The path to Tranquility (summer)
86. The beauty brought by breeze and love
On hot summer days, the breeze brings us fresh air, making us feel cool and
calm. In life, love is another refreshing force. It sweeps through our
hearts like a breeze, bringing joy and satisfaction, healing our souls. The
beauty of the breeze lies in its immediate comfort, reminding us to cherish
everything in life. The beauty of love lies in lifelong enjoyment, allowing
us to experience the richness and happiness of life.
We can imagine that the breeze is blowing in the bamboo forest, and the bamboo bends gracefully without obstruction. After the wind passed, the bamboo forest returned to calm. From this scene, we can see that the wind comes naturally and goes naturally, flowing without hindrance, symbolizing the power of nature. In fact, the feeling of love is also like a breeze, we can only enjoy its arrival and say goodbye to its departure like bamboo, without any regrets. Also, only in this way can our focus shift from feelings to meanings and appreciate the beauty it brings.
However, when we enjoy the feeling of love, we are accustomed to trying to hold on to it and ignore the information it brings. Therefore, when the feeling of love fades, we feel intense sadness, even resentment, such as couples turning against each other, or physical conflicts occurring due to broken relationships, etc. Why does the loss of the feeling of love cause sadness and resentment? The answer is that the feeling of love is not the same as true love. Our feelings for love often come from the pleasure of satisfying desires. This is just a kind of excitement from getting favors, not the joy of giving, which means that this feeling does not come from true love. We also cannot keep getting favors, so this feeling will fade quickly. Moreover, fear and love are in conflict with each other, so the more we worry about the disappearance of the feeling of love, the faster it leaves.
Just like the breeze, the feeling of love is also a precious gift from nature. However, if we cannot use it to develop true love, we are not yet capable of having it. Then, it will definitely leave. True love is an action of creating beautiful things without fear, and of giving and acceptance with devotion to others. When we truly love, we will create the closest connection between lives in the process of giving and receiving, thereby realizing the highest value of life. Therefore, only by cultivating true love can the feeling of love stay in our hearts.
What we really need is not the feeling of love, but the creative action triggered by it, that is true love. True love connects our hearts and constantly creates things beneficial to life. Although the feeling of love will come again after it leaves, true love requires us to cultivate with sufficient consciousness. From the posture of bamboo facing the wind, we can get such inspiration: the earlier we let go of the feeling of love, and appreciate its coming and going, think about and summarize the principles of life from it, the easier we can obtain true love.
The departure of the feeling of love makes us feel lonely again, just as the departure of the breeze makes us feel hot again, which has profound significance. Nature allows us to experience the coming and going of the breeze, in order to let us compare hot and cool, appreciate the wonderfulness of breeze, and then think about how to make ourselves and others live comfortably. Nature also allows us to experience the coming and going of the feeling of love, which lets us compare getting and giving, so as to understand the value of true love, and think about how to love. In fact, this is a test of whether we have enough understanding of sincerity, kindness, and beauty, and whether we have a grateful heart.
When we meet someone we like again, and the feeling of love comes, we can open our hearts fearlessly, sincerely express ourselves, kindly listen and understand others. When others need to leave, we can still open up and send blessings and thanks. In this way, we have the foundation to develop true love, because we already have a respectful attitude and the basic ability to give others freedom. The more we open up, the more lasting the feeling of love. As long as we respect the other's feelings and needs, and give the others enough freedom to express their thoughts, the feeling of love will be more intense. And when we gain motivation from the feeling of love, bravely and try our best to meet the needs of others, we will find that the joy from true love has stayed in our hearts.
True love integrates emotion and reason, and we no longer have to worry about the feeling of love leaving. True love is also very simple and pure, as long as we continue to open our hearts, we can get comfort and tranquility from it. What's more important is that true love also brings physical and mental health, as well as the growth of the soul. In real life, we can try to get rid of habits and fears, interact more rationally and support each other, overcome difficulties in life together, and thereby experience the feeling and value of true love.
But we should not forget that love always has the fluid characteristics of the breeze. Therefore, if we turn love into a habit or ritual instead of emotional and intellectual communication and interaction with each other, it will be like getting used to the coolness and forgetting where the breeze comes from, which means that we have forgotten how to love. This reminds us to always maintain the consciousness of love: not being bound by material, instinct, emotion, and habit, constantly creating and giving, this is true love. Only in this way can we grow in love and let love accompany us throughout our life. Even in the end, we become unconscious due to brain degeneration, love can still take away our fatigue and pain, allowing us to calmly enter the final stage of life. Because the joy brought by love has taken root in the soul, it can make us face death gracefully.
Life is also like a breeze, it comes and leaves again. However, life, breeze, and love are all part of nature. So we should firmly believe that everything is the best arrangement of nature. With this belief, we will accept life's encounters calmly, without fear, without control, without attachment, and with deep gratitude.
The need for fresh air means that we need fresh air to continue to survive. The need for love means that we need to be connected together to form a powerful force so that life can last forever. This is the life revelation that nature brings to us through the breeze and love. It contains the truth, kindness and beauty of nature, as well as the guidance of life, helping us realize the value of life. With the breeze and love accompanying us, we will have a comfortable, abundant and happy life.
85. Allowing children to express themselves authentically
