"Caigen Tan" thinks:
People in China have long discovered that when things are going well, we still can't relax, because once we relax, the danger of some subtle things will be highlighted, and you are not easy to find, so it is even more dangerous. A levee of a thousand miles breaks down in an ant's nest, and the crisis begins with small things. If it is not stopped in time, the situation may get out of control, so we can't be careless.
Therefore, China people say, we should take precautions and be prepared for danger in times of peace. This is a summary of the life experience of countless people. In fact, there are countless stories behind every word. Then, through these stories and even lessons, people realized that the law of life turned out to be like this, so they summed it up and handed it down.
As the saying goes: be careful to sail for ten thousand years. Only prudent people can live long.
When things happen, what I fear most is panic. As the saying goes, when you make mistakes in your busy life, you will feel confused and have no idea what you could have handled.
The question is, where does that calm self-confidence and mentality come from? How can it be achieved? This goes back to the first point. In fact, when you are pragmatic, you have already prepared for something, so if something really happens, you will know, because you already have a plan to eliminate the crisis in your heart.
Everything is established in advance, and it is abolished. If you are well prepared and well planned, when there is a real change, you will relax, calmly deal with it and take it in stride.
Another example is the thought of Sun Tzu's Art of War. To a large extent, it is about "temple calculation", preparation and the availability of basic conditions. In fact, it is still an idea of full evaluation and preparation in advance. Only in this way can you stay calm in the crisis and not be afraid of sudden provocation.
When there is nothing, what will become if you are not careful. When something happens, if you plan ahead, deal with it carefully, prepare in advance, and plan ahead, things will go up in smoke.
Therefore, it actually contains the ancient wisdom of China people, that is, things are always in harmony with yin and yang, and one thing always contains two aspects, which are mutually transformed and never stop. Just like the idea conveyed by another famous saying of China: misfortune is the place where happiness depends, and happiness is the place where misfortune lies.
There is yang in yin and yin in yang. Everything is two sides of a whole, organic in danger, machine in danger. Therefore, when we look at things, we should never look at them with static eyes and fixed thinking, but with developing, changing and transforming eyes.
Even we can use reverse thinking to think about life itself and all kinds of problems in life. Don't be too careless when things are too smooth. When it is too rough, we can see a glimmer of hope and the possibility of change. We always look at life with this kind of reverse thinking, which not only adds a layer of wisdom, but also adds a layer of vigilance and hope.