I have wanted to live a simple life when I developed the capacity of reasoning. Probably, that is why I always have wanted to be a scholar. I intuitively have thought that it is the best and probably the only way to keep my life simple.
What I have not known is that even the scholar is a profession defined and developed inside the human society. Unless I make my living directly on nature's ground, there is no way I can avoid an intermingled relationships. Residing in the web of relationships and karma is inevitable.
Therefore, to get along with the fate, you should be able to adjust your attitude to unfolding events in front of you. "滄浪之水淸兮 可以濯吾纓 滄浪之水濁兮 可以濯吾足".
Some can do so with or without contemplation, others abhor doing so. The latter may not be heroes as Ayn Rand saw them. They are just born that way. That is just the way they are. There is no supposed way of living as the nature does not judge anything.
So, play on.
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