Liu Zhenyun once said a piercing statement:
Life is a scam,
Buying cars and houses is not at all
What is the primary task,
Living for the moment is not it,
These are all desires,
is to place one's hope for life
entrusting ourselves to external things,
The correct approach is to seek within.
We have been implanted with a set of programs since childhood.
School, work, marriage, buying a house, having children...
not daring to make a single mistake.
It seems like a step was missed,
Life is just a complete loss.
We are anxious, we are caught in competition,
We live like a top,
Being whipped by an invisible whip to spin.
But have you ever stopped to ask yourself:
Whose life is this, after all?
Why does seeking outward become a scam?
Because you lost 'me'.
You place happiness on the next promotion and salary increase,
You lock your sense of security in that property deed,
You hang your sense of value on others' likes and envy.
Things have been obtained,
But the heart remains forever hanging.
Because the finish line of desire,
Always at the next hilltop.
What is true inward seeking?
It's not about lying flat, it's not about giving up.
It's about bringing your gaze back from others' tracks,
Ask your own heart:
What am I good at?
What do I love?
What can make me forget time?
Is accepting one's ordinariness,
And firmly believing in your uniqueness.
It is having 'the courage to be disliked',
To possess 'the confidence to accept oneself'.
Look at those who live transparently.
Not necessarily wealthy and noble, but with a determined look.
Not necessarily surrounded by many, but the heart is abundant.
They also have desires,
But desire is a tool, not a master.
They are also running,
But the direction is defined by oneself.
True growth,
Is giving yourself back to yourself.
Isn't it?
What we pursue is the recognition of others,
But lost their own voice.
What we pursue is society's clock,
But neglected the field of the heart.
Why bother?
The name on the property deed won't let you feel the sunshine,
The numbers on the salary card cannot measure the depth of your soul.
As the saying goes:
Riding a donkey to find a donkey
The happiness and meaning we've been searching for our whole lives,
Actually sits in our hearts all along,
Waiting to be seen.
So,
Don't turn life into a proof question.
Prove to the world how successful and happy you are.
Turn it into an experience question.
To experience, to feel, to create.
Love specific people,
Do specific things,
Live in every breath that belongs to the present.
Seeking outward, day in and day out for ten years.
Seeking inward, renewed every day.
This game of life,
Looking outward is like constantly loading DLC (expansions),
Pursuing more glamorous skin and gear.
And seeking inward,
It's upgrading your own operating system.
Letting you run whatever program you want,
Everything is clear, smooth, no stuttering, no crashing.#经典迷因
