In the last week of this year, most families are fighting the virus, and we are no exception. This winter, because I lay in bed for too long, it always feels very long.

In the last week of this year, most families are fighting against the virus , and we are no exception. This winter, because I lay in bed for too long, it always feels very long.

On days without sunshine, my heart seems to be cast into a shadow. On days when the sun shines, everything in daily life becomes lovely.

In recent years, it has been really difficult for ordinary families. Income has dropped, but daily expenses cannot be reduced. Work continues as usual, but I don’t know how long the company can last.

In this uncertain world, what we can do is actually just four words: live in the present.

Accept whatever is good or bad. Those who are depressed and anxious will be accepted. Live in every moment and strive to become a person with light in your heart.

Live in the present and feel the gentle sunshine

On the last day of 2022, our family went to Tiantong Temple to pray for blessings. The sunshine is very good, and there is a long gravel road from the foot of the mountain to the temple. There are towering ancient trees on both sides of the road, many of which are over a hundred years old.

I approached a tree and hugged it tightly. The older I get, the more I realize that I am obsessed with ancient things. I like houses made of wood, old wooden floors with a mottled look and feel, and even ancient trees, which can give me a spiritual impact.

The sunlight shines through the leaves and falls on my body. I haven’t felt this tenderness for a long time.

It feels so good to live in the moment. Eat when you eat, walk when you walk, bask in the sun when you bask in it. There is nothing that must be done and no one that must be seen. The moment when every soul is present is worthy of our feeling.

After walking through the gravel road, we came to the empty rest area. There were not many people in the entire temple, and a few kittens were basking in the sun on the platform. They are squeezed together like balls of yarn.

The woman took out some snacks from her pocket. The cat smelled the fragrance of the food and walked quietly to her side. Suddenly, her surroundings became a world of cats.

While feeding, my daughter teased the tabby cats.

The days can be so fast that sometimes we ignore simple happiness. The days can be very slow, so slow that sometimes I forget the time.

accepts the arrival of a person, and also accepts the departure of a person.

came to the wishing pond from the rest area and found that the pond was surrounded by pigeons. Pigeons of various colors were walking around on the ground, and they were not afraid at all even if we approached.

Sometimes, they fall on the railings with half-closed eyes, as if they are taking a nap; sometimes, they walk around on the ground with their little feet exposed, and their chubby bodies are particularly cute.

I took out a bag of fish feed from my bag and sprinkled it in a circle on the ground. The pigeons immediately gathered around me. While they were looking for food, they were "cooing".

During this period, due to the cold weather and virus attacks, the temple was much deserted and the pigeons ate much less.

We sat on the steps and let the pigeons walk around us. I don’t know whether we soothed their loneliness or they brought us joy and peace.

walked around the temple and planned to go home. We were about to reach the intersection, and those pigeons suddenly circled in the air and flew in front of us, as if they were reluctant to leave us, and as if they were saying goodbye to us.

This is like the fate between people. In this life, we have to accept someone's arrival and get used to someone's departure. They have appeared in each other's lives and illuminated each other, and this is enough.

Sorry? Maybe. But isn’t life made up of many regrets?

Peace and joy, live as your own beam of light

Life is multi-faceted. What we encounter may not always be good, but it is not entirely bad. Every experience will become the experience of our life.

On days without sunshine, I feel light and warm in my heart. On sunny days, enjoy the gentleness of the moment, and the days will become warm and lovely.

In life, we need to play many roles. You are the parents of your children, the support of your parents, and the backbone of the family. But beyond these roles, you have to be yourself.

There is a passage in "Big Fish and Begonia": In this short life, we will all lose it eventually. You might as well be bold, love someone, climb a mountain, and chase a dream.

There is nothing that cannot be lost, and there is nothing that cannot come. When we change our mentality and face everything with positive thinking, bad things will slowly turn into good things.