Born in 1923, she is now 98 years old, officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the "world's oldest working pharmacist.".
For 75 years, no matter the wind, rain, or the heat, the cold, she insisted on staying in the pharmacy every day, with kind words and warm hands, to bring encouragement and hope to people nearby, she wholeheartedly treated everyone in front of her, with a long time, prescribed a gentle prescription for hugging.
Let's walk into Eiko's book "Time is a Good Medicine" and read the unique wisdom that time has given her.
Eiko believes that learning about new things is the most enjoyable thing.
Whether it's learning about new medicines, learning to use the new features of a computer with the help of those around her, or communicating with her family on the communication tools of her mobile phone, these are all good medicines for her to feel excited and keep her young.
Albert Einstein said, "I have no special talents, only strong curiosity, and those who always remain curious are those who are always progressive."
Maintaining a curiosity about the world and others will make you full of interest in life and full of expectations for the future.
Time is like chocolate candy in a box, we never know what it will taste when we open it, and being curious about everything around us is the secret to making ourselves happy.
Think about childhood, why are we so happy? We want to know why the cicadas are so high-pitched, how many legs the centipede has, whether there is Santa Claus, who the teacher will arrange for tomorrow to clean up in the library...
Because we are full of curiosity about everything, we are full of expectations for everything, and the moment when the mystery is revealed and the truth is revealed, it is also a moment when we are doubly happy.
As adults, how do we keep our curiosity? We can work on three fronts.
1. Maintain a curiosity about knowledge
Socrates once said, "I know only one thing, and that is that I know nothing."
Human knowledge is like a circle, the inside of the circle is known, and the outside of the circle is unknown. The more you know, the bigger the circle, and the more you don't know.
A person has a certain amount of knowledge, and the more problems he contacts and thinks about, the more he feels that there are many problems that he does not understand, and the more he feels that his knowledge is poor.
Maintaining curiosity about knowledge will make us think diligently, exercise our minds, and make our brains more and more flexible. The more knowledge we have, the easier it is to feel satisfied and fulfilled.
2. Maintain curiosity about those around you
We can treat everyone as a door and a window to open the unknown field, each person's experience is different, naturally there will be his field of expertise, enrich his vision through communication, and read everyone as a book, there will naturally be different gains.
3. Maintain curiosity about problem solving
Once, the newly purchased bookcase at home arrived, but it needed to be assembled by myself. I took the installation drawing, matched the various plates and nails of different sizes one by one, and assembled them step by step according to the drawings. When I assembled the bookcase in my own strength, a sense of pride sprang up.
Learn how to make PPT higher, how to transform discarded old clothes into storage bags, how to plant a new plant... Many small things in this life are full of fun, waiting for us to solve them, so that we can become more loving of life.
Eiko believes that when a person is determined to move toward a goal, he will become stronger and achieve greater achievements.
A person has a goal, just like a ship on a long voyage has a lighthouse, which allows us to concentrate all our efforts on facing all difficulties without distraction.
In the novel "Fate is Like Strings", Shi Tiesheng told us the story of the old blind man and the little blind man. The master told the old blind man that as long as he broke 1,000 strings, he could open the prescription hidden in the piano and cure his eyes.
When the old blind man finally broke 1,000 strings, he was told that the prescription turned out to be a wordless white paper. The old blind man's heart is like ashes, but he is worried about his apprentice little blind man, he told the little blind man who lost love and waited for death, as long as he broke 1200 strings, he could get a prescription to cure his eyes.
Therefore, the little blind man had a goal to live, and the old blind man also understood the truth of fate, and he began a new life, a sober life, just like the master who knew the truth.
Shi Tie sheng said, "The meaning of life lies in the fact that you can create the beauty and excitement of this process, and the value of life lies in the fact that you can calmly and excitedly appreciate the beauty and tragedy of this process."
As long as a person moves towards the ideal in his heart, he will never lose his way. As long as you are still on the road ahead, life is good.
Eiko believes that the accumulated time is the best medicine that can cure us.
Because time will make people stronger, softer, and make the bonds deepen. One day, time will heal people's hearts, heal everything, and time is the medicine of life.
Eiko's son suddenly fell ill 25 years ago, and his son left forever, which made her feel very remorseful for herself at one point. But she was not crushed, she felt that it was her duty to guard the drugstore in place of her son, who was no longer there, and she expected herself to become stronger.
When misfortune comes, try to accept the reality in front of you, devote yourself to the mission you should complete, live every day seriously, and believe that time will heal all scars and pain.
Think about when we felt that the sky collapsed because of the failure of the college entrance examination, the 20s who did not want to die because of the loss of love, and the year of establishment because of the cynicism of work... Looking back now, what is all this?
The problems that once deeply troubled us now seem to be nothing more than a conversation with friends after drinking, a sigh, and everything has long been light.
It is precisely because of the accumulation of time that we will have the indifference of today's state of mind. The accumulated time can heal us and bring us to the land of our dreams.
Eiko said, "From now on, it's not too late to do anything."
With the advancement of medical technology, there are more and more healthy elderly people, and if we retire at the age of 60, it can be said that we are in prime. After retirement, we have a second life.
If you use the rest of the time to challenge new things, to complete the things you have always wanted to do, to go to the places you have always wanted to go, to turn the wishes that you did not have time to achieve in the past into reality, and let every day of your life live in a wonderful way.
The future is still very long, the future has infinite possibilities, from now on, it is not too late to do anything.
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