Author: Li Siyuan
Many listeners have asked me, how can people enrich themselves when they reach middle age?
Remember this sentence:
"Diligence can nourish wealth, learning can cultivate knowledge, goodness can nourish happiness, happiness can nourish life, kinetic energy can nourish the body, and stillness can nourish the heart."
The so-called affluence is by no means the satisfaction of desires, material luxury.
Instead, it is necessary to develop good habits to make yourself physically and mentally enriched and live a good life.
This is the best way for a person to enrich himself.
Diligence can raise money
To enrich yourself, remember to be diligent and raise money.
There is an old saying: "People are diligent, and they are poor; people are lazy, and they are not rich for long." ”
A person who is down-to-earth and hardworking, not afraid of hardship, and not afraid of being affected, can gradually get rid of poverty.
A person is lazy and scattered, does nothing, does nothing, and only sits and eats the mountain.
Zeng Guofan, a famous minister in the late Qing Dynasty, regarded the word "diligence" as the foundation for building a family.
He once wrote in a letter to his second son, Zeng Jihong:
"Er is still young, do not covet luxury, do not get used to laziness. No matter whether everyone is a small family, a farmer, an industrialist, or a businessman, they are diligent and thrifty, and they are not unhappy; they are arrogant and tired, and they are not undefeated. ”
The Zeng family has been training this for generations, and has cultivated a diligent and good family style for the prosperity of the family.
As the old saying goes, "Karma is good at diligence, and absurdity is in play." ”
If you eat bitterly, you will be a superior person, and if you are tired and tired, you will become a rich and noble person.
When you are young and strong, if you earn more money, you will have more confidence in life; if you save more, you will have more rights to choose.
Learning can cultivate knowledge
To enrich yourself, remember to learn to cultivate knowledge.
There is a saying in the "Awakening to the Everlasting Word": "To know the affairs of the world, you must read the books of the ancients." ”
If a person does not learn, his three views and cognition will become more and more narrow.
And when a person reads more books, his vision and knowledge will continue to improve.
There is a question on Zhihu: "What is the difference between people who read books regularly and those who don't?" ”
One of the highly praised answers was:
Read more novels, you will see a variety of ups and downs of life, no matter what you face in the future, it is a bridge section that you have experienced in your heart;
Read more history, you will see all kinds of tiny individuals who are trapped by the torrent of fate, the world is set to change, back and forth;
Read more sociology, and you will find that those commonplace things come from themselves, and you are just part of the system, as light as duckweed.
There are no books to read in vain in life, and each one will open a window to see the world for you.
The books that a person reads hide the roads he has traveled, the landscapes he has seen, and the thoughts and judgments he has formed.
Only the higher you stand, the farther you can see; the more you learn, the more you see.
Goodness nourishes blessings
To enrich ourselves, remember that goodness can nourish blessings.
Tell you a little story.
During the Song Dynasty, Taizu Zhao Kuangyin sent the general Cao Bin to fight.
After successfully attacking Yibin, Sichuan, Cao Bin's advisers proposed to him that the entire city be burned to death to avoid any trouble.
Cao Bin not only failed to do so, but also ordered all soldiers not to harass the people, and even leniently treated the prisoners, allowing them to reclaim the land they were willing to stay on, and those who wanted to go home were to be wounded.
At that time, the people of Yibin were all grateful for his kindness, and specially built the Cao Gong Temple for him in the local area to thank him.
Later, Cao Bin rose all the way to high, the official was high-quality, over ninety years old, and his descendants Tengda.
There is a saying, "Everything in the world is cause and effect." ”
The more generous you are, the easier it is to win the hearts of others.
The thicker things are, the easier it is to broaden your own path.
All words and deeds to others will eventually be returned to themselves.
If you want to accumulate good luck, you must have good intentions; if you want to accumulate blessings, you must make good friends.
Only when a person accumulates virtue and does good deeds, the better his luck will be, the deeper his blessings will be, and the smoother his life will be.
Happy to grow old
To enrich yourself, remember that happiness can nourish life.
In this life, suffering is a day, joy is also a day; sorrow is a day, and happiness is also a day.
Since everything is alive, why not be happy.
95-year-old Charlie Munger, in an interview with the media, shared the secret of his happy longevity, that is:
"Don't be jealous, don't resent, don't over-consume, protect your happy mood, don't dwell on your inner troubles, be with people you trust, do what you need to do, these simple things can make life better." 」
In the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic, it is said: "All diseases are born of qi." ”
Maintaining a good mood and mindset is the best way to maintain health.
When people reach middle age, may you not hurt and torture yourself.
Don't get tangled up with bad people, don't worry about small things.
Keep a joyful heart and look down on all gains and losses.
When your mind is free of entanglements and obstacles, you will live a relaxed and comfortable life.
Kinetic energy to nourish the body
To enrich yourself, remember to nourish yourself.
Life is in motion.
A person who does not have time to exercise will always pay a greater price for his health.
There is a video of "The Last Decade of Life" on the Internet, which tells about the different states of people to their later years.
Some people get up early in the morning and can go to the park briskly to run and walk;
Some people can only stay in the hospital all day and look out through the window.
Some people ride their bicycles to see the scenery every day like young people; others can only sit in wheelchairs and are pushed to see a doctor. Sporting and not exercising, living a different life.
Instead of always envying the good health of others, it is better to strengthen and keep fit from now on.
No matter how busy life is, take some time to exercise, no matter how tired you are at work, spend some energy to exercise.
Every drop of sweat you shed is shaping a healthier you.
Tranquility nourishes the mind
To enrich yourself, remember to be able to nourish the mind.
Lao Tzu once said: "Return to the root and be quiet, and quietly know that you will return to life." ”
When you calm down, the world will become clear and you will feel peaceful inside.
Wang Zengqi once wrote in the article that he would get up early every day to make a cup of tea and sit quietly for an hour on an old pair of old sofas at home, a habit he insisted on for many years.
He said that only after settling down can we better reflect and introspect.
A good life needs to be quiet and watch yourself all the time.
Only by settling yourself down like a glass of water can you keep your original intention in a muddy mess.
Regardless of the hustle and bustle of the surrounding cars and horses, you have your own calm of "sitting in the south terrace with a pot of incense, and forgetting everything all day long".
Ren years can not look back, you have your own "tiger roaring dragon groaning clouds, falling flowers and flowing water ordinary heart" sprinkled.
Regardless of the ups and downs of the world, you have the open-mindedness of "looking back at the place where you have always been depressed, returning, and there is no wind or rain or sunshine".
Be diligent in raising wealth to be far from poverty;
Learn to learn to hear more;
Good nourishment to transport;
Happy to live longer;
Moving and recuperating to keep fit;
Calm the mind to renounce restlessness.
May you enrich yourself and live your best life.