1. What is happiness? Candles tell me that happiness is to do one's best to warm people and light up their way forward. The steed told me that happiness means being free and unrestrained, and you can run freely on the vast grassland. The eagle told me that happiness is to spread your wings and hit the sky, flying closer and closer to your dreams ... Oh, it turns out that happiness is dedication, freedom, and striving to realize your dreams.
When an old man answered a question from a confused young man, he said, "I can answer you frankly when I am happiest. I was abandoned by my parents when I was young, but I got countless friends in the orphanage. I was the happiest at that time. I lost my job when I was young, but I started a career on my own; I was the happiest at that time; Now I have lost my youth, but I have a wife who is deeply loved by me. Therefore, I am the happiest now!
Why can old people feel that they are the happiest at any stage of their lives? That's because he never cares about what he has lost. In his eyes, what he has is precious.
candles have tragic happiness, horses have bold happiness, eagles have hard-working happiness, and what kind of happiness do we have?
When we were young, we were happy to eat delicious candy and wear beautiful clothes every day. Now, we can chat with our good friends and get good grades in every exam, which is happiness. As adults, we are happy to find a satisfactory job and have a happy family. When we are old, we will be happy if we can have a family reunion dinner together. Although this kind of happiness is plain and simple, it is very substantial.
Tao Yuanming's "Picking chrysanthemums under the hedge, leisurely seeing Nanshan" is a kind of happiness, Li Bai's "I will mount a long wind some day and break the heavy waves, go straight to sail to help the sea" is a kind of happiness, Wen Tianxiang's "No one has died since ancient times, keeping a heart to shine on the history" is a kind of happiness, and Fan Zhongyan's "Worrying about the world first, enjoying the world later" is a kind of happiness, ...
when you are happy, you can make people feel happy; When you are sad, it can make people reflect on happiness. There is happiness all the time in life, which requires us to experience it with our heart. There is happiness everywhere in life, which requires us to seize it hard.
There is not much distance from shore to shore, as long as there are bridges or wings; There is not much distance between mountains, as long as there is a road or footsteps; There is not much distance between people and happiness. As long as there is love or hard work, travelers who trudge through the desert and brave people who climb the peak snow-capped mountains feel happiness from the experience of overcoming difficulties to success.
Being away from home can let you know about home; Without happiness, you can understand happiness. Perhaps after a painful baptism, we can deeply appreciate the taste of happiness. Learn the true meaning of happiness! Happiness is something you seek, not something God gives you. Only by enduring torture and pain and experiencing difficult search and exploration can we find true happiness.
2. The happiness I want
What is the happiness I want, the endless wealth, the carefree life, or the conspicuous position? If these are not, then what is happiness?
Throughout the ages, countless people have been persistently pursuing their own happiness. With a happy dream, Chang 'e swallowed the elixir of life and flew for nine days, becoming a fairy in the moon. Can she feel the happiness of being a fairy when she is alone in the cold Guanghan Palace?
mathilde, who is eager to enter the upper class, dreamed of happiness while wearing a necklace, but she didn't expect that this happiness was so short-lived. She paid a heavy price for her happiness.
For Grandet, who is greedy for money, owning a mountain of gold coins is probably his greatest happiness. But when he sat in a wheelchair and stared at his secret room, even at the last moment of his life, he still remembered his gold. How sad this happiness was.
Many times people often can't see their own happiness, but feel that others' happiness is dazzling. I can't think that the happiness of others may not be suitable for me, and I can't think that the happiness of others may be my own grave.
When the feudal students in China regarded "the wedding night, when nominated for the gold medal" as the greatest happiness of their lives, and fought for it all their lives, Wu Jingzi used his pen to draw us a scene of Fan Jin's ecstasy after winning the middle prize. Is that happiness? I doubt it.
what is true happiness? Du Fu has a poem saying: "There are thousands of buildings in Ande, which greatly protect the world's poor people." This is Du Fu's idea of happiness. "oh, how can I gravely bow and scrape to men of high rank and men of high office, who never will suffer being shown an honest-hearted face." Free happiness is a portrayal of Li Bai's life. Sima Qian explained his understanding of happiness by saying that "people are inherently mortal, or they are heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather", while Fan Zhongyan, who boarded Yueyang Tower, faced the rolling river, chanted "Worry before the world, and be happy after the world" as happiness.
lamenting the ancients' profound understanding of happiness, I gradually came to the conclusion of what happiness I want. It is not a precious wealth, not a conspicuous position, but a dedication to others and a sacrifice. This is the happiness I want.
3. A happiness with its own voice
The writer Dora has a wise saying: the first child is a drop of water with its own voice. This triggered me. I think every happiness is just like a drop of water with its own voice. You can choose the way it drops, but you have no choice about its voice.
As soon as a person hits the ground, he is an individual, with his own life, his own ideals and aspirations, and a different interpretation of happiness. If we really only know the value of happiness after it is lost, who else has the courage to pursue happiness?
thousands of years ago, a general who fought with a bow and sword thought victory was the greatest happiness for him. Mencius, a Confucian scholar, believes that "having fun with the people" will lead to happiness; Hundreds of years ago, Copernicus, who grew up in the dark ethical code, thought that the pursuit of truth was a kind of happiness, and Ampere, a famous mathematician and physicist, thought that selfless work and success were a kind of happiness. Now, Yang Guo and Xiao Longnv, who are famous for their martial arts in Jin Yong's works, regard vigorous love as happiness; In the network, the "cyber-addicts" who "lead a drunken life and dream of death" take galloping in a fictional world as their happiness ... Different times, different historical conditions and even different people have different experiences about happiness.
Spring passed in the form of flowers, summer in the form of branches and leaves, autumn in the form of fruits, and winter in the form of ice and snow. And our happiness will take different forms like spring, summer, autumn and winter, and then end up in the loess with our lives in different forms. Therefore, we should seize our own happiness and don't always envy others who are happier than ourselves. If you care too much, your happiness will become a grave. Do you know that happiness and the grave are worse than one thought?
There is a song that sings, "Plain is true …", which reveals a sense of happiness-a plain life. For some people, this is nothing. Can this be considered happiness? But for some people who are in special posts or those who are homeless or desperate, it is an unattainable happiness. But those who live a dull life every day are eager for another kind of happiness-vigorous and exciting ... In fact, if a person is willing to keep the heart of seeking happiness from time to time, then happiness can be seen in the changes of things, whether it is full of vitality or dead silence. That happiness is not in things, but in the heart, feelings and even eyes, so everyone's happiness has their own interpretation. You don't have to worry that your happiness is less than others'.
Because your happiness has a voice from the depths of your heart. Can you hear it? That's a silvery sound from nature. Listen, how wonderful it is!