There is a very diligent young man who wants to be better than the people around him in all aspects. After years of hard work, he still made no progress. He was depressed and asked the wise man for advice. The wise man called three disciples who were chopping firewood and told them, "Take this benefactor to Wuli Mountain and make a load of firewood that you think is most satisfactory."

The young man and three disciples went straight to Wuli Mountain along the swift river in front of the door.

When they came back, the wise man greeted them in the same place. The young man waddled in with two bundles of firewood in his arms. Two disciples are in tandem. The former disciple carried four bundles of firewood with a pole, and the latter disciple followed easily. Just then, a raft flew from the river, carrying a little apprentice and eight bundles of firewood, and stopped in front of the wise man. Young people and two disciples who arrived first, you look at me, I look at you, silent,

The wise man said, ask:

"What's the matter, are you not satisfied with your performance?

"Master, let's cut it again."

The young man pleaded:

"I cut six bundles at the beginning, cut to a half, I couldn't move, and threw two bundles; After walking for a while, I was still out of breath and threw two more bundles. Finally, I carried them back. However, I have worked very hard.

"We are just the opposite of him."

The eldest disciple said, "At first, we each cut two bundles, hung four bundles of firewood on the pole one after the other, and followed the benefactor. My brother and I took turns carrying firewood. Not only did we not feel tired, but we felt much more relaxed. Finally, I picked up two bundles of firewood discarded by the donor. "

The little apprentice who used the raft scrambled to say, "I am short and weak, let alone two bundles, even one bundle, and I can't get it back that far, so I chose to carry water ..."

The wise man looked at his disciple with admiring eyes, nodded slightly, then walked up to the young man, patted him on the shoulder, and said earnestly, "There is nothing wrong with a person going his own way and letting others say it." The key is whether he is on the right path. " Young man, you should always remember that choice is more important than hard work. "

On the African continent, once animals are bitten by tsetse flies, they may suffer from "sleeping sickness". Scientists have found that tsetse flies have special vision and are generally attracted to large areas of the same color. Tsetse flies never bite zebras, because zebras have the same black and white stripes. However, zebra's contrast stripes make it vulnerable to predators such as lions. This means that in the process of evolution, the zebra's choice makes it more likely to be eaten by lions, and of course, it has successfully avoided sleeping sickness. There is no perfect choice in this world, and this is life.

After graduating from normal colleges, Pavarotti, who was obsessed with music, asked his father, "Should I be a teacher or a singer?" His father replied, "If you want to sit in two chairs at the same time, you may fall from the middle of the chairs.". Life requires you to choose only one chair to sit in. "

You can't have your cake and eat it. Give up to get better.

A little boy in India was accidentally bitten by a poisonous snake in the wild. At this time, there was no first-aid medicine available, so he gritted his teeth and blew a knife at his injured foot without hesitation. Feet and life are undoubtedly important, but at the critical moment, he knows how to abandon part and keep the whole, and abandon relatively minor things and keep relatively important things.