Ten enlightening truths

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1. Life is only a few decades long – don’t leave any regrets behind. Laugh when you want to laugh, cry when you want to cry, and love when it’s time to love; there’s no need to suppress yourself. Make sure you have never had any regrets in your life, which lasts only a few decades. Laugh or cry as you like; it’s meaningless to oppress yourself. 2. Among millions of people, meeting the one you meet ； Over millions of years, in the endless expanse of time, not a moment early and not a moment late – it was just right on time. Amid thousands of people, you meet those you’ve met before. Over thousands of years, within the vast expanse of time, you happen to meet them – neither earlier nor a bit too late. 3. Remember what needs to be remembered, and forget what needs to be forgotten. Change what can be changed, and accept what cannot. Remember what should be remembered, and forget what should be forgotten. Alter what is changeable, and accept what is immutable. 4. The only things that can wash away everything are tears and time; it is time that shapes relationships over time – the longer it goes on, the less intense the conflicts become, just like tea that continues to dilute. Apart from tears, only time can wear everything away. As time processes emotions, conflicts will be resolved over time, just like a cup of tea that gradually gets diluted. 5. The fish said to the water, “You can’t see my tears because I’m in the water.” Water said, I can feel your tears, because you are in my heart. “You couldn’t see my tears because I’m in the water. ” Fish said to water. “But I could feel your tears because you are in me.” ”Answered water. 6. We indeed live a difficult life; we have to endure various external pressures, as well as deal with the confusions within our own minds. In times of struggle, if someone casts a look of understanding at you, you feel a warmth in life; perhaps just a brief glance is enough to inspire me greatly. It’s true that we have been leading a difficult life, for we need not only to be under various external pressures, but also to be faced with internal perplexities. You would be affected by the warmth of life if someone gave you an understanding look during your bitter struggles. Even a mere glance would move you and inspire you. 7. I don’t worry about whether I’ll succeed; since I’ve chosen a distant goal, I just move forward regardless of the challenges ； I don’t worry about whether cold winds and rain will come from behind; since the goal is the horizon, all that remains for the world is my back. I wouldn’t care about success or failure, for I will keep striving forward as long as I am destined to travel this distance. I wouldn’t care about the difficulties surrounding me, for all that I can leave behind on earth is the sight of my back, as I continue to march onward. 8. Regret is an emotionally draining feeling. Regret is a greater loss than loss itself, and a greater mistake than error. So don’t regret it. Penitence is something that weakens our spirit, causing a greater loss than the loss itself; it’s truly pointless! 9. Happiness should be accompanied by sadness, and after the rain, there must be sunshine. If it rains again after the rain, if sorrow persists after sorrow. Please let us face this separation after separation with composure. Smile as you search for a version of you that can never exist! Happiness is accompanied by sorrow, and it will become sunny again after the rain. If rain continues to fall one after another and sorrow persists after sorrow, please accept those goodbyes with ease, and turn to look smilingly for the self who will never appear. 10. In life, people keep coming in and going out. So, what was visible is no longer visible ； Remembered, forgotten. In life, there is constant gaining and losing. Thus, the invisible became visible ； What was forgotten, has been remembered. However, just because something is invisible, does that mean it doesn’t exist? Is what is remembered never going to disappear? There is always someone arriving or departing from your life at all times, so you might overlook those who are present and forget those who are remembered. There are gains and losses in life, so you might come to notice those who are unseen and remember those who have been forgotten. Yet, aren’t those who are unseen truly more real? Will those who are remembered remain forever? Transcribed from Hai Ci, for sharing among Hai friends