2045 · 06 · 24

写于 2013 年 · 献给未来的自己

你有信仰吗？你的梦想还在坚持吗？

你觉得活着是为了什么？

这些，你都明白吗？

你以为，

被冷酷的社会摧残得粉身碎骨，

就是成熟了吗？

你以为，

你就该戴上面具去虚伪地对待每一个人吗？

你总说这个社会无情、残忍，

所以你必须虚伪地活着，才能走下去。

可你真的明白了吗？

活在这个世界上的，是你——不是“社会”。

你冷酷，你无情，你残忍，你虚伪，

那别人也会以同样的方式回敬你。

你影响了别人，别人也会影响别人。

人类塑造了社会，不是社会改变了人。

说到底——你是什么样的人，就会遇到什么样的事。

没有什么能改变你的本性与灵魂，唯有你自己。

看山是山，看水是水：人生之初，纯洁无瑕；初识世界，眼见即真。

看山不是山，看水不是水：人生渐生愤懑、不平、忧虑、疑问与防备。复杂的情感让你以为自己长大了。

看山还是山，看水还是水：恍然大悟——人本是人，不必刻意去做人；世本是世，无须精心去处世。

而有多少人，永远停留在第二阶段，

以为那就是“成熟”，以为那就是“懂得人生”。

其实，他们什么都还没懂。

2045 · 06 · 24

Written on June 24, 2013 — a letter to my future self

Do you have faith?

Are your dreams still alive?

Do you know what you’re living for?

Do you really understand any of it?

Do you think being shattered

by a cruel society

means you’ve grown up?

Do you think wearing a mask

and treating everyone with false courtesy

makes you wise enough to survive?

You keep saying this world is cold,

that people are heartless,

and that you must become the same

just to keep going.

But do you truly understand that?

The one living in this world is you,

not the “world” itself.

If you become cold,

if you become cruel and fake—

then cruelty and falseness

will return to you.

You influence others,

and others influence the world.

It is humanity that shapes society,

not society that shapes humanity.

In the end,

you are what you create.

You are what you attract.

Nothing can change your nature,

your soul—

except yourself.

To see the mountain as a mountain, and the water as water:

When life begins, the heart is pure,

and the world is simple—

what you see is what it is.

To see the mountain not as a mountain,

and the water not as water:

Life fills with anger, confusion,

doubt, and fear.

You think this struggle means maturity.

To see the mountain once again as a mountain,

and the water once again as water:

You awaken—

to realize that being human

needs no pretense,

and living in the world

requires no performance.

But so many remain

in the second stage forever—

believing cynicism is wisdom,

and disillusion is depth.

They call it understanding life.

In truth,

they have understood nothing.