When you no longer blindly follow the crowd, it proves your growth; when you stop forcing things regardless of the cost, it witnesses your maturity. Life is a journey of wrestling with oneself, where the most crucial lesson is learning to distinguish: when to grit your teeth and hold on, and when letting go is the greatest liberation for yourself.
“Five Shoulds: Sing, dance, be charming, smile, and stay slim. Six Must-Nots: Don't eat only when hungry, don't drink only when thirsty, don't sleep only when tired, don't rest only when exhausted, don't check up only when sick, and don't regret only when old!”
Life needs to be savored slowly on one's own. Understand the roles played by those around you. A counter-role is not necessarily bad; it requires a righteous role to cooperate with it to depict a colorful landscape. If asked what life truly is, I can only say it is like a play, where everyone disperses after the song ends; like chess, where one wrong move leads to a chain of errors, causing eternal regret; like a painting, where a single stroke outlines a brilliant and colorful bloom.
Maintaining what should be maintained is helplessness; maintaining what should not be maintained is incompetence; failing to maintain what should be maintained is ignorance; failing to let go of what should not be maintained is stubbornness.
Morning sun shines through the clouds, afternoon storms blow.
Many couples in passionate love, aiming to express sincerity and gain complete trust, often disclose every detail of past relationships or detailed experiences of being harmed by the opposite sex. This approach, however, leaves indelible shadows in the partner's mind, inevitably affecting future marital harmony.
Smile a little, and you age ten years less; smile a little, and worries fade; smile a little, and illness decreases; smile a little, and good luck arrives.
To be the master of your domain, you must either be a leader, a boss, a teacher, a parent, or the master of your own self.
Solitude may be hard to bear, but it is part of me, and I accept it calmly. I may lack great talent, but that is also part of me, and I accept it calmly.
