Life is like a circle, no matter what you gain or lose, you will eventually return to the original point. That being the case, what kind of posture do we have to face the process?
Book of the Later Han Dynasty. In the biography of Wei Biao, it is said: "Be happy and happy, be idyllic and enterprising, and the three auxiliary Confucians should not admire it." This sentence teaches us a philosophy of living in the world: the way of poverty and happiness.
Mr. Liang Shiqiu also once said: The preciousness of the spirit of the path of poverty and happiness is even more difficult to explain clearly in three words to people who are only utilitarian.
The Buddhists also believe that being able to live in peace and happiness and keep a pure heart alone is a state of practice, and if you can do the same as a human being, you will definitely gain something.
There is a well-known story about a banker and fisherman.
The banker meets the fisherman on the riverbank, sees that there are several large tuna in the fisherman's boat, and asks the fisherman how long it will take to catch these fish?
The fisherman replied: It will not be long.
The banker then asked: "Then why not work a little longer and catch more?"
The fisherman said: These fish are enough for the family to eat.
The banker asked, "What do you do with the rest of your time?"
The fisherman said: I have a good night's sleep, fishing, playing with my children, accompanying my wife, eating with friends, playing the piano, my life is very fulfilling.
The banker said: I'm an MBA from Harvard University, maybe I can help you, you should spend more time fishing, earn money to buy a bigger fishing boat, with the money earned by the big fish, buy more fish, so that you can have a fleet, you don't have to sell your own fish to middlemen, but directly to processors or do wholesale retail, you can leave the small village, go to Mexico City, and then to Los Angeles, to New York.
The fisherman asked: But how long will it take?
The banker replied: About 15 to 20 years.
"And then what?" The banker smiled and said that when the time came, you would be able to apply for a listing, sell shares in the company to the public, and you would become rich and own millions.
"And then what?" The banker says you can retire, you move to a small town by the sea, you can sleep until the afternoon, fish, play with the children, accompany your wife, eat with friends every night, play the piano.
The fisherman replied, "Isn't that what I'm already doing now?"
What is the measure of success in life? Is it wealth, is it power, or a quiet day of enjoying a rough tea and light meal
There is a saying in "Mencius": The poor are good at their own, and the da is good for the world. Not everyone has the ability to help the world, most people are ordinary people, we are facing a trivial life, so choose to be poor and happy.
Like the fisherman in the story, is it not a kind of happiness to choose to enjoy a simple life by the quiet seaside?