There is a difference between the young and the old in a person's life, which can also be understood as the difference between the working stage and the retirement stage. How to make yourself a happy and joyful life, when you are young, you should be able to afford to live out the meaning of life; when you are old, you should be able to let go and live out the quality of life.
Labor creates the meaning of life.
Labor creates value in life, and through labor (work), we get our clothes, food, shelter, and transportation. People create as much value as they can to satisfy our needs, or to have a little bit of reserve in case of accidental expenditure.
When through their own labor, to obtain a good harvest of food, fruits, cattle and sheep, chickens and ducks flock; when through their own labor (work) to participate in the see: flying high-speed rail shuttle in the motherland in the north and south of the river, sailing ships sailing in the vast ocean, simmering spacecraft fly over the blue sky, the education of the students to have achievements, the management of the stable development of the region or unit of the cause of the prosperous time. ......, we will feel the meaning of life. Paul Kochakin, the main character of "How Iron is Made", said, "A man is a man who is not a man, but a man who is a man of steel. Kochakin said, "A man's life should be spent in this way: when he looks back, he will not regret because of wasted years, and will not be ashamed because of inactivity ......." We create value through labor, satisfy our sense of existence and sense of achievement, and enjoy the joy and comfort of life.
A person's youthful labor to create, struggle and dedication, can certainly lay a good foundation for their later years. Therefore, one cannot be careless or lazy when one is young.
Movement to live out the quality of life.
When we enter the retirement stage, although no longer work (labor), but can not stop the movement. If you look around you, you will see that some people who have retired have left the world in a short time and have reported to God. The reason is that he or she is lonely and isolated, empty and bored, with no hobbies and no hope. After one reaches old age, one must have a good mindset and cultivate one's hobbies so that one has something to do and hope.
Normal people live in the world, both to enjoy the material life, but also to enjoy the spiritual life. In the later years of life, the legs and feet are not easy to move, and the opportunity to go out is reduced; the teeth degradation digestive function is poor, and the consumption of food is reduced. Therefore, the cost of material life needs to reduce, but the spiritual life is still very important, have a good mindset, let go of the past: their young fought, fought, loved, hated, gained my fortune, lost my life. It is the best way to live, so that they are not overly anxious, but can really live in the moment, have a richer inner world, enjoy the old age, spend the rest of the happy.
First, do not care about gain and loss ; The Analects of Confucius said: "and its old also, the blood and gas both decline, quit in the gain." That is: the elderly should "quit in the gain", learn to live by subtraction, unload the baggage, keep an empty cup mentality, so that every day life will be very happy.
Third, let nature take its course; Laozi "Tao Te Ching" has a saying: let nature take its course, naturally. It is a natural phenomenon that people are deaf and blind after old age, and have poor memory, and are not able to move well. There is an 82-year-old woman, see the young people to play with cell phones, non-so that the son also bought a , the results of the children taught her half a month did not learn to answer the phone. See people dancing in the square, small shadow screen fun, by all means let the son to buy a, teach how long will not operate, the results of these things have become furnishings. There is a 90-year-old woman, the Mid-Autumn Festival to send mooncakes to her grandson, accidentally fell and broke her thigh. Do not obey the old do not obey the laws of nature, but also want to live in the young age, such an old man is to pay the price.
Four , cultivate hobbies; the elderly idle at home, must be in the "qin, chess, books, painting, poetry, wine, tea" and so on, looking for a hobby, in order to pass a lot of leisure time, so that the elderly life is full of happiness. There is a 90-year-old old man, every day insist on copying the "Selected Works of Mao Zedong" 4 pages, neat regular script is very beautiful; there is a 70-year-old woman, love to catch up with the drama, she has seen the main characters and supporting characters of each play to write down and write out the aftermath of the drama; there is an old man love to raise Fugui Bamboo and orchids, indoor balcony has become a small "Bamboo Forest". The first thing you need to do is to take care of your own body.
The elderly should take the initiative to organize their activities according to their own situation, so that they can live a quality life on their own.