Every person has their own nature and their own way of living. In this world, you are unique. As long as you stay true to yourself, life can still be brilliant and dazzling.
What makes us unhappy is often just trivial matters. It is like we can move an elephant, but cannot shoo away a fly.
People with goals look forward to meetings, viewing learning as a happy thing, and more importantly, leveraging the momentum of the meeting. People without goals fear meetings, viewing learning as a painful thing, and thus cannot borrow that momentum. During learning, those with goals can understand the teacher; those without goals often think they have heard it all and just want something new. After learning, those with goals reflect on themselves and take action; those without goals only criticize others but remain unchanged.
Slowly, you will realize that the phone is for when others have business to find you, not for exchanging emotions.
Time is like a river. The left bank is unforgetable memories, the right bank is the youth worth cherishing, and flowing rapidly in the middle is the subtle melancholy of youth. There are many beautiful things in the world, but very few truly belong to us. Watching the flowers bloom and fall before the courtyard, we remain unmoved by honor or disgrace; looking at the clouds rolling up and down in the sky, we are indifferent to staying or leaving. In this chaotic secular world, learning to treat everything around us with a normal heart is also a level of achievement.
Buddhism is actually a way of living. It is not in the sutras, nor in the temples, but right beside us.
When you face various disappointments in life, you will not be nitpicky, nor will you feel dissatisfied.
Sometimes time seems to pass slowly, but when it truly passes, you will realize it moves surprisingly fast.
