Fear and loss, Pain and pleasure

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謹慎擁有，是因為害怕失去。

害怕失去，是因為懂得珍惜。

諸行無常：

珍惜眼前人 感 事 物。

別失去才懂得珍惜。

不懂珍惜，不配擁有。

表面氣沖霄漢，無所畏懼的人 ；

內心往往是鄙陋，空虛的。

眼中只有自己的時候，

負擔就只剩對自己的自尊和自愛。

當你不看重你唯一可失去的東西的時候，

你就會覺得自己無所不能。

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What’s the most painful thing I’ve ever experienced?

Pleasure.

It taught me how painful life can be.

What’s the most pleasurable thing I’ve ever experienced?

Pain.

It showed me how pleasurable life can be.

Without pain there can be no pleasure.

Without pleasure there can be no pain.

The two may see like polar opposites, if not just to highlight the other.

Without pain, how is one to differentiate pleasure from pain?

Without pleasure, how is one to differentiate pain from pleasure?

At times the two may seem almost interchangeable and at some point the line begin to blur - as the outlines that held together what was once thought to be depictions of the absolute nature of life snap and what was once pure black and white now become murky greys in a disarray of darkness.