Everyone of us shares the time when he is distressed, grievous or resentful, that is when his spirit is shut down. The other way around, every one of us shares the time when he is blissful, optimistic or energetic, that is when his spirit is raised up. Everyone is clamped between these two spiritual states, unintentionally but incessantly, which makes our frame of mind towards life so fickle, and thereby it brings us anguish. Therefore, what's obviously laid in front of us is an alternative — to be spiritually up, or to be down.

      To make an analogy, man's mind is an uncontainable wild beast. It's so animated but as well so feeble and irresolute. That being content, we still desire more; that advancing bravely, we still tuck our fear innerly; that in the excellent condition, there's still possibility that he is discouraged and losing spirit little by little. There is no such state of mind in which one is affirmatively optimistic, which may be likened to the reason why there's no such time when one's completely driven to despair. All these characteristics of human being make it evident why we are clamped in the up-or-down spiritual state.

      But fortunately, we are after all the master of our spirit. We after all have the right and force to raise our spirit up.

      When your resolution is faltered and your will is leaning to the negative side, be aware of this case and hold on to positiveness. Don't take it for granted that our body is captured by our temper, but have profound faith in it that our temper is captured by our will. Try taking deep breath when in rashness; try relaxing yourself when anxious; try doing sports when sluggish; try cheering up when in the blues. Try to put more weight of vigor upon being up, so as to make the scales of temper incline towards mental joy.

      So in this way, it's been apparent about what to choose when we are faced with the up-or-down alternative. That is, only by raising our spirit up can we be able to live actively and abundantly; only in this way can we fulfill our aspiration of striving straight forward.

      In the end, my dear friends, may we partake in our realization and progress.