Cherish what belongs to you; If it's not yours, don't take it.
Go back to the original simple happiness of life: be your own unique master.
There are thousands of roads in Qian Qian, either bumpy or bright. Each road has its own unique scenery, and what it sees and gains is different.
Whether it's pain or joy, it's just a moment's experience. Everything belongs to you, and fate has made everything for you.
It is better to cherish everything in your hands than to envy others. Don't importune things that don't belong to you, let alone importune them. Is the simplest happiness in life.
Ancient kings recruited talented people, and countless people flocked to them and took up official positions. A scholar is unmoved. This makes many people don't understand.
Some people say, "When an official is in office, he has a car to eat fish. Why not seek an official position? "
The scholar smiled and replied, "Although I am a prominent official, I have a hard record. I have neither the ability to help the world and people nor the ability to predict the economy. Being an official is only someone else's fault. It is better to be poor and happy. "
Faced with the temptation of being an official, most people flock to it, but the literati stick to themselves and guard the happiness of smiling nymphs. Two different attitudes towards the same thing show wisdom.
Don't envy the height of birds, don't seek the depth of fish, keep your original nature, keep your original simple life, and be unmoved by foreign things. You are your own master.
I am who I am, neither a bird nor a fish.
This is the wisdom of life and the truth of life.
Some people are used to being brave and enterprising and unstoppable.
Some people are used to both hard and soft, and they don't know it when they moisten things quietly.
Whether it is as firm as a mountain or as flexible as running water, it is a personal quality, regardless of right or wrong.
Only by maintaining a unique self-attribute can we see our true nature clearly, which is the wisdom of knowing each other.
For other people's lifestyles, if you don't envy or imitate them, even if you are ordinary and plain, you are the only one.
No matter it is majestic or obscure, as long as it is your own life, it is the best. It's no use asking for something that doesn't belong to you.
Grasping the present life firmly and cherishing every bit is the most practical way of life.
Fame and fortune are only fleeting clouds, and family, friendship and healthy body are the foundation.
Clouds are scattered, fame and fortune are indifferent, and the temperament of peace and frankness is the most beautiful scenery. This is true whenever and wherever.
Rich or poor, success or failure, are only subordinate attributes, and have nothing to do with the essence of life.
Running between gains and losses is to abandon one's roots and forget oneself, and let a simple life fall into chaos.
Whether it is fame or success, it is a cloud. No disaster, no disease, no worry, simple and plain is the real life.
If you want nothing, you can get rid of temptation; Persistence will only increase your troubles.
You don't have to envy others' superiority, just keep your original low-key and calm. Just as fish need not envy birds, if the laws of nature are forcibly changed, it will lead to disaster.
Every life is a unique existence, whether it is the enthusiasm of flowers and brocade or the tranquility of the empty valley, it is the truth of the self.
The Buddha said, "I am the only one who is not true", that is, I am not moved by external things, and I can only be happy if I persist. This is the source of joy in life and great wisdom full of Zen machines.
No matter how the world changes, as long as you stick to your simple state, don't change the true colors of life, be yourself and live a down-to-earth life.
A free life is vast and contains all the possibilities.
Let nature take its course and keep the original appearance of life, which is the greatest freedom and the simplest happiness in life!
Only by keeping yourself can you feel at ease.
Excerpt from "Everything is the Best Arrangement 3" by Gacuo