[00:02.293]Passage 2.“Packing ”a Person
[00:06.239]A person,like a commodity,needs packaging.
[00:09.353]But going too far is absolutely undesirable.
[00:13.340]A little exaggeration,however,
[00:18.618]does no harm when it shows
[00:20.734]the person's unique qualities to their advantage.
[00:24.262]To display personal charm in a casual and natural way,
[00:28.913]it is important for one to have a clear knowledge of oneself.
[00:34.564]A master packager knows how to integrate art and nature without
[00:38.660]any traces of embellishment,
[00:42.703]so that the person
[00:43.503]so packaged is no commodity
[00:45.431]but a human being,lively and lovely.
[00:50.641]A young person,especially a female,
[00:53.539]radiant with beauty and full of life,
[00:57.95]has all the favor granted by God.
[00:59.530]Any attempt to make up would be self-defeating.
[01:02.846]Youth,however,comes and goes in a moment of doze.
[01:06.794]Packaging for the middle-aged is primarily
[01:08.573]to conceal the furrows ploughed by time.
[01:12.715]If you still enjoy life's exuberance enough to
[01:15.75]retain self-confidence and pursue pioneering work,
[01:21.49]you are unique in your natural qualities,
[01:24.148]and your charm and grace will remain.
[01:27.452]Elderly people are beautiful
[01:29.248]f their river of life has been,
[01:32.176]through plains,mountains and jungles,
[01:33.773]running its course as it should.
[01:37.293]You have really lived your life
[01:38.994]which now arrives
[01:40.20]at a complacent stage of serenity
[01:43.32]indifferent to fame or wealth.
[01:46.322]There is no need to
[01:47.576]resort to hair-dyeing ；
[01:49.355]the snow-capped mountain is itself
[01:50.782]a beautiful scene of fairyland.
[01:53.108]Let your looks change from young
[01:55.409]to old synchronizing with
[01:56.806]the natural ageing process
[02:01.554]so as to keep in harmony with nature,
[02:03.888]for harmony itself is beauty,
[02:05.894]while the other way round will
[02:07.920]only end in unpleasantness.
[02:10.990]To be in the elder's company
[02:12.829]is like reading
[02:13.839]a thick book of deluxe edition
[02:16.192]that fascinates one
[02:17.606]so much as to be reluctant to part with.
[02:22.55]As long as one finds where one stands,
[02:25.23]one knows how to package oneself,
[02:26.975]just as a commodity establishes its brand
[02:29.842]by the right packaging