Recently, I rewatched the variety show "I Read on the Island 2", and I found that many writers have their own unique views on reading.
Yu Hua said: "Reading is not for the sake of reading, but for feeling and understanding life. ”
Su Tong said: "In a sense, reading is also a process of accumulating energy. ”
Cheng Yongxin said: "Reading will open our eyes, open our minds, and let us see how to get a truly valuable and meaningful life." ”
There are thousands of interpretations of the meaning of reading, but no one can deny the benefits of reading.
"People's Daily" once published 6 sets of cartoons, which pointed out the difference between a person before and after reading.
It teaches us that reading is never useless.
Between the pages of a book, those who read and those who do not read have gone to very different lives.
About the horizon
Hemingway once proposed an "iceberg theory".
"The iceberg is majestic because only one-eighth of it emerges and seven-eighths is in the sea," he said. ”
And the same is true of this world.
People who don't read, no matter how long their lives are, can only get a glimpse of this corner of the world.
And by reading a lot of books and stepping out of your own one-third of an acre, a different scenery will slowly spread out in front of your eyes.
There was a very popular question on the Internet: "How can I see the world at the lowest cost?"
A book blogger replied:
The more books you read, the more you know that there is not only one culture in this world, but also become tolerant of different voices;
After reading more books, I understand that the rise and fall of history is only a moment, and the immediate gains and losses are no longer so important;
The more books you read, the more you understand that there is more than one way to live in life, and the more you understand the lives of others.
The so-called seeing the world is to understand that there is not only one side of the world, and through reading, you can see different sides of the world at the lowest cost.
In fact, each of us is like a frog sitting at the bottom of a well.
At first, I could only see a piece of the sky overhead, and I even thought it was the whole world.
Only by reading books, experiencing other people's experiences, and feeling other people's lives, can we jump out of the bottom of the well that imprisons us.
Those books you read are your key to the world.
Open them and you'll be able to travel anywhere and explore more of the unknown.
About solving doubts
Someone once wrote to Yang Jiang to express his inner doubts.
Yang Jiang only replied to him: "Your problem is mainly that you don't read much and think too much." ”
In life, we may encounter all kinds of problems.
Maybe it's a bad relationship, maybe it's a career setback, maybe it's a family conflict......
Whenever this happens, we are in great pain and anxiety, and we can't help ourselves for a long time.
But life is a cycle, and what we are experiencing now may be exactly what the sages have solved.
If you're confused, turn to a book, and maybe the next page, the answer you want will appear in the book.
When Lin Qingxuan was 30 years old, he won all the literary awards in Taiwan, and he gained both fame and fortune.
But the staggered life did not make him feel happy, but made him fall into a kind of confusion about life.
Until one day, he came across the Upanishads, and one of the sentences in it made him feel like he was electrocuted:
"When a person reaches the age of 30, he must spend all his time to become enlightened, otherwise he will die step by step. ”
So, he resolutely quit his job and began to study hard.
Three years later, he wrote his insights into a series of books called "Settle Down", which was well received.
And he himself has rediscovered the meaning of life in books.
Zhu Xi once said: "In order to learn, do not precede poor reason; ”
Reading can know the truth, be able to answer questions better, read more and think more, and you can be better than yesterday's self.
If you feel that life is too hard, you can read "Alive" to explore the meaning of life;
If you are confused about love, you can read "Jane Eyre" to find the true meaning of emotions;
If you are worried about your child's education, you can read "Love and Freedom" to solve the puzzle of growing up.
Take books as an antidote to healing the soul, and the more books you read, the problems that bother you will be solved.
About expression
Regarding why we should read, CCTV host Zhu Guangquan has a classic interpretation:
It allows you to see the afterglow of the sunset, and what comes to mind is "the sunset and the lonely bird fly together, and the autumn water grows together in the sky", instead of "wow, the sunset is so beautiful";
When you see the snowflakes flying in the sky, you can blurt out "suddenly like a night of spring breeze, thousands of trees and pear blossoms bloom", instead of just exclaiming "Ouch, the snow is so big, I was stunned".
People who read and those who don't read have completely different feelings about the world.
Perhaps the charm of reading lies in the fact that although the scenery is ordinary, similar feelings can always move people, and although the days are ordinary, the poems of the wind and snow can always add romance.
A person who speaks extraordinary, as soon as he speaks, is a splendid river and mountain, and in his wording, he actually hides his own higher life.
I've heard a very interesting analogy: reading a book is like eating.
It may seem like it's gone, but it will become your nourishment and give you the energy to grow.
Over the years, day after day, it influences your temperament, changes your conversation, and finally takes root in your soul.
The more books you read, the more you can continue to improve your expressiveness and make you have an extraordinary literary style.
If you have ink in your chest, you can speak to the beautiful scenery, and if you have accumulation in your brain, you can resonate with outstanding people.
When you read one by one and accumulate to a certain extent, you will find:
Your life has already changed unconsciously.
About the self
With the deepening of the entertainment of life, will you live such a life:
In order to escape reality, he often indulges in short videos, and comforts himself that he will definitely gain something;
In order to connect with the world, I am bombarded with fragmented information every day, and I think I have increased my knowledge.
As a result, your three views are affected, your life is manipulated, and you gradually lose yourself and begin to become like others.
In "Entertainment to Death" it says, "We will destroy what we love." ”
When a person spends more time on entertainment, the less opportunity there is for deep thinking.
In the end, you can only be pushed by the times and become thousands of hollow people who have no independent thoughts.
Faced with this dilemma, Yu Hua gave us a suggestion, that is, to read.
As the saying goes, reading history makes people wise, and reading poetry makes people beautiful.
The great thing about reading is that it refines our values and shapes our way of life.
No matter what kind of environment people are in, they can have a stable core and move on firmly.
Hesse once said, "No book in the world can bring you good luck, but they can make you quietly yourself." ”
In books, you can find parts that resonate with it and let it nourish your mind and give you energy.
When your mind is strong, you will not be swayed by the words of others, and you will not be swallowed up by an entertaining life.
When you see your true self and are brave enough to accept all your shortcomings, nothing in this world can affect you.
About the heart
Someone once asked: "Why can reading make people not anxious and unflustered?"
One writer's answer won a lot of praise:
"Reading is a window to the world and self.
With the deepening of reading, our cognition of society and life will be richer, and our hearts will naturally not be anxious or flustered. ”
Living in chaos, people are easily affected by the trivialities of the moment, and their emotions are easy to fluctuate.
Books can help you clear the fog in front of you, and the more you read, the more transparent you are, and your heart will naturally become more and more peaceful.
Su Dongpo was relegated to Danzhou, Hainan, and once said to himself: "There is no room here, no meat, no medicine, and taro and water." ”
But in such a difficult environment, he is still open-minded and calmly looks at all his circumstances.
This is all due to his habit of reading.
Not only did he read books by himself, but he also took his son to copy books together.
In the process, he redeemed himself and harvested his inner habitat.
There is a sentence in "The Second Flower" that is impressive:
"Some people live in peace without a fixed place, while others flee in luxurious homes all their lives. ”
In this world, we will inevitably face all kinds of troubles.
When the psychological pressure is too great, it is inevitable that there will be negative and pessimistic emotions.
At this time, you may want to calm down and read more books.
As the words flow into the heart, the hustle and bustle of the outside world will fade away.
The more you understand, the less tangled and helpless you will be, and your heart will become calmer and more peaceful.
It's about life
Lin Yutang once made a comparison between those who read and those who do not read in "The Art of Reading".
He said that anyone who does not have a reading habit is equivalent to imprisoning himself in the surrounding environment, and there is no way to escape from this prison;
And when he opens the book, he can put aside all the worldly troubles and travel to another world, and what he knows and feels will naturally make him go to the next level.
If you read more, you will be able to abandon your own narrowness, develop the habit of reading, and your life will enter a higher realm.
Luo Xiang said one of his experiences in the video.
At that time, he had just been admitted to university, and he was arrogant and looked down on anyone.
He also often spends time with his roommates complaining that people from other provinces are "so stupid".
It wasn't until one time, when he went out on a trip and saw a completely different way of life for the locals, that he had an epiphany about how ignorant he was.
Subsequently, he opened all kinds of books, and through reading, he constantly improved his cognition and changed his three views.
In Crime and Punishment, he confronts the darkness of his heart and learns forgiveness and compassion;
In "Resurrection", he sees the superficiality of human nature and understands what a true lover is.
Reading opened his eyes to a whole new world, brought him out of his own smallness, and completely changed his future.
Writer Zhou Ling said:
"Reading is the lowest cost, to obtain the highest level of growth strategy, it is the best way for everyone to improve themselves. ”
Source: Visual China
Every reading is a process of enlightenment.
When you read enough books, you will be able to see the diversity of the world and feel the vastness of life.
Even if the road ahead is uncertain, you can be fearless and climb the peak of this world.
During the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, Yao Wentian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, hung a couplet in his study:
The centuries-old home in the world is nothing more than accumulating virtue, and the first good thing in the world is to study.
In fact, every book is a door that can lead us to a more distant and open world.
You feel that your thinking is blocked and the world is difficult, perhaps because you have opened too few doors and trapped yourself in narrowness.
There is a golden house in the book, and there is Yan Ruyu in the book.
When you open a book, you embark on a path into the unknown.
Every line you read, every word you read, nourish your soul and give you the energy to improve yourself.
Every thought you understand from the book, every truth you understand, will become your life-changing power.
Make reading a habit and you will eventually meet a better version of yourself.
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