很明显，人生的前半段是在努力获取。

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In mathematics, there is a shape known as the "bell curve." It rises from a low point toward a peak and then gradually descends, returning to its original level, resembling a bell, a hat, or a small hill.

I recently came across a humorous take on the definition of success in life that perfectly fits this bell curve:

At age four, success is not wetting your pants. At age twelve, success is having a group of friends. At age seventeen, success is having a driver's license. At age thirty-five, success is having wealth (this represents the ascending half of the curve).

At age fifty, success is having wealth. At age seventy, success is still having a driver's license. At age seventy-five, success is still having a group of friends. At age eighty, success is not wetting your pants (this represents the descending half of the curve).

It is evident that the first half of life is about striving to "acquire," while the second half is about striving to "avoid loss."

Regrettably, it is often easier to seek "acquisition" than to prevent "loss," for while the first half of life is shaped by human effort, the second half is often dictated by fate. Aging is an inevitable journey of life.

This bell curve might serve as a sobering reminder for ambitious young people. It suggests that after all the striving and struggles, old age eventually arrives, and success, in its simplest form, might just be the blessing of not wetting one's pants, much like a four-year-old child.