Chapter 279: 370th chapter, I first took joy in my friend's joy

370th chapter, I first took joy in my friend's joy.

37o chapter, I first took joy in my friend's joy.

――――Walking with Love Chapter Fourteen

The flat forest was silent and soundless; the sun rose, then the sun set again. In the early morning, birds flew out from the woods, and at night they flew back to the woods. Rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full.

Where do the rivers flow from, and where do they ultimately return?

What is bent cannot be made straight; what is lacking cannot be made sufficient.

This is God's arrangement! This is fate, cannot be changed?

A storm swept across the land, the storm took away all remaining spring colors. Yet who can control the future? For tomorrow flowers will still bloom. No one can keep spring, just as no one can stop its arrival.

All of this is exciting, including the storm sweeping away floral scents. Because the continual change of seasons lets me see different scenery; the world's continual change also satisfies my curiosity.

We always want to see different landscapes, different worlds, different people, and also different versions of ourselves.

Past eras are forgotten by no one; future eras will also not be remembered by those who come later, because everyone just wants to get through their present days well.

Because all of this is God's arrangement; because all of this is fate.

Therefore, I see that nothing brings a person greater joy than finding delight in his own endeavors, for this is his portion; as for what comes after him, who can make him return to see it?

This is God's admonition: I must guard my own joy, no matter when or where.

We need not first worry about the world's worries, then later enjoy the world's joys.

If you do that, you will spend your lifetime mired in worry and pain, for there are far too many things in the world that cause worry.

Is that world my worry? What do I count as? I am merely a speaking vessel.

In short, I have not yet attained the breadth of mind and realm to worry first about the world's worries.

I am a tiny being, as insignificant as a bird in the forest.

Only knowing how to sing happily.

If I found a grain that could fill me, if I found a spring that could quench my thirst, I would first enjoy the world's joy.

I am just that insignificant. When I meet a friend, being so insignificant, I only know to say: "Wishing you good luck every day!"

Having said that, I first took joy in my friend's joy………………

(Wishing my friend good luck every day, every day filled with good spirits!)