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The Book of Changes said, "Heaven is powerful, and gentlemen are constantly striving for self-improvement."
What is said is: the universe is constantly running, and people should follow the example of heaven and earth, keep working hard and move forward forever.
? Heaven also encourages people to work hard and forge ahead, and will prefer such people.
? Zeng Guofan in the late Qing Dynasty was a "semi-saint" in the history of China, and he was as famous as Confucius and Wang Yangming.
? However, he is a naturally stupid person. He has achieved something because he has been studying hard for decades.
? Zeng Guofan once educated his son: "After this, you can make less progress. I was sleepy again when I went in again, and then I was excited again. "
? Perseverance and diligence can always bring us progress bit by bit, and finally God will definitely give us unexpected surprises.
And an industrious person, no matter how talented, can only be like Fang Zhongyong who doesn't study, even if he is a natural child prodigy, and finally he can only "disappear from everyone".
Han Yu said: "Industry is good at diligence, but not at drama."
And this kind of diligence is not only physical diligence, but also spiritual diligence and mental diligence.
In life, many people seem to be diligent, but in fact they just use repeated mechanical "diligence" to cover up the "laziness" in their brains. Napoleon said, "Why do I always imagine things wonderfully?" ? Because I've been thinking. "
A truly successful great man, besides physical diligence, must also be inseparable from spiritual diligence.
When a person's body and brain are diligent and persistent, God will eventually pay off.
Second, the real reward.
Some people say that the two most reliable things in life are hard work and character.
As the Book of Changes said: "The terrain is Kun, and a gentleman carries things with virtue."
Virtue is virtue, conscience and character.
Based on conscience and character, virtue can flourish and life can be innocent and upright between heaven and earth. And a person can be kind to others, do things with goodwill, pay goodwill, and will have good results in the future.
In the Ming Dynasty, an official surnamed Zhang was responsible for transporting grain and grass.
When the ship was driving near his hometown, it was suddenly overturned by the strong wind, and he was the only one who swam to the shore and survived.
When he walked along the shore, he found that another ship in the river had also capsized, and the water mist was filled, so he could not see the person calling for help clearly.
The kind-hearted police officer Zhang, in desperation, immediately called the fishermen on the shore to save people together.
Back on the shore, police officer Zhang suddenly discovered that the rescued person was his own son.
It turned out that my son heard that his father was going home, so he sailed out and waited. Unexpectedly, he was overturned by the strong wind and saved by his father's kindness.
It is true that those who truly reward virtue and kindness will be blessed.
People who are kind and virtuous can reap better in the world. Because every love he gives will flow in this world and eventually return to himself.
Nourishing the soul with virtue will surely lead a rich life.
Third, humanity returns sincerely.
There is a famous saying in the Analects of Confucius: People without faith don't know what they can do.
It means that if a person loses his integrity, he doesn't know what else to do.
The ancients have long told us with experience that people will stand without faith, industries will decline without faith, and countries will be in danger without faith.
So, what is honesty?
Honesty is a quality of self-discipline, which is manifested in a person's high self-esteem, honesty to others, and standardized words and deeds.
Honesty is a kind of sincere and stupid power, which contains a sense of dignity and a sense of responsibility to society.
There is a saying in the golden mean: sincere people have a way of doing things.
People pay attention to sincerity. If you plant the seeds of honesty in your heart, you will blossom a flower of your heart, which will fragrance yourself and others.
There was a man in the Western Han Dynasty named Ji Bu, who kept his word and never broke his word.
Over time, people are willing to believe him and say, "Keep a promise and keep a promise."
Later, the regime changed, and the official offered a reward of 2,000 gold for the arrest of Lu Bu. As a result, no one leaked Lu Bu's information, but they all helped Lu Bu escape.
Finally, recommended by experts, Ji Bu was not only pardoned, but also made the new emperor the prefect of Hedong.
People pay attention to honesty, and those who pay attention to honesty will be close to it; Those who cheat and cheat will stay away.
Zhuangzi said: insincere, insincere, not touching.
When people meet each other, they can win the sincerity of others by exchanging sincerity for sincerity and heart for heart;
Being a man and doing things, not being opportunistic, working hard and being strict with yourself are the keys to success in life.
Heaven rewards diligence, tunnel rewards virtue, and humanity rewards sincerity.
As Franklin said, "I have never met an early riser, diligent, cautious and honest person who complained about his bad fate."
I hope that for the rest of our lives, we can have persistent diligence, good virtue and consistent integrity, then we will be blessed by heaven and earth, bring our own blessings and make our lives flourish.