There is a hot topic on the Internet: how much money does it take to make life "lie flat"?
Different people gave different answers.
01, Tao Yuanming's hermit lay flat
First share a story about Tao Yuanming, this ancient man is not only a poet, he is also a chic celebrity, a noble literati, and a "worker" with his own attitude to life.
There are many hermits in his family, let's just say his maternal grandfather Meng Jia, who is really a carefree character. and his cousins and maternal uncles, who are also hermits who travel all over the world, living like idle immortals.
Therefore, Tao Yuanming has been deeply affected by this "hermit gene" since he was a child, and he is always entangled in his heart whether to go out to work hard or go home and lie down.
Speaking of which, Tao Yuanming has also been an official, but that officialdom is not his "dish". Looking back on his more than ten years as an official, every time he was forced to go out to find a job because there was no rice at home and the children were hungry. Once the experience of the county order was in Pengze, Jiangxi, which was relatively close to home, and there was an official field to make wine, so he went to make a county order in Pengze. As a result, he only stayed in that position for more than eighty days!
The reason is that he can't bear the red tape of officialdom. It is said that not long after taking office, the imperial court sent inspectors to inspect and ask the county commander to dress neatly and greet him respectfully. As soon as Tao Yuanming thought of this, he felt panicked in his heart, and directly threw down a sentence: "How can I bend my waist for five buckets of rice and fist the evil children in the township?" Then, he resigned and left.
That year, Tao Yuanming was 41 years old. After he resigned, he wrote in the poem "Returning to the Pastoral Home": "There is no suitable rhyme, and sex loves hills and mountains." fell into the dust net by mistake and went for thirty years. "This is to say, he didn't like to cater to the world since he was a child, and he was born to like landscapes and pastorals. He felt that his strayed entry into officialdom was like being trapped in a big cage, wasting so much time in vain.
This resignation was the "highlight moment" of Tao Yuanming's career, and it also became the spiritual idol of later generations of literati. There is a scholar named Fei Yong, he commented on Tao Yuanming, saying: "Tao Yuanming is a person who really did himself in ancient Chinese society, he resigned from the official position, resigned from the guarantee of the system, returned to the countryside, and supported himself." "That's a good thing to say!
After the story is told, how do you feel?
Wow, lying flat life, it's so beautiful!
02, lying flat and struggling are both a way of life
When we feel that life is overwhelming, what choice should we make between "bending our waist for life" and "calling from our heart"?
There is a netizen named Wang Jing, when he was 30 years old, he resolutely put his resignation letter on the leader's desk. Despite the leader's repeated retention, he firmly said, "I want to retire and pursue the life I want." For this day, he worked hard for many years and accumulated 1 million.
After retiring, he chose Yunnan as his new place of life. In his opinion, the winter in the north requires expensive heating bills, while the winter in the south is wet and cold, and there is only Xishuangbanna, where the four seasons are like spring. He rented an 80-square-meter house in the city center, with all the facilities and close to the market.
His retirement was simple and free. Without the disturbance of an alarm clock, you can sleep until you wake up naturally every day. Exercising 4-5 times a week keeps him healthy. The rest of the time, he either goes out to enjoy the beauty of nature, or does what he likes at home, or does nothing at all, without any psychological pressure.
Such a life makes many netizens envious.
However, the reality is that most people want to leave their jobs and lie down, but have to keep working.
The pressures of life, such as car loans, housing loans, education funds, pensions, etc., make it impossible for many people to let go of their jobs.
Although the ideal of "lying flat" may be difficult to achieve in reality, it does not prevent us from pursuing it. As Romain Rolland said, "There is only one true heroism in the world, and that is to love life even after recognizing the truth of life." ”
We can't choose to run away from life, but we can choose to face it with a positive attitude.
Therefore, remember that life has its beauty and challenges, all of which are worth loving and cherishing. Even if we can't lie down completely, we should love life and enjoy every moment of it.
Life is not just about living, it's about living yourself.
Have you reached the capital of lying flat?