Take Control of Your Own Destiny and Shape Your Own Life
Take control of your own destiny and carve your own life. Chance encounters are not a mistake, and old mountains and old waters are not necessarily perfect. Within the given circumstances of fate, are we truly without choice? We often think about being a clear and pure woman, a compassionate and kind woman, living modestly, not seeking too much love, nor harboring too much resentment. Regardless of wealth or poverty, happiness or sadness, treat them all with the same attitude.
When the world comes against you, don't be sad, don't be discouraged. As long as you don't fight with yourself, that's all that matters. We can't change the objective existence around us, but we can change our own mindset. Our happiness or sadness truly comes from within, not from the influence of external factors. Therefore, our world is in our hands.
It's said that a wide heart leads to a wider path, and vice versa. When faced with vast mountains and rivers, we realize our own insignificance; when we gaze at the ever-changing sky, we understand the impermanence of existence and the inevitability of separation and reunion, and we learn to let go. A heart can be small, or it can be infinitely large. Having a broader perspective on life allows us to be happier and to go further.
We are most lonely not because we lack friends, but because we lose ourselves on the journey of our hearts, forgetting the direction we came from and the path we're meant to take. We are most tormented not by the loss of cherished loved ones, but by the absence of tranquility within our souls, gradually abandoning valuable spiritual pursuits in the midst of restlessness. Don't rationalize your mistakes; attribute all things that don't go according to your wishes to others. Look within yourself for the cause; this is the first method of changing your fate.
