After enduring scalding boiling water and the chaotic ups and downs, tasting this tea reveals its true bitterness and astringency, much like the hardships of entrepreneurship; yet, once you have dedicated the beauty of your youth and the essence of your life, sipping it again reveals a genuine fragrance and richness.
Life is actually very simple; it simply requires staying grounded. Effort will yield everything you desire. It is as if life whispers to you: “Learn others’ knowledge to turn it into your wealth; learn others’ strengths to make up for your weaknesses.”
Open attacks are easy to dodge, but covert ones are hard to defend against. Petty people who scheme behind your back will never truly disappear. One should neither provoke nor forgive such individuals lightly. This is an eternal truth. When dealing with them, one must seize the opportunity to deliver a decisive, precise, and powerful blow that serves as a profound lesson.
Without vision, one has no realm; without realm, one has no broad-mindedness; without broad-mindedness, one cannot embrace the world. Without a kind heart, one has no sympathy; without sympathy, one has no tolerance; without tolerance, one cannot accept others. Without wisdom, one has no insight; without insight, one has no intelligence; without intelligence, how can one accommodate the talented? If you befriend people, all can be friends; if you make enemies of people, all can be enemies. Being kind to others is being kind to yourself; being hostile to others leads to self-hatred. Adopting others’ strengths makes you stronger; focusing on others’ weaknesses makes you weaker.
“Life is the continuous process of shedding from oneself what is about to die.” Life is essentially a journey of self-conquest: Today’s self challenges yesterday’s self, and tomorrow’s self challenges today’s self, constantly discarding what is dying within. The meaning of life lies in elevating oneself from vulgarity and animal instincts, continuously surpassing and renewing oneself. Life is like climbing a mountain, stepping up steadily, with each step grounded firmly, building oneself at a high place, solid and stable like a great pillar. Therefore, I boldly believe that the meaning of life is to live a “simple” life for the sake of some noble value.
