Life is a one-time journey; do not live it with excessive burdens. If we can maintain a calm heart, watching the clouds rise and fall and the flowers bloom and wither, we can find a sense of peaceful tranquility amidst the changes of time. Do ordinary things, be an ordinary person, and maintain a healthy and balanced mindset. By treating every day with such a beautiful state of mind, every day will be filled with sunshine and hope.
The path of life contains both ease and hardship; worldly emotions fluctuate between warmth and coldness. Do not cry out in exhaustion, for no one can share your burden; do not speak of bitterness, for no one can taste your pain; do not show fragility, for no one can be strong in your stead. Do not wander so far that you forget your origin, do not see so clearly that you lose touch with reality, and do not think so much that you lose yourself. Everything arises from the mind; when the mind is present, all is present; when the mind is empty, all is still. A wise person does not linger in the past, a broad-minded person does not worry about the future, and a clever person knows how to cherish the present.
Everyone has moments of sleeplessness—not because they do not want to sleep, but because there are too many attachments and things they cannot let go of. It is not that they are not tired, but that they carry too many burdens and sorrows. When the heart is not calm, the mind becomes chaotic, and when the mind is chaotic, the spirit becomes lost. Clear water is carefree because it flows freely; fallen leaves have no regrets because they let go. Let go of all attachments, enjoy the moon at night, and welcome the breeze in autumn. Life is but a state of being half-asleep and half-awake.