The Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi once said: "Sometimes the heavens breed things, the earth has limited wealth, and the desires of people are infinite." Sometimes there is a limited desire to be desired, and when the legal system is not born, it will be violent and the wealth will be scarce. ”
The meaning of this sentence is that all the life and resources of existence between heaven and earth have certain limitations, but man's desires are endless.
If the world does not make good use of resources and cannot achieve sustainable development, then even if they have abundant resources, sooner or later there will be a day of emptiness and exhaustion.
Human desire is the root cause of all disasters, and many times we know that we must "stop at the right time", but we can't resist the desires of the heart.
Under the indulgence of a single indulgence, good things gradually develop in the direction of bad.
Just like the admonition of the ancients: "There are only tired cattle, no fields that are ploughed."
Even if this sentence is used in reality, it has a very profound meaning.
If life is compared to the "farming" of the autumn harvest, then everyone in the world is a "ploughing cow" who ploughs the field.
In everyone's heart there is a field called "desire."
If we know how to cultivate properly, it can also be used by us and cultivate fruitful fruits.
But if we do not know how to cultivate temperance and spend all our time and energy on pursuing fame and profit, then in the end we have to suffer and suffer ourselves.
1. There is no ploughed field
As mentioned at the beginning, in reality everyone is a ploughing cow, and the meaning of everyone's life is nothing more than to reclaim their own field.
This "field" can be big or big, small or small, and it is all planned by one's own heart.
If it is only to meet three meals a day, it can also provide us with the cost of settling down; if there is an ideal, then it can also fulfill people's future glory. The name of the field is "desire."
Desire is an innate characteristic of human beings, it will continue to emerge and even expand with people's search, and it is an eternal and indestructible existence.
For thousands of years, people have preserved an incomparably strong admiration and respect for this "land" from beginning to end, and it is precisely because of its existence that it has provided the world with an environment for survival.
Under the habit of this "big environment", people can deeply understand what they need and know how to realize their self-worth.
To take the simplest example: If Ma Yun did not have the desire to unify China's online commerce, he would not have created Alibaba;
If Ren Zhengfei did not have the desire to go out of the foreign market, he would not extend the hand of "Huawei" to the United States on the other side of the ocean.
It can be seen that people first have desires before they know how to work hard. Because of the desire to make a lot of money, they will continue to work hard and strive to improve their comprehensive literacy and technical level.
If it is true that there is no desire and no demand, then in this materialistic world, how can it not be a happy thing to choose to be a person who does nothing?
Therefore, desire can be a driving force for people's progress. Because of desire, life will bear the fruits you want.
But in the same way, it is a good thing to have desires and ambitions. But if the gain of this desire is not curbed, but instead indulges its expansion and change, then "the sun is full and the loss is lost, and the water is full."
Perhaps the scourge of desire has also quietly lurked around him.
The story of the uprooting of seedlings is also clear to everyone.
Pulling seedlings is a farmer, he hopes that the crops he planted will grow a little faster, so he came up with such a method, he not only did not clean the grass around the seedlings, but also pulled up the seedlings inside, hoping that it would grow faster, and in the end all the seedlings would be dried up.
As the old saying goes: "Man dies for wealth, and birds die for food", the death of birds and beasts is defeated by the temptation of food; the loss of merchants is lost by the greedy heart that does not know how to stop.
Because they want to take advantage of the world's size, have the idea of reaping all the plates and winning everything, they will be enslaved by desire.
If we cannot see the evil hidden behind desire, then when the disaster is imminent, it is naturally difficult to prevent and overwhelm.
In the vast world, each of us should know in time when facing the increasingly erupting desires in our hearts, which is a kind of "self-preservation" realm of life.
Just like "ploughing the land with cattle", if you can't finish ploughing today, you can still cultivate it tomorrow.
If you want to do everything quickly, you can't reach it, only if you don't know it, the water will flow for a long time, you can be at ease, and the benefits can be long-lasting.
With such wisdom, life can avoid all the dangerous calamities caused by greed.
2. Only tired cows
What is "only a tired cow"? In fact, we need to interpret this problem from two perspectives.
If we continue the above statement, then the "tired cow" mentioned here actually refers to everyone who is running in the "field of desire".
Because if people are blinded by desire, sink in the process of pursuing fame and profit, and turn a blind eye to the hidden dangers behind them, they will inevitably suffer from reality in the end.
That's one way of sayings.
There is also a very reasonable saying that "tired cattle" refers to social resources that are indiscriminately abused and squandered by people.
If we regard the "blossoming" of life as our ultimate goal.
"Farming", then, is the inevitable process of achieving this goal.
In this process, we ourselves are the main body of the process operation, and "cultivating cattle" is a convenient resource that can provide us with a convenient resource that can help us achieve our goals faster and easier.
The use of cattle to plow the land can make the land more fertile and soft, and more suitable for the growth of crops.
Just like our life, as long as we have material resources and human resources, then if we want to achieve achievements, it is a matter of doing more with less.
However, in this process, there is a problem that must be paid attention to by everyone, that is, to learn to use resources correctly and rationally.
So what can be done to use resources correctly and rationally?
Quite simply, it is necessary to "make the best use of the materials and make the best use of the talents of the people", and also to plan for a long-term future while using resources to achieve sustainable and effective development.
Although the cultivating cattle can pull the plough every day, their strength is also ten times greater than that of the number. But if the cow is allowed to work every day without letting it rest enough, then even if the iron body is beaten, under this high-intensity work
It still doesn't last long.
For real-world resources, the same is true.
Such as wealth, if a person has wealth, he will squander it recklessly, indulge in the luxurious life of drunken gold fans all day long, and do not know how to accumulate wealth and make good use of wealth.
Then even if you sit on the golden mountain and silver mountain, it will be difficult to escape the tragic end of sitting on the mountain and eating the sky in the future.
Or "human feelings", human feelings are consumables, used once less than once.
If we always abuse human feelings, ask for excesses, and consume the kindness of others to us.
Then when it comes to an emergency, those who could have saved themselves will surely close the door for you and turn a blind eye to your prayers.
It can be seen that having resources to enjoy is a pleasure in itself, but if we do not make good use of them.
At that time, "things will be reversed, and happiness will be sad", and when everything is far away from themselves, it is really difficult to ride the tiger, and there is no way to repay the blessings.
In life, each of us is actually more or less
They all have some exclusive resources, such as friends and family around them, career platforms, and a lot of time and energy.
These resources can not only provide themselves with material help, but also provide themselves with a chance to accumulate and develop, and they can also provide spiritual support in their most difficult times.
But in any case, resources need to be coordinated to win the opportunity, resources need to be used rationally to play a role, having resources is not a cattle, and really using resources will achieve great success.
The folk saying "only tired cattle, no ploughed fields", the meaning of this sentence is to warn people: know everything and know how to curb unnecessary desires.
Don't let yourself be enslaved by desire, learn to be the master of desire, and at the same time, in the process of achieving achievements, cherish all the resources you have and make good use of them.