Most importantly, don't look at things that are vague in the distance, but do things that are clear in front of you. These 24 words make this young medical scientist the most famous medical scientist in 187 1. He founded the world-famous Johns Hopkins Medical College and became an appointed professor of Oxford University Medical College-the highest honor that the British medical profession can get-and you were knighted by the king of England. After his death, he recorded his life experience in two volumes, with the original book reaching 1466 pages. He is Sir William osler. The 24 words he saw in the spring of 187 1 helped him live a carefree life. These 24 words are: "The most important thing is not to see what is vague in the distance, but to do what is clear in front of you." This is written by Thomas Caleri. What does this sentence mean, "a completely independent today"? A few months before he went to Yale to give a speech, he crossed the Atlantic Ocean on a very large ocean liner. He saw the captain standing in the cockpit and pressing a button. After a sound of machine running, several parts of the ship were immediately isolated from each other-divided into several waterproof compartments. Dr. osler told Yale students, "Each of you has a much more elaborate mechanism than that ocean liner. You have a long journey to travel. I want to advise you: you should also learn to control everything about yourself. Only by living in "completely independent today" can we ensure the safety of navigation. In the cockpit, you will find that those big compartments have their own uses. Press a button. Pay attention to all aspects of life and block the past with iron gates-block those yesterday that have passed away; Press another button and cut off the future with the iron gate-cut off those unborn tomorrows. Then you are insured-you have everything today ... cut off the past. Burying the past that has passed away and cutting off the yesterday that led to the death of fools ... The burden of tomorrow plus the burden of yesterday will definitely become the biggest obstacle today. We should close the door to the future as we did in the past ... The future lies in today ... Without tomorrow, the day when mankind is saved is now. A person who is worried about the future will be accompanied by a waste of energy and mental pain ... and then cut off all the cabins before and after the ship. Prepare to form a good habit. Living in a completely independent world today, does Dr. osler advocate that people don't have to work hard to prepare for tomorrow? No, absolutely not. In that speech, he went on to say that the best way for you to meet the future is to concentrate all your wisdom and enthusiasm and do today's work perfectly. Sir osler encouraged Yale students to recite the following message at the beginning of each day: "Today, we will get today's bread. "This information tells us that we can only ask for bread today, and the only bread we can eat is bread today. A long time ago. A penniless philosopher wandered to a barren country, where people lived a very hard life. One day, a group of people gathered around him at the top of the mountain. He uttered a famous saying that was perhaps the most quoted in history. This passage is only 30 words, but it has been passed down from generation to generation for centuries: "Don't worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will have its own troubles, and one day's difficulties will be enough. "Many people don't believe what Jesus said,' Don't worry about tomorrow'. He thinks this is an unnecessary suggestion and thinks it is a mysterious thing in the East. Never believed it. They said, "I have to worry about ignorance. I have to insure my family. I must save money for my old age. I must plan and prepare for the future. Yes, of course, all these must be done. In fact, that sentence of Jesus was translated more than 300 years ago. The meaning of the word worry now is completely different from that of James dynasty. More than 300 years ago, the word worry usually meant anxiety. The new version of the Bible translates Jesus' sentence more accurately: "Don't worry about tomorrow". Yes, you must think about tomorrow, think carefully, plan and prepare, but don't worry. Military leaders in wartime must plan for the future, but they must not have the slightest anxiety. Admiral Ernest King, who commanded the US Navy, said, "I provide the best equipment to the best personnel and then give them some seemingly excellent tasks. This is all I can do. " He added, "If a ship sinks, I can't get it out. If the ship continues to sink, I can't stop it. It is much better for me to spend time solving tomorrow's problems than to regret yesterday's problems. Besides, if I keep worrying about these things, I won't last long. "Whether in wartime or in peacetime, the difference between a good idea and a bad idea is that a good idea can consider cause and effect, thus producing a logical and constructive plan; And bad ideas can lead to a person's nervousness and mental breakdown. Recently, I had the honor to visit Arthur Sulzberg, the publisher of the world-famous The New York Times. Mr. Sulzberg told me that he was very surprised when the war of World War II spread to Europe. Worries about the future kept him awake all night. He often gets out of bed in the middle of the night, holding canvas and paint, looking in the mirror and trying to draw a self-portrait. He knows nothing about painting. But in order to stop worrying, he drew it. Finally, he used seven words in a hymn as his motto, and finally eliminated his worries and got peace. These seven words are: "just one step away." Guide me, kind light … let you be at my feet. Don't want to see the distant scenery, take it one step at a time. Around this time, a young soldier-somewhere in Europe-also learned this.