爱华网系列专题：《点亮生活的智慧：人生之钥》
From recent research it appears that the earth’s eco-systems are so closely related that reactions by Antarctic coral and phytoplankton to adapt to changing climatic conditions are echoed by similar species in northern seas, although these are not subject to the same environmental changes. If the use of an aerosol can in some remote spot can have an osmotic impact on living organisms at opposite ends of the world, does it not follow that all things on earth are somehow intrinsically connected? Great thinkers have long maintained that nothing exists in isolation, human beings least of all. We are part of the same system, no less connected, no less interdependent, than the coral and plankton. Different, though, in that we retain a measure of control. We are able to decide for ourselves what we do with ourselves and our heritage. As long as we remember just how powerful we are. Each move we make, each word spoken, each thought passing through our brain is enough to affect the world for better or, indeed, for worse. Today’s Western world sets great store by intelligence. Of all human characteristics, it seems to be the one most coveted. Everyone wants to be clever – only fools like to think themselves stupid.
The official IQ tests that have been devised to measure mental ability in figures, focus on linguistic and mathematical skills. They are supposed to be independent of culture and background, but they reflect the skills and talentsencouraged and developed in our schools. It makes you wonder if perhaps our modern syllabus isn’t far too limited. It would be nice to see things like good sense and ethical awareness promoted to serve the common good. Not to mention emotional intelligence: the ability to handle carefully, constructively, your own emotions as well as those of others. Imagine if everyone was taught to understand and master person-al motivations and instinctive urges; trained to build harmonious relations based on insight and consideration of others… So many conflicts would be avoided, teamwork and co-operation improved, better results achieved all round.
