Every rose has thorns, just as every person's character contains parts that you may find difficult to tolerate. Loving a rose does not mean trying to forcefully remove its thorns; rather, it involves learning how not to be hurt by them, and how to ensure your own thorns do not hurt others.
The coming and going of people is like clouds in the sky or duckweed on water—sometimes gathering, sometimes separating. This union and separation is a mystery of the universe. Most people recognize their own insignificance and acknowledge that fate cannot be fully controlled by themselves. Consequently, they choose to accept fate as it comes, treating everything with a sense of "following fate." "Following fate" means not forcing things; it interprets the gathering and parting of people as a kind of destiny. According to dictionary definitions, destiny is a natural opportunity.
Those who are jealous fear that others' achievements may surpass their own, so they frantically try to crush or belittle others' accomplishments. In contrast, people of ambition stand among the masses with achievements that exceed others by several or even dozens of times. Faced with this disparity, the jealous can only frown, lower their heads in self-deprecation, and let out a few sighs.
Doing nothing makes one a consumer of life, while being enterprising makes one a creator of life. If one remains stagnant, they will not know that there are mountains beyond the mountains; only by broadening one's horizons can one realize there are skies beyond the skies. In this world, nothing brings more pleasure than work.