Such as, Another Year Has Passed
Four Seas Cruise – Article 133
I once thought that life was endless, and the future was completely different.
Now, I just stay in my own future. I haven't realized what real changes I've made, my dreams are still as distant as when I was a child, the only difference is that I no longer intend to achieve them.
——Wang Xao, Collection of Essays
Just like that, another year has passed.
My life is unremarkable and plain, yet indispensable.
It's undeniable that the speed of wisdom growth can never catch up with age growth.
I suspect, the only thing understood this year is——
Life is one's own, irrelevant to others.
Fate is like a lonely river, and only oneself is the ferryman of the soul.
Once, I thought happiness was a simple matter.
It's nothing more than a stack of money, a group of friends. Red wine and delicacies, grandeur and elegance.
Now, I realize that simplicity is a happiness.
Just to be healthy, to have a few confidantes, simple food, and family well-being.
Freedom is the ultimate goal of my life.
The price paid for this is to always maintain vigilance.
The body is my temple, whatever is offered inside; it must also always maintain its resilience, beauty, and cleanliness.
And to maintain the health of the body, it is necessary to eat what I don't want to eat, drink what I don't want to drink, and do what I don't want to do.
Self-discipline is freedom.
Persistence is for the self that was once full of hope.
Effort is just a saying, persistence is the highest life principle.
No matter when you start, what's important is that after starting, you shouldn't stop.
To passively wait for death is a waste of life; to give up lightly is a destruction of fate.
It seems that there is no change in the day after day, but one day you suddenly find the meaning of persistence.
Tolerance is a wisdom of life.
Said: Mountains don't object to soil, so they can become high; the sea doesn't object to water, so it can become deep.
First, tolerate yourself, then you can tolerate everything in the world.
Use a happy attitude to accept a world full of scars, which is the most powerful resistance to absurdity.
Only after experiencing life can you know that tolerance is invincible.
Loneliness is a great freedom.
People are always afraid of loneliness, but they always spend their lives fighting loneliness.
No one will like loneliness, it's just not liking disappointment.
Loneliness is the most luxurious waiting in the world; loneliness is the highest way of life.
And the secret to happiness is to sign a respectable agreement with loneliness.
Once I thought that the meaning of life is to be flamboyant; in fact, it's just to mask the fact that I haven't found anyone willing to be quiet and cold for it.
Only by fading into the magnificent, can it make a life worth reflecting upon.
Those so-called glorious lives are nothing more than the prisoners of desire.
The best state of life is to be coldly and fiercely in all aspects.
I fantasized wildly that wings would grow out of my body without any restrictions; while strongly anticipating that I would never achieve anything in this life.
Thinking of the wisdom of Elder Zhuang, I smiled.
Perhaps, having nothing to do is also a kind of accomplishment.
Let's pour a cup of wine to commemorate the past and look to the future;
A cup to the past, a cup to the future;
A cup to farewell, a cup to meet again;
A cup to tenderness, a cup to iron bones;
A cup to sorrow, a cup to joy.
The author is a '70s-born vertical millennial. He has worked as a civil servant and a small-office employee, and has been to various places.
At the time of no worries, he thought about life and didn't just live it like this. So he started running, and gradually realized some life principles. Then he opened his own online account to talk about life, write stories, and boast.
Mr. Jie is very happy and relaxed. The audience smiles and passes by.
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