Do you think that only children have a starting line?
Like those of us who have passed the age of standing, it seems that there is only a way back to life, lamenting the rush of time, and the dead are like this
No, you are wrong, it is not only children who have a starting line, life is everywhere!
What is the starting line?
Everyone is on the same track, starting from the same starting point
But life is long for decades, how many arenas have you thought about?
Birth is a racecourse, but unfortunately the starting point is not up to us to decide
Reading is a game, and many people may have ended the game before they have returned to God
Is there no other arena in life other than that?
No, we also have a lot of tracks like careers, careers, families, etc
Every time we enter a new role, it means that we are about to enter a new arena
But with so many races in life, how can we win at the starting line?
One
Tell you a very old story
Say a reporter went to interview three bricklayers and asked what they were doing?
The first worker was a little impatient: Didn't you see it? brickwork!
The second worker was somewhat proud: I was building new houses
The third worker was particularly proud to say: We are building a new kingdom
Later in the story, everyone knows that ten years later, the first worker is still laying bricks, the second becomes an engineer, and the third becomes a famous real estate tycoon.
Take this story as an example, all are brick workers, who won at the starting line? Where to win?
Yes, win in pattern and realm!
If a person does not have a pattern and realm, no matter how good he is, he is only mediocre and excellent
This is a strange circle that many excellent people can't get out of Oh, there are many people who are excellent and excellent, and excellent has become mediocre
For example, some children are very good when they are young, and when they go to college, they want to be politicians in their freshman year, they have to be entrepreneurs in their sophomore year, they have to be busy graduating in their junior year, and they have to be busy starting a family in their senior year
In the end, I didn't understand what kind of home I wanted to become
And those who have great ambitions and hearts for the world, their success trajectory is like this:
The → the ordinary is excellent→ the excellence is → the great → is immortal
But every great person we look back at their starting point, and everyone else is actually the same
So what does Mr. Yang Ming attach the most importance to in his lifelong lectures?
Anyone who has seen my video knows it
What he values most is two words: determination!
Don't think that ambition is a child's business, so it is very wrong to think so
The best time to change yourself is either ten years ago or now!
Two
People in the world are roughly divided into three classes
First Class: Born with a mission
When Xuanzang was 13 years old, he happened to meet a person who was ordained by the Sui Emperor and passed the examination to be awarded the degree
He was too young to qualify for the competition, so he could only keep looking outside the door
Zheng Shanguo, the secretary of the Dali Temple, who was in charge of the examination and the distribution of degrees, saw it and asked:
"Whose child is this?"
Xuanzang reported himself to the door
Zheng Shanguo saw that he did not want to leave for a long time and asked:
"You're still a child, do you want to become a monk?"
13-year-old Xuanzang said categorically that this is my wish:
"I want to go far and wide and become a Buddha!" Enter mahayana and promote the Dharma! ”
Because of this sentence, Zheng Shanguo decided to break the admission, he said:
"It is not difficult to memorize the scriptures, the most important thing for a person is that he is born with wind and bone and weather, and he can foresee that he will definitely shine on my Buddha's Gate in the future!"
There are many first-class people like Xuanzang, such as Wang Yangming, Mao Zedong and others we just mentioned, and they have a commonality among people;
Born with a mission!
Born to know how I should live in this life!
We call this the first class!
Second class: being awakened
This kind of person is actually very common in our lives
There are many people around us who have experienced some setbacks and experienced many tribulations and pains
Maybe it's because I met someone or read a book, or even just overheard a sentence
Suddenly, I woke up:
Is this the truth of life?
Since then, he has been reborn, changed his heart, and entered a new journey of life
If you are interested, you can check the "Seven Famous People in History"
In fact, there is no need to check, as long as we carefully observe, there are many such people around us
Usually we call it: you've changed a lot!
Third class: All sentient beings
All sentient beings like me are probably the people who are called "pretending to sleep"
Our mantra is:
What do you want me to do? I think I'm pretty good now
There is another kind of crying and laughing, you go to wake him up, he said:
How I used to be now, I love all of me if you want to love
These three kinds of people should be as the Tao Te Ching says
The sergeant hears the tao and acts diligently; the sergeant hears the tao, if he survives; the corporal hears the tao, laughs---
As a multitude of sentient beings, is there no way out?
Of course not
Whether a person is awakened or not, there is a very important indicator: determination!
Determination does not say whether to do something earth-shattering
There are about three dimensions to aspiration
What kind of person you are, what kind of things you want to do, how you want to live
"University" has a saying, knowing and then being able to be fixed, being still and then being able to be quiet, being quiet and then being able to be at peace, being able to worry and then being able to get
Solve the above three dimensions, people have concentration, with concentration can not be disturbed and not tempted, in order to have some worries and gains
The so-called three, six, nine, etc., actually does not refer to a person's worldly achievements, but to a person's mind
If you have ambition, you will have the heart and willingness, there will be direction, reflection and practice!
Three
Gentleman's not instrument means that man should not act only on one aspect like an instrument
But in my opinion, there is still an understanding
We should not be "caught" by age, by the environment, by various objective conditions.
Life is not just a starting line
No matter which role and occupation we are given, it is worth living a better life!
Review of previous articles
Wang Yangming: What kind of family is more likely to raise children who have become big things?
Wang Yangming: Why do you understand the reason, but you still can't live this life well