Today’s Thoughts: Learn to make choices, then you can take control freely and live a good life. The world is bustling with people, all for their benefit. As everyone knows, they are all burdened by fame and fortune. Only by knowing how to choose can we achieve success.
The Tao Te Ching says: "The five colors make one blind, the five tones make one deaf, the five tastes make one's mouth refreshed, hunting in the fields makes one's heart go crazy, and rare goods make one's travels difficult." The world is full of distractions and temptations, but a truly wise man knows how to choose.
Life is impermanent. I am lucky when I get it, but I am destined when I lose it. I am not happy when I get it, but I don’t worry about it when I lose it. There is a saying in " Peony Pavilion ": "The wind is unpredictable, and people are impermanent." Why worry about getting it? There is a lot to gain and a lot to lose. Especially when people are at a high place, looking at the heights of mountains, it is difficult to satisfy their desires. Eventually, things will turn against each other, and they will end up in a state of despair.
After fifty, you should know more about choices, not be greedy, and be content with what you have. "The Tao Te Ching" says: "If a husband does not fight, no one in the world can fight with him." If you are a person who is content and happy, you will not bring shame on yourself; if you do things in moderation, you will not cause trouble. If you are full, you will suffer losses, but if you are modest, you will benefit. When the moon is full, it will be waning, and when the water is full, it will overflow. Many wealthy people have fallen from the pedestal because of their endless desires and lack of charity to repay the society. Where there are gains there must be losses, and where there are losses there must be gains. When you understand the choice, you will feel at peace and calm, and you will feel relaxed and happy.
If you take a dim view, you will no longer be obsessed with it and just let everything happen. The Buddha said that "greed, anger, and ignorance" are the three poisons. It harms people's body and mind and is the root cause of harm to people. It is the root of the three unwholesome deeds. Therefore, people must know how to let go and how to let go. A short life, a long suffering, will come to an end inadvertently. Why bother getting it. Only by letting go can you successfully navigate every journey in life.
In life, you must know how to make choices, so that you can live well in the present and look forward to the future.
I hope everyone is safe and happy! [Hands together][Hands together][Hands together][Rose][Rose][Rose]
