顺逆境 Favorable & Adverse Conditions
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我们来到世上，无论贵贱、男女、老少…，都会遇到顺境、逆境。感觉上，逆境又比顺来得多很多。
而我们都希望顺境多多，最好不要有逆境。实际上，这只是一种希望。
而现世中，很难满愿。
过度希望一切顺利的人，往往也是最容易失望的人。失望，还会快乐吗？
希望顺境，往往逆境来。
逆境出现，如何收场，就看自己了。
先安住自己的心，不要慌张躁乱。
认真地祈求。
祈求自己有慈悲心，看待他人。
祈求自己有智慧，找到妙方。
古德有云：
若事尚可为，云何不欢喜？若已不济事，忧恼有何益？
这真是太有智慧的话。
如果找到妙方，把逆境解决了，乃至转成顺境了，不但自他高兴，而且更是自已慈悲与智慧进步的现象。
如果逆境转不过来，失败了，也是累积了人生经验，更是更加了解自己的机会。
若是这样，逆境对自己是有恩的。
而逆境的收场变好了。
这样一来，一生中，顺境就真得变多了。
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In this life, no matter who we are—rich or poor, young or old—we will inevitably encounter both favorable and adverse conditions. Yet, it often feels like adversity comes far more frequently than ease.
We all hope for smoothness, for things to go well, perhaps even wishing that difficulties would never arise. But this is only a hope—rarely fulfilled in reality. Those who cling too tightly to everything going well are often the ones most easily disappointed. And when disappointment arises, where is happiness?
When adversity comes, how it ends depends on us. First, settle the mind—do not panic or become agitated. Then, sincerely pray:
for compassion, to view others kindly;
for wisdom, to find the right way forward.
As the ancients said:
“If something can still be done, why not be joyful?
If nothing can be done, what use is worry?”
If we find a way through and even transform adversity into ease, not only do others rejoice, but it also reflects the growth of our own compassion and wisdom.
If we fail, it is still an accumulation of life experience—a chance to understand ourselves more deeply. In this way, adversity becomes a teacher.
And when we learn to end adversity well, life itself becomes filled with more ease.
