When you’re responsible for both aging parents and young children, the question of “whether to save them” isn’t just a moral issue—it’s a matter of sustainably allocating limited resources. For families who aren’t well off, the continuation of life often depends on sacrificing the older generation to support the younger.
When you're poor but your spouse is beautiful,
When you lack power but have ample wealth,
When you're weak but possess early brilliance,
When you're foolish but extremely greedy.
Most people in this lifetime want to obtain things they don't have without changing themselves.
Cause and effect—cause and effect. If the cause hasn't changed, how can the effect change just because someone else revealed it ahead of time?
Whether you can change yourself is the cause.
Understand the price behind money, and you’ll be deterred by the cost.
No one hates money. If someone says they don’t want it, it’s because the money burns their hands. It’s not that they don’t want it—they just don’t want the price.