A clever man knows how to increase or decrease the contents of a bottle.
Correct addition can enrich life, while moderate reduction is to unload heavy burden for life and move forward better.
Life plus life minus.
In this addition and subtraction, the width and length of life are obviously uneven.
Add to life
We have been accumulating since birth.
Practice life skills, learn professional knowledge and brush up on getting along with others.
This enriches our lives.
Only by adding bricks to life can we appreciate more delicate flavors.
In life, everyone has his own time zone and his own pace of progress.
Smart people know how to adjust their mentality, look down on others' eyes and be free and easy.
Just like Qi Baishi, a master painter.
Qi Baishi is not the darling of fate. He was too weak to farm since he was a child.
Under the arrangement of his family, he stepped into the door of carpentry, but only three months later, he was sent back by Master.
However, he did not collapse. After searching, he found the direction of life-painting.
His family didn't support him, and he wasn't too worried. He chose to learn painting and sell it to support his family.
Others snubbed him and laughed at him, but he didn't care, smiled freely, continued to stick to his own rhythm and eventually became a master.
Everyone has happiness and pain in his life, and if he is satisfied, he wants something.
It is a kind of luck to know your heart, stick to your original intention and go on bravely.
As for the ups and downs of fate and the unintentional pressure of others, we might as well be more free and easy, take it lightly and laugh it off.
When people reach a certain age, they have experienced too much worldly wisdom and their hearts have become soft.
The so-called compassion means being kind to others.
As the saying goes: "With compassion, everything can be kissed."
Such people have four seasons in their hearts, and there are countless scenes in the four seasons. Even if Lu Yu is barren, she can be complacent.
Andy Lau, an artist who made a splash all his life, was so compassionate and complacent.
When Dicky Cheung failed to invest in real estate and faced bankruptcy, Andy Lau helped him tide over the difficulties.
A fan in Inner Mongolia wrote to Andy Lau, saying that he had no money to go to a concert by plane in his life, hoping to enjoy a concert in Andy Lau in his next life, so he drove the concert to Inner Mongolia regardless of the group's blocking.
When Hacken Lee, the "king of songs", was at a low point in his life, and even the concert could not be held, Andy Lau said, "I will help you solve it", which made Hacken Lee embark on a turning point in his career. ...
Andy Lau did many good deeds, but he never boasted about what he had done.
But in this way, he felt happiness in his own heart and shone in others' hearts.
People who don't ask for anything in return and don't want to exchange kindness for kindness are truly compassionate people.
The richness of the heart makes life heavy, and such people have their own blessings.
As the saying goes, "if you are compassionate, you will be self-defeating."
As time goes by, life can always tell us in its own way:
Poetry and distant roads are expensive, and stars and the sea also need tickets.
Even in the immediate life, wealth is an important part of life.
It can be a high-rise building sheltered from the wind and rain, a confidence to resist risks, and a tool to express affection.
The older you get, the more you should have the awareness of wealth appreciation.
Lu Xiaoman, a celebrity of the Republic of China who never lacked money in the first half of his life, made himself miserable in the second half because he didn't have the consciousness of increasing wealth.
Lu Xiaoman, who was held in the palm of his hand since he was a child, grew up as rich as an enemy. He never thought about hoarding property and leaving a way out for his life.
Luxury houses, luxury cars, servants, parties, salons, etc. The extravagant life is like a bottomless pit, devouring countless wealth, and the income of her husband Xu Zhimo's several jobs can't be supported calmly.
She also quickly "lost" all the money left by her parents.
When misfortune befalls, Lu Xiaoman realizes that profligate money can only bring superficial delicacies and hoarded wealth, but it can maintain ultimate dignity.
As Mao Mu said:
Therefore, from now on, whether it is the way of making money or the consciousness of saving money, let yourself have the thinking of increasing wealth and let money serve life better.
Subtraction for life
As the old saying goes, "Forty is not much desire, fifty is not affectionate, and sixty is not much food."
Wandering in the river of years, learning to do subtraction is a rare ability.
Everything is too late, and proper blank space can make more beauty enter life.
Time flies, time brings us maturity, but also makes us more and more burdened on the road of life, and our desires increase accordingly.
The writer Yusuf Bye also said:
The more mature people are, the more they know how to let go of unnecessary desires, seize an important part of life and move forward lightly.
In ancient times, a farmer and a businessman walked together. They first found a pile of cloth on the side of the road. When they were happy, they split their backs equally and continued to set out.
After a long walk, they found a pile of wool on the roadside.
The farmer tried to pick up some wool and throw away some cloth; The merchant carried the rest of the cloth on his back.
In a short time, the merchant's pace was a little staggered, far behind the farmer.
Too much desire will make your luggage heavier. Just like this businessman, every step is getting harder and harder, let alone enjoying the scenery along the way.
Knowing how to minimize and let go seems to be a loss, but it is actually another gain.
Zhuangzi said:
Every piece of wood can be turned into a statue by removing excess parts.
Get rid of unnecessary desires, and every life can be relaxed.
Nine times out of ten, life is not satisfactory.
However, everything has two sides. Look at the problem from multiple angles, and naturally there will be no troubles.
The philosopher Socrates knew this well.
When he and some friends lived in a small house of seven or eight square meters, they were cheerful every day:
After a while, all his friends moved away, and Socrates was still very happy:
A few years later, Socrates moved into the first floor of a building, which was the worst floor of the whole building. Sewage and garbage are here, but Socrates is still very happy:
A wise man never troubles himself. Even if the environment is bad, they can turn fallen flowers into poems.
Because the essence of trouble comes from mood.
Carnegie, a famous interpersonal master, said:
Years are long, and joys and sorrows are like running water.
Let's look at the world from a different angle, look at problems from a different mentality, make our troubles less and make us happier.
When we were young, we often squandered our bodies without restraint.
After a long night, I drank wine late at night and woke up the next day, still full of energy.
When people reach middle age, their physical function has declined in the process of getting rid of bad habits. This will be found:
It is respect for life to reduce bad habits and not indulge the body excessively.
Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty was a man who paid great attention to health preservation.
Work and rest rules: go to bed early and get up early. After middle age, I live in the suburbs most of the time for better sleep quality.
Diet: Eat one meal twice a day, or duck or sheep, and eat more fresh vegetables.
I also hate smoking very much. Not only do I not smoke myself, but I also forbid my subjects to smoke.
Therefore, Kangxi was diligent, but he was also one of the rare longevity emperors.
The philosopher Schopenhauer said:
Our age is increasing year by year, and our bad habits are gradually decreasing.
You should know that having a healthy body is responsible for yourself and your family.
From simple to complex, from complex to simple.
Making good use of addition and subtraction is a realm of life.
Increase your free and easy heart, increase your compassion, and hold wealth in your hand. This is the road to maturity.
It is a stable situation to reduce the thoughts of desire and get rid of troubles and bad habits.