Final Entry of The Analects

I think that The Essential Analects was a book worth reading, and which I learned allot from. First I just read, but half the time, I spent analyzing and reflecting. Sometimes I imagined how different the world would be if everyone followed Confucian teachings. As I said in one of my past entries, I was born in Hong Kong and lived there until I was five. I still remember culture and how the people´s actions. Moving to Latin America was a huge change because absolutely everything was different. People weren´t the same. In Asia, everyone was quite, respectful, and didn´t look for attention. Most Latino´s were probably the exact opposite, and didn´t find shame in anything. I´m not saying it´s worse, it´s just that people have different principals all around the world which might seem weird in different places. Many Asians follow Confucian teachings which to people in other countries might seem way too hard to do.

Even though Confucius says that these teachings are the true way of life, I still like my life the way it is. I will though, push myself as much as I can to be filial and respectful with others.