The six roots and the six dusts seem to me to have always existed, while the six senses have to be traced back to my teenage years. I am not sure how far back.
As a teenager, there weren't a lot of stunning trees and flowers in my hometown. The trees were just the most common willow, poplar and acacia trees in the north, and the fruit trees were jujube, peach, apple, apricot, persimmon and pomegranate trees.
Grandfather planted a lot of greenery, the family's greenery is basically a variety of cacti, cactus, cactus ball, the yard sparsely placed dozens of pots, blooming yellow, red, white flowers, it seems that the entire courtyard has never been lonely.
I'm not interested in these year-round dry and prickly greenery, but has been obsessed with a willow peach, very tall willow peach planted in a very large pot, oleander may be taller than me, leaves like willow leaves as long and thin, flowers are bright red, in a dry cactus, cactus ball from a distance is really "" a little red in the midst of all the greenery. A little red in the midst of all the green". The flower of the willow leaf peach is almost always open, I guess this is the only bright color in my early life, so the obsession is quite deep.
The only thing comparable to it is the pomegranate tree in the yard, pomegranate flower is a bunch of fruit trees in the most lively, it's big and bright flowers, and open time is also more pleasing to the eye, usually open in May and June, when the peach, pear, apple and apricot blossom period are thankful. The pomegranate's fruit is also easy to notice, and in the fall the heavy yellow and red fruits are adorned with branches, so that the branches can not help but bend down and bow their heads.
The flowers of the other trees are not as bright as those of the willow peach or pomegranate. But because these trees are relatively more common, they can be found everywhere in memory. Early spring March to early April, is the willow tree poplar tree sprouting spitting season, willow branches gently drooping head as graceful girl, poplar tree is as unruly as the boy, stubbornly keep growing up. Elm tree blossoms, we call it "elm money", take a bamboo pole to play a basket of "elm money" home to let mom cook "elm money cake" is the material scarcity of the times of fun. The flowers of the acacia tree are as white as a string of pearls, and children like to pull down the petals and leave only the stamens inside to eat, a sweet taste moistens the taste buds.
After growing up, these memories were left behind, as if they never existed in my life. We are wrapped up in life and run forward as if we were wolves, not stopping for a moment, but forgetting why we started. Our bodies move too fast and we forget that our souls have been left far behind. We are obsessed with the material abundance but ignore the spiritual abundance.
The beauty is what Gu Cheng said: "The grass is bearing its seeds, the wind is shaking its leaves, and we are standing, not talking, it is very beautiful"; the beauty is what Lin Ching-hsien said: "The most beautiful thing on earth is the pure happiness"; the beauty is what Lin Yutang said: "Aging gracefully"; Zhuangzi said: "Heaven and earth have great beauty without words".
Jiang Xun is a famous master of aesthetics. He advocated slowing down to feel the beauty in daily life, and treating the clothes, food, housing and transportation in life prudently instead of hastily is practicing the beauty in life.
The epidemic has changed many people's lives. One of the changes in my life is learning to slow down and appreciate the beauty in life. The beauty in life - the beauty is so simple and pure. It can be a porridge and a meal cooked by heart; it can be reading with your children, watching ants move together, going to the park to enjoy the spring flowers and plants, it can be a family member seriously watching a TV series and even advertisements rather than eagerly fast-forwarding, it can be a group of friends WeChat connecting the cloud video, afternoon walks. As long as it is something you treat seriously, we can call it "beauty".
After the epidemic, I seemed to find my own "six senses". Eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and body all came to life, and I was able to use these organs to feel the world again. Since I have found my "six senses" I have discovered many beauties in my life: the beauty of my children's voices when they practice singing makes me want to learn songs with them; the beauty of my yoga teacher's body inspires me to work out twice a week and I never stop; purchasing and arranging flowers once a week gives me a little something to look forward to every week, and the days seem to have a rush; sharing flowers with others gives me a sense of satisfaction; and sharing flowers with others gives me a feeling that I have a new life; I can share flowers with my friends. I've also been sharing flowers with my best friend, and I've been able to motivate her to buy flowers to help her feel better, and recently I've been able to find the energy to read Tang and Song poems and feel the beauty of the poetry.
The most important thing for me is to spend one day every weekend with my children to see the flowers in the park, from spring flowers, peach blossoms, magnolias, pear blossoms, forsythia blossoms to begonias, lilacs and cherry blossoms in the early spring.
Last weekend in the "rain" day in order to complete the child's science homework, to the nearest park to observe the difference between flowers actually found many surprises. This park is less than two kilometers from home, almost every year to the park to walk, it is estimated to have been up to ten years. In the park, there are also "Yuli flowers, begonia flowers, zinnia flowers, and wheat plum flowers. Among these flowers, I have only read about zinnias and begonia in books, and I have never heard of the other two. In addition to the flowers above, I recognized honeysuckle, rose, white-flowered malus, and fell in love with the yellow rose. Even more surprising was the fact that there were yellow roses at three of the stations from home to the corner. They had been there for years, as had the flowers in the park mentioned above, and I had not recognized them. This is not their lack but mine.
In the park closest to home, flowers like peonies, peonies, begonias, and cherry blossoms can be found everywhere. If you go a little farther to the larger parks, a large sea of flowers is at your fingertips. Every weekend, my circle of friends is full of friends who enjoy the spring scenery and flowers. These friends come from all over the country, the five lakes and four lakes. It can be seen that we are now the material is really greatly enriched. So life is full of beauty, but we close the six roots to find beauty, feel the beauty.
Of course, anxiety has not completely disappeared from my life. When I go to work, I still worry about the company's dismal sales revenue and profits this year. Although the company is not their own family, but the hair does not exist, the skin will be attached to the reason I understand, all I can do is to do my best to do their work well. When I get home, my children's homework will often make me crazy, but my patience is getting better at a rate that my children can feel. Because of the beauty of the nourishment of my heart so that I can better clean up their mood to deal with the child's education process encountered problems.
I hope to work together with you to slow down your life a bit and feel the beauty in your life.