Life has three reefs: self-satisfaction, arrogance, and gullibility; three taboos: lust, fighting, and greed; three aversions: lying, slander, and snobbery; and three virtues: profound knowledge, habitual thinking, and noble character!
A true traveler must be a wanderer, experiencing the joys, temptations, and adventurous spirit of wandering. Travel must be of a wandering nature, otherwise, it ceases to be travel. The essence of travel lies in having no responsibilities, no fixed schedule, no correspondence, no nosy neighbors, no guests, and no fixed destination. A good traveler never knows where he is going; a better one doesn't even know where he came from. He may even forget his own name.
People fantasize about finding an infinitely great power and a reachable path to immortality, or about being able to continue participating in and working selflessly for unfinished business, unresolved thoughts, and lingering wishes after death, just as before. This is a fantasy and absolutely impossible.
Doing nothing is being a consumer of life; actively striving forward is being a creator of life. Being stuck in one's ways means not knowing there are mountains beyond mountains; Opening one's eyes reveals there are heavens beyond heaven. There is nothing more pleasant in the world than work.
On the shore, bees and butterflies dance; in the water, fish play. Only the fallen petals drift lonely in the water, unsure of where they will end up, much like our promise. Has the deep affection of the flower already turned to emptiness?
I could have chosen any subject and painted a completely different sketch or watercolor; my life could have had different encounters. If, in front of the lotus after a fresh rain, you had just quietly walked by; if, on that July afternoon, if you had not looked back.
In the sunset, half of your hair has already been whitened by the years, gently swaying; deep wrinkles like rugged paths record the bitterness and sourness you have experienced. Mom, you have worked so hard!
Habitual thinking always teaches us to learn from mistakes and failures and make changes. This may be correct, but not necessarily good. For us, what matters most is not the path, but the goal. If focusing on short-term goals, seeking quick success is a kind of cleverness; if pursuing grand goals, setbacks and failures must be overcome. Therefore, those who turn back after hitting the south wall are us; those who do not turn back, who break through the south wall and walk out, are people like Jobs.
