Severe winters do not stifle, for they precede the warm spring.
This winter was indeed cold.
But as the weather warmed up, sometimes people under the sun felt the beauty of being alive.
Having experienced harsh weather, returning to normalcy made people recognize a unique beauty.
Sometimes, people are disease-free and disaster-free, simply lacking money to spend, yet well-fed and clothed without worry, but still feel unhappy.
Only when one falls ill does one realize how good it is to be healthy.
Only when one goes bankrupt and is deep in debt does one realize how good it was to be debt-free despite earning just a few thousand a month.
There are always people worse off, times more terrible than now.
It is precious to be content; to lower the threshold for happiness and live in the moment, for contentment brings joy.
For Li Yu now, he was content; he did not aspire to build the most potent force or to be a king.
