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Many times in life, we do not lose to the helplessness of reality, but to the desires of the heart. The more you want, the more you don't get anything.
The great writer Leo Tolstoy wrote a story called "How Much Land Does a Man Need", and the hero of the story, Paholm, is a sobering and a microcosm of many people's lives.
Farmer Pahom worked hard, but remained destitute and had no land of his own.
He dreamed of owning a piece of land of his own, so he brainstormed with his family, amassed 100 roubles, sold a foal, half a bee, and had one of his sons work long for others in order to get paid in advance.
Finally, one day, he had 50 hectares of land of his own.
Pahom began to sow seeds on his own land, and a year later the harvest was good, he became a small landowner, and could have lived a happy life, but he gradually felt unsatisfied as he watched his 50 hectares of land, and felt that this was far from enough.
Pahom heard that land was cheap elsewhere, and he sold his current land and moved with his family to a distant land to buy more land.
Today, he is now a farmer, living ten times stronger than before, with his own cattle and horses, and servants.
But before long, when he was accustomed to his present life, he was not satisfied, and he looked at the distant grassland and thought how good it would be if all these lands were mine, so he went to the owner of the land.
The owner told him that their land was bought and sold on a daily basis, and that in a day's time, as long as you returned to the original point before the sun set, then the land you walked through belonged to you.
Pahom was overjoyed and set off early in the morning.
After choosing his direction, he ran excitedly, wanting more land. On the way, he gradually felt weak and began to breathe, but he still did not want to look back, wanting more.
Eventually, he vomited blood and collapsed before the finish line, never to get up again.
His servants eventually buried him, and in the process of burying him, the servants discovered that the last piece of land That Pahom needed was only a small piece of land six feet from head to toe.
You see, this is the end of people with too strong desires, the more dissatisfied you are, the easier it is to frame yourself in a very small circle, it seems to have gained a lot, but in fact you have lost more.
One: Lower your desires and you will be closer to the happiness you want
Proper desire can stimulate a person's self-motivation, just as when you set up a long jump, always stare at a farther place, the greater the goal, the greater the inner potential is stimulated.
But such desires, once they exceed the limits of what they can bear, will only backfire.
Like the farmer Paholm mentioned above, he originally wanted to own a piece of land, but then he wanted more and more, so that in the end, he lost his life because he was too greedy.
And all he could end up with was a piece of land the size of a grave.
What is the purpose of a hard life? When people are gone, you can't take anything away, but it is better to enjoy life when you are alive, feel love and warmth well, and try not to leave too many regrets in your life as much as possible.
Two: Forget your competitive spirit, the more you know about abstinence, the more advanced you live
In the sales industry, a wolf law is often promoted, believing that employees must be as fierce as wolves, not willing to accept the status quo, to challenge, to defeat everyone.
Such thinking can motivate people in their careers, but if you are such a "wolf nature" in life and at any time and anywhere, then your life will be very tiring.
Many times, our unhappiness does not come from ourselves, but from comparison with others. Your happiness is not based on your own achievements, but on the pride you have taken after beating others. You always think of others as imaginary enemies, but you forget to think about whether others have taken you to heart.
People with a strong competitive spirit, whose minds are focused on others, will forget to listen to their own inner voices.
You've always wanted to beat others and prove that you can do better where others are better than you. Think about it from another angle, you are using your life's efforts to live the life that others want.
Before the age of fifty, you may not have found the meaning of your own life, so benchmark the people around you and prove yourself with success in the eyes of others.
Then after the age of fifty, you should find your own direction and take the path you want to take, instead of running on someone else's track all the time.
There are not so many opponents and enemies in your life, please reconcile with your competitive spirit in the second half of your life and live your own life.
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