There are no absolute right or wrong choices in a person’s life. We simply make choices and bear the consequences that follow. Many people spend their whole lives chasing an imagined perfection, ignoring that life itself is full of imperfections. We struggle to search for meaning, yet meaning does not inherently exist in the world. Instead, it is gradually created through our own experiences. You do not have to treat one single failure as the ruin of your whole life. Suffering itself can teach us to see what our hearts truly desire. 人这一生，所做的选择并没有绝对的对错之分。我们只是做出选择，然后承担随之而来的结果。很多人耗费一生追逐幻想中的完美，却忽略了生活本身充满缺憾。我们苦苦追寻意义，可意义并非本来就存在于世界之中，而是由我们亲身的经历一点点创造出来。不必因为一时的失败认定自己全盘皆输，苦难本身也能教会我们看清自己内心真正想要的东西。

向前看的人，永远会看见新的地平线。虽然我们居住在小小的星球，终日纠缠琐碎的事务，生命也短短数十年，但人类天生就怀有遥不可及的希望，如同天上星辰。期盼会一直延续，直到生命终点。真正的幸福，取决于我们如何启程，而非如何落幕；在于我们渴求什么，而非我们拥有什么。一种向往便是永恒的喜悦，如同一份不动产，源源不断带给我们精神的欢愉。 There is always a new horizon for onward-looking men, and although we dwell on a small planet, immersed in petty business and not enduring beyond a brief period of years, we are so constituted that our hopes are inaccessible, like stars, and the term of hoping is prolonged until the term of life. To be truly happy is a question of how we begin and not of how we end, of what we want and not of what we have. An aspiration is a joy for ever, a possession as solid as a landed estate, a fortune which we can never exhaust and which gives us year by year a revenue of pleasurable activity. To have many of these is to be spiritually rich. Life is only a very dull and ill-directed theatre unless we have some interest in the piece.

《热爱生活》亨利·戴维·梭罗 不论你的生活如何卑贱，你要面对它生活，不要躲避它，更别用恶言咒骂它。它不像你所想那么糟糕。你最富有的时候，倒是看似最穷。爱找缺点的人就是到天堂里也能找到缺点。你要爱你的生活，尽管它贫穷。甚至在济贫院里，你也还有愉快、惊喜、光荣的时刻。夕阳映照在济贫院的窗上，和富豪宅邸的窗一样明亮；门前积雪同样在早春消融。 However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you suppose. It looks poorest when you are richest. The fault-finder will find faults in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even in a poor-house. The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich man’s abode; the snow melts before its door as early in the spring.

【英文】The meaning of life does not lie in grand empty slogans; it hides in countless small choices you make every day. You choose kindness, perseverance and sincerity. These countless tiny decisions gradually piece together your whole life. No one can write a complete life at once. We all shape ourselves in every present moment. Taking every choice seriously means living this life earnestly. ——圣埃克苏佩里《要塞》 【中文】生命的意义，不在宏大空洞的口号，而藏在你每一天做出的无数微小选择之中。你选择善良，选择坚持，选择真诚，这些无数微小抉择慢慢拼凑出你的一生。没有人能一次性书写完整人生，我们都在每一个当下塑造自己。认真对待每一次选择，便是认真活过这一生。

【英文】Perseverance is not the same as stubbornness. Perseverance means continuous efforts after identifying the right direction, while stubbornness means ignoring reality and refusing to admit that the road no longer works. It is important to tell the difference. Bravely stick to ideals worth pursuing, and meanwhile own the wisdom to stop loss in time. Being able to adjust routes flexibly without giving up your original heart easily is sobriety and strength. ——狄更斯《远大前程》 【中文】坚持不等于固执。坚持，是认准方向之后持续付出；固执，则是无视现实，不肯承认道路已经走不通。懂得分辨二者十分重要。勇敢坚持值得追求的理想，同时拥有及时止损的智慧。能够灵活调整路线，却不轻易放弃本心，才是清醒而强大。

【中文】简单，是历经繁复之后才能够抵达的境界。年轻的时候，我们总想拥有更多，尝试更多，把生活填满各种各样的事物。走过漫长路途之后才懂得，过多外物只会拖累心灵。删去不必要的欲望与牵绊，简化生活，内心才会获得开阔空间。简单的生活，更容易让人听见内心真实的声音。 【英文】Simplicity is a state reached only after going through complexity. When young, we always want to own more, try more and fill life with all kinds of things. After a long journey, we understand that too many external things will only burden the soul. Cut unnecessary desires and ties, simplify life, and your heart will gain broad space. A simple life makes it easier for people to hear their true inner voice. ——梭罗《瓦尔登湖》

【中文】苦难本身没有任何光荣可言，值得尊敬的，是熬过苦难之后依旧保持善良的灵魂。不要赞美痛苦本身，苦难只会带来伤害。真正可贵的，是在经历磨难之后，没有被痛苦同化，没有变得刻薄冷漠。那些穿越黑暗却依旧选择温柔的人，拥有最坚韧高贵的内心。 【英文】Suffering itself carries no glory. What deserves respect is the soul that remains kind after enduring suffering. Do not praise pain itself, for suffering only brings harm. What is truly precious is that after experiencing hardships, you are not assimilated by pain and do not become mean and cold. Those who walk through darkness yet still choose gentleness possess the toughest and noblest hearts. ——罗曼·罗兰《贝多芬传》

【中文】不要把全部自我价值寄托在他人的认可之上。他人的赞美只是附加的点缀，不能定义你是谁。如果你的喜怒哀乐完全由别人的评价掌控，你就等于交出了人生的主动权。学会自我肯定，相信自己的判断。你无需向全世界证明你的价值，你本身就拥有不可替代的意义。 【英文】Do not place all your self-worth on others’ approval. Praise from others is only extra decoration and cannot define who you are. If your joys and sorrows are fully controlled by others’ comments, you hand over the initiative of your life. Learn to affirm yourself and trust your own judgment. You do not need to prove your value to the whole world; you already hold irreplaceable meaning. ——黑塞《荒原狼》

对于小我来说，当下时刻几乎不存在，只有过去和未来才是重的--完全颠倒是非。 我再也无法忍受我自己 某天，当这个、那个或其他的事情发生我就会很好、很幸福，也很平和 ——是不是很熟悉的声音？ 如果我不能忍受我自己，那么肯定有两个我和自己，或许，其中只有一个是真的。另一个就是小我Ego 这是因为，当我们的大脑由小我掌控时，它是功能失调的。小我尽力使过去发生的事情复活，因为如果没有过去，你将会是谁?它还不断地把自己投射到未来，以确保它能继续存活，并且在未来寻找某种慰藉或满足。 即使当小我看似在关切当下时，它所关切的也不是眼前的当下，因为小我看待当下的方式完全错误一-它是以过去的眼光来看的。或者它把当下作为达成未来目的的手段，而这个目的，始终存在于思准所投射出的未来。

Fate between people lasts for different lengths. Not every encounter can last till the end. Some people come into your life only to walk with you for a section of the road, teach you some truths, and then wave goodbye. Do not grieve too much over separation. Meeting itself is already a gift. Cherish the time spent together, and bless the other person calmly when parting comes. Accepting meetings and separations is a lesson life must teach us. ——茨威格《昨日的世界》 【中文】人与人之间的缘分有长有短，不是所有相遇都能够走到最后。有些人来到你的生命，只是陪你走过一程，教会你一些道理，然后挥手告别。不必为离散过度悲伤，相遇本身已是馈赠。珍惜相伴的时光，当离别到来，坦然祝福对方。接纳相遇与别离，是人生必须学习的课题。