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2023-08-07

Preface: Life, Without If

Once upon a time, in a state of indecision, one was constantly troubled by gains and losses, and given too many arrangements and assumptions in one's life. In a series of arrangements, whenever an unexpected outcome appeared, one always felt deeply saddened. When the result is getting further and further away from the expected joy, even out of reach, what is left for oneself is only bursts of fatigue and confusion.

Every person with dreams and thoughts will think or reflect on their own lives. Summarizing through reflection and reflection is not about savoring the beauty of the past, but about discovering more shortcomings and regrets. It is on this foundation that human abilities and experiences can progress and improve, and at the same time, a person's spirit and soul can also be sublimated. But often it's just such a simple summary process, which always makes people feel tired and even complains a bit about the past and even the present life, always repeating the simple two words: if!

If it is an assumption that future things are unknown; If it is a reflection on past experiences; If, it is also a form of repentance for past mistakes or mistakes; If, it is also an escape from things that one is unwilling to accept and face in reality. We all have the right and opportunity to choose the future, but unfortunately, we do not have the right and ability to choose the past.

When a devout believer repents in front of a deity, a series of "ifs" may win God's sympathy and understanding, because in the eyes of the deity, the believer is expressing a sincere, heartfelt repentance; When a person who thinks they are still full of hope and ambition in life says "if" to themselves or others, they may not receive the same treatment as believers do in front of gods, and of course, they should not receive that treatment. This is the difference.

Believers themselves believe in the gods in their hearts, while real people themselves may have a simple belief in life, and life beliefs are similar and similar to everyone. Because of this, it is reasonable for a person to be despised and ignored when they utter too many words such as "if" after taking a vow.

Time is the eternal axis of life, and it is also the carrier of life and life. Leaving the existence of time and entering a ethereal realm of emptiness, then 'if' itself has the meaning of existence; In emptiness, the difference in time is no longer the master of life. We can freely, like the protagonist of a science fiction story, travel back and forth in different time and space. When we feel that anything in the past is not right or satisfactory, we can change our time state to start over, and even unconditionally change history. Of course, this is just a beautiful imagination. As long as time still exists in our lives, things from the past and history will make reality exist. Humans can create history itself, but they cannot tamper with its face.

Because of this, for everyone we live in, all our experiences become a past after time, a part of our own life journey, and cannot be changed. The only thing we can do is how to choose and grasp in the future life. We cannot control and master things beyond ourselves, including time itself and the thoughts of others, but we can control ourselves and decide how we think and do in our future lives.

The most difficult thing in life is not how to do it, but how to choose and what to choose from the beginning? Before implementing any plan, it is necessary to choose. For some crucial and fateful things, we usually use the concept of "choice". However, whether it is "choice" or "choice", it requires experience and wisdom, as well as an internal thing, which is "courage". Because 'choice' or 'choice' itself cannot determine the development of the situation and the future prospects, only the process of 'choice' and 'choice' is the beginning of determining the future. Therefore, 'courage' is crucial in this brief process.

The courage displayed and required in the process of "choice" or "choice" is not only manifested in the courage of the person making the decision, but also endows the decision itself with responsibility, and also endows the decision maker with an attitude towards the consequences they need to bear in the face of the choice and choice. No matter what happens after the choice and execution, the outcome itself is a choice or a decision that should have been expected from the beginning. It is precisely because of this that when facing the final outcome, the selector or decision-maker must unconditionally bear the responsibility for the original judgment. The wisdom and courage of the initial judgment determine that no matter what outcome it is, we cannot retract, That is to say no 'if' about the outcome of the situation. Once we have too many 'ifs', what we deny is not only the choices or choices themselves, but also the deeper negation of our wisdom and courage. So, the average wise person, when facing the outcome, will say, "I have no regrets about the original choice

When it comes to this, some people may think that it is a form of evasion. But I don't think so. Avoidance and shirking are two different concepts. If we can bravely bear the expected outcome when the outcome appears, it's not avoidance; But once we give ourselves too many choices or assumptions when we face the results, when we deny ourselves, it becomes a kind of real shirking. The shirking itself is shameful, just like "when a bitch sets up a memorial archway", it is disgusting and disgusting.

A person's life is only once, which is determined by time. From the moment we arrive in this world, our lives have transformed from chance to necessity: 'The beginning of chance, the inevitable experience, the inevitable end'. In the process of life from chance to inevitability, we have to face countless accidents. Perhaps there are surprises and accidents, but after the beginning of accidents, the results we face are all inevitable. Therefore, we have no reason or need to make too many assumptions about our past lives, too many ifs. If we blindly make too many assumptions and fantasies about the past, we will always fall into a mistake, which is: as if a person is rushing along the path of progress, but constantly looking back at the scenery behind them, while constantly blaming and feeling guilty. If that's the case, it's highly likely that I will fall or fall into an unknown thorny situation in the next step. Therefore, what we need to do is to focus on the scenery ahead and try not to miss the past as much as possible, because life itself does not allow us to have too many stops and delays on the road. Someone said, "If a person stumbles once on the way forward by a stone, it is careless (or called an accident) because I have not stumbled before; but if they stumble twice on the same stone, then this person is an idiot from time to time.

Life is only once, and the people and things that appear in life are only once. Even if they appear repeatedly, it is only a continuation of the first time. Don't give yourself too many opportunities to regret, let alone too many ifs. Even if it's a failure, it's just an accidental outcome. If we always use assumptions based on the results themselves and involve ourselves in the past, it is a negation of ourselves and a trampling on our own wisdom. What is even more terrifying is that after too many ifs, what may be at risk is not only every choice and choice we make, but also the denial of the meaning we should have when we came to this world, the denial of the value we have as life and as human beings.

The last sentence: "In life, there is no ifs.


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