Settle Oneself

One cannot live without friends, but also cannot make too many friends. Young and ignorant, I always feel that the more friends the better. It is only in middle age that people slowly understand that it is an extravagant desire to have three or five confidants. Those friends who have experienced common tribulations and storms together must cherish it. There are a thousand cups of wine every confidant. Those friends whose three views are the same and whose souls are in harmony must be cherished. People in middle age learn to do subtraction. Those friends who have forgotten righteousness and good-for-nothing friends should stay away as soon as possible. People have sorrows and joys, and the moon is cloudy and clear. This is hard to come by in ancient times. The joys and gains of life are as difficult to change as the fullness of the moon. Manpower is exhausted. Facing the ups and downs of life, we have no other way but to accept. I've seen flowers bloom and fall, and I've seen fu...