Anger is Better Than Striving - (Essence Version)

Author: Li Jin
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
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Having an unquenchable hope in one's heart, once the unbearable hardships and trials we have experienced are not entirely without value. They will mature our thoughts and character. Therefore, when difficulties and setbacks come, we should face them calmly and deal with them optimistically. As the ancients said: "There is nothing more sorrowful than a dead heart." Without belief, we lose our ideals in life, like the walking dead, wasting our years. Because of belief, our hearts will not wither, the night will no longer seem long, the days will not be dull and tasteless, life will become particularly wonderful, and passion will always surge within us.
There was a person who fell into a river. The current was fierce, and he was swept downstream. He struggled desperately in the water, trying to grab onto anything to save his life, but he could only grasp water—no water grasses or anything else! He thought, "This is it. I'm finished. There's no saving me!" Just as he was thinking this, he immediately lost his strength and stopped struggling, slowly sinking into the water. Suddenly, he remembered that there was a tree on the riverbank nearby, with branches extending into the river. He could hold onto that tree.