Fate is like a pot of boiling water, and we are a pinch of life's clear tea. Without the water's immersion, tea can only curl up in a corner; without fate's scouring, life would be tasteless and dull. In the process of floating and sinking, tea emits a rich fragrance, and life blossoms with the glow of praise amidst setbacks. After countless intimate touches with water, the tea becomes pale, fading into a state of境界 (realm); after countless struggles against fate, we finally understand that plainness has settled as the base color of our life.
Many things in this world are unpredictable, and we will inevitably encounter many disappointments. We cannot control our circumstances, but we can master ourselves; we do not know how long life will last, but we can arrange our current life. If we cannot avoid adversity and difficulties, let's face them head-on to gain a new life. — With a broad-minded heart, a wise mind, and a strong will, we can get through the 'disappointments' in life, and what awaits you will surely be a clear sky.
The diligent seize time; the lazy waste it; the ambitious cherish it; the inactive let it slip away; the loyal observe it; the opportunistic wait for it; the clever accumulate it; the ignorant ignore it; the seekers utilize it; the unknowing squander it; the doers value it; the dissolute trample on it; the modest win it; the optimists praise it; the pessimists sigh over it.
Love cannot be forced, but relationships of love require effort to maintain. Many people have tasted love; it can make us ecstatic today and dejected tomorrow; it can fill us with hope and also leave us without confidence. Love is mixed with various feelings, but these feelings are fickle. They are not love itself, but rather the temperature of love. However, as long as you are willing, you can decide what attitude to adopt towards your partner.
When love dies, it usually dies with great difficulty. It does not simply disappear, nor does it pass away peacefully, nor does it merely fall asleep. It dies in the midst of flames and pain; when it leaves your heart, it sets a fire burning in your chest. This is more painful than anything you can put into words. And perhaps even more painful is not knowing if another person will ever be able to take up residence in your heart again.
Life: It may not come with sufficient wealth, but it comes with countless caring gestures; it may not come with the highest status, but it comes with many smiling faces; it may not come with the power to control everything, but there are people willing to sacrifice for you and worry about you. Such moving experiences are not just about romantic love; they come from friendship, from family ties, from the mutual understanding between hearts, and more importantly, from the constant concern within our souls. Life needs such moving moments.
There are people whom we fall in love with in a second, but it takes a lifetime to forget; there are events that happen in a second, but take a lifetime to cherish. There are memories we wish to erase, yet they always entangle our hearts, making them hard to forget. Even after saying goodbye, we will meet again.
Calmness is a kind of truth, and even more so, a kind of goodness; it is a kind of beauty, and even more so, a kind of sublimity; it is a kind of maturity, and even more so, a kind of elevation; it is an outward manifestation, and even more so, a harmony of body and mind. Calmness requires the accumulation and purification of time and practice; it is seeing the sun after clouds clear, it is a sudden sense of enlightenment!
People are simple when poor, but complex when rich; simple when down on their luck, but complex when in power; simple when looking at themselves, but complex when looking at others. The world is actually very simple; it is human hearts that are complex. Human hearts are actually quite simple too; it is the distribution of interests that is complex. The distribution of interests is actually quite simple too; it is social relationships that are complex. People are happy when they are simple, but there are few happy people; people are in pain when they are complex, yet there are many people in pain.
Live in the present. Do not waste your current life by dwelling on the past or daydreaming about the future.
