As long as we view "addiction" as a medical issue rather than a spiritual one, we can never defeat drugs. Addiction is fundamentally a spiritual problem: people choose to become addicts themselves.
I avoid friendships that are excessively warm in times of no urgency, which spares me from burdens and commitments. I refrain from meaningless chatter, which makes me feel clear and unburdened. I try not to dwell on the past, for the road we came from cannot be retraced.
Mind your thoughts, for thoughts make up your words; mind your words, for words lead to your actions; mind your actions, for actions form your habits; mind your habits, for habits shape your character; mind your character, for your character is your destiny.
When a genius full of wisdom crosses the threshold of life, his thoughts, as soon as they try to spread their wings, stroke poetry with their gaze and incubate poetry with their eyes. However, upon hitting the common hard obstacles of reality, this poetic egg shatters. For almost everyone, the moment reality takes hold, it steps on this mysterious egg that rarely ever hatches into a chick.
In life, some people and events gradually fade from our sight and slowly depart from our hearts. We no longer sit by the window in quiet longing, nor do we wander lightly under the moonlight. Time silently chisels away old memories, and the passage of days peels off scenes of the past, silently and unseen. The heart cannot carry too much, nor can it support what is too heavy; lightness is better. If you have tears, let them flow; if you have bitterness, speak it out. The suffering of life accumulates wounds, and the worries of existence add to the pain. Even the largest heart feels suffocated when full, and the broadest mind aches when blocked.
Love is not a matter of life and death. It is habit. When a woman becomes accustomed to a man's snoring, moving from unfamiliarity to habit, and then to being unable to sleep without it, that is love. When a man becomes accustomed to a woman's capriciousness, coquetry, and even her irrationality or making trouble without cause, that is love. When one person changes and compromises for another, that is love. The degree of compromise with a lover is the degree of love.
