“That is simple,” Lady Churchill replied. “We had a small quarrel before he left home. Now he is admitting that it was his fault. Those two bent fingers indicate that he is kneeling on both knees to apologize to me!”
Ajun and Amei, a couple born in the 1980s, are considered model examples of harmony among their friends. In their five years of marriage, they have never once argued. One day, Amei asked Ajun, “Before you met me, did you ever have a relationship with another girl?” This was not the first time Amei had asked Ajun this question. It is true that Amei was not Ajun's first love. During his university years, Ajun was in a relationship with a girl named Xiaochong for a period and even kissed her. That was many years ago. Since getting to know Amei, Ajun has not been in contact with Xiaochong.
When people leave and the tea cools, that is the law of nature; when people have not left but the tea has already cooled, that reflects the fickleness of the world. To a cup of tea, the Buddhist sees Zen, the Daoist sees Qi, the Confucian sees etiquette, and the merchant sees profit. The tea says: I am just a cup of water. What I give you is merely your imagination. Whatever you imagine is what it is. The mind is tea, and tea is the mind!
Because there is always a distance between dreams and reality, your “dreams” do not need to be overly “realistic.” Even if some people think your ideas are “daydreams,” you need not worry about it. After all, Dreams that transcend reality are the ones worth pursuing with our hearts, and only then can we truly unleash our potential.