Sometimes disaster forces us to ask whether our passion was real or just the current of our time.

Carl Jung abandoned his early fame at 38 and spent years just recording his inner voices.

Sometimes a disaster that takes us away from our daily routine forces us to reconsider our lives.

Life today moves too fast to stop and look back. We rarely ask: What were we? What did we want to become? In youth, we are too busy studying, working, and keeping up. But in midlife, or at the doorstep of old age, looking back becomes urgent. Because if we don’t, we may reach the end with nothing but regret.

We have heard stories of dying people who said the same thing: they had spent their precious lives on empty goals.

When death comes close, we see the truth, but too late.

A doctor once told me about a late night at his clinic. He was about to close when a friend called, a wealthy developer who built famous skyscrapers. The developer brought in a companion for examination. The man who was with him had no serious problem, and after prescribing something simple, the rich man asked the doctor: "Since I'm here, could you check this stiffness on the right side of my belly? It doesn't hurt."

The doctor examined him. His liver was severely enlarged. Tests and scans that same night at the nearby hospital revealed a large malignant tumor spreading through his liver and digestive system. The developer asked the doctor for the........

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