horizontally and vertically, and “lying flat” cannot be a permanent state.  If one wants to avoid going downhill in life, I believe one must go upward to compete with oneself and to fight against the external forces. 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In Winter when my hands are stiff from the cold, or when I am overloaded with work and lose my appetite, a bowl of hot noodle soup immediately fills me with infinite happiness! My elder son is 15 years old now. For his last eight birthdays, we took him to his favourite noodle shop in town so that he could order for himself a bowl of scrumptious noodle soup. His birthday is on the day after New Year. Eight years ago on his birthday we visited that noodle shop for the first time. The table mat in front of each client was a piece of white paper that wrote, \"Happy New Year! You are welcome to write down your New Year wish and share with us on our IG. Those who share will have a chance to win a grand prize.\" That year, my elder son wrote down his wish on the table mat. Although he did not win the grand prize, his wish came true!  How fortunate! 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It's hard to understand why a well-behaved and intelligent creature as Hann could be abandoned. Anyone who sees Hann's innocent smile cannot help but falls in love with him. Hann could regain his hope and joy in life because he met an angel in the midst of his adversity.  We all want angels to come to us to make miracles and to take away our troubles. But \"meeting an angel\" in fact is far less fortunate than \"becoming an angel\". 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