1. Winter grass

Every early spring, I plant Chinese cabbage.

First, loosen and smooth the soil, then scatter the seeds. Then use a thin bamboo chopper to gently scratch the surface again. The seeds will be covered with soil, so they are no longer afraid of birds pecking them.

Last year, the weather was special. After the autumn harvest, it actually became warm again. I thought it would be a pity to leave the garden empty, so I took out the remaining cabbage seeds from the spring and sowed them. Unexpectedly, just a few days after sowing, it became cold again, and it suddenly entered winter, and it never got warmer again. It snowed, and I regretted it for a while, and then forgot about it.

To this day, on this late winter day, I wore snowshoes to the backyard to inspect the fence. The thick ice and snow melted, revealing the long-sealed surface below, and there was actually a little bit of greenery.

Each miniature cabbage has only two or three leaves. Between the leaves, small buds stretch out, revealing the yellow petals inside, and they are about to bloom.

What a touching picture this is!

Could it be that for most of the past winter, they have been holding back, waiting for every slightly warmer day to put down a little root and grow a little leaf?

They were forced to live under the ice and snow, preserving this glimmer of vitality just to bloom, set seeds, and wait for spring to sprout again?

"If you can't see spring, let your children see it!

If you are short and ugly, let your children be tall and decent!"

I think What you get is not the humble cabbage, but the sublime maternal love blooming brilliantly in the ice and snow...

2. Happiness

There are three indispensable factors for a happy life.

First, there is hope.

The second is to have something to do.

The third is to be able to love others.

There is hope.

Alexander the Great once sent a large number of gifts to express his generosity. He gave A a large sum of money, B a province, and C a high official. After his friend heard about this, he said to him: "If you keep doing this, you will be penniless." Alexander replied: "How can I be penniless? What I have left for myself is the greatest The gift I have left is my hope.”

If a person only lives in memories but loses hope, his life has begun to end. Memories cannot inspire us to live vigorously. Memories can only allow us to escape, like prisoners escaping from prison.

Something to do.

An old English woman, when she was seriously ill and knew her time was short, wrote the following poem:

Don't pity me now, never pity me;

I will never work again, never, ever.

Many people have been unemployed or have nothing to do. At this time, they will feel that life is passing slowly and life is very empty. Anyone who has had this experience will know that having something to do is not a misfortune, but a kind of happiness.

Be able to love people.

The poet Browning once wrote: "He glanced at her, she looked back at him and smiled, and life suddenly came to life."

With love in life, we will change Be humble and lively, new hope arises spontaneously, as if there are thousands of things waiting for us to accomplish. With love, life has spring, and the world becomes colorful.

The most perfect prayer should be: "Lord, please give me the strength to help others."

3. May life be as calm as lake water

The wise Zhuangzi left us a thought-provoking story: a gamer uses an earthen basin as a bet, and his skills can be fully displayed; but if he uses gold as a bet, he falls short of the standard. Zhuangzi's definition of this is "Those who are heavy on the outside are clumsy on the inside".

Due to excessive exertion and too much concentration, things that can usually be done easily are messed up. Modern medicine calls this "purpose tremor." The hands that want to sew the needle are trembling, and the feet that want to kick the ball are trembling. Wallenda originally had a pair of feet that were as smooth as walking on the steel rope, but his excessive desire to win forced him to lose balance on his feet - the famous "Walenda mentality" ended in Wallenda's mistake and death. was given a heavy connotation.

How can life be without purpose? However, the purpose is what leads you forward. If you make the purpose into a sandbag and tie it to your body, then every step forward, huge burdens and inexplicable fears will come to fetter your hands and feet. Look further, let life become a calm lake, and tell yourself: Where there is water, wait for the clouds to rise, and find a smooth road beside the dangerous cliff.

4. Don’t take yourself too seriously

John has had a beard for many years, and now he is ready to shave it off, but he is a little hesitant: What will his friends and colleagues think? , will they make fun of me?

After several days of careful consideration, he finally decided to keep only a mustache. When he went to work the next day, he was mentally prepared for the worst.

The result was unexpected. No one commented on his change. Everyone came to the office in a hurry and did their own things nervously. In fact, no one said a word until the lunch break.

In the end, he couldn't help but ask others: "What do you think of me like this?"

The other person was stunned: "What does it look like?"

"You Didn't you notice that I'm a little different today?"

The colleagues started to look at him from head to toe, and finally someone shouted: "Oh, you have a mustache."

The famous performing artist Ying Ruocheng also told a similar story. He grew up in a big family, and dozens of people would sit in the large dining room every time he ate. One day, he had a sudden idea and decided to play a joke on everyone. Before eating, he hid himself in an unnoticed cabinet in the dining room, hoping to wait until no one could find him before jumping out.

What greatly embarrassed Xiaoying Ruocheng was that no one noticed his absence at all. After he was full of wine and food, everyone left, and then he walked out languidly and ate some soup leftovers. Since then, he has told himself: Never take yourself too seriously, otherwise you will be disappointed.

5. It’s hard to return to normalcy

There was a woman who came from an ordinary family, worked an ordinary job, married an ordinary husband, and had an ordinary home. In short, she is very ordinary.

Suddenly one day, the newspaper recruited a special actor to play the princess with great fanfare. A kind-hearted friend of hers sent her an application photo. Unexpectedly, this ordinary woman began her career as a "princess".

It was so difficult. She read many books about the princess. She carefully understood every detail of the princess's thoughts. She repeated the princess's every smile, every word and every action...

< p> It doesn’t look like, it doesn’t look like, this doesn’t look like, that doesn’t look like either! The director and photographer were extremely picky and asked her to come back again and again...

Nowadays, ordinary women can play the role of princess with ease, and it no longer takes much time to get into the role. What's bad is that now it's very difficult for her to return to her normal self, and sometimes it takes her an entire night. Every morning when she wakes up, she must remind herself "who am I" again and again to prevent herself from bossing others around for no reason; when getting along with her kind husband and lively daughter, she must remind herself "who am I" again and again, To avoid being inexplicably moody towards them.

The ordinary woman said to others with deep pain: It is too difficult for a person who has enjoyed generous treatment and the highest respect to return to normal.

She still looked like a princess when she said this.

6. Weeds in the Garden

After Jack London wrote "Martin Eden", he became famous and made a lot of money. He not only built a villa in California, but also in A luxury yacht was purchased on the Atlantic Ocean. However, after having all this, boredom, emptiness, loneliness and boredom followed one after another. In the end, he was driven crazy by these and committed suicide in his villa by taking poison in 1916.

Fadeev entered the Soviet literary world at the age of 29, and became the General Secretary of the Soviet Writers' Association with his book "Young Guards". However, he never wrote a novel since then because he was busy traveling, attending meetings, and giving reports.

No matter how beautiful a garden is, if it is not regularly weeded and pruned, it can be completely barren in just one summer. Some people who have made achievements or want to make achievements, if they do not pay attention to eliminate boring Things are very dangerous.

7. Birdcage

John and George once made a bet. John said that if he gave George a birdcage and hung it in a conspicuous place in George's room, then George would buy a bird back.

George didn’t believe it and said it would be too troublesome to raise a bird. I would definitely not buy it.

John went to buy George a beautiful birdcage and let George hang it in an eye-catching place in the living room.

The results can be imagined. Whenever people walked into George's living room, they would ask him: "George, when did your bird die and what happened?"

"I've never had a bird. ." George replied.

"So, what do you want a birdcage for?" The friend looked at George strangely, which made George feel that there was something wrong with him: lack of love, indifference to animals...

George finally bought a bird and put it in that beautiful cage because he found that it was much simpler than endlessly explaining it to everyone.

8. Borrowing money

The famous Taiwanese writer Liu Yong visited a professor’s house one day, and it happened that a friend of the professor went to pay back the money. After the man left, the professor took the money and sighed: "Lost money, lost friends."

After hearing this, Liu Yong asked puzzledly what the last sentence meant.

The professor said: "I lend money to friends and never expect them to pay them back.

Because I think, if he has no money and cannot pay back, he will be embarrassed to come; if he has money and wants to default on the debt, he will be embarrassed to come again. Then I will only suffer once, which is equivalent to spending some money and recognizing a bad friend. When it comes to borrowing money from friends, as long as the amount is not too large, I will always agree, because friends should have a common financial relationship. As for loaning it out, I never ask for it, because it will inevitably hurt the harmony. So whenever I lend money, it always feels like I'm lending money to a friend as well. And every time they return the money, I feel like my money and my friends have been regained together. ”

9. Unappreciated talents

Xiao Wang and Xiao Li were classmates in the art department. After graduation, Xiao Li entered a newspaper office as an art designer due to his father’s relationship. It was not satisfactory. Xiao Wang, a young man, would scold the newspaper office every time he saw Xiao Li's work published in the newspaper. However, Xiao Li, who was originally far inferior to Xiao Wang, often had access to the latest news because of the good working environment of the newspaper office. Using the materials and works, coupled with the hard work of learning, he established a unique style and gained a lot of fame after a few years.

Xiao Wang finally stopped ridiculing Xiao Li because of his long-term reputation. His resentment turned him from a talent that was not appreciated for a while, to a real weak one. His works were not up to par, and he was far behind Xiao Li.

There are indeed many unfair things in this society, but the treatment of others is also unfair. The only way to be unfair is to work harder to get ahead so that you can create a fair society in the future; if you only feel sorry for yourself, your short-term bad luck will eventually turn into long-term misfortune.

10. Wait for three days

A Chinese female writer visiting the United States met an old lady selling flowers on the streets of New York. Weak, but with a peaceful and happy expression on her face, the female writer picked a flower and said, "You look very happy. "

"Why not? Everything is so beautiful. ”

“You can really see through troubles.” "The female writer said casually.

The old lady's answer surprised the female writer: "When Jesus was crucified on the cross on Friday, it was the worst day in the world, but Easter was three days later. So, when something bad happens to me, I wait three days, and after three days everything is back to normal. "

"Waiting for three days" is such an ordinary and philosophical way of life. It leaves behind troubles and pain and tries its best to gain happiness.