Most People Live Three Lives — The Ox, The Wolf, and The Child
Most people think they live only one life.
But if you watch carefully,
you will see something different.
Most people live three lives.
The life of the Ox.
The life of the Wolf.
And finally, the life of the Child.
These three stages change how a person understands the world.
1. The Life of the Ox
The ox is gentle.
Too gentle.
It walks wherever people lead it.
If someone pulls, it moves.
If someone stops it, it stops.
Many people begin life this way.
They work hard.
They try to be good people.
They try not to harm anyone.
Because of that, they are kind.
But there is a hidden problem.
Sometimes they do not realize they are being used.
They believe the path given to them
is their own path.
So they continue working, enduring, and surviving.
The ox stage is not wrong.
It is simply the stage before awakening.
2. The Life of the Wolf
At some point, something changes.
A person begins to see the world differently.
They realize the world is not as simple as they once believed.
They begin to understand
who leads
who uses
and how power moves.
For the first time,
the structure of the world becomes visible.
But the wolf stage has its own struggle.
You understand the world,
but you still do not know how to build yourself.
So the wolf becomes cautious.
It watches.
It questions.
Sometimes it fights.
This is the stage of awakening.
But it is not yet peace.
3. The Life of the Child
The final stage is the life of the child.
At this stage, something interesting happens.
A person becomes simple again.
But this simplicity is not ignorance.
It comes after understanding the world.
People in this stage no longer care too much about how others judge them.
They ask only one question:
“Am I happy?”
Their desires become smaller.
They do not try to defeat others.
Instead, they try to build themselves.
This is why the child stage looks light,
but it is actually the deepest stage of life.
I feel that I am somewhere in the wolf stage now.
I understand more about how the world works,
but my heart is not completely steady yet.
One day, I hope to reach the stage of the child.
A life guided not by other people's eyes,
but by my own heart.
A life where I stand on my own.
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