Don't Worry About What Others Think

Wherever there are people, there are rivalries; wherever there are rivalries, there are disputes. People scheme against one another at work and argue at home. In the end, they argue until they're red in the face. They may win the argument, but in truth, they've lost. So many people live for others, doing whatever they're told. They go to whatever prestigious school others recommend, then look for a job at whatever company others approve of. Just when they've finally achieved something at work, people tell them it's time to find a partner, so they rush into dating and marriage. After they get married, people say it's time to have children, so they rush to have them. When their children grow up and others report that they're doing poorly at school, they rush home to discipline them. This is the tragedy of the Chinese: unable to be themselves, always comparing themselves to others, living as others want them to, with no freedom.