The Autobiography of Franklin was written according to his own experience in his later years. It's actually a letter from home to his son William Franklin. In the book market, I have seen more than a dozen versions of the autobiography of Franklin. The version I read was translated by He Quan and published by China Overseas Chinese Publishing House. The text of this translation is more concise, humorous and easy to understand. In his book, Franklin talked about his successful experiences and lessons of failure in a casual way.
Speaking of which, do you think Franklin's life is just hanging up? It's 666.
George Washington once said of Franklin: "Being admired for good deeds, being admired for talent, being respected for patriotism, and being embraced for kindness will arouse people's cordial love for you. The greatest comfort you can get is to know that you have not wasted your life. "
I believe that most people will be shocked and shocked when they see Franklin's magnificent life. It's hard to imagine how a person can have such great life energy. However, Franklin just told his life's experience slowly and calmly. He didn't talk about the achievements and wonderful experiences, but Kan Kan talked about them; He did not deliberately exaggerate the setbacks and annoying experiences he encountered to gain sympathy; For the mistakes he made and the stains of his life, he didn't cover up and whitewash them, hiding.
Among them, there is a story that impressed me deeply: Franklin was entrusted by his friend when he was young, and took care of his friend's lover. Later, Franklin broke away from religious constraints and betrayed his vows with Miss Reed, intending to have a close relationship with his friend's lover. To this end, he was rejected and lost his friends. Franklin spoke this matter objectively, and at the same time made a profound self-reflection. I think it takes a great deal of courage to show my disgraceful side naked in front of readers.
Franklin didn't pretend to be a great man, but an ordinary man, like an old man living next door to us. On a sunny, warm afternoon, in front of the gate, we sat opposite each other. I leaned my chin and stared, listening to the old man explain the ups and downs in his life.
Although Franklin only attended school for two years, he was keen on reading, eager to learn knowledge and loved writing. He spent all his pocket money on books. When he was an apprentice in the printing house, he tried to find time to practice reading and writing. He would sacrifice his sleeping time to read books, and he would make his own vegetarian food and shorten his meal time to read books. With his hard work, Franklin made great achievements in literary attainments and was recognized by the world. With only two years of primary school education, he was awarded a master's degree or a doctor's degree by Harvard University, Yale University, Oxford University and Edinburgh University in the United States.
Franklin gave us a good explanation of how to become a knowledgeable and literate person through our own efforts without a good education. We should learn from Franklin's spirit, regardless of educational background and objective environment, and always maintain our love for reading, immerse ourselves in the sea of books, absorb the nutrition from them, increase our knowledge, cultivate our sentiments, cultivate our self-cultivation and fill our minds.
I think of Yang Lan's views on girls' reading. What she said is also applicable to all of us. She said: "Our insistence is that even if we finally fall into triviality and wash away the lead, the same job has a different mood, the same family has a different mood, and the same offspring has a different cultivation." Yes, reading and studying is not only to acquire certain skills, so as to obtain the guarantee of life and social recognition, but more importantly, to cultivate our own hearts. So, love reading and stick to it. Taking books as friends, the road of life can be more practical and complete.
Franklin had a unique way of learning to write. He selected great papers from magazines and made a brief summary of the central meaning of each sentence in the article. In the next few days, he did not read the original text, but expressed the central idea of those extracted sentences in his own language, and then put the sentences into paragraphs, and the paragraphs made up a complete article. When his own article is finished, he will compare it with the original article, find out his writing shortcomings and correct them. This method still has a strong reference significance. Those friends who are eager to write but suffer from lack of pen and ink and disorganization may wish to try Franklin's writing method, and there may be many unexpected gains.
In life, I believe that each of us knows what is good and what is evil, and we will try our best to do good and avoid doing bad things. However, reality is more difficult than imagined. When we try our best to overcome one shortcoming, another shortcoming is unexpectedly exposed. If you are not careful, your reason will be defeated by the habit of time. Just thinking about not doing bad things can't avoid bad things. We must break those bad habits and then establish good habits, so that we can always do the right thing.
Franklin is aware of this problem. In order to achieve this goal, he came up with 13 principles: moderation, caution, order, determination, thrift, diligence, sincerity, justice, moderation, neatness, calmness, abstinence and modesty. Franklin put the plan into action, ready to check himself at any time, and stuck to it.
Great people must have greatness. They can recognize their own limitations, deeply analyze their souls, put forward improvement measures, and improve themselves with valuable courage and strong will. Franklin set an example for us on the road of self-improvement and self-growth.
along the way in life, Franklin gradually realized that those "truthfulness, honesty and integrity" in the relationship between people are the important factors that affect the happiness of life.
This reminds me of a sentence in the recently released film "Don't ask about things": Love what you love, do what you want, listen to your heart, and don't ask about things. In fact, what we do and love is to always listen to the inner cry of "truth, honesty and integrity" and stick to this bottom line, so that we can do what you want and ask nothing.
That's what I have learned and felt about the book Autobiography of Franklin. I hope my friends will take time to read this book carefully. Believe you, I will gain a lot. Friends can also listen to my audio program "Autobiography of Franklin" on the Himalayas.
I'm a navigator.
I look forward to your attention.