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much more depressed and disappointed. He can not tolerate even a little bit harm. He, inspite of being depressed and disappointed, must enjoy his present. What matters if two teeth have got broken, still 30 teeth are available. What matters if two fingers are injured, still you have eight in balance. To ignore the remainings by remembering the figure of 2 is neither a good thing nor an act of wisdom. It is just to insult the remaining figures.
The main reason of anxiety is money. Man wants to add more and more money any how legally or illegally. Stop running after the money. Have a peaceful life. Earn your livelihood but do not burn others' earning sources. If you want to get worried, then do it for the sake of your welfare. Get worried about the devotion to the deity not of religion worshipping. Don't get much worried about your children. Don't get puzzled about your wife. The children and the wife are capable enough to pass their lives purposefully and peacefully. Serve your children and wife to some extent and get pleased and overjoyed.
We should think of four issues to cool down the anxieties:
1. What is the problem?
2. What is the cause of the problem?
3. What are the possible sources of the problem?
4. What is the best possible solution of the problem?
These are the four questions to be pondering over them; we can reduce or remove anxiety. The elders however have even to face the difficulties like the sun also sometimes get covered by the clouds. Trust in God, He is and will always be with you. It is said that Tao had a disciple named Chuangtsi. Once his wife died. Huetseiy went to meet and console him. When he went there, he found him (Chuangtsi) singing and playing. People asked him what kind of that drama was at the time of mourning. Huetseiy
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