Conversation with Yi

I saw Yi write a post called “State and Time”. I wrote a long comment, but it said “Comments are closed.” So I’m posting it here.

I used to think that whether a person is happy or not is closely tied to money, so I worked hard to boost my value.

But the increase in personal worth doesn’t really match the material costs of satisfying this hollow world. Exhausting.

Sometimes I think, how nice it would be to go home and be a farmer. No need to go to work every day, just busy during harvest, maybe not much money.

But it’s too late. Can’t imagine going back to rural life at this age, with this mindset.

I used to envy you, Yi, for your high income. Now, I don’t envy you anymore.

Between zooming in and zooming out, you and I are the depiction of the world’s poor and rich.

There’s really nothing to envy about the rich because they have their own difficulties. I’m not just saying this to comfort myself.

The poorest people, some are incredibly happy; the richest, they have their inescapable worries.

Thinking like this, is life really that painful?

Having faith is such a blessing.

Because God says, “Give us today our daily bread”;

And, “Don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”

And many more. His words are my life’s meaning.