22-2-22
Feb 2022
KK sent this in Chinese, which I attempt to translate below:
史上最“二”的日子即将到來！今天是公元2022年2月21日，星期一，农历壬寅年一月二十一，再过几个小时，我们将见证人类历史上万年不遇的最“二”的一天。如果用阿拉伯数字表示，明天就是2022年2月22日，如果用汉数字表示，就是公元二O二二年二月二十二日，星期二，农历正月二十二，共九个“二”。在中国传统文化里，九是数字里最大的数，“古人造字以纪数，起于一，极于九，皆指事也。”前数五千年后看五千年，同一天遇到九个“二”，真正是前无古人后无来者。我们非常幸运，我们见证了这万年不遇的吉祥日子。
Translation:
22.2.22 is the most "second" day in human history. In the Gregorian calendar, it is 22.2.22. If you use Chinese numerals, it is February 22, A.D. 22 (22-02-2022), a Tuesday, the 22nd lunar month, a total of nine "twos."
In traditional Chinese culture, nine is the biggest number in numbers.
The ancients created Chinese characters or words to record numbers, starting with one, ending with nine, all referring to events. Counting five thousand years ahead, then five thousand years before, there is only one nine "twos" in the same day. To encounter nine “twos” on the same day is truly unprecedented. We are very lucky; to witness this lucky day once in ten thousand years.
One COBS member commented:
The number 9 in Chinese also rhymes with “very long (in time)”. An eternal destiny.
I sense that this is like a midpoint in history. Of what? I ponder. That ends after five thousand years!
My life, our lives, on this earth is but a speck, of five thousand years past and then five thousand years in the future... what more unto eternity…
So God, what do we do? Our time here is so so insignificant when put in this perspective. Is what we do or how we feel worth it? Why do humans choose to covet, kill and destroy, fight over rights and entitlements and opinions, as insignificant as we are…? And yet, you God is mindful of each and every of our miniscule lives.
Only by your assuring and ever Presence can we live in humble introspection and, at the same time, towards a meaningful life despite our little significance in the grand scheme of things.
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