“Gratitude is the health of the soul.” ---Nietzsche

Do you remember the last time you said thank you to someone? When your lover carefully made you a cup of tea, have you ever said thank you? When your parents help you clean the house and make the windows bright and clean, have you ever said thank you? When the restaurant waiter brings the food to your table, have you ever said thank you?

Maybe you will think that these are trivial things, but it is the small things that best reflect a person's good cultivation. We should have a grateful heart for everything in the world. Buddhism says that every flower and every grass is life, and every bit is cause and effect. Everything we have now is caused by the interweaving of cause and effect. Therefore, we should always be grateful for everything, even those things that make us unhappy.

This book "Heart" by Mr. Kazuo Inamori attributes all his success to his various "hearts", the first of which is the heart of gratitude. He believes that such a mentality can attract beautiful realities and help him survive the harsh journey in life.

Let me talk about my own feelings after reading this part from three aspects.

01. Be grateful for the difficulties in life.

I really don’t like my current job. But after reading this book, I understand that even if I don't like it, I should still be grateful for it. I want to thank it for giving me my monthly salary, monthly five insurances and one housing fund, the abilities and knowledge it has taught me at work, and even my own dislike of it. It is precisely because of this dislike and wanting to find a new job that it inspires me to work hard to learn new knowledge, find ways to work part-time, and become a very self-disciplined person.

In the face of difficulties, reacting passively, full of complaints and complaints, is completely useless, and such an attitude is not advisable. In fact, it is precisely because of these uncomfortable difficulties that they will train us, inspire us to find ways to solve difficulties, and inspire us to make extraordinary efforts to become a better person. These difficulties are the wealth in our life.

02. Keep "thank you" on your lips.

In Japan and Canada, the word "thank you" should appear most frequently. Especially in Japan, saying "thank you" has become a habit for them to treat others and express their feelings. In Japanese, the word "thank you" is a rare thing to have, which means "something that rarely happens happens." All the things we experience in this world are actually “rare to have” things.

The book "Heart" mentions that without air, water and food, each of us cannot survive; without family and society, it will be difficult for us to survive individually. Being able to live in this world is by no means a matter of course, so we should be grateful for everything around us. And when we can deeply understand its meaning, we will naturally say "thank you" to everything around us all the time, and our life will become happier. The author himself is always grateful and can say "thank you" at any time.

03.? Humility is the talisman of a happy life.

Mr. Guo Moruo, our great litterateur, after becoming famous, he still did not forget to listen to the opinions of others with an open mind. Before a certain performance, he followed other people's suggestions and temporarily changed a line to achieve better results, and gilded the original work with a layer of gold to make it more flavorful. However, in our lives, many people think that they are excellent and are unwilling to listen to other people's opinions. They always insist on going their own way, allowing themselves to do whatever they want, and in the end they do not achieve any good results.

In fact, each of us lives in society, whether it is a hawker selling breakfast on the street or a white-collar worker in an office building, there is something worth learning from each of them. We must always maintain a humble heart and not be arrogant or complacent in order to make our life better and better.

Mr. Kazuo Inamori believes that as long as we have a humble heart, we can stay away from disasters, just like having a talisman in life. The abilities and talents you possess should be given back to the world and society. Humility is the source of gratitude and the foundation for living a good life.

Write it at the end

"Being willing to give thanks can eliminate bad karma." -- "Heart" by Kazuo Inamori

Everyone's life is impossible It is calm, it must have ebbs and flows, highs and lows. When we encounter something lucky, or when we encounter something unsatisfactory, we should have a grateful heart, so that our will can be tempered and our soul can be tempered. No matter what, we should face everything with a positive and optimistic attitude and be grateful, so that life can keep moving forward.

With a grateful heart, you can meet your own lucky life.