F2F Class Notes (Luca)

I always live in the cities,Taipei and Shanghai. They’re all fast paced but Shanghai is even faster. I didn’t really notice what it influenced our life before, after once I traveled to Lijiang with my friends. When the driver drove about 40 miles on the empty road, we couldn’t bear but felt anxiety at the beginning, so we kept our eyes on the phones.It was just a small thing, however I found we’re very different from country people.
I heard lots of friends with sleep disorder, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder and endocrine disorder, and I couldn’t tell before they told me that they were in treatment or just took some medication by themselves.
Myself usually troubled by headache though, I don’t take medicine, painkiller is not going to solve the real problem.

I found people here just like spinning tops which never stop. What’s more tragic is some of them don’t even have time to stop a bit to think about their life, they just kept working and still troubled by livings. Because of the vibe is full of competition and fear, people are stressed by those thoughts. People have plenty of materials but empty hearts, that’s the biggest problems. So they always want to grab more from outside to fulfill themselves, it’s not going to work.

I have always lived in the cities like Taipei and Shanghai. They’re all fast paced but Shanghai is even faster. Life if these cites is always fast paced but Shanghai is the fastest. I didn’t really notice what how it influences our life before, after once  until I traveled to Lijiang with my friends. When the driver drove was driving about 40 miles on the empty road, we couldn’t bear but felt  the anxiety at in the beginning, so we kept our eyes on the our phones. It was just a small thing, however, I found we’re very different from country people.
I heard of  lots of friends with who have sleep disorders, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder and endocrine disorder. I couldn’t tell before they told me wouldn’t have know this unless that told me that they were in treatment or just took some just taking medication by themselves. for mental illness.
Myself usually troubled by headache though, I don’t take medicine, painkiller is not going to solve the real problem.

I am often troubled with headaches, however I don’t take painkillers as I don’t think they will solve the real problem.

I found people here just like spinning tops which never stop. What’s more tragic is some of them don’t even have time to stop a bit to think about their life, they just kept working and still troubled by livings. Because of the vibe is full of competition and fear, people are stressed by those thoughts. People have plenty of materials but empty hearts, that’s the biggest problems. So they always want to grab more from outside to fulfill themselves but it’s not going to work.

I think the fast paced life is destroying the bridges which connect to our mind and heart (body and soul). It makes creates imbalance in our own system. Everyone’s body has it’s own system, it’s not only just in physical world but also with the spiritual part. However we don’t have much time (or we think we don’t) to stay sit with ourselves, maybe listening to what our bodies or hearts tell us. There is always a sign to warn us about the red light of our health which we just ignore it and pursue tells ourselves there are something more important have things to do.
Although we still look good, the our insides of us probably are not in the same way. So focusing on what we really need inside, it’s the first step to avoid those mental problems. Maybe sometimes we don’t need more money, but just a hug.
That is what I’m doing, I’m always trying to balance my life and live in more spiritual way. So luckily I don’t have any mental problems, only these headache is still killing me.

Grammar

Time and places words at, on, in.

At used for a specific place and sometimes time

On use for a specific time and if an object is on top of another object (there is an apple on the table.

In used for a more general time, like in the summer time and if an object is inside something.

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