A woman's taste and classic life

Author: Luo Dan
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: Life is like a cup of green tea, though very light, it always has a subtle fragrance. Tea needs to be savored slowly, and so does life. Life is something to savor, just like some people enjoy savoring tea, wine, or coffee. When you savor it carefully, you will discover the beauty that cannot be seen when you rush by. Have you seen it? A young mother counting the street lamp posts with her young child, close friends recording the beautiful scenery around them with sketchbooks, elderly couples holding hands as they watch the sunset in the distance. This is very ordinary, yet very beautiful. A beautiful moment is frozen in the space of life, often moving people deeply. In fact, these are all real fragments of life. As long as you pay attention from time to time, life never lacks beauty.
Morning, waking up from a dream. Look at the lovely sun rising in the east, and see everything bathed in the morning light—it is beautiful, and this is life. A caring word from parents, a sincere greeting from a friend, a patient teaching from a teacher—it is beautiful, and this is also life. Getting up after falling down, being uplifted after failing, the hard work and bitter tears—it is also beautiful! This is still life. Those who understand life are those who understand how to savor life. Life is like a bottle of mixed flavors, sweet, sour, bitter, and spicy—it all has its place. The same thing can taste different to different people, depending on the mindset with which we endure, the state of mind with which we feel and savor, and the perspective from which we view it. In a highly competitive environment, in order to achieve results, he cannot help but work tirelessly; in order to meet goals, he must plan meticulously; in order to complete tasks, he must endure hardships and prioritize the bigger picture. He carries many responsibilities, and he lives not just for himself. But he gets tired, and he always knows how to find a quiet corner for himself, to calm his mind, to stop all work and thinking, to cast the suffocating numbers into the heavens, to pour a cup of tea, to lie half-reclined, hugging his partner as they share their love stories, plan their future, or even wildly sketch unrealistic fantasy worlds. Everything returns to simplicity and purity—he becomes very lovable and innocent. At this moment, he savores the sweetness and fragrance hidden in the hardships. This is understanding life.
On the plain and monotonous straight line of life, she starts from the same point every day and walks at the same speed to the same destination, day after day. The starting point and destination are always the same, with no more than 50 meters difference in the distance she walks each day. She meets the same people, does the same things, and says similar things. Because life is monotonous, she rarely feels excitement or exhilaration, so one night she has no dreams. How many people in the city live such plain, boiled-water-like lives? In others' eyes, she is part of the monotonous crowd, but she loves to think about problems from different angles. She realizes that those who live monotonous lives tend to become numb and slow-witted. Therefore, she strives to be good at observing and thinking, good at distinguishing truth from falsehood, understanding others' living conditions, and weighing her own living goals. She smiles calmly in the face of extravagance, helps gladly in the face of others' suffering, and remains silent in the face of hypocrisy. Living a life with an active mind, she understands that material needs are the basic conditions for human survival, but the spirit is the nutritional component of the body. In a fulfilling spiritual world, life