In many Chinese folklore, a Dragon is depicted as a bringer of luck, harbinger of prosperity. It is said that families of any mortal subjects, peasantry or nobility, is truly blessed for perhaps a lifetime.
On the other hand, most demons enjoy the misery of their mortal preys. They are always associated to havoc and misfortune. Some of us may even curse someone who did many unpleasant things or decisions that affect us as a demon. However, not all demons are associated to evil.
Every single one of us who live can never be absolutely good or evil. We have all taken lives before, haven't we? (Ants) That is still a sin, although it is so small that it is barely noticeable. We have all done something evil before, didn't we? Maybe unintentionally stealing extra grams of sour plums because the store clerk accidentally gave you more, or breaking someone's spectacle by 'accident'. Apologies may seem to help resolve matters sometimes, but they can never change the facts.
On the other hand, we all have perhaps did something good (As in a deed of virtue), from donating a penny to the students involved in community services who collect money for the poor, to saving the world from certain death. No matter how many acts of benevolence or malevolence we have done, there is no absolutes.
For me, Bildungsroman certainly played a part in my... Statistics page, shall we say. If you ask me how many evil things I have done in my life, I cannot count. I did many things I actually regret doing. I am sure I did many things that had hurt others' feelings, even without me knowing. I can easily name one which only happened a few days ago. But then, I don't think I wanna...
Ask me what good have I ever done in my life, I can name a few but not all. That is because unlike the acts of evil which I was actually 'blind' to, like many of you, I take pride in my deeds of virtue. Let me see... I did some community services with a few colleagues for the needy residents without expecting anything in return. I stood up for my buddies when they got into trouble. The best thing I have ever done, although not exactly a deed of virtue, is to stand up for myself and act with this almost-shameless courage, which was what I did in Secondary Two when I was able to muster my courage to start a conversation with someone special.
Almost everyone of us have two eyes, right? Save the unfortunate people who lost one or both of theirs at some point in time. Oh no... Not that one eye is that of a Dragon, and one of a demon. Seeing things in a positive manner does not mean that the person possess the eyes of a Dragon. However, seeing things in a nihilistic perspective could point that one has the eyes of a demon, or an inner demon in him.
Then how to tell of a person has the eyes of a Dragon? I don't know...
But right now, I might be seeing what a demon can see: That something really important to me... Something is slowly crumbling...
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