Good, Bad and the Correct Way

Zen Master Man Gong said, “Everybody wants a good thing, but most people don’t understand that when you get a good thing, you also get a bad thing. If they understood that, then they would practice Zen.”
This life is not about getting good things and avoiding bad things. It is about digesting each thing that appears and using it to help others. Good things come, we digest them, and we use them to help others. Bad things come, we digest them, and we use them to help others. This is the correct way.