To go on a journey is often full of hardships, but so long as one lives he
proceeds on his life's journey. Different people go along differently. Some
take hasty steps in anxiety. Obsessed with reaching the next goal in time,
they spare no time for sightseeing along the way, nor do they have a clear
view of where their long roads end. Others travel leisurely like tourists.
They would take time off now and then for a look at blooming flowers or
fallen petals. They would stop to admire clouds gathering anddispersing. Even
when they go against the wind or are caught in the rain, theynever get
annoyed, for worries slip off their minds as from an open net.
Everyone goes his way in life. What makes a difference is: does he have a
pleasant trip enjoying the landscape along the way?
Cramped is one's workplace, narrow is one's residence and small is the
social circle one moves about──such limitiedness in space entails lack of
variety which is the source of some people's complaint. But others are
always contended and happy for he can adapt himself to different cumstances.
Compared with the vastness of the universe it is only a tiny spot one
occupies on earth. However, though larger than the ocean is the sky, even
larger is the human mind, for in it imagination can come and go on the wing
without limitation.
To drink at a gulp is a quick way to quench thirst, but it gives no taste of
the high grade tea. One may eventually win what he has set his mind to, only
to find that he has lost quite a lot. Perhaps what he loses is ever better than
what he gains.
Life, when petrified by material desires, is as callous as stone, while
those seemingly worthless things always remain fresh and full of spirit.
In their journey through life, some people hurry on with a heavy heart in
pursuit of fame and gain, while others go with an easy, grace, enjoying
themselves in harmony with nature.
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