Cultivation or Suffering

I think the best kind of affection is hearing someone say, after many years apart: Wow! You're just the same as before.

Everything we experience in life has a cause and a reason. If you think of it as hardship, then it is hardship. If you see it as a chance to grow, then that's what it is.

What makes us human is that we all have emotions and desires, and there are things we cannot redeem ourselves from. To one degree or another, we all have wounds we cannot heal or find a way to resolve.

So let them be. Whether it's pain or joy, indulgence or restraint, you can decide what is right for you.

Don't say you're doing this for my own good while judging me. Get your own thinking straight first.

Before I met him, I thought I could have the whole world. After I got to know him, I felt like I had nothing at all.

People bring about their own ruin. Don't rush, don't fret. It's raining up ahead anyway, so if you can't avoid it, why run yourself ragged trying? Just let things take their course. Whatever happens, happens.

At eighteen, I once had the whole world.

Theme: Life will never treat you kindly just because you've been through a lot of hardship. If you aren't strong, it will only bully you more. That's why the phrases "survival of the fittest" and "the strongest survive" are so often used in our work and studies.