Learn to choose, learn to let go

Author: Yan Jianping
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Small stories, big truths - New Oriental Motivational Collection. National Excellent Motivational Book of the Year 2005 - Fine Art Gallery. A wise choice is better than blind persistence. The choices and losses you must face in life. Poet Tagore said: "When the wings of a bird are adorned with gold, it cannot fly far." The wise say, "When two disadvantages are weighed, choose the lesser; when two advantages are weighed, choose the greater." Giving up is a clear choice life constantly faces. Learn to give up to shed the burdens of life, go light on your feet, and calmly wait for life's turning point, weathering the storms and winds; only by knowing how to give up can you possess maturity, live a more fulfilling, serene, and relaxed life. Learning to choose means timing the situation, playing to your strengths while avoiding weaknesses, seizing opportunities, and making wise choices over blind persistence. The ancients said, "When the old man at the border lost his horse, who knew it wasn't a blessing in disguise?" Choice is the wise and far-sighted action of acting within your means, while giving up is the decisive and courageous act of considering the bigger picture. Life is like a play, and everyone is the only director of their own life. Only those who learn to choose and give up can truly understand life and possess a boundless and open perspective.