WHAT IS LOVE ?
A love that is too intense will be deeply engraved in a person's soul, very deeply. So deep that it becomes a part of one's flesh and blood. And when it ends, that pain is not easy to heal, it lingers, persists, torments.
It's too beautiful to be able to hate. Yet too sad to be able to pity.
Top comment:
- He calls it first love while she calls it the foolishness of youth...
- When lost, it's like losing a part of one's body...
SOLITUDE IS A GIFT
To me, solitude is nothing to fear. I enjoy it, even proactively isolating myself from the noisy world to preserve my energy. I realize being alone is a fundamental need not just for introverts but for everyone.
Only when alone can we become serene, tranquil, and view everything more profoundly. We temporarily detach ourselves from life's chaos, from the factors that disorder our minds. It's like you can only see the moon's reflection clearly in still waters. If the surface ripples, the reflection becomes blurred and fragmented. Our minds operate similarly. You can't think straight without quiet alone time.
The ability to withstand solitude correlates with independent thinking. Stepping away from the crowd and noise builds your own perspectives, not reliant on others' views and emotions. I think the sign of maturity is how much someone can master their feelings and thoughts.
The aura of independence manifests in actions and thoughts. It's when you see someone's self-disciplined nature. They choose to live diligently even when alone, doing what needs doing without coercion or urging. It's when one can enjoy happiness from within, not basing moods on others' emotions. It's when you listen to your heart instead of gossip. You have an independent mindset and outlook on all life issues...
I tried to convey the main essence and ideas from the Vietnamese passage in English. Please let me know if I have mistranslated or missed anything important. I'm happy to clarify or improve my translation.
WHAT IS LOVE ?
A love that is too intense will be deeply engraved in a person's soul, very deeply. So deep that it becomes a part of one's flesh and blood. And when it ends, that pain is not easy to heal, it lingers, persists, torments.
It's too beautiful to be able to hate. Yet too sad to be able to pity.
Top comment:
- He calls it first love while she calls it the foolishness of youth...
- When lost, it's like losing a part of one's body...
Are You the Luckiest Person?
The luckiest people are not those who never fall off their bikes, but those who, even when they do fall, reassure themselves: “At least I didn’t get more badly hurt.”
In the past, I was a complainer.
A little traffic jam would immediately frustrate me and make me grumble.
A few scrapes and I’d sulk, “I’m so unlucky.”
Whenever something didn’t work out, I’d get depressed, think of a hundred dead-ends, see every path as leading nowhere. I’d look in a hundred directions, and see only failure wherever I looked.
But then, over the last year or two, ever since my friend told me, “Complaining too much will only attract negative energy,” things changed.
When my mom got scammed out of a lot of money, she still smiled and said, “What matters most is that you kids are healthy and safe, everything else is just minor.”
When I saw the janitor at my office working hard with no lunch break, and when she finally got to eat at 3PM her food was cold and hard, still she kindly asked me, “Have you eaten enough?”
I saw people choosing to be happy, even when the situation was unpleasant.
I changed. I started doing addition and subtraction. Adding a reassuring word, some gratitude for life’s gifts, even on rocky and confusing paths where I couldn’t see the way forward. Subtracting blame and criticism, no matter the circumstance.
My life felt more comfortable. I still secretly loved myself too much. I got less irritable and cranky. Less annoyed by trivial things, less feeling like “life is so bad.”
And you know, whatever happens to us has its reasons and causes. Good and bad fortune are like two strands woven together to make a rope. Can't have one without the other!