Everything has a cause and effect. There is no such thing as a sudden appearance without cause. This world is made up of a network of connections spanning the past, present, and future.
So in order to take care of yourself, you can only value yourself by valuing the causes that lead to your own results one by one... In other words, a really smart way to live is to value others. This is the Buddha's worldview of mercy.
Also, the fact that everything has causes and effects means that suffering also has a cause. It is natural that physical suffering, such as illness or injury, has causes, but there are also causes for mental distress.
There is no pain in the five senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch, and primary consciousness the moment the brain detects those five senses.
Suffering occurs because people go one step further and evaluate it with thoughts such as “this is a good thing, this is a bad thing,” “I don't like this,” or “this kind of thing is happy, and unhappy when this happens”... in Buddhism, they think so. This is Buddha's view of the world of wisdom (chie).
Everyone is connected, so I'm all wrapped up and my whole self is big. That big self is Buddha. This is who I am! It's an identity! Something like that is actually a product of thought and is the cause of suffering.
Most of all, when it comes to living in general society, daring to prepare for suffering and be productive is unavoidable, as a matter of degree.
Going back to the story, I will finally list 4 Buddhist goals.
① Allocation. Be someone who is happy to give something to others.
② Love language Use thoughtful language.
③ Toshiyuki (rigyo) Let's help people and creatures in need.
④ Colleaguer (what happened). Know that you are yourself and that others are not irrelevant because they are other people, and that they are all connected and that you are a big self. If the person next to you is happy, you will be happy as if you were your own; if the person next to you is sad, you will feel sorry for yourself. Then let's snuggle up.
This is Buddhism.
This kind of thing is not a point deduction method called “because it wasn't done,” and “I was able to do this today. I want to do it tomorrow too. Let's do it using the point addition method of “I wish I could do more things.”