When you understand impermanence, you will not show off

There are two major laments in life: One lamented that it is difficult to find a confidant, and the second lamented the impermanence of the world.

We understand that in this life, we will come into contact with many people and experience many things, but there is one thing we don't want to touch, and that is impermanence.

Writer Tian Wei once wrote in "Half an Acre of Flower Field":

Regret is common, loneliness is common, born to taste bitterness, born to see impermanence and change.

In life, those people and things are consistent one second and changeable the next.

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When you understand impermanence, you will not be public

In "Dream of Red Mansions", there is a famous song "Hate Impermanence", "The joy of glory is just right, and the hatred of impermanence is here again." ”

The same is true in this life, even if you are prosperous and wealthy in your life, you are no match for fortune and misfortune, life and death.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, King Fuchai of Wu was determined to avenge his father and defeat the powerful Chu State. But he later greedy for pleasure, and finally lost to his own general, King Goujian, who was ashamed and committed suicide.

Life is impermanent, and you never know which comes first, tomorrow or accident.

Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, the world is unpredictable, do not deceive others, do not betray yourself, do not show off.

The story of Han Xin's humiliation under his crotch is well-known. At that time, Han Xin was poor and had to be helped by his mother when he ate.

At that time, a butcher said to Han Xin: Han Xin, although you are tall and like to be equipped with swords, you are very timid. Do you dare to stab me with your sword? If you don't dare, get under my crotch.

Han Xin really drilled through the butcher's crotch. However, the world is impermanent, and a few years later, Han Xin became a prince, but the butcher was still a butcher.

Impermanence is the norm of life, and the charm of life lies in: You never know what will happen in the next second, but you have to believe that it will not be bad forever and will not be good forever.

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If you encounter impermanence, you will be at ease with the situation

There are always times when the scenery is proud, ups and downs are life, and being at ease with the situation is the most correct mentality in the face of impermanence.

In the political arena, Su Shi and Wang Anshi were at odds and were forced to leave Beijing and be exiled.

During the exile, he was not affected at all, built a transcendent platform, picked fruits and vegetables with his friends, took pond fish, and brewed millet wine.

When he was demoted to Huangzhou, he wrote: The Yangtze River surrounds Guo Zhiyu, and the good bamboo is fragrant in the mountains. In this sparsely populated, remote and backward town, he was open-minded, took cultivating the fields as his profession, played the horns, and sang the adapted "Return to Laisi" with the villagers.

Later, he was demoted to Huizhou, and Su Shi wrote: Eat 300 lychees a day, and you might as well become a Lingnan person for a long time. He comforted himself that no matter how bad life was, there was food to treat him.

No matter how bumpy life is, he can be unfazed, adapt to the environment, adapt to the environment, and go with the flow wherever he goes.

The mountains have peaks, and the sea has shores.

A long journey, there will eventually be a turnaround.

The aftertaste is bitter and astringent, but there is a sweetness in the end.

In this life, impermanence is always accompanied, and the difficulties and incomprehensions encountered in life may be difficult to accept at the moment. But at some point later, you will suddenly feel that all this is the best arrangement.

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Impermanence is the norm of life

No one's life is static, and no one's life is the same every year.

The four seasons of the year change, the seasons are different, and the joys and sorrows of a lifetime are all tasted.

Impermanence always comes inadvertently, maybe it's the sudden death of a career in full swing, maybe it's the helpless separation of two people who promised to stay together, or maybe it's the sudden departure of a wife who has gone through the rest of their lives together......

In the face of impermanence, be not frightened by humiliation, and watch the flowers bloom and fall in front of the court; I have no intention of staying or leaving, gazing at the clouds in the sky.

For things, for fame and profit, not to like, not to worry about loss, not to be surprised by humiliation, and to go or stay.

Only by letting nature take its course can we maintain inner peace and tranquility in this impermanent world.

As Li Mi'an said in "Half and Half Song": "Drinking is just right, and the flowers are beautiful for half a while. ”

Impermanence is the norm of life, which cannot be avoided and has nowhere to hide.

If you are not attached to perfection, the moon will be full, the sun will move, the flowers will be splendid, and the water will overflow.