Giving Up is a Choice - Reader's Digest (Essentials TV)

Author: Dongfang Xiao (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: Reader's Digest: Essence Edition IV, "Even in Hard Times, Find Joy." The world's bestselling classic works, timeless and enduring, a century of essence. Recommended by China Reading Network: Knowledge Creates Miracles, Good Books Change Fate. The greatest wisdom in life is knowing how to let go. Each of us has things that are hard to part with. Letting go might be a kind of victory. — (American) Emerson
You can choose to let go, but you cannot give up the choice. — (Russian) Chekhov
In the great storms of life, we often learn to let go like a ship's captain, discarding heavy cargo in the face of storms to lighten the load. — (French) Balzac
Life is like a play, and everyone is the director of their own life. A life that learns to choose and let go is a life of true enlightenment. — (Russian) Tolstoy
When a bird's wings are adorned with gold, it cannot fly far. Only by letting go can one attain maturity. — (Indian) Tagore
Letting go is a choice one must face in life. Learning to let go enables one to shed the burdens of life and move forward with lighter steps. — (American) Franklin
To give up on a cause one has wholeheartedly devoted oneself to, to let go of some hopes in one's heart, to abandon certain firmly held beliefs—all this may be sorrowful, but this sorrow should not become an obstacle to starting anew. When it comes to all things, people do not truly have absolute control over reality. If one persistently clings to meaningless things and desperately pursues what should be let go, one is bound to lose more of what they already possess. Often, life requires people to consciously let go. When one has, they may be losing; when one lets go, they may be gaining anew. Once people actively break free from the shackles of old ideas, life will present itself to them in a brand-new way, bringing the exhilaration of starting anew from scratch, the rationality to face the flow of emotions, and the acceptance of more advanced concepts.