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Those who succeed will often not know beforehand that they will succeed. Those who fail will often not know beforehand that they will fail. Therefore, why waste time and effort to anticipate success or failure when it will only cause anxiety and apprehension? If we understand the nature of success and failure, we will not be sad if things go wrong or overjoyed when things go our way. Undisturbed by emotional swings, we can deal in a calm and composed manner with whatever comes. Many things happen without our active intervention. When the momentum of events is too strong, the best thing we can do is get out of the way and not be swept up by it. Thus, knowing the role of destiny in success and failure, the wise ones know when to act and when to stop. Someone who accepts the natural flow of events will not be aroused by what's happening around him. He will not respond in anger or joy, attraction or repulsion, fear or relaxation. On the other hand, someone who rejects the natural flow of events will always worry about success and failure, gain and loss, approval or rejection.
