Max Aurelius was emperor of the Roman Empire,
He was also a famous philosopher of the late ancient Greek period.
In his Meditations, he wrote down his own philosophies.
Three of these philosophies, like beacons, illuminate our chaotic path of life.
Do these 3 things well, and you will eventually become a great person.
01 Grasp the initiative of life
"Do things outside of you bother you?"
Sneak around to learn some good things, don't be messed up by foreign objects.
But beware of not falling into another mistake.
Lifelong hard pursuit, and aimless,
Every impulse, not even every thought, is meaningless,
Those people are also boring people. ”
Zhuangzi said that people and things are in conflict with each other, and everyone has to come into contact with various external things.
However, many times, people do not take the initiative to do something,
Instead, we are pushed away by external objects and driven away, so that foreign objects bring us only disturbances.
At this time, it is better to sneak around and learn some things that you actively choose,
Those things that do not bring distractions but can bring improvement and development.
Of course, this initiative cannot be just a thought in the mind.
And it needs to be put into practice and done steadily, so that we can truly grasp the initiative of life.
The writer Wang Meng wrote about the definition of genius in his essay "No Worries: My Philosophy of Life":
"Genius is about concentrating time and concentrating energy.
People with normal IQ, if they can concentrate their time and energy,
Do one or two things well, and persevere for a long time,
Generally can make good achievements, can show considerable talent.
In fact, the innate difference between people is probably not as big as imagined.
Human ability is actually a constant,
The big difference, the big change is where you focus your time and energy.
Look at which 'sutra' your spirit has gone through.
Concentrate your life's energy on playing bridge, playing Go, raising clams, raising scorpions, making clay people, kneading dough people, carving insects and carving dragons,
Can create achievements and become masters.
It is a pity that many people spend their precious time, precious youth, and precious energy on boring, meaningless, and unattractive things! ”
That's exactly what happened.
02 Understand the measure of desire
"There are many things that he can enjoy and can forbid,
But ordinary people are just greedy and can't be forbidden.
Enjoying without excess, forbidding without suffering, is the expression of a perfect strong will. ”
In the Book of Rites, it is said: "Men and women who eat and drink, the great desire of man is to survive." ”
Confucius also said: "Food, color, sex also." ”
Everyone has desires, but to be able to be uncontrolled by desires,
If you are controlled by desire, you are actually led by the nose by foreign objects.
Su Shi said that he could accompany the Jade Emperor on the top and the Beggar in the BeitianYuan.
Only if you can control the scale of your own desires, and do not rejoice,
The ability to lose is indifferent, so that we can not suffer from gain and loss and be quiet in our hearts,
Only in order to have the freedom of life, to have a broad mind and temperament,
In order to face the ups and downs of life and not be shocked.
03 Take life seriously
"If everything you do in your life is like doing the last thing,
You can do it,
Avoid all carelessness,
Avoid emotional agitation that violates rationality,
Avoid all hypocrisy, selfishness, and complaints about your life. ”
Everyone is born only once, and everyone dies only once.
Life seems to be long, but after all, it is like a white colt passing through the gap, looking back at the first half of life, I only feel that it is a moment,
And such a life is also full of uncertainties and elusiveness.
We have to know how to take life seriously,
None of these things should be skipped easily,
No one should just be a passer-by nodding,
You must know that it is such a thing, an individual, that constitutes our life.
Therefore, Aurelius said, make everything the last thing,
This is exactly how seriously we take our own lives.
Only in this way can we not be upset by impulsiveness, regret because of missing out, and not be torn by "I could have been".
Xiaojiao Heart Language:
Man should see the foreign object clearly and not be tied down by the foreign object;
Man should restrain his desires and not be controlled by them;
People must take themselves seriously, otherwise their years will be ruthlessly ruined.
Only by understanding these things can we grasp life.
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