When water flows through a pipe, it takes the shape of the pipe; when the spring of life flows through you, life takes the shape of your thoughts.
If someone ignores you, there is no need to get angry, much less to prove your excellence in a fit of spite. There are plenty of people who take you for granted, and you cannot please everyone's gaze. The wisest approach is this: if they do not care about you, you do not need to care about them.
When I miss you, you feel infinitely far away; when I forget, you feel incredibly close. I once thought I was free-spirited, believing that time could bridge the distance of the horizon. In reality, I can never escape the web of thoughts I have woven myself. If I could walk with you, I would quietly keep you company in the dead of night, just to walk alongside you alone. If I met the right person at the right time, I would walk with them to the ends of the earth.
On missing out: In life, we drift apart, develop differences, create distances, and even build barriers. Thus, we miss each other, embarking on different paths. Eventually, we lose sight of the starting point of our separation, and we part ways. From then on, wine replaced your place in my life, accompanying me at every moment...
Laozi said, "When the hard teeth fall out, the soft tongue remains." Softness triumphs over hardness; inaction (Wu Wei) surpasses action. Learning to maintain a humble posture at the right time is not weakness or cowardice, but a wise way of dealing with the world, representing the great wisdom and realm of life.
There are two great joys in life: First, not having obtained what you love, so you can pursue and create; second, having obtained what you love, so you can savor and experience.
Sometimes when he doesn't respond to you, remember that he is simply accompanying someone more important to him or doing something more important than you. Sometimes it is not that we have truly become accustomed to rejection, but that we fear the loneliness and desolation we would endure when returning to being alone after holding hands. If you never had it, you never fear losing it.
