A little boy is guarding oak barrels in his father's winery. Every morning, he cleans the barrels with a rag, and then arranges them neatly in a row. What makes him angry is that the wind often blows his neatly arranged barrels to the east and west overnight.
The little boy cried bitterly. The father touched the child's head and said, "Don't be sad, son. We can try to conquer the wind. "
So the little boy dried his tears and sat by the bucket thinking and thinking. After thinking for a long time, he finally came up with a way. He went to the well to pick up buckets of water, then poured it into those empty oak barrels, and then went home to sleep trembling.
The next day, at dawn, the little boy got up in a hurry. He ran to the bucket. He saw that the oak barrels were arranged neatly, and no one was blown down or tilted by the wind. The little boy smiled happily. He said to his father, "If the bucket is not blown down by the wind, we must increase the weight of the bucket." The boy's father smiled approvingly.
Yes, we may not be able to change the wind direction and many things in the world and society, but we can change ourselves and make ourselves heavier, so that we can adapt to change and not be defeated.
It is really futile for us to pin our hopes on changing the environment.
Someone has issued such a slogan: you can't change the past, but you can change the present; If you want to change the environment, you must change yourself. Levi was different from other ordinary people in the gold rush. Levy found that gold diggers need strong and durable work clothes from this heavy physical labor. So, he adjusted his thinking, gave up the gold rush that everyone was keen on, and immediately began to produce jeans made of canvas, sold the products to the above-mentioned many gold diggers, and embarked on the road of getting rich.
One cannot live in harmony with the environment forever. When the environment gets worse, we either try to deal with it or try to change ourselves to adapt. Adaptation and coping are different: adaptation is to let yourself cater to the environment, often follow the trend and become a wise man. The motto "He who knows the times is a hero" is related to "dishonesty" and "dishonesty", so people with lofty ideals always refuse to change themselves to adapt to the environment, but also transform the environment to adapt to themselves. In this way, it becomes a coping environment.
Adaptation is a kind of consciousness, but coping is a means. Coping is often not based on reason, but on interests. Seeing that the current difficulties can't be overcome, I reluctantly wronged myself in order to tide over the difficulties. This is often an expedient measure. When a difficulty has passed, you think that the world is at peace and you can rest easy. I don't know if I can't fully realize and completely change myself, it will still be difficult.
Tolstoy said, "There are two kinds of people in the world: spectators and actors.
Most people want to change the world, but no one wants to change themselves. "In fact, when you can't change the world, it is wise to change yourself! Be a man like water and do things like mountains. Gentle and modest, drifting like water; Do things honestly and stand tall like a mountain. To change the status quo, you have to change yourself. If you want to change yourself, you must change your mind.
All achievements begin with the right ideas. A series of failures also began with wrong ideas. To adapt to society and change yourself, you must change yourself.
"There is a fork in the road in the forest, and I am willing to choose the road with few footprints, so my life will be completely different." There are many people walking on the same road, which always makes them muddy and dusty. Why not take a walk in another way? Maybe everything will be different. Grasp your own today, then tomorrow will be better. You can't control the weather, but you can change your mood; You can't choose your appearance, but you can smile. If you smile at life, life will smile back at you. Let our heart not be depressed, let it be free. Let the free mind fly and meet the gorgeous sunshine!