Source

It is crucial to keep connected with what is real in own heart.

When preoccupied with numerous tactics and strategies to take advantage, one tends to gradually lose the original source of inspiration and vitality.

Only the head would run fast, leaving what is essential far behind.

This indeed depletes vigor and motivation, and after all, the will to advance.

It is therefore quintessential to always try to remember what one originally felt real deep within.

If one can have firm grip on that or at least get access to it all the time, it is possible to secure the vivid source of revitalization, which enables one to be vigorous and invincible.

Laughing

Complaint does not help at all.

Negativity affects others.

It transmits, spreads and deteriorates vigor and cheer of people.

But it is often hard not to say any when feeling down.

The best way to deal with it is to laugh.

Just laugh.

Try to laugh, using whatever methods, stimuli or reasons for doing it.

Laughing is medicine.

Laughing cures saddened and depressed feelings.

Laughing enables one to perceive problems as something tiny and trivial.

Laughing lifts up one's heart and spirit.

Success

Probably, the best way to succeed is to help others.

Fairness

I sometimes wonder, in this society, why those with the quality of gentleness are ridiculed simply because they are not capable?

Why are those who are capable, but so cold and arrogant, praised by many?

Is it not unfair?

There must be something wrong.

Recipe

Ultimately, everything comes down to courage.

Faced with problems, whether one takes a further step or simply retreat matters decisively to its consequence.

Never retreat, and advance even more.

Strongly, intensely and stubbornly.

This would be an only recipe to win at a crucial moment.

Accelerator

When depressed or not doing well, one may be reluctant in doing anything.

In such a time, rather because of it, just press down on the 'accelerator' of mind with all the strength.

Just do what needs to be done with full power.

This will enable one to get things done immediately, and above all, dramatically change the inertia into excitement and fulfillment with rewarding outcomes.

River

The current of a river never stops.

It just flows whatever obstacles are there, no matter how huge or hard they are.

It just flows.

It does so as if there were nothing hindering its direction and motion.

It just flows and overcomes them as if joyfully dancing.

It just then flows for miles and miles as if nothing, absolutely nothing, had happened.

For the current of the river, obstacles are not obstacles at all.

They are simply stimuli to make its journey interesting and exciting.

The stubborn obstacles are simply standing there in lonesome manners.

The current just flows to the end until it joins a vast ocean.

And it becomes the ocean itself.

Positivity

Even if in difficulty, troubles and adversity, rather be grateful to them.

Just be glad.

If one can do that, everything will be the source of joy and victory.

Just be delighted and enjoy whatever happens in front.

And, use them as the best opportunities and materials for the best development, success and creation for oneself.

Winning

When victorious or successful, people would come amiably and even try to curry favour.

When defeated or failed, they simply leave, easily turning around the attitude as if nothing had happened.

They would even despise, make gossip, give a dirty look and even make ill of the person.

This is reality.

Such is a way of human mind.

Being servile to the strong, and arrogant to the weak.

Like a nature of animality.

Because of it, one must win.

Only by winning, one can prove one's righteousness, expose their cunning, and stop their misdeeds.

Uniqueness

Anyone is unique existence in the universe.

This means anyone has something to be able to contribute to this world, which is rare, precious and indispensable.

Anyone, absolutely anyone, has been born to do something, which only that person can do.

Even if with nothing but failures, still one can think and try what one can do for the betterment of the world even by an inch.

Struggle

There is no dead end in life.

Even faced with awful mistakes and appalling failures, life still goes on.

One has to live anyway.

Then, just dare to live, simply accepting what one gets for now.

And, just do something for the next.

Just live and do whatever needs to be done, whatever the mind comes up with.

Just struggle to the end.

Meeting

If stuck in a deadlock, meet someone.

Only thinking, reading and calculating in solitude will lead to a stalemate.

Talking, communicating and discussing with someone else will induce different types of flows from different angles.

Human interaction has truly wondrous and creative effects, which generates something stimulating, interesting and new.

It will invigorate one's life and inspire one's motivation and will to stand up and challenge.

Meeting someone would be one of the best strategies to have a break-through in a deadlock.

Core

Whether one succeeds or fails, still life goes on.

One has to live anyway, as new days will come again and again.

It is therefore no point being preoccupied with and trapped in an event, which happened at a certain time point.

Life continues.

What matters is probably to polish and strengthen the quality of own self, whereby one can dare to live with abundant hope, brightness and joy, transcending time and circumstances.

Flexibility

The times and circumstances of inconvenience, troubles, difficulty and adversity, by themselves, inherently possess the best opportunities and potentials to develop oneself.

There must be something, which one can do only under such environments.

It would be natural and normal for human being to be saddened and deplore in such conditions.

Nonetheless, by turning around the perspective, with some little essences of fortitude, flexibility and wit, one can find a spring of enormous potentiality just there.

Human life always has power to turn any unfortunate place into a land of limitless treasures.

Difficulty

If one can take difficulties, even the worst ones, as the best chances, one can be invincible.

If one can tackle them with gratitude, but without servility, there will be no defeat, no deadlock.

There will be only boundless potential, which one can utilize freely at any time anywhere.

Brightness.

What matters is brightness.

As long as there is brightness with good cheer, everything is fine.

Circumstances do not matter, even the worst ones.

It is as if sunlight illuminates and warms up any frozen land and objects.

Any thorny ice can be melted and vanished.

Boldness

Just go ahead and run ahead.

More quickly.

Farther and farther.

Before any fear catches up, just start and move things going toward far beyond.

Be bold, absolutely bold.

And, overwhelm any kinds of obstacles with flourishing vigor and brightness.

Flow

Ultimately, it is not rationality, calculation or reason that determines the course of action and results.

It is the extent of one's will and vigor that decisively affect them.

There needs to be some kind of a flow or force in life, which motivates, activates and drives the action from within.

Without it, none would wish to move and even think, so that nothing would progress or even happen.

As long as such a flow of life wells up and gushes forth, things and matters move forward.

One can not even help evolving while improving and getting everything going.

Even faced with difficult problems, such a flow enables one to squeeze and generate one's wisdom.

Such wisdom and power to live eventually settle and overcome them as if the overwhelming current of a river washes away anything.

Change

Things and matters change constantly, moment by moment.

They would not stay still.

Even someone just sitting there changes, as time goes by.

For none can avoid aging.

Neither physical objects can do so for a long time span.

It is no use lamenting changes, since one has to change anyway.

If changes are inevitable, it is better to change for the better.

Proactively, one can accept and receive changes, and direct or use them for the better and the best.

In that sense, one can be always and absolutely free.

One Step

At least, go one step further, even if having lost sight of what to do.

And then, take another step firmly, and then next.

Even though no power left, still try that single step.

Even though everyone else has gone incredibly far ahead, still don't give up, don't stop.

Just concentrate what to do in front, even though the mind barely can come up with it.

That is the only way to open up the path in front.

Power

Those who are incapable are not incapable.

In fact, they are the most capable.

For they know the pains of human the most deeply.

They could easily relate to others.

They could share something important and fundamental with others.

They already possess such a power of empathy, which has indeed no limit.

Empathy

It is not only own self who is going through difficulties.

Others are also suffering and striving in life.

When having realized this, one and others can be empowered.

Empathy generates power to stand up and live.

This is in fact a powerful quality, which is often neglected.

Empathy inspires a sense of joy and natural dynamism.

Calculations, schemes and systems per se would not bring about them.

We are human being, who have emotions and inherently seek what is called happiness.

Logic

Logic or logicality has a quality to make thinking consistent.

By this, one can focus on a specific issue while understanding it with coherency in a manner to "make sense."

One can construct an idea or principle, which is solid, consistent and, on the whole, systematic.

It can draw a single bold line in one's way to see the reality and the world.

On the other hand, however, because of such a nature, there can be rigidity.

Because logic concentrates on a specific context, it may exclude other perspectives or potentials in the way of thinking.

Although one may be able to have and stick to a coherent principle, it may virtually lead to a narrow view and, further, obstinate behavior.

The quality of logic can be a two edged sword.

Conviction

For anything, conviction is a key.

Conviction is the source of confidence, courage and strength.

One must be convinced in order to definitely achieve a goal or vividly live life.

Conviction becomes a solid core, which generates, supports and invigorates one's determination and action.

Even if having nothing, one can still establish conviction in one's own mind.

This becomes the very source to absolutely create everything from nothing with flourishing vitality.

Growth

To develop or expand own self means to go beyond current boundaries or limits of own capacity.

It means stepping in realms where one would feel unconfident, uncomfortable or even fearful.

As long as staying in an area where one feels comfortable, there is no hope for development and expansion.

Growth requires to overcome fears while taking certain pains.

But, fears and pains will gradually cease, as one goes on trying and strengthen oneself.

This itself is the process of development or expansion.

With a little more courage to step in the new realm, one can develop own self while pursuing the well-considered course of action.

Move

If lost hope, still do something.

Move some part of life.

Even if a mind stops working, move some part of a body.

As long as moving, the movement of the body affects the flow of the mind and generates some kind of change in environment.

Movement is the source of change.

It is a force to push, open or drive actual reality in the direction of hope.

Chain

When feeling stuck, it is often the case that one is excessively dependent on or too much thinking about something specific.

In order to unbind oneself from such a mental chain, it is useful to secure a certain place or time to be physically away from it.