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~~Attitudes~~

There are certain things in Life that are lost to you the moment you are born.
Perhaps Wealth, perhaps Rights, perhaps Health, perhaps Love.
Then? What will you do?
Sit down and bawl? Spend your whole life pursuing the things that are never meant to be yours, only that realise that if ever one day you managed to achieve them, you had already lost those that you already owned? Or simply guarding all that you already have against anything that might deprive you of it, only to realise that had you just put in that tiny effort, you would have gotten what you want and still keeping those that you already owned?

Neither is wrong.

Had a random chat with a friend recently. And i realized something similar to this. We touched on the topic: Chi Bu Dao Pu Tao Shuo Pu Tao Shuan "The grapes which we can't lay our hands on, we say they are sour grapes" (direct translation from the chinese proverbs). She proclaimed she is those type of people whom, if she can never lay her hands on the grapes, she'll spend her life lamenting on how sour they are. Me, on the contrary, said I'll spend my life under the tree, looking at those grapes wistfully, telling myself, they will forever be the best grapes. But then i realized too, that there will always be others who will spend their lives trying every means to get those grapes, and perhaps they might really get them. Similarly, there will always be some whom, once certain that they can never lay their hands on those grapes, will move on to other trees and watch out for other grapes that are within their reaches.

Perhaps this portrayed our attitudes in Life. What's yours? However, neither is wrong. Just different.
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~~Principle~~

Some people spend their whole life guarding a belief or principle, regardless of any external or internal interferrence. It could be that they were brought up that way, or simply through the experiences earned in life, that they held the principles strong in their hearts. And they believe that so long as they stick to that principle under any circumstances, they will Shou De Yun Kai Jian Yue Ming "Able to stay put and wait till the clouds part and finally be able to see the bright moon" (direct translation)

However, more often than not, the principles which they had so faithfully guarded with their lives, are usually what caused their Downfall.
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Human.
Balance is such a thin line between two extremes.
Perhaps it's time to see the world with an open mind.