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As the saying goes, "If you don't believe and look up, the heavens have spared no one." ”
Anything, there is a beginning and an end, it should come, the same can not be hidden, life is the same, from the moment of birth, it means that one day less than one day, the experience, will not be less.
Man is inherently dead, so what is the point of living?
Some people say, "Make good money, spend money, enjoy the glory and wealth, it's good." ”
Another said, "Simply live a life and give up all your desires." ”
A hundred people can say a hundred answers, after all, everyone has their own ideas, and the environment of life is very different.
One writer said, "Parents are the curtains that separate us from death." Only after your parents are old do you begin to face death and seriously think about the concept of life and death. ”
It is true that when a person is sixty years old, he feels that the end of his life is far away, and time is like a white colt passing through the gap, passing quickly. Suddenly looking back, looking at the road you have traveled, you will find that the meaning of living is mostly the following three.
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First, enjoy the process of life, naturally grow old.
One day, a traveler asked the Great Dragon Zen Master, "Tangible things will disappear later, is this an unchanging truth?" ”
The Great Dragon Zen Master smiled and said a poem: "The mountain flowers bloom like a brocade, and the streams are as blue as blue." ”
The flowers on the mountain will not bloom because sooner or later they will wither; they will not lose their beauty because no one appreciates them; the lake that can reflect the sky will not stop flowing because the reflection is particularly beautiful.
A person, instead of worrying about life and death, it is better to relax your mind, enjoy the moment every minute and second, and seriously feel the process of growth, maturity, and aging.
Even if you are poor all your life, it doesn't matter, because you have worked hard, and the sweat you have shed is your beauty; helping others is your "blooming"; a positive attitude is the glory of life.
The poet Gu Cheng wrote in "Avoidance": "You are not willing to plant flowers. You say: I don't want to see it, a little bit withered. Yes, in order to avoid the end, you avoid everything that begins. ”
Joy and sorrow are the natural state of mind of man, but we must overcome fear, stay away from sorrow, and control anger, so that joy can occupy the space of the soul.
Many people, because life is particularly full, are speeding up every day, resulting in scenery along the way, are missed. Even if he makes a lot of money, it is still the end of "doing nothing", and his life, which seems to be decades, is actually a flash.
We always say, "Slow down to be blessed." ”
Only by slowing down can we feel the flowers in spring, the rain in summer, the fallen leaves in autumn, and the snow in winter. Only then can you see the wildflowers and weeds on the side of the road, and you can smell the wind blowing.
Take your time, feel the process of life, old age, illness and death, life is particularly natural.
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Second, cherish the happiness of the moment and taste life.
During the Tang Dynasty, Master Baizhang Huaihai laid down many rules for his disciples and strictly enforced them. It was called "Baizhang Qinggui" by posterity.
He said, "Don't do it for a day, don't eat for a day." ”
No matter what happens tomorrow, whether life is still there, work hard and eat well. If this is not the case, then don't eat, people live, it is equivalent to not living.
When the Zen master was very old, the disciples saw that he was very hard, so they did not let him work, and hid his flat burden and hoe.
Because the Zen master could not find the tools of labor, he sat and refused to eat. The disciples had no choice but to return the tools to him.
We often say, "Live in the moment." "But very few people seriously grasp the meaning of the present.
Is the present moment for enjoyment? It's not like that, but to do whatever you can.
For example, a rich man, he is very rich, what he has to do now is to continue to work hard to make money, and when he encounters poor people, he will help. Time passed by minute by minute, but he never thought that there was anything remarkable about himself, but he insisted on working hard and maintaining his original intention of kindness.
When a person desperately turns back and competes with the rotten things of the past, then his life will be particularly painful, and today will be lost; a person is always worried about the sky and cannot live forever, then his time is worthless at all, and it is taken away by "tomorrow".
A needle and a thread, a meal and a dish, all desperately cherish, do not read the past, do not fear the future, just fine.
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Third, look down on the outcome of things and accept everything.
I have seen a Zen story: A Zen master took his disciples out, and on the way he met a beautiful girl.
The girl wanted to cross the river, but the river rose and flooded the jumping pier in the river, and she didn't know what to do.
Ichigo said, "Come on, I'll carry you across the river." ”
After three months, the disciple asked a break: "Do you know that men and women are not intimate?" ”
Ichigo said, "What are you talking about?" ”
The disciple repeated the matter of sending the woman across the river, and there was still some excitement in his emotions.
Yi Xiu laughed and said, "I just let go of the girl by the hand, but you held her for three months." ”
A word awakens the dreamer. The disciple was embarrassed, smiled, and finally put it down.
It turns out that what makes us uncomfortable is not a certain thing, nor the circumstances of life, but our "obsession".
When I was studying, I didn't work hard enough, and my grades were very bad; when I was in school, I fell in love with a certain woman, but I didn't confess; I missed an opportunity to get rich; I was punished by my superiors; I fell out with my colleagues... As long as we remember it, it will make us miserable.
Some things, without an ending, are the best endings; and some things, no matter what the ending, don't care, accept it calmly, just fine.
Throwing while walking, you will live more and more relaxed - life is the most beautiful, is indifferent.
Really don't have to, cry because of yesterday's falling flowers. Your "miserable and miserable relatives" look, just lost a period of time, others are smiling on the side.
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People are old, their children are far away, their wives will not hold hands until they are old, their parents will go first, their brothers and sisters are well, relatives and friends can only slowly alienate... Loneliness is inevitable.
If you seriously understand it, you will find that loneliness is the essence of life. As long as you treasure the process of gain and loss, feel the blessings of the moment, and do not care about any ending, life will become sunny.
Life is full of flavors, and meaning is one of them. Some say "very light", some say "very salty", some say "very sweet", some say "very bitter"... Taste slowly, taste and taste.
Author: Cloth coarse food.
Follow my words and go into your heart.
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