You need to get rid of these desires after your 50th birthday – the second half of your life will pass happily: wisdom from Lao Tzu

Forget about them forever

After fifty years of age, many people begin to think about how they lived their lives. It turns out that years can be spent on things that bring neither joy nor peace, but only destroy inner harmony.

The ancient Chinese sage Lao Tzu identified four desires that should be abandoned in the second half of life.

Desire for revenge

You shouldn’t stoop to the level of the offender, because whoever sows evil will get it back. The thirst for revenge does not do anything good to the one who carries it in the heart – it only corrodes him.

Desire to buy and own

“A rich person is one who is satisfied with his current situation; it is at this moment that he begins to truly enjoy life. And others, in their desire to have as many things as possible, will spin like squirrels in a wheel until…