A Jujube
"The more difficult Gunja is, the stronger and harder the person is."
A Jujube
That's not going to blush itself.
A few typhoons in there
A few thunders in there
A few lightning in there.
That's not going to be rounded myself.
A few nights frosting in me,
Sunshine In the couple of months in there,
A few months of Crescent into there
So, It seems to make round
‘Gun ja Go gung 君子固窮’
The more difficult Gunja is, the stronger and harder the person is. Gunja means the gentleman who is the role model of life in this age. It is a definition for a really nice and cool gentleman. Most people live in a good condition when things are good, but put them on little hard and difficult circumstance, it reveals themselves and itself. Therefore, if you really want to be able to know the person's true appearance, you can see how they behave in difficult situations.
This article is in the Analects. "When the years become cold, I can see how blue and how late the pine tree is wilted." you have to go through a lot of adversity over the years and understand the nature of the person. To do so, I think it is very important to be in an uncomfortable environment and experience the discomfort of life.
As you pursue convenience, things you have to do, things to overcome, and challenges to solve gets smaller and smaller. Naturally we have a dull body that does not act and becomes an idiot. I see a lot of social phenomena that cannot overcome sufferings and this leads to the worst situation. This shows that our society is sick. We must be aware. What we want to do is trying to get valuable things at some price, but it is time to ask ourselves if we really have such a value in this society.
Convenience is literally just making it easy and comfortable for us. It is an essence that cannot add value to life nor enrich it. At least, we should try to find an answer in nature and seek wisdom from nature's order and providence. The correct outlook is built up by rearranging relations between people and nature, people and people, people and things. I strongly suggest today let you and yourself welcome the process called discomfort which can nourish you with the joy. When the years become cold, I can see how late the pine tree is wilted and keep blue.
Jujube refers to us.
Do you think I just turn red in autumn? I've been through hard and hard times! It was scary when the typhoon hit me in the summer, and I was afraid of thunder. I was sick when it was lightening! It was cold in the winter, how hot it was in the sun and lonely in the crescent evening.
Project name A Jujube
Date Gun ja Go gung 君子固窮
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