Losing Face

Losing face is an Asian concept that is widely misunderstood in The West. Most western societies construe it with being shamed by others, but the concept is much more literal.

"Losing face" quite literally means that your face is no longer smiling and pure and pleasant, but that your expression has become angry, causing your demeanor to change, your brow to furrow, and your eyes to narrow. Some people live their whole lives in this state, and in old age this expression of constant anger verified by the years becomes as indelible as a tattoo.

Conversely, I have seen many elderly people whose faces exude the beauty of a life lived in peace, committed to the promotion of harmony, the kind of people who savoured the moments.

But some other people have chosen a different path, whereby they seek out anger at every turn, are constantly annoyed by others and the entire universe exists solely to annoy them. As time goes by these faces filled with rage become a reality, a legacy of a society so utterly spoiled that it fails to comprehend the inconsequence of its own grief and its belligerent response to our collective sense of entitlement.

And as for that furrowed brow, I'm sure a plastic surgeon can fix it.

As for the anger that led to that condition, there ain't a surgeon in the world.

And if you are reading this, I know you have a beautiful face.

Strive to keep it.



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