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The
Joys and Sorrows of Young Yuguo
In a recent post, I wrote
about a music teacher who changed my life and made me believe that Scandinavia
was my real home.
Last night, my wife and I watched a moving documentary on Netflix called The Joys and Sorrows of Young Yuguo.
It told the story of a teenage Chinese boy with a good heart who developed a deep desire to study literature and Romanian language in a Romanian university. His love for the country and nation was inspired by the Romanian national poet, Mihai Eminescu. Yuguo, left an incredible impression on his university teachers and the nation as a whole. Somewhere in the future haven of wonder, I hope I will meet Yuguo. His story among other matters, stand as a testament to the transforming power of literature.
I'm curious about all this; is there a place you always felt you belonged to? Make a comment, please.
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“You may have the universe if I may have Italy”: Giuseppe Verdi
After the documentary, I asked my wife, “Is there a place that draws you and makes you feel you belong there?” She replied, “Italy.”
C.S. Lewis wrote of the emotion that creates a desire to live in another world as a glimpse of a future paradise. He wrote,
"If we find ourselves with a desire
that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that
we are made for another world.”
Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org and 316publishing.com.