Sister's family is in the mountainous region of Fujian, and that year she ran a black wood mushroom plantation halfway across the mountain from her home. In the tens of thousands of cut off the rotten wood segments to dig holes to fill the fungus, so that they are naturally born. A year down, the sister cultivated black wood mushrooms, the yield is not high, hard work 360 days, capital preservation are a little difficult.
Later, my sister invited a forestry expert to take the pulse, only to know the crux of the problem. It turns out that the black wood antler cultivation base is in the middle of the mountainside, where there are often floating mountain clouds, humidity, on the black wood antler initial growth is unfavorable. The expert suggested to my sister that clouds only fly in low places, and that the problem could be solved by moving the base to the top of the mountain.
Sister, under the guidance of the expert, moved the base upward, and the year was a good harvest. How is life not like that? Clouds only fly in the low places, it covers only the way of those who wander at the bottom. If you want to get the clear sky of life, there is only one path, that is, desperately upward, upward!
2. Tolerance Gains Blessings
An old woman, on her golden wedding anniversary, told her guests the secret of keeping her marriage happy. She said, "From the day I got married, I was ready to list my husband's 10 shortcomings, and I promised myself that I would be willing to forgive him whenever he made any of these 10 mistakes." She was asked what exactly the 10 faults were. She replied, "Let's be honest, for 50 years, I have never made a specific list of these 10 faults, and whenever my husband does something wrong that makes me so angry that I jump out of my skin, I immediately remind myself: count him lucky that he has made one of the 10 mistakes that I can forgive." This elderly woman's secret to staying happily married is none other than forgiveness. Forgiveness is a blessing, and this well-read woman is equally admirable.
3. Happiness has nothing to do with rich and poor many times
Poor and rich are relative, a white-collar foreign companies, a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan, or feel tight. And a retired old man, although only a monthly pension of more than 1,000 yuan, but life is very satisfied.
It's not absurd to think that the higher the income, the poorer the person feels. Income is often high expenditure is also high, in turn, not enough to make ends meet; high income is often high, always feel that the price has not lifted enough, can also be higher, of course, he wants to call the poor. The survey shows that most people with a monthly income of less than 1,000 yuan think that their lives have reached a well-off, while some people with a monthly salary of more than 3,000 yuan or even 5,000 yuan think that their lives and the well-off standard is still a long way off.
For those who are particularly poor, there is little point in exploring the question of "why are you poor" because they are powerless to change the status quo, and their understanding of what it means to be rich or poor is based on their limited experience of life, which is judged by their possession of the necessities of life. And it's not three meals a day that bothers the poor in cities, or the poor in affluent areas, but development.
Modern people don't judge a person's worth exclusively by material standards; it's not that the rich are happy and the poor are miserable. Happiness in life many times has nothing to do with being poor or rich.
4, the world who is happy
History shows that Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, asked his ministers, "Who is happy in the world?" The ministers said a variety of opinions, no one is, there are said to be successful and famous people live, there are said that the gold list of people live, there are said to be rich in the world live ...... Zhu Yuanzhang listened to the rear of the unpleasant color. Silence for a moment, a minister named Wan Gang replied: "fear of the law is happy!" Zhu Yuanzhang immediately pleased, praised his insight "very unique".
"Fear of the law is happy", in today's people are still enlightened, especially for leading cadres. Fear of the law, will not violate the law to do unseemly hooks, will not have to worry all day long, afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night, not to worry about what happened after sitting in jail, off the head. Without all these worries, you will naturally live a free and easy life.
5, never too late
When the Greek culture began to invade the Roman Empire, the Roman statesman Cortu was 80 years old, determined to study Greek. Colle, the famous French landscape painter, even said at the age of 70, "If the Lord lets me live another 10 years, I think I will learn to paint." The Chinese Confucius said something similar: "If I am given a few years to learn Yi, I will be free from great faults." The musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who died young but became famous early, was still learning music theory and counterpoint at the height of his fame. Sir William, the former President of the Supreme Court of Canada, told people at the age of 90: "There is still much of the best hidden on that side of the mountains of time, waiting for me to learn."
So a person who wants to live with vigor should keep learning. It is never too late to learn.
6, thankful rich
Thanksgiving is a philosophy of life, is the great wisdom of life. Life in the world, it can not be smooth sailing, all kinds of failure, helplessness, we need to face bravely, open-minded to deal with. When the setbacks, failures come, is to blame life, and then become depressed, depressed, or grateful for life, fell down and climbed up again? British writer Thackeray said, "Life is a mirror, you laugh, it also laugh; you cry, it also cry."
Gratitude is not purely a psychological comfort, nor is it an escape from reality, nor is it the spiritual victory of AQ. Gratitude is a way of singing life, which comes from love and hope for life.
A person who doesn't know how to be grateful is still a poor person even if he has a lot of money; a person who knows how to be grateful and repay kindness is the richest person in the world.
7. Life is like a cake
A boy complained to his grandmother about how bad his life was, the conflicts between school and family, and his health problems. The grandmother is baking a cake at this time, and she asks the boy if he likes cake, to which the boy replies that he does.
"Then eat some cooking oil." "Gross." The boy said. "How about a couple of raw eggs?" "No good, Grandma!" "Then some flour? Or soda for fermentation?" "Grandma, those things are awful!"
Grandma then said, "Yes, none of those things taste good on their own, but put them in the right way and they make a delicious cake!"
8. Poverty is no excuse
Last year, I ran into a mother and son in Tiananmen Square. The son was in his forties, pulling a tricycle, and the mother was sitting in the car. Their attire was earthy, dusty, and out of place in their surroundings.
I asked the men, "Where are you from?" The man spoke softly, but with pride: "Shandong. I rode a tricycle! Mother said her biggest wish in life is to see the place where Chairman Mao lived, but her family is too poor. Seeing that she is 86 years old, and not out, afraid of the future no opportunity, I gritted my teeth and pedaled to come, riding a full seven days it."
I was very surprised and asked, "Then where do you sleep? And what did you eat?"
"My mother sleeps in the car, I sleep on a mattress next to the car, snoring for a while to come to spirit. When I came out, my daughter-in-law fried 80 cakes, and I can still eat them back."
The old lady smiled as if she was riding in a luxury Lincoln.
My eyes blurred a little. We often excuse ourselves for being too shy to do our filial duty for our parents. Seeing this mother and son, I realized: poverty is never an excuse.
9. Simplicity is the way
The olive tree mocked the fig tree, saying, "Your leaves fall off by winter, and your bare branches are so ugly, unlike me who is green and beautiful all year round." Soon after, a heavy snowfall came, and the olive tree was covered with bright green leaves, and the snow piled up on it, and finally broke the branches because of the weight, and the beauty of the olive tree was destroyed. And the fig tree because the leaves have fallen out, the whole body is simple, the snow through the branches fell to the ground, the result is that the fig tree unharmed.
Beauty does not necessarily mean adaptability to the environment, but sometimes it is a burden, and often brings trouble or disaster for survival. On the contrary, the ordinary can live a free and easy life. So, why don't you put down your appearance of vanity beauty, or is not real identity and status, down-to-earth to experience the real and simple life, I believe that this way you will get more fun.
10, shoes and mangoes
A rich businessman and a criminal recalled their childhood, mentioned a similar thing.
The criminal said: When we were young, our mother bought two pairs of shoes for my brother and me, one pair of cloth shoes and one pair of leather shoes. Mom asked us, which pair do you want? I took a look at the pair of leather shoes, so beautiful, I want very much. But my brother jumped ahead and shouted, "I want leather shoes!" Mom looked at him and criticized him, "A good boy should learn to be humble and not always keep the good ones for himself." So I changed my mind and said, "Mom, I want cloth shoes." Mom was happy to hear that and gave me the leather shoes. I got what I wanted and learned to lie from then on. After that, I did whatever it took to get every single thing I wanted until I went to jail.
The rich merchant said: When I was a child, my mother bought my brother and me two mangoes, one bigger and one smaller, and as soon as I looked at the big mango, which was very tasty, I wanted it very much. My mom asked us, which one do you want? I wanted to say, "I want the big one," but my brother beat me to it and said, "I want the big one!" So I told my mom, "Mom, my brother and I are your children, and we should race to get that big mango, because I want the big one too." So my brother and I started a race to split the firewood outside our house into two groups, and whoever split it first would have the right to get the big mango, and in the end, I won. In the future, to get every thing I wanted, I would try to be first because I knew that by working hard, I would get the prize.
The mindset and behavior of every competition we face in childhood often teaches us a lifetime of attitudes about being and doing. Leather shoes and mangoes, two very different lives.
11, good and better
While it is good to be knowledgeable, it is better to be moral.
While it is good to do what we must do, it is better to do what we ought to do.
As good as it is to make life plans and set future goals, it is even better to put them into practice.
It's great to want to succeed, but it's even better to work for it. It's great to make promises, but it's even better to honor them. It is good to have dignity, but it is better not to trample on the dignity of others. It's great to have everything, but it's better to share everything with someone who has nothing.
It is good to be loved and understood, but it is better to love and understand people.
As good as it is to try not to fail, it is better to help those who fail. As good as it is to seek the truth, it is better to always be with the truth.
As good as it is to have faith, it is better to spread it in faithless hearts. Please act now, for time is fleeting ......
12. New Opportunities
Create an opportunity for yourself and don't start your day with a sigh. Turn a frown into a laugh and try again. If it's raining, shrug your shoulders and smile, because there won't be sunshine every day, so hum a song you love and still move forward, because complaining won't change the facts, much less take you a step forward. You can laugh, you can cry, don't complain when you run into trouble, it's just a transitional phenomenon, so every day when you open your eyes, make up your mind to greet a beautiful day with a smile and create an opportunity for yourself.
13, be careful with yourself
The little monk picked many mushrooms from the woods and spread them on the ground to expose them to the sun.
"When they are dry, put them in a bag." Master said. "Got it!" The little monk answered, thinking that the master was really worried. Unexpectedly, when he was putting the bag in, Master came again.
"Don't put it all into one big bag, divide it into several small bags, seal it tightly, don't let air in!"
"Got it!" The little monk thought to himself, Master is really nosy! Wild shiitake mushrooms are particularly fragrant, frying vegetables when thrown into a few, there is an indescribable good taste, to the courtyard to use the fasting of the givers are not praise. The first packet of mushrooms used up, the little monk in the second packet opened, suddenly shouted, rushed to the master report: "not good! It's no good! The shiitake mushrooms are full of little worms, they can't be eaten!"
"Take it easy! If this bag is inedible, the others might be!" The master said, "Open the rest of the packs and take a look!" The young monk nervously opened those packets and smiled happily.
"That's the reason I want you to divide the packets and seal them." The Master knocked the little monk on the head, "You thought the board was protecting the painting, but did you know that the board also hurt the painting; you always thought the bag was protecting the mushroom from outside bugs, but did you know that there could be bugs in the mushroom originally. And so that which protects it from the outside world, in turn, protects the outside world from it." The Master urged, "We are always afraid that others will harm us, but in fact it is not necessarily others who harm us, it may be ourselves! We should always cleanse ourselves of heartworms, so that we don't let them secretly nibble at our hearts or fly out to harm others."
14, golf dents
When golf was just emerging, there was a strange phenomenon that almost all golfers preferred to use old balls, especially those with scratches.
It turned out that scratched balls had better flight than smooth new ones. So, based on aerodynamic principles, scientists designed golf balls with dimples on their surfaces. These dimples give the golf ball a smoothness and distance advantage over the smooth ball. Since then, golf balls with dimples have become the uniform ball for competitions. If the dents of a golf ball are compared to the scars of life, then failures, bumps and setbacks, the things that give people scars, are not terrible. Because, some scars, perhaps, will allow us to develop a healthy mentality, which is conducive to the realization of life's ambitious goals.
15, beautiful heart
There is a truck driver, every day to carry flowers to the flower market auction, one time he drove his daughter to school. The daughter asked: Dad, do you like to carry flowers? Dad said: I like to carry flowers, but my favorite thing to carry is you! My daughter looked at the beautiful flowers and blurted out: Dad! These flowers are so beautiful! Dad said: people do not have to be born beautiful, but must live beautiful! The whole life, the pursuit of the heart is not "beautiful"?
16, if
This is the Nobel Prize winner Kipling wrote a poem to his 12-year-old son:
If you can be calm and collected when the crowd is in a state of uncertainty, not a cloud of people;
If you can be confident when you are being suspected and doubted and not debating in vain;
If you can have a dream and not lose yourself;
If you have God's will to help you to be a good person and not a bad person.
If you have a dream and you don't lose yourself; if you have a mind and you don't get carried away;
If you don't forget to look at yourself in the midst of success, and you are brave enough to chew on the bitter fruit of disaster;
If you see your pursuit of goodness crumbling into a mess of rubble, you don't say you're giving up;
If you've worked so hard to make a name for yourself and you'll take a risk in order to reach your new goal even if that goal comes to nothing
If you can talk with a village man without modesty, and walk with a prince without flattery;
If the love of others does not sway you; if you can stand alone in the company of any man;
If the harassment of the faint-hearted does not shake you, and you can wait until you have calmed yourself, and then you can answer--
If you can wait until you have calmed yourself, and then you can answer--
If you can wait until you have calmed yourself, and then you can answer --
Then your training will be as great as heaven and earth, and you, my son, will be a true man!
17. Hidden Beauty
I received a gift one Christmas -- a piece of blue plastic the size of a hand mirror, embedded with irregular pieces of green, blue and brown mica and something that somewhat resembled the outline of a fish. It didn't look useful or beautiful, so I gave my thanks and put it away.
One day I took down that box because I was cleaning my room. I noticed that there was a hook on one end of the plastic piece, and printed on the bottom of the box was a note to hang it in a sunny window.
I went into the kitchen and hung it in the south-facing window where the sun pours in almost all day. To my surprise, colors flooded into my kitchen, reflected through the navy blue oval. As the sunlight moved in, this little underwater world shifted from turquoise to deep blue to the violet of dawn, with the infinite magic and rhythm of the ebb and flow of the tides. Who would have thought that such a piece of plastic hanging in my kitchen window would lead to an aged, shimmering underwater world.
An ordinary gift, occasionally one day, "I" hang it up, an old, shimmering underwater world in front of the eyes, it is really amazing!
I didn't find that beauty on Christmas Day because I wasn't able to understand that something that looks rather ordinary can be beautiful when used appropriately.
18, why the regiment
A postulant came to a temple, on the way he saw an interesting thing, want to use this to test the old master, coldly asked: "Why the regiment?" "All because the rope is unbroken." The old master answered casually.
The latter was dumbfounded when he heard this, "How do you know that?" The latter went on to say, "I saw a cow on the road tied to a tree with a rope through its nose, and the cow wanted to leave the tree and go to the grass to graze, but it turned around and around and around without being able to get away. I thought that Master had not seen it, and must not have been able to answer, but unexpectedly he answered correctly at the exit."
The old master smiled and said, "You asked about things, I answered about reason; you asked about the ox being bound by a rope and not being able to free itself, I answered about the mind being entangled in mundane matters and not being able to transcend them; a reason for all things!"
19, the laws of life
● Being in the second position is more secure than being in the first position. *● Supporting others can be a source of security.
●When you surpass others a little, they envy you; when you surpass them a great deal, they envy you.
●If you like to be lively it is most likely because your soul is lonely; if you like to be alone, it is most likely because your mind is full.
●There are some people who can't find any outstanding merits even though their shortcomings are not obvious; and there are some people who have outstanding merits even though their shortcomings are obvious. In contrast, people tend to appreciate the latter more.
●The more people who kiss your ass, the more you like to be kissed.
● Being envied by others means you are outstanding; envying others means you are incompetent.
●When you do something right, it is often not mentioned; when you do something wrong, it is often not forgotten.
●When you drink, those who want to flatter you and those who want to see you make a fool of yourself will always come to you for a toast.
20, the general's epiphany
But all the big officials in the public speech, report, most of the secretary to draft. By the secretary to do the speech, which has almost become a general rule. As a general, Chen Zaidao, naturally, was no exception (of course, he later came to his senses). According to the book Anecdotes of Founding Generals, General Chen Zaidao returned to his hometown on a certain day to attend a conference commemorating the Huangma Uprising. Secretary for the general prepared a speech, the general read according to the script read, suddenly, realize that: "I went home, but also read the script for what?" He then abandoned the script on the side, what he wanted to say, free play, and was repeatedly applauded.
Generally speaking, the secretary to serve the manuscript, inevitably set of words and official articles. The feeling of going home is the feeling of saying what you want to say. The feeling of going home is really good, it enlightened the general in the speech to get back once ceded the "right to speak", back to belong to their own heart embroidered mouth.
Further exploration, the feeling of going home is not necessarily only in the return to their own homes or hometowns can be elusive, it will also be flashed on other occasions, whether or not to seize this feeling, it depends on the enlightenment of each person and their understanding of "home".