Life has five critical crossroads: cultivating a pure heart in childhood, establishing one's aspirations in youth, choosing a partner in young adulthood, remaining untainted by secularism in middle age, and achieving maturity without rigidity in old age.
In a lifetime, one must witness a breathtaking landscape: snow-covered mountains, grasslands, azure lakes, and a vast, distant sky. It looks like a fairy tale at first glance and like the end of the world at the second, settling in the heart like a dream. I am not greedy; I only hope that the friendships we have today remain unchanged and that we can gather again in the future. We need not care about money or fame, but rather drink heartily, eat with gusto, and forget pain during our carefree days. In old age, we can embrace each other to reminisce about the past and gaze at each other under the twilight.
Every year when college entrance exam results are released, some cry, some laugh, some despair, and some rejoice. The distressed feel they have fallen to hell, while the jubilant believe they have reached heaven. Only those who have experienced university life understand that even at the most ordinary institutions, people work hard, and even at the best universities, there is degradation. Therefore, do not panic or boast too early. The situation after four years is unpredictable, and unexpected twists in fate may contribute more to personal growth than achieving one's wishes.
Everything in life is not calculated but earned through goodness; it is not begged for but cultivated. The breadth of one's mind determines the scope of destiny; what you can tolerate is what you can possess. Let go of obsessions, understand things clearly, take up responsibilities, and let go of burdens. Learn to restrain one's temperament and control desires. Be rational when retreating and magnanimous when yielding. Shed away distracting thoughts and selfishness, reduce comparisons, ostentation, and nitpicking, and one can achieve a state of ease that aligns with fate.
