Author | Insights into Allergy
Anchor | Fan Deng Reading · Ah Cheng
The writer Ferryman once asked his university professor, "What is the ideal life?" ”
The professor's answer is thought-provoking:
"At a certain age, you will naturally have an epiphany that things outside the body are not so important at all. A low-ended life is the most down-to-earth and stable. ”
In the past, we always thought that life was to pursue a "high configuration" life.
High-end cars, high-end residences, decent jobs...
Now that half a life has passed, we slowly understand that if people are too much in pursuit of "high matching", they will eventually be overwhelmed.
Appropriately reduce the configuration, in order to live more calmly.
Stephen King, author of The Shawshank Redemption, has his own set of chic "little table theories":
When he writes, he only needs a small desk, the size of a square meter, and the appearance of a student desk.
The items on the table are also very simple, a small lamp large enough to illuminate the table, manuscript paper or computer, and nothing else.
When he became famous, he tried to change himself to a high-end desk, made of walnut wood, as wide as a single bed, just to highlight his identity as a "first-class writer".
As he wished, he found that he was not as happy as he thought.
Sitting in front of the luxurious table, he was completely uninspired.
Soon after, he abandoned the table and returned to his humble little table.
In favor of the same sentence: "You possess and dominate matter, and you will also be dominated by matter." ”
When the Curies got married, there was only a simple dining table and two chairs in their reception room.
Curie's father knew about it and was ready to give them a set of furniture.
But Marie Curie refused:
"With sofas and soft chairs, you need people to clean them, and it's a shame to spend time on this."
Her husband said to her, "It's okay if we don't have a sofa, how about we add another chair?" Guests can also sit when they come. ”
Marie Curie still disagreed: "What if the chatty guest sits down?" ”
In the end, they decided not to add any more furniture.
Although the home is empty, their hearts are incomparably rich.
In fact, life is like this, only by giving up some non-essential objects can we dance lightly.
The low ratio of materials does not allow you to compress the living space and reduce the quality of life.
It is about finding a lifestyle that suits you best, living a life of comfort, ease, and surplus to enjoy your spiritual life.
When a person reaches middle age, the best state of life is to match your life and your soul.
Buy one less new outfit and read more book;
Buy one less fancy furniture and listen to one more class.
In the life of cutting out the complicated and simplifying, cultivate a rich heart.
Life is bounded by middle age, the first half of the life is fresh and angry, and the second half of the life is leisurely.
When you are young, you must control your desire and let it become your motivation;
At a certain age, we must restrain our desires, be content and happy, and feel the most beautiful taste in the world.
I've seen such a story.
There was a farmer who wanted to buy a piece of land.
The man who sold the land said to him:
"If you want to buy land, you only need to pay 1,000 yuan, and how much land you circle with your steps, the land will all belong to you."
But he had a condition: he gave the farmer only one day, and if the farmer could not return to the starting point at the last moment, he would not get a single inch of land.
The farmer was very happy to hear this, and thought to himself that I must walk more so that I could circle a large piece of land at the end of the day.
The more I thought about it, the more I felt that it was worth it, and the farmer decisively paid the money and signed the contract.
The next day, the farmer set out on the road early in the morning, and kept going forward, without resting for a moment, and went far, far away, but still did not rush back.
It wasn't until dusk that he realized he had to hurry back.
At this time, he took three steps and made two steps to run back, but he could not return to the starting point in time.
In the end, he didn't get an inch of land.
Socrates once said, "Contentment is a natural wealth, and desire is man-made poverty." ”
Many times, life is full of troubles, not too little, but too much.
If desire is greater than the scope of ability to bear, you will pay a huge price for stress and anxiety.
A low-quality life is actually a kind of letting go.
Let go of the impetuous heart, let go of the bustling scenery, let go of the desire that cannot be asked for.
In this way, we can reduce the burden of the heart and live freely.
As the saying goes: less desire is quiet, and quiet mind is simple.
When people reach middle age, the less desire they have, the less they have in mind, and the better their mentality.
Yu Hua wrote in "Shouting in the Drizzle":
"I no longer pretended to have a lot of friends, but returned to loneliness and began to live alone with the real me."
When people are young, they always like to add to the circle and are happy to make all kinds of contacts.
Waiting for middle age to look back and find that there are only a few who can stay in life.
Only then did I realize that there was no need to squeeze my head for the so-called high-level circle.