Sina Feelings & Beautiful Prose - Volume 2: The Affairs of Wind, Flowers, Snow, and Moon

Author: Compiled by the Editorial Department of Sina Emotion Literature
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Publishing Date: 2005-04-01
Features: Walking in the unreal of the real world, venting truthfully in the virtual world. "Sina Literature" is an internet digest publication mainly focused on emotional and life themes, jointly launched by Desale Cultural Institution and Sina Forum Channel. "Sina Literature" aims to establish a platform for emotional exchange and free expression for all who love the internet and real life. Here, we can pour out our feelings, record past stories, listen to others' confessions, and share everyone's experiences. Desale Cultural Company, as a renowned investment institution specializing in best-selling book planning and investment, has combined its long-term success in book planning with Sina's resources and brand advantages to jointly create "Sina Literature" series books, hoping to bring readers a brand-new interactive reading experience.
In times of loneliness or happiness, who doesn’t like to share their feelings with everyone? Thus, loneliness fades as it is expressed, while happiness becomes even more intense through sharing. The storms of reality are too harsh, forcing us to hide behind layers of masks to protect our bodies and souls. What people show to the outside world is often a face wearing a mask, with their hearts shrouded in increasingly thick darkness, suffocating and unable to find an escape. In such moments, venting becomes the best choice.
Traditional venting usually involves finding a suitable place and person to discuss a fitting topic. However, this type of venting is highly dependent on the setting and audience. Without a beautiful environment or a patient listener, the venting can become gloomy and drawn-out. The listener may become restless and impatient, while the speaker, despite delivering a moving story, lacks applause and guidance. In the end, the one venting becomes even more sorrowful, and the one grieving grows deeper in sorrow. Even when sharing happiness and joy, it loses its flavor and gradually fades away. Such venting not only fails to achieve its purpose but may even have the opposite effect.
When the internet emerged, people who felt stifled finally found another way to vent and an alternative outlet for their souls. Anyone could freely express their emotions without restraint. And the listeners are countless, actively responding with words—agreeing or disagreeing, sympathizing or mocking. Diverse and genuine, they are far from the pretense and insincerity of real-world listeners. Stripping off the mask of reality and donning the cloak of the internet, in a virtual world, we can record our true selves.
Beneath the truth of reality, they must hide their true selves, but in the virtual world, we can be fearless. Loved, pained. Walked, thought. Left, scattered. Done, forgotten. Recording love, pain, separation, and loss, pouring out joys and sorrows in words. On the internet, no one knows who you are. You can set aside the heavy burdens of reality and express yourself freely. After pressing the last Enter key, take a deep breath and then happily retreat behind the screen, pour a cup of fragrant coffee, and wait for the listeners to make their grand entrance.
Such venting is effortless and natural, without the need for pretense or affectation. Such words need not be beautiful—just expressive, just real. Such feelings, though shared in solitude, are not lonely or unbearable. At this moment, you begin to be your truest self. You need not care about the opinions or emotions of the listeners; everything belongs to you, whether in joy or sorrow.
Navigating the internet, when you see others' words that resonate with your own emotions, you naturally pause and find yourself in their confessions, feeling your own existence. You too can become a listener.
once said: "In a long life, joy always appears and fades away swiftly, and the most beautiful moments are always the ones that pass too quickly. Joy is too short, always slipping away unnoticed." Record it on the internet, and when sadness strikes, revisit those long-lost words, relive past joys, and see the friends who once shared them with you. Thus, sorrow fades, and joy flows back into your heart.