No one's path is perfectly smooth for a lifetime; no one's heart remains pure without a trace of impurity forever; and no one's sky stays eternally blue.
Regardless of circumstances, one should strive to live with elegance and joy. There are countless ways to live, and choosing a posture that suits you allows for a life of ease and happiness.
Life is not always fulfilling, and daily existence is not always as desired. What you wish to keep may slip away; what you seek may remain out of reach; what you try to avoid may persist; and what you wish to let go may feel impossible to release.
Many of life's frustrations require a calm and balanced mindset to handle properly, enabling one to break free from confusion.
Since time has granted us the process of living and fate has offered us opportunities for survival, we must learn to cherish them. Adopt an additive approach to love, a subtractive approach to resentment, and a multiplicative approach to gratitude.
Do not add burdens to yourself or impose weight on others. Let the world be chaotic and noisy; I remain indifferent and quiet. If the heart is unmoved, how can the wind affect it? If the heart faces the sun, it fears no sorrow; if the heart is clean, it fears no dirt; if the heart is peaceful, it fears no noise.
We are not sages who can comprehend all philosophies of life, nor are we Zen masters capable of letting go of all worldly attachments.
The only thing we can do is walk through the trivialities of life, picking up fragments of joy, and step over the troubles of existence, previewing the beauty of the future.