thingsiwishi’dknownwheniwasyounger lastweekiretiredfromthecompanyinwhichihadworkedformanyyears,sofinallyihavethetimetoreflectonthemistakesihavemadeinmylife。peopletendtothinkthatmistakesareputtheretomakeuslearn,tomakeourlifericherormoreinteresting,butiamnotwillingtoacceptit。ijustwishihadknownmorewheniwasyoungerandcouldhaveavoidedthemistakes,especiallythosetrulycountforahappylife。 ioncetriedtopleaseallthepeoplearoundmebutendedinfailure。nomatterwhateffortsimade,mostofthemwoulddislike,belittleorignorememostofthetime。nowisee。onecanneverreallyknowwhatothersdowant,soagooddealofwhateveryoudowillcertainlybewasted。besides,noteveryoneisworththepainsyoutake。somepeoplearesimplystupid。youcanrarely,ifever,pleaseorchangeastupidperson。thebestthingyoucandoistostayawayfromthem。beingastupidpersonisaninfectiousdisease。themoretimeyouspendaroundone,themorelikelyyouaretocatchitandbecomeonetoo。ontheotherhand,thosewholoveyouwillprobablyalwaysloveyou。theyaretheoneswhoseopinionsareworthcaringabout。 iwouldfeelsadorangrywhenthosewhoihadtrustedturnedouttobegossipsorevenliars。asweknow,thequickestandsimplestwaytoruinanyrelationshipistolistentogossipandtrustliars。butduetomyfaithinthem,ispentmytimebelievingthemandevenspreadingmore,ruiningmorefriendship。nowiunderstandtimespentgettingangryoverthemistimewasted,becausethesegossipsandliarsarenotfriendsatall。what’smore,peoplearenotlikelytochangeortobechanged。liarsusuallytelllies。cheaterscheatwheneveritsuitsthem,whilealoyalfriendwillstayloyalunderallconditions。 iusedtofollowthelatestfashionbothinworkandinlifeasiwastooeagertobeandremainsuccessful。ifailedtorealizethatonecanonlybeacheapimitationoftheidealofthemoment,andlosethechoiceofbeingauniqueinpidualmeanwhile。however,nowiknoweverywinnerisdestinedtobealoserfinally。it’sgreattobeuponthewinner’splatform,butjustdon’timagineyoucanstaythereforever。ialsogetitthathoweverhardyoutry,youcan’tavoidbeingyourself。youcanactandpretend,butthepersonactingandpretendingisstillyou。ifyouwon’tacceptyourself,howcouldyouexpectotherstoacceptyou?furthermore,whenpeoplecomplainthatyou’retoofondofgoingyourownway,youmustbeontherightway,foreverybodyinpowerjustwantsyoutofollowtheirorders。theydon’twantyoutohavethefreedomtobeyourselfandcausethemtroubles。 finallyifindiactuallymisunderstoodtheaimofworklikemostpeople。iwereconfusedbythosepeople,suchasartistsandmusicians,whoseworkfillstheirlife。buttodayirecognizeitisn’twork。it’swhotheyare。it’spowerfullovethatallowsthemtoearnalivingwhiledoingtheirwork。therefore,unlessyouhavesuchpassion,rememberthatworkshouldbeameanstoanaim:livinganenjoyablelife。spendaslittletimeonthemeansaspossibletoachievetheaim。onlyidiotslivetowork。ifyoumakeyourworkyourlife,you’remakingyourlifeintohardwork。 todayiamoversixtyalready。lookingbackuponthesemistakesi’vemade,strangely,ifeelrelaxedinsteadofsadorregretful。mostpeoplelearnovertimeandsodoi。however,fromtodayon,i’dliketolearnfromthemistakesimadewheniwasyoungerandleadamoreenjoyablelife。