Being irritable with family, warm towards friends, and cautious with oneself—perhaps this is a reflection of who we are today. A person's lifelong effort is essentially an attempt to integrate the personality they have formed since childhood. If you wish to test someone's patience, first ensure you have prepared your own. In this vast world, you might be just one person to some, but to someone else, you might be their entire world. Learn to control your emotions instead of letting them control you. Don't let yourself become an emotional person whose joy and sorrow are easily swayed by a few words from others. Do not regret what you have done. Since it is done, there are only two possibilities: right or wrong, with no middle ground. If you are wrong, learn to improve; if you are right, know how to maintain and continue to excel. When the road is blocked, learn to turn; when the heart is unsettled, learn to let go; when emotions fade, learn to let nature take its course. Some things pass simply by enduring them; some people are forgotten once you harden your heart; some bitterness dissolves with a smile; and some wounds lead to strength. On life's bumpy road, one can only move forward calmly and gracefully by letting things be. Many things in life are heavy and subtle, difficult to express, much like the realizations we eventually come to understand. Tolerance is like cool dew that revives a parched field; it is like a warm fireplace that comforts a cold soul; it is like aged wine that intoxicates the spirit; and it is like an unquenchable torch that rekindles a dying flame. When you accept the present and stop wasting energy on futile struggles, unexpected turns often occur, and you will realize that your previous resistance was in vain.
