In my view, the path of life resembles a 'pyramid law':
🔹 Level One: Survival
This level is the simplest yet the most brutal—
Will there be food to eat tomorrow? Where can I live? Will I be caught in the rain?
All your efforts are just to survive. Making money, working, taking orders, setting up stalls, no need to talk about dreams, just focus on staying alive.
🔸 Level Two: Safety
Once survival issues are resolved, what you pursue is stability—
Is there social security? Health insurance?
Can my income arrive on time every month?
Is there a house at home? Can the children go to school?
At this stage, most people choose a 'stable job' + 'normal life rhythm'.
In simple terms, not seeking to make big money, but hoping nothing major happens.
🔹 Level Three: Spiritual
The real watershed has arrived.
When you have the ability to replicate and can earn 500,000 a month no matter which city you are thrown into—
You have stepped out of the safety level and entered the spiritual level.
What you start pursuing is not money itself, but:
What are my hobbies?
What is my value in society?
What can I 'create', rather than 'acquire'?
You invest not for financial freedom, but to express and prove your value of existence.
At this level, some people start to quietly stand out.
What is the law?
Where you are in the hierarchy determines what world you can see.
When living at the bottom, you have no time to talk about spirituality;
The stability of the safety level will limit your willingness to take risks;
Only by entering the spiritual level do you truly understand that 'money is not the goal, capability is the foundation.'
So—
Written at the end:
Which level are you at now?
Are you busy surviving, or pursuing stability?
Or have you already decided to enter the 'spiritual level' through trading or talent?
You don't need to envy those at the top of the tower, as long as every step you take is upward—
Sooner or later, you will also stand there and contemplate 'What can I leave for this world?'