Comments on: Finding Home http://www.8asians.com/2009/05/21/finding-home/ A blog for Asian Americans Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:46:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daniel W. http://www.8asians.com/2009/05/21/finding-home/comment-page-1/#comment-123373 Daniel W. Fri, 22 May 2009 20:12:54 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=3138#comment-123373 I read the entry. I hope drifting leaf can find a place where he/she can really be him/herself. Most people move for practical reasons, and to find a place of belonging will be much harder but not impossible. Honestly, these labels can only mean as much as the person who identifies with it wants to be. The word Chinese or China can bring up a thousand images, many that are real or imagined...some that both support and contradict one another. Family runs deeper than any location or political issues, and we don't have to be blood-related to be family. I think the closest "poetic" statement I've heard that can sort of describe the Chinese people as a whole was that we are like seeds that are full of variety, can survive in any environment and blossom (prosper) with strong roots, and China is a huge garden which changes a lot but stays untouched at it's core. I read the entry. I hope drifting leaf can find a place where he/she can really be him/herself. Most people move for practical reasons, and to find a place of belonging will be much harder but not impossible.

Honestly, these labels can only mean as much as the person who identifies with it wants to be. The word Chinese or China can bring up a thousand images, many that are real or imagined…some that both support and contradict one another. Family runs deeper than any location or political issues, and we don’t have to be blood-related to be family.

I think the closest “poetic” statement I’ve heard that can sort of describe the Chinese people as a whole was that we are like seeds that are full of variety, can survive in any environment and blossom (prosper) with strong roots, and China is a huge garden which changes a lot but stays untouched at it’s core.

]]> By: Daniel W. http://www.8asians.com/2009/05/21/finding-home/comment-page-1/#comment-141185 Daniel W. Fri, 22 May 2009 20:12:00 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=3138#comment-141185 I read the entry. I hope drifting leaf can find a place where he/she can really be him/herself. Most people move for practical reasons, and to find a place of belonging will be much harder but not impossible. Honestly, these labels can only mean as much as the person who identifies with it wants to be. The word Chinese or China can bring up a thousand images, many that are real or imagined...some that both support and contradict one another. Family runs deeper than any location or political issues, and we don't have to be blood-related to be family. I think the closest "poetic" statement I've heard that can sort of describe the Chinese people as a whole was that we are like seeds that are full of variety, can survive in any environment and blossom (prosper) with strong roots, and China is a huge garden which changes a lot but stays untouched at it's core. I read the entry. I hope drifting leaf can find a place where he/she can really be him/herself. Most people move for practical reasons, and to find a place of belonging will be much harder but not impossible.

Honestly, these labels can only mean as much as the person who identifies with it wants to be. The word Chinese or China can bring up a thousand images, many that are real or imagined…some that both support and contradict one another. Family runs deeper than any location or political issues, and we don’t have to be blood-related to be family.

I think the closest “poetic” statement I’ve heard that can sort of describe the Chinese people as a whole was that we are like seeds that are full of variety, can survive in any environment and blossom (prosper) with strong roots, and China is a huge garden which changes a lot but stays untouched at it’s core.

]]> By: daniel http://www.8asians.com/2009/05/21/finding-home/comment-page-1/#comment-123309 daniel Fri, 22 May 2009 04:13:20 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=3138#comment-123309 "adopted home town" is a good way of putting it. thanks for sharing this. “adopted home town” is a good way of putting it. thanks for sharing this.

]]> By: daniel http://www.8asians.com/2009/05/21/finding-home/comment-page-1/#comment-141184 daniel Fri, 22 May 2009 04:13:00 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=3138#comment-141184 "adopted home town" is a good way of putting it. thanks for sharing this. “adopted home town” is a good way of putting it. thanks for sharing this.

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