1: Life attitude determines the height of life
A philosopher traveled with his disciples. On the way, he asked his disciples, "There is something that runs faster than the speed of light, and instantly can cross the galaxy and reach distant places ...... What is it?" The disciples scrambled to answer, "It's thought!"
The philosopher smiled and nodded, and continued, "Then there is another thing that runs slower than a tortoise, and when the spring flowers blossom, it remains in winter; when the hair is snow-white, it remains in the form of a small child, and what is that?"
The disciples did not know how to answer.
"Also, not advancing nor retreating, not born nor dying, always floating in a fixed point. Who can tell me what this is?"
The disciples were even more confused.
"The answer is all thoughts! They are the three manifestations of thought, or, to put it another way, they can be compared to the three lives."
Looking at the attentive disciples, the philosopher explained, "The first is the life of active striving. When a person is constantly striving for excellence and is always full of hope and confidence in tomorrow, the mind of such a person is not limited by time and space, and he is like an arrow shot out, which will one day surpass the speed of light and ride above all things. The second is the lazy life. He will always fall behind the *** of others, picking up what others have discarded; this kind of person is destined to be forgotten. The third is the life of drunkenness. When a man gives up his efforts and lives on, his destiny is frozen, no opportunity comes knocking at his door, and there is no pleasure or pain. This is a person destined for sorrow, like the empty shell of a jellyfish floating in the sea, not existing in the real world or in the dream world ......"
The disciples came to a great realization. What kind of human attitude is sown will reap what kind of height and depth of life. There are only a few steps in a person's life that matter, and the attitude is crucial in how to make one's life more meaningful.
2:Accomplices in the dignity of life
As a hunter, my father hunted a lot of prey. However, for many years he has believed that he has not yet found proof of value that would convince him that the identity of the hunter is dubious.
He hunted squirrels, for example. Because squirrels were listed as one of the "Four Pests" for nibbling on human dried fruit, the village gave him two and a half points for each squirrel he shot, as long as he could prove it by handing over the squirrel's tail to the team.
He has been hitting more than a dozen squirrels a day, and his performance has been impressive, but he still can't find a sense of pride in his work. Squirrel skin can be sold for two cents each, and squirrel meat can be chopped up and blanched for meatballs to eat, so he gets a lot for himself, but he always feels a little uncomfortable.
For example, he hunted hog badgers. The hog badger is found in the fruitful cornfields. It is the size of a small dog, and the tall corn is like a tree to it. But with tenacity and perseverance, he would "ride" the corn down with his hips until he could get to the big berry. It eats fat and has a nice curve. They are beaten up for trampling the crops. Hog badger almost full of grease, its fat is a valuable remedy for burns and asthma, can be sold to the supply and marketing center for rice, oil and salt, but also can be used for cooking. The team's crops are spoiled, but the fat is the family spatula, although the village does not want to be credited, my father still feel ashamed.
It wasn't until he had a special encounter with a snow fox that his identity was confirmed: he was a real hunter, after all.
While the average fox is ruddy or brown, this one was snow-white, even whiter under the night, with fluorescent flashes of light. General fox is not infested with poultry, this fox specializes in attacking the rabbit cage chicken pen.
It behaves strangely, and after jumping into the chicken coop, it bites all the chicks to death, but only takes one. It sneaked into the rabbit's hutch in the middle of the night and killed more than a dozen tame rabbits, but one did not eat, one did not take, and returned empty-handed. On the stone mill at the entrance of the village, it screamed, like a child crying at night, piercing people's souls. It is to the human warmth and dignity ***.
The hunters in the village are all involved in the hunt. As if the fox is the value of the heavenly gift benchmark, high and short in this. They buried ground clips, lay hidden traps, set up traps, all kinds of techniques, but all the fox avoided.
Techniques fail, people are out of balance, the other hunters feel that this is a monster, has been blessed by God, not humanly possible, have given up the chase. The father made his appearance. He didn't use techniques, he used traditional crouching, leaving the mystery of victory to the depths of time and waiting.
Waiting all year round, there are many encounters with the foxes naturally, but he lets them all go. He wanted the vigilant fox to give up his vigilance and join him, becoming one with the night in the mountain village. As the overly pleased fox stood on the stone mill singing freely without a care in the world, the shotgun suddenly rang out.
The wounded fox, fleeing for his life is no longer as agile as in the past, behind the father instead of fast as flying. The fox was soon overtaken. In its final moments, it desperately raised its kiri tail, releasing a pungent gas.
The stench was suffocating, and the father froze in place.
By the time he regained consciousness, the fox was nowhere to be seen. Without hesitation, the father whisked on with even greater conviction. The fox emerged, desperate. It was caught by a leg in a ground trap that the hunters had pre-buried in the goat path. It looked back at its father. Under the blackened muzzle of a gun, its last wail ripped mournfully through the night sky.
The finger on the trigger actually hesitated, and something called pity suddenly rose in my father's heart.
As if sensing such a thing, the fox tore desperately at the leg that was caught in the ground clamps, biting it off decisively before dropping into the deeper night without missing a beat.
The scene shook the father y. Though the figure moved slowly and with great difficulty, long within range of the shotgun, he moved his finger away from the trigger. He felt that the beast deserved to live, for it struck him with awe.
The fox was not shot, but from then on, the nights were quiet, the chickens and rabbits were safe, and the flavor remained the same, warm to this day.
Later, my father would always be slightly drunk, proud of this past, said to me: "Counting, our village, your father is a real hunter." My mother joked, "You let a fox get away, and you're still bragging about it." Father waved his hand and tried to say something, but swallowed.
I, however, honestly believed that my father was indeed a true hunter. He was perfectly capable of defeating his opponent, but in that unequal relationship between man and fox, he honored the fox's will to live. In releasing the fox, the father accomplished his dignity as a hunter. This behavior is small, but powerful proof, human and animal, in the end, is not the same: the animal road stops at instinct, but human nature is important to have a heart. The greatness of human nature lies in the fact that human beings are able to transcend utilitarianism and gain and loss, and know how to be compassionate, respectful and forgiving. In other words, human nature is gentle.
This is something that even the most cunning fox could not have imagined, and it was doomed to fail. While respecting the father, we also need to send sincere respect to the fox that lives towards death, because it is complicit in the dignity of life.
3:Qi Xiangru applied for a job
Qi Xiangru went to apply for a job in a catering company today. Once there, looking up at the towering headquarters of the company, Qi Xiangru can not help but feel a burst of excitement. This enterprise is very large, the president surnamed Mao, "Mao boss" reputation throughout the north and south of the Yangtze River. To be honest, to be able to become an employee here, is everyone's wish. However, only one person was recruited this time, but the number of applicants exceeded one thousand!
The recruitment program is nothing special, divided into written tests and interviews. Through the written test of only 60 people, the interview repeated selection, the last remaining five people, including Qi Xiangru. These five people and after "dial to dial to go", seven judges actually can not choose, and finally handed over to the gross boss to decide. Mao boss after repeated tests and repeated comparisons, but also actually difficult to make a final decision. At this moment, has been at noon, Mao boss waved his hand: go, first eat to go!
The meal was served with wontons. Mao boss in the process of eating, and we talked and laughed, five people also on the development of the enterprise towards, according to the requirements of the Mao boss to speak freely, while eating and chatting atmosphere is very warm. What do you think, put down the chopsticks, Mr. Mao suddenly asked everyone: How many wontons did you just eat? Everyone looked at each other and couldn't answer. Qi Xiangru smiled lightly and said: 22. Boss Mao patted him on the shoulder: you are hired, report to the personnel department today.
The four applicants froze for a moment, and immediately cast an envious look at Qi Xiangru, one of them called Yu Dawei also came over to Qi Xiangru extended his hand. This Yu Dawei is Qi Xiangru elementary school classmates, secondary school after the separation, that reached out to the hand is naturally very true minus, but Qi Xiangru did not reach over to accept his congratulations, but to him a slight smile, and then turned his head to ask the Mao boss, can I first go to the company to look at, and then come to report to a week later? Boss Mao said yes. A week later, Qi Xiangru called Boss Mao and decided not to go to the office, and Boss Mao asked Yu David to fill in the gap. This incident quickly rolled through the crowd, there is no one who does not sigh for Qi Xiangru, so crowded bridge is not easy to cross, how can you easily give up? Qi Xiangru then became a waiter again.
After a period of time, there is a catering unit to release the message, the need to recruit a middle-level cadres. The company's business is a very important part of the company's business, and the company has a lot to offer to its customers.
There, the applicants are also very enthusiastic, because this enterprise, although it can not be compared with the Mao boss's, but it is also quite large, the influence of society is also very some, the recruitment situation and the last time has a strikingly similar, and five people shortlisted, the judges can not be chosen, and finally handed over to the president of the Dietrichson. President Di picked to noon actually also pondered difficult to decide, can only eat a meal and then say. Eat is also wontons, after eating President Di also asked everyone just ate a few. One of them answered, answered the number is correct, but President Di cut that person, including Qi Xiangru, including the other four people.
After several years of sunrise and sunset, Boss Mao's business surprisingly went downhill and then closed. President Di's business, however, went from medium to large and gradually became a predator in the restaurant industry. On this day, Qi Xiangru's door is knocked on. The visitor is Yu Dawei, whose face is covered with the hopeless sadness common to the unemployed. After taking his seat, Yu Dawei got right to the point and asked, "Brother Qi, when you refused Boss Mao's offer of employment that day, did you already see that his business would decline?"
Qi Xiangru said, "You see me as Zhu Geliang, if so, I could not go to eat his bowl of wontons. Still, it was really those 22 wontons that made me solemn."
"What's that say?"
"Didn't Boss Mao ask us to speak freely that day? Since we were talking freely, who could care how many wontons were in the bowl? I said 22, that is my girlfriend and I once dined there, my girlfriend looked at a bowl full of, said I can not eat, a little there are 22, so I picked a few to me."
"That means the gross owner is kind of making it up?"
"I felt at the time that taking a few wontons on the basis of knowing a few was just not enough of a lesson. Later, I asked to take a look at the company and found that many of the middle-level cadres in many departments were old and about to retire. Since the five of us are all very good, why not all stay to take their place? This shows that Mr. Mao is short-sighted. Short-sighted decision makers are bound to fail, and even huge ships will sink in a sea of frightening waves!"
Yu Dawei before leaving, Qi Xiangru sent him a few words: recruitment and recruitment is a two-way choice, there is no one side of the high and the other is low in the bottom. Candidates should not be hungry for food, like flies see fishy on the pounce, but also like the recruiter, shrewdly weigh, look farther.
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