I read this story earlier.
The disciple asked: Master, with my qualifications, how long does it take to become enlightened?
The master said: ten years.
The disciple asked again: What if I double my hard work?
The master said: twenty years.
The disciple doubted: What if I work night and day without rest?
The master said: Then you will never be enlightened.
The disciple was surprised: Why?
The master said: When you only see the result, you can’t quiet your mind, and you will never get the result. The more anxious you are about the result, the busier you will be, and the more chaotic you are, the slower you will be.
As the saying goes, “Those who are impatient will achieve nothing. The calm and collected, a hundred blessings from the collection. Calm and calm, is a great wisdom and pattern, “every big event has a quiet air, do not believe that there is no ancient sage today”.
The Chinese people’s bones contain a kind of unhurried wisdom. From Shun to Cheng Tang, the powerful national experience has given the children of China the ability to think carefully and nurture a wisdom as patient as that of an old man.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang lost his strategic location, Jieting, due to the misuse of Ma Su, and the Wei general Sima Yi took advantage of the situation and swarmed his army of 150,000 to Zhuge Liang’s western city. At that time, Zhuge Liang had no great general with him, only a group of civil officials, and half of the 5,000 troops he led had gone to transport provisions, leaving only 2,500 soldiers in the city. All the people were shocked to hear the news that Sima Yi had come with his troops. After Zhuge Liang climbed the city tower and watched, he said to the people, “Don’t be alarmed, I will use a little strategy to teach Sima Yi to retreat.”
Then, Zhuge Liang sent an order to hide all the flags and soldiers in place, and if any of them went out privately or made a loud noise, they would be beheaded immediately. He also told his soldiers to open the four gates of the city and send 20 soldiers above each gate dressed as people to sweep the streets with water. Zhuge Liang himself put on a crane cloak and a high scarf, led two small schoolchildren, brought a zither, went to the city to look at the enemy tower in front of the fence and sat down, burned incense, and then slowly played the zither. As a result, Sima Yi did not dare to advance half a step, panic under the large forces chose to withdraw.
A good life, are not in a hurry. Not in a hurry, is a life choice, is also a life wisdom.
The “New Story of the World” records that the lieutenant Xi Jian had a daughter who was 16 years old and had a beautiful face. The lieutenant regarded her as the jewel of his heart and wanted to find a good son-in-law for her.
When the lieutenant heard that the sons and nephews of the Wang family were all handsome and talented, he sent his close friends to observe them.
After learning the news, all the nephews and sons of the Wang family were eager to try, some dressed up, some eager to show their talents, all hoping they would be chosen and could win the beauty.
The only exception was a young man. He was calm and relaxed, lying in the east, even sometimes you do not need to talk, with behavior to guide her, she herself knows what to do.
When the cronies went back and reported to the lieutenant, the lieutenant laughed out loud: “That’s the one I’m looking for!”
Later, the lieutenant did marry his precious daughter to him.
Others envied his good fortune, but the lieutenant, who had seen a lot of people, understood that a person who could be so calm and composed in front of big events would sooner or later shine.
As expected, this young man was later called the “Sage of Calligraphy” of his generation, and he was the great calligrapher Wang Xizhi.
As the saying goes, “You can’t eat hot bean curd in a hurry. If you are impatient, you will not achieve anything; if you are calm and collected, you will be able to achieve a hundred blessings. The most important thing to do is to be practical, not impatient, Rome was not built in a day, what work should be done on the ground.
People who can achieve great things are those who can stand loneliness and resist temptation.
Even if the beauty and beauty, power and temptation, but they still have their own rhythm, have their own pursuit, will not be a momentary gain or loss of chaos, lost.
The ninth floor of the platform, from the foundation of the earth; hug the wood, born in the end.
Life, only not in a hurry, take your time, there will be more possibilities.
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