211.天堂中一切是福,地獄中所有為苦
天堂中一切是福,地獄中所有為苦。塵世位居二者之間,因此苦難與幸福兼具。我們生活在兩個極端之間,所以可以同時得到兩個極端都有的東西。禍福沒有定數(shù),你不會永遠走運,也不會終生倒霉。塵世本空,沒有什么價值,但是因為有天堂在前面,才有了非同尋常的意義。淡泊處世,才是最謹慎的生存之道,智者從不會大驚小怪。人生如同一場復雜的喜劇,其復雜情況會慢慢解決,但要注意,在落幕之時,有個好結(jié)局。
211.In heaven all is bliss
In heaven all is bliss; in Hell all misery. On earth, between the two, both one thing and the other. We stand between the two extremes, and therefore share both. Fate varies: all is not good luck nor all mischance. This world is merely zero: by itself it is of no value, but with Heaven in front of it, it means much. Indifference at its ups and downs is prudent, nor is there any novelty for the wise. Our life gets as complicated as a comedy as it goes on, but the complications get gradually resolved: see that the curtain comes down on a good denouement.