Chapter 163: 254th entry

254th entry, "I want to block your spring light…"

254th entry, "I want to block your spring light......"

――Liu Guozong Spring Diary Seventy‑Two

The moon says, "I am the flower of the sky," the stars say, "I am the green leaves beside the flower." The clouds and mist say, "I block your spring light." Time says, "You cannot be blocked."

In the fragrant spring night, the stars said to the singing little bug, "What is it that makes you so happy?" The little bug said, "Although my existence is extremely brief, I already possess this beautiful spring night. In a lifetime, to be able to have one beautiful moment is enough for a humble, weak life."

But, to spring, the singing of each little bug is trivial. Spring does not become happier because of a little bug's song, nor does it become less happy if there is no little bug's song.

But I am not a little bug; the matter of bugs singing has nothing to do with me. I am a construction worker, busy as can be building skyscrapers.

"Days pass one by one, and the building grows higher and higher. The ever‑taller building blocks my vision; I am short‑sighted, able to see only the building? Beyond the building, I know nothing of heaven and earth."

My spirit looks all around; besides the building, I still want to see something. Besides the building, I also want to understand something.

Because in the vast world, I cannot let a single leaf obscure my vision. If I did, I would truly be a little bug.

"I want to know what the ocean is like? Is the desert truly barren? Is fate really designed by others?"