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Chapter 33 Life is the Pursuit of Happiness
[Russia] Tolstoy
Life is the pursuit of happiness.As long as people pursue it, they will obtain life that cannot become death and happiness that cannot become disaster.

Life is the pursuit of happiness.What people seek, they can get.

When man regards the law of his own animal physical existence as the law of his own life, he will see evil manifested in the form of death and pain.Man does not see death and pain unless he descends to the level of the animals, and then death and pain come upon him like a frightful horde from all sides and drive him to a path opened for him, subject to reason. Go on the road of life in which the law is manifested in love.It is only when people violate the laws of their own life that death and pain will appear.For the man who lives according to his own laws, there is neither death nor pain.

Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

I am meek and lowly in heart; take my yoke upon you and learn from me.Then you will find rest for your souls.

For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

—— "Matthew" Chapter 11

Life is the pursuit of happiness.As long as people pursue it, they will obtain life that cannot become death and happiness that cannot become disaster.

Heart mark notes
The pursuit of happiness is one of the basic rights of human beings. Although it is often forgotten by rational people, often replaced by illusory fame and fortune, and often suppressed by hard life, happiness is indeed the greatest desire in the heart of human beings. .

Happiness is the goal, what is important is the process of pursuit.During this process, you have stumbled, failed, been ridiculed by passers-by, and insulted by the elders, but it doesn't matter. Look at the luggage of happiness, isn't it gradually full?Unknowingly, you have gained the experience of growth and the perception of life. This kind of hard-won happiness is the real happiness and makes people cherish it even more.

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