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Open your heart to welcome spring

NGUYEN VAN HOC January 21, 2025 11:00

Opening your heart is also clearing your mind and preparing your mindset to welcome the new season and new vitality.

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Some people will prepare for themselves trips to the highlands, welcome spring in new lands, conquer the beauty of nature with a group of friends, immerse themselves in nature, consider nature as a friend to face and confide in.

What will be left after all the ups and downs and hardships? Many people have asked themselves that question.

Just like the seasons that have passed, after so many sunny and rainy days, the changes of the stars, what we wait for the most is peace. Peace brings a feeling of comfort, relaxation, tranquility, optimism. That is when we feel safe in both our spiritual life and in reality, no more fighting, competition, jealousy, insecurity. We will still have spring.

Every spring, I tell myself to live with peace, to welcome peace into my heart. Now, I feel like time is passing so quickly, even though the clock hands still turn steadily like the old days, so sometimes people live in a hurry, live in a hurry. Live as if afraid that their time is too short, not enough to do important things. But no matter how I imagine or think about spring, spring still comes.

So, whether time passes quickly or slowly is just our way of thinking, an inherent feeling of souls contemplating this life and themselves. So let's open our hearts to welcome spring, welcome the season in our own way, in the most relaxed, comfortable, and peaceful way.

Some people will choose to return home to enjoy Tet, to be at peace with their family, relatives and friends. They will cook delicious dishes, treat relatives, and consider those warm days of gathering as an honor and a value. That is a way to welcome spring in a calm and peaceful way so that after the Tet days have passed, life will return to normal.

Some people will also prepare for themselves trips to the highlands, welcome spring in new lands, conquer the beauty of nature with a group of friends, immerse themselves in nature, consider nature as a friend to face and confide in. These are often young people who want to commit, conquer and like different feelings. That is a way to welcome spring dynamically, open-mindedly, welcome with green thoughts, also showing youthfulness, positive energy from this busy but meaningful life.

Let's talk more about the green, minimalist living trend that has begun to appear in our lives in recent years. Over time, people also choose to welcome spring in this way. The minimalist lifestyle is actually very simple, it can start with reducing daily consumption, choosing healthy foods and drinks, reducing alcohol. They buy less things to fill the house like cakes, jams, beer, wine, even expensive wine to treat guests....

Some people worry every time Tet comes, from buying clothes, household items, children, gifts for parents... Then worry about the feast, from the year-end offering tray, New Year's Eve, the first day of Tet. People who worry too much are afraid that they are not thoughtful, others will not be satisfied. Then they look for delicious and strange things like chicken for the king, fish for the king, abalone, shark fin... And in the drinking party, they drink together, get drunk. This not only affects health but is also wasteful, causing frustration for relatives.

So what is minimalism for shopping during Tet? Many people ask themselves the question and answer: If before they bought a lot of furniture and clothes, now they cut down. Minimalists are always allergic to wasteful lifestyles and spending more than necessary. Fortunately, many young people are now aware of this and call on the community during Tet to prepare a comfortable mindset and avoid pressure by minimalism. It is a different style, a lifestyle that does not need too many conveniences and food and drinks around.

Look at the swallows carrying the sun back to the fields, back to the village, along with the warm joy of spring. Spring is waiting for us to open our hearts to welcome spring. The beautiful flowers are urging us to think about the beautiful seasons, simple humanity. Opening our hearts is also clearing our hearts, preparing our minds to welcome the new season, the new vitality. Opening our hearts to give, to share the fire, to share with the poor to receive warmth. That is also preparing a vitality to enter the new spring, with a steady mind, ready to face challenges, to live well, to live kindly.

All things of vanity will eventually pass away, as many sages have said. What remains valuable is the joy in peace. When this life exists, there are four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter, as well as a resource, which is happiness. Happiness is always there, waiting, and each person must receive it in a way that nourishes their own free life.

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