在人的一生中，有許多事物是需要珍惜的；但卻有不少事物是可以丟棄的。該丟棄的事物，便要毅然丟棄，不要捨不得。捨不得可能徒然造成許多累贅。
讀書人最常為各種報紙、雜誌、字紙、書、稿等資料所苦。資料固然要儲存；但是許多人儲存了些對自己無關重要的資料或儲存時認為重要的資料，定然占了地方，以致書櫥、書桌、抽屜甚至床下、地板等等到處都是，髒亂成一團，收拾困難，束手無策。
許多人家裡常常會有許多不用的東西。許是孩子的舊玩具，許是用過的傢具，買的時候，可能自覺很貴重，很美好，用很高的價格買下；但是，玩過一陣子，用過一陣子，不喜歡了，不用了，或者隨處一放，或者儲之倉庫，久而久之，忘了，任它們再那裡落滿灰塵、腐壞。
有些人有壞習慣，譬如不莊重、散漫、不專心、偷懶、吸食毒品、作奸犯科等等，這些壞習慣往往戕害他的一生，甚至危害國家、社會、人類。有這些壞習慣的人，應痛下決心，毅然丟棄，成為一個有用之人。
世上事物有該珍惜的，有該丟棄的。該珍惜的便要珍惜，該丟棄的尤其要決心，毅然丟棄。時時檢查，時時反省，該丟棄的便予丟棄——丟棄那些舊的，不好的，不要捨不得，方能輕鬆，不受累贅。
2013/5/9人間福報副刊
Cast away Hsu ChiCheng
In our whole life， there are many things must to be treasured but there are many things can be cast away. Cast away resolutely ought to cast away， don’t be unwilling to. Unwilling to cast away will cause many burdensome to no avail.
The scholar often felt trouble by the data of newspapers， magazines， wastepaper， books and manuscripts etc. Of course the data must deposit; but many people deposit no important or may important deem then， surely occupied space， so that book cases， desks， drawers even under the beds， floors etc. in everywhere， mess all around， difficult to clean， are at a loss to know what to do.
Frequently there are many useless things in many families. May be the old toys， may be the furniture， possibly they are very valuable as they deemed themselves， great beauty， bought them with very high price; but played for a short time， used for a short time， disliked it， perhaps places it anywhere， perhaps deposited it in storehouse， for a long time forgot it， let them full of dust， rotten.
May someone have bed habit， for instance， undignified， undisciplined， absentminded， idle， drug taking， crime， etc.， these bed habits will often do harmful to his whole life， even do harmful to country， society and human being. The people who holds these bed habits， ought to make up their mind， cast away resolutely， to be a useful person.
Things in the world， some ought to treasure， some ought to cast away. We must treasure ought to treasure， those ought to cast away must make up mind cast away resolutely. Self examination， self-reflection， cast away those ought to cast away， ——cast away those old， no good， don’t be unwilling to， and will be relaxed， free of burdensome.@
責任編輯：林芳宇
