Sometime by expecting nothing, one will actually gain more. This is the first most important lesson I learn from my China trip in September 2008.
Planning nothing about the trip but just having a simple idea which cities I want to go. I fully let everything to the journey and follow whatever and whenever the journey takes me. It turns out to be amazing.
I reckon that life has so much to offer to us and we are all the apple of the Great Nature’s eye. Yet, our desire may deprive us from all the good things offered by the nature. Instead of appreciating and celebrating all the great things in life, our desire deviate us from those great things to other worldly things so that our insatiable want can be filled. Hence we are sometime happy for the things we gain, but also suffer occasionally for certain things we lost. So what is the right attitude to all this?
Being satisfied is truly an enormous test for human being. But of course, I am not saying we should be aimless and has no objectives. Just that we should set a higher target and not to think and dwell so much on the details in order not to over stress one-self. The Great Nature will lead us from where we are now to our destinations. Let the Great Nature do the tedious job and we should be enjoying the process.
It is also important to enjoy whatever we do. Life is short enough within the whole great scheme of the universe, everyone is free to choose an enjoyable life or otherwise.
有所不为， 才能有所为 – By doing nothing, we may or can do more.
Planning nothing about the trip but just having a simple idea which cities I want to go. I fully let everything to the journey and follow whatever and whenever the journey takes me. It turns out to be amazing.
I reckon that life has so much to offer to us and we are all the apple of the Great Nature’s eye. Yet, our desire may deprive us from all the good things offered by the nature. Instead of appreciating and celebrating all the great things in life, our desire deviate us from those great things to other worldly things so that our insatiable want can be filled. Hence we are sometime happy for the things we gain, but also suffer occasionally for certain things we lost. So what is the right attitude to all this?
Being satisfied is truly an enormous test for human being. But of course, I am not saying we should be aimless and has no objectives. Just that we should set a higher target and not to think and dwell so much on the details in order not to over stress one-self. The Great Nature will lead us from where we are now to our destinations. Let the Great Nature do the tedious job and we should be enjoying the process.
It is also important to enjoy whatever we do. Life is short enough within the whole great scheme of the universe, everyone is free to choose an enjoyable life or otherwise.
有所不为， 才能有所为 – By doing nothing, we may or can do more.
p/s: probably you are now scratching your head what the hell does the picture I uploaded got anything to do with this theme. Look down, look at the “present” and be in present. Enjoy the present time.
