{"id":6706,"date":"2016-07-27T12:00:14","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T04:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecornel.pro4.designworks.tw\/en\/?p=6706"},"modified":"2016-07-27T12:00:14","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T04:00:14","slug":"the-reluctant-elitists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecornel.com.tw\/en\/the-reluctant-elitists\/","title":{"rendered":"THE RELUCTANT ELITISTS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_third-6126cab7d8fab8d08143dd2dacdf673c\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_third-6126cab7d8fab8d08143dd2dacdf673c{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_third-6126cab7d8fab8d08143dd2dacdf673c av_one_third  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_image-c3155640ca1ee94c584c0eb6ec239d4a\">\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-c3155640ca1ee94c584c0eb6ec239d4a img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-c3155640ca1ee94c584c0eb6ec239d4a .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-av_image-c3155640ca1ee94c584c0eb6ec239d4a av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-6708 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-6708 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.ecornel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCF8697-e1469591990790.jpg\" alt='' title='DSCF8697'  height=\"600\" width=\"800\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_two_third-0aa7055fe62c3622faec82866afbaeb2\">\n.flex_column.av-av_two_third-0aa7055fe62c3622faec82866afbaeb2{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_two_third-0aa7055fe62c3622faec82866afbaeb2 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-f73c4dc6ba7ad92b6f8254ea53461f18\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-f73c4dc6ba7ad92b6f8254ea53461f18{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-f73c4dc6ba7ad92b6f8254ea53461f18 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-f73c4dc6ba7ad92b6f8254ea53461f18 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-f73c4dc6ba7ad92b6f8254ea53461f18 av-special-heading-h2  avia-builder-el-3  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >THE RELUCTANT ELITISTS<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>It was pitch dark on the porch, the soothing breeze blew over from the valley, the fireflies danced around in the bushes, and the crickets chirped in the meadow. It was such a beautiful night in the mountains. I felt as if I was in the heaven. Shyi-Dong had already finished a meeting with a group of important people and now they were enjoying themselves inside a lodge. I was waiting to go for a walk under the starry sky, but there was no sign that Shyi-Dong could leave the group. Sitting alone on the porch, I watched people singing and clapping their hands excitedly. After driving for two and half hours to this mountain resort and going directly into a long day meeting, every one looked exhausted. Singing was definitely the best way for them to unwind. Obviously, the meeting was very successful because they were chatting and singing loudly with big smiles. Watching their excited faces through the window, I wondered how many more commitments they had made at the meeting to add to their overwhelming daily workloads. They were only in their fifties and sixties, but they couldn\u2019t hide their grey hairs and wrinkles.<\/p>\n<p>There was a story I read one time about a man who complained to the Lord how heavy his load was on his back and he asked the Lord to lighten it. Before the Lord could answer, he quickly picked up everything he saw on the way as he passed and put on his back.<\/p>\n<p>Last week a well-known doctor was invited to give a speech exclusively to those elitists on the issue of health. Everyone listened attentively because no one was in good health and they desperately needed medical advice. It was very ironic that those elitists had won the whole world, but had lost their health.<\/p>\n<p>After a good sleep, everyone would rush to leave for another appointment in the morning. It was hard to understand that they made a special trip all the way up to the mountains, but they had no time or energy to climb any one of them. Didn\u2019t the doctor suggest that mountain climbing was good exercise? Why was everyone in such a hurry? They were right in the mountains but it seemed to them that the mountains never existed.<\/p>\n<p>I remember another story which was about time and a watch. A rich man was showing off his gold Rolex watch to a poor man who didn\u2019t even have one. Admiring the beauty of the gold watch, the poor man said slowly: \u201cI don\u2019t have a watch but I have time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thinking about this story, the elitists\u2019 faces were dancing in front of me, I decided to tell Shyi-Dong that I would rather him remain \u2018a small potato\u2019. 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