Many people have complained that life is short, even great men like Aristotle and Hippocrates have complained that life is short and sadness is unnatural. But the meaning of human life sometimes doesn't care about the length. Even a short life, as long as it is used properly, can create a great cause. The Emperor Alexander listed in the article only lived to the age of 33, but he was not only proficient in all sciences, but also a conqueror of the world. His conquest was not by force, but by his keen planning and quick execution. In fact, there are many such examples. Wang Bo in the Tang Dynasty also died young, but his Preface to Wang Tengting still had high artistic attainments. Synica said it well: the perfect life can also be found in a short time. The length of life is just an accident. Didn't you ask which way is the farthest in life? This is the road to wisdom. People who gain wisdom not only go farthest, but also reach the highest goal. Indeed, we have gained wisdom. What is there to regret?
But having a longer life span is the hope of each of us. In fact, we can and should prolong our life through our own subjective efforts. In this regard, Comenius believes that three principles should be observed: moderate diet, physical exercise and taking advantage of the rest opportunities provided by nature. He believes that it will be impossible to achieve these three points and maintain life and health for as long as possible. As for those accidents that are at our mercy, we naturally can't consider them. Accordingly, he said: A good school organization mainly lies in the reasonable distribution of work and rest, and depends on the distribution of reading, relaxation, tension and entertainment.
How to use effective time to achieve our career? That depends on our accumulation. "Even the most critical people can't see the growth of plants because it is too slow; But every month you can see some growth. Thirty years later, anyone can see that the small tree has grown into a big tree. " This metaphor is really vivid, and it is the best description of accumulation. "We can't see the body growing, we can only see them growing. The same is true for the mind to acquire knowledge, as our famous Latin antithesis sees: dribs and drabs become great in an instant. " Comenius went on to say: each bud of a tree can only grow one twig every year; But thirty years later, the same tree has thousands of branches, leaves, flowers and fruits. But why can't a person's activities reach any height or depth in twenty or thirty years? This requires us to cherish time to study. Comenius divides our day into three parts: eight hours of sleep and eight hours to meet the external needs of the body (such as taking care of health, eating, dressing, entertainment, friendship and communication). ), the remaining eight hours are used for serious work in life. So there are 48 working hours a week (stay and rest on the seventh day). A year has 2945 hours, ten years, twenty years and thirty years, and it becomes an infinite tree. If he can learn a piece of knowledge, the rules of a skill, a simple and pleasant ancient poem or proverb every hour (which can be learned as easily as blowing off dust), how rich his knowledge will be? Comenius's words may be a little one-sided, because we are not machines after all. His writing may be able to adapt to the society at that time, just like ten years' hard study by ancient China literati. This is obviously not suitable for our present society. We don't have to study for eight hours every day, but we study for two hours every day, and that's enough! The fact is that we often become lazy after work, except for enough study time when we were students. Nowadays, it is particularly important to advocate lifelong learning for those who want to achieve their careers. For most of us, if we want to live a more meaningful and fulfilling life, we should also insist on studying every day.
Finally, the article ends with the words of Academia Sinica: If we know how to use life, life is long; If life is used properly, it is enough to achieve the greatest cause.