Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck-an a fapa boarding school a awm lehkha a thawn hi chhiar ve mai mai ang u. A fapa hian hmeichhe pakhat Susan-i a lo ngaizawng hle a ni awm e.
New York
November 10, 1958
Dear Thom:
We had your letter this morning. I will answer it from my point of view and of course Elaine will from hers.
First — if you are in love — that’s a good thing — that’s about the best thing that can happen to anyone. Don’t let anyone make it small or light to you.
Second — There are several kinds of love. One is a selfish, mean, grasping, egotistical thing which uses love for self-importance. This is the ugly and crippling kind. The other is an outpouring of everything good in you — of kindness and consideration and respect — not only the social respect of manners but the greater respect which is recognition of another person as unique and valuable. The first kind can make you sick and small and weak but the second can release in you strength, and courage and goodness and even wisdom you didn’t know you had.
You say this is not puppy love. If you feel so deeply — of course it isn’t puppy love.
But I don’t think you were asking me what you feel. You know better than anyone. What you wanted me to help you with is what to do about it — and that I can tell you.
Glory in it for one thing and be very glad and grateful for it.
The object of love is the best and most beautiful. Try to live up to it.
If you love someone — there is no possible harm in saying so — only you must remember that some people are very shy and sometimes the saying must take that shyness into consideration.
Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.
It sometimes happens that what you feel is not returned for one reason or another — but that does not make your feeling less valuable and good.
Lastly, I know your feeling because I have it and I’m glad you have it.
We will be glad to meet Susan. She will be very welcome. But Elaine will make all such arrangements because that is her province and she will be very glad to. She knows about love too and maybe she can give you more help than I can.
And don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens — The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
Love,
Fa
May 11th, 2012 at 12:01 pm
Report this comment
May 11th, 2012 at 12:14 pm
Love is blind because beauty is skin deep
Report this comment
May 11th, 2012 at 12:52 pm
Mizopa ziak ani lo tih chu a chiang maw!! Kan Mizo family ah hi chuan kan fate’n bialnu or bialpa nei se an chhiatna kan han zawng nghal phawt ah. John-a lehkhathawn ang hi dawn ve a chakawm hle mai. Susan-i hi eng mizia nge, engang hmel nge a put pawh a hriat hmain hetiang lehkha hi a ziak thei ania. A ropui ka ti.
Last para hi ka
Report this comment
May 11th, 2012 at 1:29 pm
First — if you are in love — that’s a good thing — that’s about the best thing that can happen to anyone. Don’t let anyone make it small or light to you.
Khilai khi ka duuuuhhhhhhh
Report this comment
May 11th, 2012 at 1:31 pm
Kum 1994 vela lehkha ka zir lai khan kan Professor-te chhungkua (British mi) nen kan in-pawh viau a, fapa leh fanu an nei a. Chutihlai chuan kum 5 vel an ni a, an fate Room-a an lut tur thlengin nu leh pa ten an fate phalna an la thlap a. An fate lah nise… an nu leh pate hriat loh hian khawiah mah an chhuak lova, in bul hnaia thiante in-a an len pawhin, an hawn hun tur dar zat nen lam-in an hrilh a, an tiam thlap zel…
Report this comment
May 11th, 2012 at 1:53 pm
“And don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens — The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.”
Hei hi a nalh khawp mai
Report this comment
May 11th, 2012 at 3:58 pm
Nizana ka post a chhiar fuh a ni maw
Keipawh fa te nei ila chu an ngaihzawng neih chungchang ah hi ka ngaihtuah pui ngei ngei ang ka ring. Chumi tur chuan rilru zau tak neih ka tum a, mize hrang hrang pu leh hnam hrang hrang hi an rilru hriatnan ngaihzawn ka tum a ni (fiamthu).
Tak taka ṭhalai te rilru hahna tam ber hi Love sick a ni ngei ang ka ring, chutah chuan ṭanpui turin nu leh pa te hi kan tla na lo khawp mai, Pathian thu kan intih hriat dan hian a huam lo ṭhin hi a pawi a ni. Mahni fate ngaihzawng buaina chungchanga hnem thei ber pawhin an thinlung pawh mang lova Pathian thu hrilh bak tih thiam an nei meuh lo. In la Krist chhungkua ten an share khawm ve a, mahse he mihring inhmangaihna tak rilru hi an pawh tel loh avangin an khirh duh zek. A awmzia tak chu ngaihzawng inkar hmangaihna leh Pathian thu hi kan hmehbel thiam chiah lo a ni.
Ka sawi dawn chuan post thar daih sawi tur a awm thei ang, Samsona leh Delili in hmangaihnaa Pathian in rawlh dan te leh a dang dang. Mahse duhtawk mai ang, khipa ang khian thu ṭha tak thawn ve theih ngei ka in beisei (fa ka neih hun ah) hairehai
Report this comment
May 11th, 2012 at 4:40 pm
Mahni tawn hriat hun nghah tir tawp ai chuan a tha hle ang.
Mizo chhungkua ah hian ‘hmangaih’ tih thu hi thil ri khat ve tak ani asin.
Report this comment
May 11th, 2012 at 6:53 pm
Unless it is mad, passionate, extraordinary love, it is a waste of time. There are too many mediocre things in life…love should not be one of them ~ sawitu ka hre tawh lo
Report this comment
May 11th, 2012 at 9:44 pm
A tha hle mai. Conviction pakhat ka neih chu, ‘Ka fa ten an rilru zawng zawnga an hmangaih an chhar chuan, Nupaa an lo insiam theih nan ka theih tawpin ka tanpui ang’ tih te mai hi.
Report this comment
May 11th, 2012 at 10:15 pm
‘Ngaihzawng i neih chuan i fail chiang ngawt ang’ tih nen chuan a dang deuh a nih hi. chhungkaw pa berin a chhungkua a kaihhruai dan a mitthla theih ruak alawm le..a tha hle mai.
Report this comment
May 12th, 2012 at 12:45 am
#10
pkfanai ka tan che. fate rilru hriatthiampui hi thil pawimawh tak a ni. hetiang lama jan fimkhur tawk loh vang hian tam tak chu kan buai. nu leh pa ni mek leh ni tur zawng zawngten chhiar se a va tha em!
Report this comment
May 12th, 2012 at 3:26 am
Miss Aduhi pawh hian Hyderabad chhuahsan thuai a tum tih doc_lib-a lehkhathawn kal sual atangin kan hmu a, tak tak ni maw?
Report this comment
May 12th, 2012 at 3:29 am
khual thuthang leh ar pan chuk mai a ni ta ve ang Pu Er.
Report this comment
May 12th, 2012 at 3:32 am
Ka sawi lehlo
Report this comment
May 12th, 2012 at 3:33 am
@aduhi… hian fa nei ta se a enkawl thiam ngawt ang, ka ring tlat a tui zawng aṭang hian.
Report this comment
May 12th, 2012 at 3:36 am
ka strict ngawt ang. min ning thei ang chu awww
Report this comment
May 12th, 2012 at 4:05 am
Sitik lovang…! ka ring lo.
kei pawh mut chhuak lo chungin mut kan tum ang e, maithawks vek u….!
Report this comment
May 12th, 2012 at 1:49 pm
thil ho tak ani
Report this comment
May 12th, 2012 at 2:46 pm
Report this comment