There is a mouse who lives in a temple. His life is very pleasant. He can usually shuttle between rooms and enjoy many tributes.

It is dark because it lives behind the Buddha statue all the year round, so when people burn incense and kowtow, they all worship in its direction.

I was once infatuated with this feeling of being admired.

One day, a hungry wild cat broke into the temple and held the mouse to the ground with one hand.

In desperation, the mouse shouted, you can't eat me. You should bow to me. I represent the Buddha.

Wild cats laughed and responded:

People don't bow down to you, they worship Buddha, and you just occupy a good position.

Say that finish, the mouse was eaten by wild cats.

The greatest misfortune in life, like this mouse, is that it can't recognize itself and take itself too seriously.

Everyone has his own personality, so we advocate being himself, living himself and developing his own personality. However, while doing a good job of yourself and publicizing your personality, you should pay attention to keeping a low profile, don't take yourself too seriously, hold yourself too high, and eventually fall too badly.

Sea water puts itself very low and can absorb water from all directions. People can accept more things from others by lowering their status. If you want to reach the top, you must start at the bottom.

So, keep a low profile. But "low-key" does not mean that there is no self, but that when interacting with people, we should be calm, correct our mentality and position, don't take ourselves too seriously, and tolerate others with a modest and open mind. Be low-key, friendly and amiable, walk in front of others, keep your edge, and start from a humble place. Being a low-key person is the criterion for a person to settle down.

Franklin, known as the father of America, visited a respected old-timer when he was young. At that time, he was young and vigorous, striding forward. As soon as he entered the door, he banged his head against the door frame, kept rubbing it with his hand and looked at the door much shorter than himself.

The seniors who came out to meet him saw him like this and smiled and said, "It hurts! However, this will be the biggest gain of your visit to me today. If a person wants to live safely in this world, he must always remember: bow his head when it is time. This is what I want to teach you. "

It's hard to be cold at the top of the world, but it's easy to live at the top of the world. Low-key does not mean humble; Being a low-key person can often show your nobility. People who hold important positions and keep a low profile have a great demeanor of being hidden in the market.

On the first day of college, a freshman stopped a janitor and asked him to look after the box. The next day, I found out that the janitor turned out to be Ji Xianlin, the vice president of Peking University and a famous scholar. How can this scholar, who is well versed in China and the West, look down on himself so much? Perhaps it is one of the reasons why he has become a role model for contemporary scholars.

Low-key is not only a way of self-protection, but also a kind of wisdom and art of dealing with people. Being a low-key person shows a peaceful mentality and magnanimous tolerance, which makes people unconsciously attracted by this tolerance and will not feel humble because of his low-key. Low-key is a realm, a mind, and a mature and wise feeling.

Autumn has come, and two geese want to fly back to the south, but they are reluctant to part with their good friend frog.

The wild goose said to the frog, "If you can fly to the sky, we can be together often."

The frog had a brainwave: it made two geese grab a branch, then put it in the middle of the branch with their mouths, and the three friends flew into the sky together. The frogs on the ground clapped their hands appreciatively.

Then a frog asked, "Who is so smart?"

The frog was so eager to show himself that he forgot the advice of the wild goose and said loudly, "I came up with this." Before the words were finished, it fell from the air.

In reality, many people, like that frog, always want to be superior, but they end up with a tragic ending. To be a man, you should have a normal heart, not look down on yourself too much, nor take yourself too seriously.

In fact, in the eyes of others, you are not as important as you think. Sometimes, you think others care about you, but in fact you are romantic. If you always show off your sense of superiority, it will often make people look down on you.

Rui Chenggang once claimed to be an "old friend" of former US President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Kissinger, former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

So that the annual Davos Economic Forum will be called "the gathering of Rui and his friends" by some people who call it "diaosi acid".

However, when Rui Cheng Gang went to prison, his "old friends" all over the world disappeared, and so did his former friends, but people who fell down when they were down and out poured in, and the world became cold. ...

Don't take yourself too seriously In the rush of life, you are just a passer-by. In the long river of human history, you can't even compare the weight of a grain of sand.

People know themselves. If a person wants to achieve something, he must first have an objective and clear understanding of himself. Self-confidence is the foundation of success, but if you take yourself too seriously and don't know your weight, then self-confidence is no longer self-confidence, but a kind of self-expansion. Like a hot air balloon in the sky, it is in danger of bursting at any time.

Li Lu, a poet, famously said, "If you treat yourself as dirt and always treat yourself as a pearl, there will always be the pain of being buried."

Be a man, don't take yourself too seriously You don't have that many viewers. Be a man, don't overestimate yourself, don't take yourself too seriously.

Don't overestimate yourself, maybe you are nothing to others. Some people take themselves too seriously, take themselves too seriously, and care too much about the eyes of others, thus causing a heavy psychological burden on themselves.

No matter what position you are in, no matter how important you are, in fact, your resignation is not important at all. No matter who leaves, they will still live. There are many people who are more capable and talented than you, so we should not be too ostentatious, too ostentatious and too arrogant, because we will die too early.

Be a man, don't be too conspicuous Don't think you are awesome. Without you, the earth will still turn. Without this platform, you are nothing! Be modest and keep a low profile!

It doesn't matter how high you fly, remember to land safely!

Therefore, one should have an objective evaluation of oneself and lower oneself. Don't take yourself seriously, keep a low profile, and treat people and things in the world with peace and humility, which is not only a kind of respect for yourself, but also a manifestation of respect for others. Of course, with this calm, you can be high or low. I won't fall high, and I won't wander low. If you live like this, you will be carefree and happy.

Man, never take yourself too seriously, or you will be disappointed.

As Jiang Yang said:

The key to a person's life is to find his own position and never overestimate himself. Being in a high position, all you see are flashy spring dreams; When you are humble, you have a chance to see the truth of the world.

Only when the tide goes out will you know who has been swimming naked.