One day, the king's little finger was accidentally smashed off. The king, who was in unbearable pain, asked the old man what he could do to alleviate his pain, and the old man moved out of that mantra. He said to the king, "Your Majesty, please read aloud' This is good, it is a good thing', and your pain will be relieved a lot."
The king flew into a rage and said, "my hands are like this, and you still say it's a good thing!" I'll put you in prison now and see if you still say it's a good thing! " But I didn't expect that when the prison guard took the old man to prison, he was still repeating the sentence: "Great, going to prison is also a good thing."
Later, the king and his ministers went hunting, but unfortunately they were caught by the aborigines and planned to sacrifice them. But according to local rules, people with incomplete limbs can't sacrifice, so the king was released.
The first thing he did when he came back was to let the old man go and praised him greatly. Then he asked, "It turns out that it's a good thing that I lost my finger. Is it a good thing that you have been locked up for so long? "
"Of course." The old man replied, "If I hadn't been in prison, I would have gone hunting with you, so now I must have been killed." The wise old man shook his sound hand and said.
There is no absolute boundary between misfortune and happiness. Everything has two sides. As long as we can be optimistic, there will be sunshine behind every dark cloud.
He is ordinary and has no great achievements, so he always feels that living is meaningless.
One day, he asked a philosopher, "Can you tell me what's the point of living like me?"
The philosopher thought about it, picked up a stone under the tree and handed it to him. He said, "Take this stone to the market and sell it, but remember, no matter how much money others pay, don't sell it."
He did it. Unexpectedly, because he refused to sell, people thought there was something hidden in his stone, so the price went up.
The next day, according to the philosopher's meaning, he took the stone to the jade market to sell. As a result, because he still refused to sell, the price soared, far exceeding the value of jade.
On the third day, the philosopher told him to go to the jewelry market to sell stones. Finally, a miracle appeared. This ordinary stone, which was originally worthless, has become the highest-priced commodity in the whole jewelry market, and people even think it is a rare fossil once in a thousand years.
"How did this happen?" The man asked the philosopher strangely, "This is obviously an ordinary stone."
"But," replied the philosopher, "when you cherish it very much and regard it as a rare treasure, it has great value. Isn't life like this? "
The man suddenly understood.
The value of life is determined by people themselves. Only when a person cherishes himself, enriches and perfects himself step by step, and constantly improves his self-cultivation and taste will the world recognize his value more and more.
A group of young people feel that they are not happy enough, so they go out together to find happiness. In the long journey, they didn't find what they wanted, but suffered from hunger and sadness. They had no choice but to go back in frustration.
As they were walking, they suddenly heard the laughter of an old man. They turned to see that Socrates, the famous great philosopher, was sitting under a tree reading a book, intoxicated with laughter while watching it, and seemed very happy. This group of young people rushed over like a savior: "Dear teacher, please tell us how to be as happy as you. Where is happiness? "
Socrates looked up at them: "Oh, you are the children who came out to look for happiness?" ? What, haven't you found happiness yet? Let me tell you something. It looks like the rainy season is coming. You cut down trees and build me a big boat. After that, let's go boating together, and then I'll tell you where happiness lies. "
The young man did as he said. In order to finish before the rainy season, they are busy day and night, and their days are extremely fulfilling.
One day, Socrates went to see them and found them working while singing. He asked, "Son, do you feel happy now?" That's it. When you are too busy to think about happiness, it will suddenly come. "
Happiness only likes to be close to active people. Deliberately looking for happiness, it tends to hide, but if you do what is in front of you, it will come uninvited.
The continuous war has been stirring people's lives, and the heroic and skillful Sarin led the soldiers to beat the enemy back to their hometown. Because of his outstanding military achievements, he quickly rose from a small head to a general.
When reporting the work, the commander-in-chief nodded naturally with satisfaction. So he took the opportunity to make a small request: "I know this request seems a bit inappropriate, but I still hope you can help me."
Supreme commander asked with concern, "what's the matter? Comrade General, if you have anything to say, you are welcome. "
"This is my personal business." The general hesitated: "I brought something from the enemy country, but it was detained by the border inspectors." I think I want you to do me a favor, that is, ask them to give it back to me. I know it's a little wrong, but I really hope ... "
"No problem," the commander-in-chief replied happily. "Please make a list."
Hearing this, the general immediately took out the list from his pocket and handed it up: "That's all."
The commander-in-chief brought it here and signed it without looking.
The jubilant general took the list while thanking him, but suddenly found that he was called "Colonel" instead of "General" in the instructions.
"Well, are you mistaken?" The general asked doubtfully.
"Exactly, equivalent exchange, Comrade Colonel." The supreme commander said with a straight face.
Nothing for nothing. If you get it, you must pay it. It's just that if you get something you don't deserve, yours