Life is like a reverse journey, and no one can achieve their dreams in a lifetime.
Gain, loss, fulfillment, and regret are the normal state of life.
Zhuangzi said: "Knowing that it is helpless and peaceful is like life, and virtue is the best." ”
What can be changed by change, and what cannot be changed by letting go of one's feelings, is a kind of wisdom.
Half of my life has passed, looking back at the way I came, stepping through the wind, frost, rain and snow, walking through joys and sorrows, smoothing the edges and corners, broadening my mind, and slowly realizing the true meaning of life.
Calm down, let the state of mind become quiet and peaceful, look down, see open, see through, watch the flowers bloom, sit and watch the clouds, you can live comfortably and happily.
Bearish, don't care about gains and losses
Bodhi has no tree, and the mirror is not a platform.
There was nothing in the first place, where to stir up dust.
- Don Huineng, "Bodhi Verse"
At the ferry of time, we are all passers-by, some scenery, don't care, some words, don't be serious.
At all times, we must understand that there are gains and losses, successes and failures, which is life and normal life situations.
Therefore, since we can't guarantee when we will get it, and we can't know when we will lose it, we might as well learn to be bearish.
Once, there was an old man who was too old to take an ancestral painting to ask an expert for appraisal.
The old gentleman said that his father told him before his death that the painting was made by a famous artist and was of great value.
After identification, experts believe that it is a fake, because the imitation process is good, so it is worth a few hundred dollars.
Afterwards, many neighbors found out about the incident and sighed and felt sorry for the old man.
However, the old gentleman smiled and said, "This is fine, I don't have to worry about anyone stealing this painting, and I can finally hang it in the living room for decoration." ”
Gaining does not mean luck, and losing does not mean disaster.
祸兮，福之所倚，福兮，祸之所伏。
As Jia Pingwa said:
"A person's life is bitter or happy, gain or lose. The important thing is that there can be no moonlight in a clear spring in the heart. ”
Look down, regain a relaxed and comfortable attitude, do a good job in the present, walk the road well, and live every day with your heart.
Look away, don't dwell on miscellaneous things
Why do you ask about the clouds in the world, it is better to lie down and eat.
——Wang Wei, "Drinking Wine with Pei Di"
As the saying goes, "Always compete with your peers, not with fools." ”
In life, there is no most beautiful thing, only the best state of mind, and in life, there is no most difficult situation, only the worst state of mind.
Big things, small things, troubles, thinking about it is a common thing, cloudy, hazy days, rainy days, the heart is sunny days.
In "Dream of Red Mansions", there is a couplet:
There is more than a hand behind him, and there is no way to turn back.
"When the moon is up, it is lost, and when the water is full, it overflows", how can the consequences of Jiafu's rise and fall, prosperity and decline not arouse our vigilance?
It is inevitable that people will have desires, what we do is to control our desires, if we are controlled by desires, we will only fall into the quagmire step by step and become a puppet of life.
Subtract one point of greed, one more point of contentment, keep one's heart, and be peaceful and happy.
"Don't dwell too long on an awkward matter. After being entangled for a long time, you will be annoyed, painful, epiglottis, tired, sad, and heartbroken. ”
Life is like pruning flower branches, you always have to learn to cut off bad branches in order to have a lush life.
Only by seeing the pain of the past can we live up to the food and drink of the present, and unload the burden of the heart, can we embrace the happiness in front of us.
See through and ignore idlers
The world is a big dream, and life is cool several times.
- Su Shi "Xijiang Moon: A Big Dream in the World"
There is a poem in Jin Yong's "Chivalrous Journey":
"The four directions of heaven and earth are rivers and lakes, the world is smart and confused, the wind and waves rise in Vanity Fair, but people lose in the end. ”
As the saying goes: there is no increase or decrease in the heart, and gains and losses follow fate.
Seeing through it, all joys and sorrows, all joys and sorrows, are just born from the heart and destroyed at will.
There is such a story in "Zhuangzi Qiushui", Zhuangzi was fishing by the Pushui, and King Chuwei sent a messenger to invite him to an important position, but Zhuangzi refused:
I heard that there are only 3,000 dead turtles in the Chu Kingdom, do you think it wants to leave behind the bones after death and be revered? Or is it willing to sneak in muddy water?
The messenger said: Naturally, it wants to sneak in muddy water.
Zhuangzi smiled slightly and said: Then please go back, I also hope that I can walk in the muddy water and be at ease.
Zhuangzi, who was born at an untimely time, lived a poor and miserable life all his life.
If he wants fame and fortune, he can get it at his fingertips.
But he flatly rejected Xianda and chose poverty instead.
Fame and wealth are desirable to people. But in Zhuangzi's view, it is not the pursuit of virtuous people.
As sung in "Okay Song":
Everyone in the world knows that the gods are good, only the fame cannot be forgotten!
Where will the ancient and the modern meet? A pile of grass is gone!
Everyone in the world knows that the gods are good, only gold and silver can't forget!
In the end, I only hated to gather much, and when I got to it, my eyes were closed!
Life is bitter and sweet, let go if you can't keep it, and look down on life, you will live lightly;
There are gains and losses in life, give up what you can't get, and watch life at leisure, and you will live happily.
There is a sentence in the "New Tang Book": Those who have a heart are tired, and those who have no heart do not care.
Life is the mood, and life is the mentality.
In fact, a person's life is like tea in a cup, washing, tumbling, and constantly experiencing in the hot water, and finally slowly stretching and sinking to the bottom of the cup, leaving only a lingering fragrance and a faint sweetness.
As said in "Caigen Tan": "There is a true meaning in the half-opened flowers and slightly drunk wine; ”
There are many things in life, if you look down, you will feel at ease, if you see it, you will know how to cherish the present, and if you see it through, you will suddenly become enlightened.
Tea has ups and downs, people have gains and losses, light tea is warm, the heart is like water, and the years can be leisurely, and the rest of your life is quiet.