How to Struggle Your Way Out of Pain

Knowing full well that you'll die someday, why keep trying to live? What is a lifetime even for? If you don't marry, you'll have no one by your side in old age. If you do marry, you might not live to see old age. If you don't work yourself to the bone, you won't have money for retirement. Work too hard, and you might not even need retirement. There are roads in life that make you unhappy if you don't take them, but leave you battered if you do. No matter how you answer life's questions, there will be regrets. No matter how carefully you plan, you can't escape what fate has in store. So live in the present. Live well, do good without worrying about what comes next. Do your best and leave the rest to fate. Accept what you gain with ease, let go of what you lose, strive for what you want, and let nature take its course. That's all there is to it. In this complicated society, you can't see through people's hearts. There are worries you can't let go of, and more bitterness and sweetness than you can taste. The rough roads never end. You can't overcome your helplessness, can't forget yesterday, can't finish today's work, and can't predict tomorrow. In the end, you never know which day you'll disappear. That's life.