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I am 100 this year, near the end of life. I don't know how
much further to go, it's not up to me, but I am quite sure
that homecoming is at hand.
I would like to flush away the dust gathered over the
century before I go. At this point, I don't feel smug
like Confucius looking down from Mount Tai but simply
live quietly in my own little world. When I think of this,
I feel peaceful. I shall peacefully welcome each new
day and get ready.
In this material world, life is indeed hard. If you try to flee
from fights, you get bullied still. If you are good at anything
you rouse resentment and jealousy. Want peace with the
world? First learn to deal with people. You choose humiliation?
You get war (Churchill). Even if you are tough, be ready to
face defeat any time.
When I was small, I just wanted to play. When young, I
was lost in love. Growing up, I worked hard to make a
living and a name. Getting old, I had to convince myself
I was doing OK.
Life fleets. Much ore yields little iron. But one is rewarded
for the amount of his struggle; punished his sin.
God does not pour all blessings to one. One may gain
love but lose wealth, money but happiness, happiness but
health, and yet health is not everything either.
To stay grateful is the best way to achieve wisdom and
purify one's spirit. All true happiness is spiritual. It turns
suffering into pleasure, a triumph of the spirit over the
material. This is philosophy.
Going through different struggles, one collects different
levels of wisdom and goodness. It's like spices: more
grinding brings about more flavor. We once craved great
big things out of life, but in the end found that the most
beautiful experience was the peace in our hearts. We once
covetted recognition from the outside, but at last discovered
that we owned our world from day one and it has nothing
to do with others.
The Original:
來自: 柒(你是我時空中永不滅的花朵) 2013-07-05 14:30:43
我今年一百歲，已經走到了人生的邊緣，我無法確知自己還能走多遠，
壽命是不由自主的，但我很清楚我快“回家”了。
我得洗淨這一百年沾染的汙穢回家。 我沒有“登泰山而小天下”之感，
隻在自己的小天地裏過平靜的生活。細想至此，我心靜如水，
我該平和地迎接每一天，準備回家。
在這物欲橫流的人世間，人生一世實在是夠苦。
你存心做一個與世無爭的老實人吧，人家就利用你欺侮你。
你稍有才德品貌，人家就嫉妒你排擠你。 你大度退讓，
人家就侵犯你損害你。你要不與人爭，就得與世無求，
同時還要維持實力準備鬥爭。你要和別人和平共處，
就先得和他們周旋，還得準備隨時吃虧。
少年貪玩，青年迷戀愛情，壯年汲汲於成名成家，暮年自安於自欺欺人。
人壽幾何，頑鐵能煉成的精金，能有多少？但不同程度的鍛煉，
必有不同程度的成績；不同程度的縱欲放肆，必積下不同程度的頑劣。
上蒼不會讓所有幸福集中到某個人身上，得到愛情未必擁有金錢；
擁有金錢未必得到快樂；得到快樂未必擁有健康；
擁有健康未必一切都會如願以償。
保持知足常樂的心態才是淬煉心智，淨化心靈的最佳途徑。
一切快樂的享受都屬於精神，這種快樂把忍受變為享受，
是精神對於物質的勝利，這便是人生哲學。
一個人經過不同程度的鍛煉，就獲得不同程度的修養、不同程度的效益。
好比香料，搗得愈碎，磨得愈細，香得愈濃烈。我們曾如此渴望命運的波瀾，
到最後才發現：人生最曼妙的風景，竟是內心的淡定與從容……
我們曾如此期盼外界的認可，到最後才知道：世界是自己的，與他人毫無關係。
Great and looking forward to reading your version. Some say the original article was not from Yang but I don't care.
Don't know much about either ... sweating ;-)
But Yang's revelation above hit the spot for me ;-)))