The success written in the first few pages of this chapter is actually not free from the calculation of interests, but a success in a general sense, which is recognized and advocated by the mainstream values of society. However, as the first article says, there is never a single standard to understand success, and the diversity of modern social consciousness and values can make you make diversified choices. In my opinion, people who really stand tall should be able to stand on top of all the successes in the world and overlook the success itself. As Zhou said in an essay: For an individual, a deep sense of success is always rooted in spiritual wealth. As long as you are full of energy, no matter what you are doing, you can reap your own fruits to some extent. Success is a social concept. A person who directly faces God, soul and himself will always have a different and unique successful experience.
Success is not the highest standard to measure the value of life, or success in the sense of social evaluation, but mostly shows a person's cultivation, quality and mental state accepted by society. However, as long as you have your own inner rich true temperament, true interest and something you really like to do, you will feel full and practical under any circumstances.
Do what you like, strive to be perfect and satisfy yourself. This is the true meaning of personal success, and the joy and success you feel in this way is pure success without utilitarian consideration. When a mother sees her children grow up healthily, a poet writes her favorite poems, and a scholar works hard to finish her thesis, she feels pure joy of success in the process. Even if this success is not within the framework of social evaluation and beyond the scope of this chapter, it is something that every ordinary person can pursue and enjoy, and it is extremely common and beautiful.
In a deeper and broader sense, the overall success of human beings will ultimately depend on two factors: human beings' complete and profound understanding of themselves as a species; The accurate and clear positioning of human beings as a part of the world. The former is to solve the problems of human society itself, and the latter is to solve the relationship between human beings and the outside world. The solution of these two problems will ultimately be achieved on the basis of the full development of natural science and social science, through philosophical reflection, or through the popularization and unification of religious beliefs in the world. All this is far beyond the ability of human beings now.
However, human beings and every individual among them are constantly working hard. Thinking of a couplet I saw in front of a temple many years ago, I think it can tell the essence of ultimate concern in my heart and sum up all our efforts for survival and development. This pair of couplets is: Help all living beings board the other shore and take advantage of the breeze to enter my heart.