Youth is like sand slipping through fingers, while aging is the passage of years.
In my life, you are like a single acacia tree standing amidst the solitary smoke of the desert, flourishing with the radiance of spring as seasons change. Gazing toward the distant horizon where horse hooves fade and dust settles, for whom are you waiting, holding onto the youthful years returning from afar?
Life is not easy, and encounters are rare. Some people are right beside you, yet with a turn, they are worlds away, never to be seen again. Others, whom you thought you would never meet, suddenly appear before you one day.
The concept of a hero is not a concept of hundred-percent gold purity, nor is it woven from novelty, imperfection, or eccentricity; nor is it a concept only known after death.
Do not easily lament your pain and sorrow; very few people truly care, and your venting may become a laughingstock. Do not shy away from or refuse setbacks and injuries; without the healing of bitter medicine, how can one achieve mental strength? Do not underestimate people and matters that seem irrelevant to you; they might be the ladder you use to climb higher. With generosity, the world becomes bright; with kindness, life becomes beautiful.
Many errors and failures stem from a lack of effort, persistence, and striving, only to blame everything on fate. Many things require continuous perseverance through effort, loneliness, ridicule, exhaustion, confusion, and pain. Even if persistence leads to nothing, refusing to persist will certainly lead to nothing. There are no secrets to success; if there were, they would be these two: first, persist until the end and never give up; second, when you feel like giving up, turn back and follow the first secret again.
In cold weather, eat ginseng and deer; in freezing times, take tonic soups; winter tonics yield nine-tenths of benefits, while summer tonics are lost to sweat. Fortify last year, and fight tigers this year! The only true profit and joy for a person lies in fully developing one's potential. Simply embrace and learn the wisdom and confidence of conducting oneself, and do not limit yourself in the confusion of whether something is doable or not.
