The word that should be brushed off in life, 'if only this is enough'.

 The word that should be brushed off in life, 'if only this is enough'.

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Let's not say that if this is enough, we have lived well, if this is enough, we loved well, if this is enough, we are happy, if this is enough, we are free.


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The phrase 'if only this is enough' is a situation in which others are presupposed.


If you do not compare yourself to others, do not use the word 'if you do this'.


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The phrase 'I lived well if I did this' means that I lived a life that was not only ridiculed by others, but also envied by others. In the end, he failed to lead his own life as a master.


The owner is not what others want, but he leads a life that pursues what he wants.



Compared to others, living well is also evidence that you are not living well.


The reason why the phrase 'if only this is enough' is scary is that it makes people who think they have lived a bad life think that they have lived well in their own way when compared to others. It's better to say that I haven't lived my life properly yet. That way, you will have the will, courage, and hope to live a better life tomorrow.


Love, life, happiness, and freedom are not quantitative matters that can be measured with the words 'if only this is enough'.


It's a quality issue.


Loved or didn't love, lived or didn't, happy or unhappy, free or not free.



Love, life, happiness, freedom...


It is entirely qualitative, independent of other people's views or evaluations, wealth or consumption level.


to love well,


To live properly,


to be really happy,


And to be free,


We must not sink into the sloppy self-satisfaction and mental victory with the premise of 'if only this is enough'.



Rather, let's say that love, life, happiness, and freedom have not yet been properly managed, and that we are still lacking.


Only then can there be hope to love properly, to live properly, to be truly happy and to be truly free.

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