There is always a passage of text that accompanies you to grow; there is always a voice that touches your heart. Today is World Book Day, And the WeChat public account of China Water Transport News "China Water Transport Night Reading" column was officially launched. Here, we will use the warmest words, the most heartfelt stories, the most emotional telling, growing up with you and meeting the beautiful together.
Two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom combine to give birth to water. Water is the fountain of life on Earth.
Lao Tzu said, "The good is like water, and the water is good for all things without dispute, and this is the virtue of humility." ”
To understand Lao Tzu's philosophy on water, first of all, to be a person, you must have a low posture of water flowing low.
Water benefits and nourishes all things, but does not compete with all things. For the wise water is self-aware—it knows that in the presence of the strong, to have a piece of the sky, it has to bow its head silently and flow into the low-lying places where no one is crowded. However, it is this indisputable low posture that has achieved the magnificence of returning to the sea.
To be a person, you must also have the atmosphere of a hundred rivers.
Lao Tzu believes that the reason why the river and the sea can become the destination of all rivers is because it is good at being in the downstream position, so it has become the "king of a hundred grains". Hai Na Bai Chuan is a kind of tolerance, a kind of selflessness, a kind of realm, a kind of strength. Just as the sky embraces every cloud, no matter how beautiful or ugly, it is vast; the mountain contains every rock, no matter how big or small, so it is majestic; the sea contains every wave, no matter how turbid, so it is vast.
To be a person, you must have the challenge of hitting the water in the middle stream.
Water, fickle, can be sublimated. For the clouds, to float freely, to show life; for the fog, winding the world, beautiful style; for the rain, the drizzle whispers, moisturizing all things. Water, but also holy for snow, sprinkled with foreign oceans, decorate the joy and purity of a fairy tale in the world. In particular, the water freezes in the cold, which inspires us to enhance cohesion and centripetal force, and the more difficult and dangerous the more forward, in order to win the final victory.
Being human also requires a tender affinity like water.
Lao Tzu believed that those who are virtuous should be kind and benevolent, good in words and faith, and good in deeds. "To be kind and benevolent" means to interact with people, to be friendly, to respect the strong, and to understand the weak. "Words are good and trustworthy" means that we must talk about credit when we speak, and we must do what we say and do what we do. "When doing good", it means doing things with the idea of being kind to others, and trying to grasp the timing of things reasonably. By treating people and things according to Lao Tzu's thinking, we can form the best affinity in interpersonal relationships.
In addition, it is necessary to have a dedication to contribute to the people.
Water is integrated with thousands of substances, constituting indispensable substances such as tea, potions, and inks in people's lives, and water always occupies the second place. However, if there is no water, will they still exist? It turns out that it is this silent dedication and indisputable virtue of water that enlightens us that we should not compete for fame and profit, and reflect personal values in silent dedication!
Finally, be a person with a good attitude of stillness.
Water is safe with encounters, whether it is a rock gap or a swamp alkali beach, water can survive tenaciously. Even if it is only a drop of dew, it will smile and shine in the morning glow. In a person's life, there are too many and too many experiences, there are highs and lows, there are twists and turns, there are bitterness, and there are also temptations of fame, power, wealth and glory. In order to achieve the life realm of "not being insulted, idly watching the flowers blossom and fall before the court; to stay unintentional, and to follow the clouds outside the sky", it is necessary to have a mind and state as indifferent as water to Mingzhi.
In fact, water carries almost all the virtues that Lao Tzu wants to express. The truth contained in those seemingly ordinary and superficial phenomena reveals the truth of how people can integrate into society, contribute to society, and establish morality in a turbulent society.
(The author is Shi Hua, Party Secretary, Chairman and President of China Water Transport Newspaper Co., Ltd.)
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