寧靜的心跡(49) 為生命而行動

生命是一份最珍貴的禮物。每個人都有自己的生命，但每個生命都有著相同的內在價值和意義。生命雖然短暫，但它可以影響和改變世界。因此，為生命而行動，意味著我們應該盡可能地利用自己的時間和能力，為自己和他人創造一個更好的未來。

生命最初沒有目標，只是自由地存在著。死亡也不是生命必然的終點，生命對何時死、何處死以及如何死都不感興趣。沒有目的地，也就沒有不能到達的地方，因此生命本來也不會有挫折。但隨著生命的演化，人類出現了，有了思想和自我，也有了目標要去達成。然而，由於能力所限，我們很多努力都終歸失敗。

無法到達目標，是挫折感最大的來源。我們經常感到沮喪，是因為有了目的地，並強迫生命朝著那個方向進發。也許那個目標能夠達成，但我們的自我是依附於目標而存在的。在目標達成之後，也就是目標消失之時，我們的自我頻臨死亡，存在感也將消失。因此，無論是否到達目標，在自我的層面上都不可避免地出現挫折。

超越自我，回顧生命的屬性，我們就會發現，沒有期望也會沒有失望，沒有必須達成的目標，那麼生命的存在就是最高的價值。為生命的存在而行動，才是真正的無為，才能避免挫折。

要保障生命的存在，明天就不能過得比今天差。我們首先關注小範圍的時空，讓自己有一個看得見的未來，就不會把遙不可及的地方當成人生的目標。生命的唯一需要是存在，所以一切行動都應該為生命的存在而服務，若與生命有任何牴觸，都會帶來挫折。而我們只需順應生命，就會感到快樂和滿足。

因此，無論我們要向甚麼目標進發，都應該首先關注生命的需要。只有那些能夠滿足生命需要的，才是真正能夠到達的目的地。大自然是全能的，我們無法違背它，而唯有順從它。既然大自然給了我們生命，我們就應該珍惜它，並把它作為一切行動的最終目標。這樣我們的人生就不會失敗。

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50. 不要在恨中作決定 (下一篇)

目錄

The path to Tranquility (49)
Acting for life

Life is the most precious gift. Everyone has his own life, but every life has the same inner value and meaning. Although life is short, it can influence and change the world. Therefore, acting for life means that we should use our time and abilities as much as possible to create a better future for ourselves and others.

Life initially has no goal, it simply exists freely. Death is not the necessary end of life, and life is not interested in when, where, or how it will die. Without a destination, there is nowhere that cannot be reached, so life does not have setbacks. However, as life evolves, humans appear, with thoughts and egos, and goals to achieve. However, due to limited abilities, many of our efforts ultimately failed.

The inability to reach goals is the biggest source of frustration. We constantly feel frustrated because we have a destination, and force life to move in that direction. Perhaps that goal can be achieved, but our egos exist in dependence on the goal. After the goal is achieved, that is, when the goal disappears, our egos are on the verge of death, and the sense of existence will also disappear. Therefore, whether we achieve the goal or not, setbacks will inevitably occur at the level of the ego.

Looking beyond the self and reviewing the attributes of life, we will find that without expectations, there will be no disappointments, and without goals that must be achieved, then the existence of life is the highest value. Acting for the existence of life is true inaction and then can avoid setbacks.

To ensure the existence of life, tomorrow cannot be worse than today. We first focus on the small time and space, so that we have a visible future, and we will not treat unreachable places as the goal of life. The only need of life is existence, so all actions should serve the existence of life. If there is any conflict with life, it will bring setbacks. And as long as we follow life, we will feel happy and satisfied.

Therefore, no matter what goal we pursue, we should first focus on the needs of life. Only those that can satisfy the needs of life are truly reachable destinations. Nature is omnipotent, and we cannot go against it, only follow it. Since nature has given us life, we should cherish it and make it the ultimate goal of all actions. This way, our life will not fail.

On June 20, 2023