Just recently, I read a series of insults that left others speechless, but in fact, they are sharp observations about life that everyone should hear.

First, many people only see the benefits and forget the harms, like fish seeing the bait but not the hook. The truth is, people are afraid of dying of thirst, so they drink from every cup, but forget that dirty water can also wash the body. To keep things clean, you must know how to accept filth.

I realize that timid people only see the obstacles ahead, while brave ones see opportunities. An ocean without storms is not truly the sea, but mud— that’s the bitter truth that few dare to speak. If you weren’t born with a princess’s fate, you have to walk on the edge of a knife to move forward. That’s the law of life.

What I want to add is—first, you must have talent, then assets, only then can you confidently enjoy poetry and distant horizons. Everyone is a unique existence; you must live courageously as a singular, extraordinary phenomenon, not follow the crowd.

Suffering comes to make us alert, not to cry about it. It teaches us wisdom, not regret. Creativity is like wine brewed from loneliness and pain; not everyone can handle strong liquor.

I also see that we shouldn’t always feel others are fake; in fact, when sad, everyone is the same. Learning should be like bees—collecting nectar from many flowers to produce honey, but many people don’t understand this, they just lazily indulge themselves.

The saddest thing is this phrase—“There will be opportunities later,” which has caused us to make many choices that lead to lifelong regrets. After more than twenty years of learning right and wrong, we realize that reality only talks about winning and losing. One reason we’re unhappy is that we don’t know how to stay calm in the room, to peacefully harmonize with ourselves.

These insults that leave others speechless are exactly the lessons that life teaches us.