当一个人走走停停,时而不知前路,时而又踟蹰不前;想要继续向前,却又担心走错方向,种种纠结缠绕心头,难免生出不安。
好在,这些束缚我早已看淡。认真回望时,许多事情不过一笑而过。
也许人生本该重新启航。这一次,不为所谓期待,也就不必承受失望。心若淡然,万事便也渐渐显出平静的模样,想到这里,我不禁又笑了起来。
过往种种,如同烟云。似乎曾真实存在,却终究会散入记忆深处。
愿一切安好。
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不为所谓期待,也就不必承受失望
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With no imagined expectations to satisfy, there is no disappointment to endure.
当一个人走走停停,时而不知前路,时而又踟蹰不前;想要继续向前,却又担心走错方向,种种纠结缠绕心头,难免生出不安。
好在,这些束缚我早已看淡。认真回望时,许多事情不过一笑而过。
也许人生本该重新启航。这一次,不为所谓期待,也就不必承受失望。心若淡然,万事便也渐渐显出平静的模样,想到这里,我不禁又笑了起来。
过往种种,如同烟云。似乎曾真实存在,却终究会散入记忆深处。
愿一切安好。
When we walk and pause by turns—sometimes uncertain of the road ahead, sometimes lingering where we stand—we may wish to continue, yet fear choosing the wrong direction. With so many doubts winding through the heart, unease is only natural.
Fortunately, I have already learned to see these restraints more lightly. Looking back with care, so much can simply be met with a smile and allowed to pass.
Perhaps life is meant to set sail again. This time, with no imagined expectations to satisfy, there will be no disappointment to endure. When the heart is untroubled, the ten thousand things gradually take on a peaceful form. At the thought, I find myself smiling once more.
All that has passed is like cloud and smoke. It may once have felt utterly real, yet in the end it will drift into the depths of memory.
May all be well.
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