Opportunity and success are probably the thoughts of many people. At least there is an equal sign between these two words. "Success depends on opportunity!"
We can't deny that opportunities have a positive effect on success. If there were no opportunities to sail around the world, perhaps Darwin's On the Origin of Species would not have been born so early. Chopin's overnight fame would be impossible without the knowledge of the famous musician Liszt. If Sean hadn't met the eccentric hermit and learned all kinds of art of war, I'm afraid he would have to "disappear from everyone's face."
However, here, I want to tell an old story that everyone knows: it was a very ordinary day, and a young man named Newton was lying under an apple tree reading a book. The breeze blew, and an apple fell and hit Newton on the head. Newton put the apple in his heart and looked at it with deep eyes ... Many years later, the theory of gravity of the earth sensationalized the world, and Newton opened another door to the scientific world for people. This is Newton's successful experience. If the apple landing can also be called opportunity, why didn't people before Newton become talents because of it? This seems to prove a philosophical saying: "Opportunities always come to those who are prepared."
It can be seen that the necessary condition for success is not necessarily "opportunity", but "preparation". Darwin prepared a wealth of biological knowledge for sailing, while Chopin prepared superb skills for the concert? Sean has prepared diligence and perseverance for learning from his teachers ... Yes, they are all ready. It is precisely because of preparation that when the meteor-like opportunity comes, they can accurately seize, cherish, refuse and grasp it. It is because of preparation that Newton can turn the common phenomenon of apple falling into an opportunity to become a talent.
Maybe someone will see this and say, "I study hard and I am actively preparing for the opportunity." But the opportunity just doesn't come, so I'll never accomplish anything. For people like me, opportunity is a necessary condition for success. "I have no doubt that there will be such a person." Everything is ready except the east wind. "Only when the opportunity comes can I' send me to Qingyun with good wind'." But this reminds me of a famous saying of Daqing people: "If you have the conditions, you must go!" "the application here is:"! "Gentlemen, please look at the celebrities at all times and at all times. One of them is Mao Sui, which is not simple. He dared to create opportunities for himself to become a talent, bravely recommended himself, and finally made a difference, making him immortal. The Curie family was not rich and had no opportunity for rich people to help, but they wanted to do expensive research. What do we do? Everything depends on people. Without a laboratory, they made do with a broken tile house, and bought asphalt slag if they couldn't afford asphalt mine ... So they fabricated all the successful "opportunities" and finally stepped onto the podium of the Nobel Prize.
Young friends, if you want to succeed, please remember this sentence: "Opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared".
2. Look after yourself
A teenager wants to be the best disciple. He asked the master: How many years will it take me to be so good?
The master replied, at least ten years.
The teenager said: Ten years is too long. If I redouble my efforts, how long will it take?
The master replied: 20 years.
The teenager asked again: What if I practice day and night?
The master replied: 30 years.
The teenager was discouraged. He asked the master inexplicably, why do you always tell me that it takes longer every time I say I work harder?
The master said: when you stare at the target with only one eye, then there is only one eye left to find the way! '
People have two eyes, one needs to keep an eye on the target and the other needs to find the way under their feet. Just like we have two ears, one listens to good things and the other listens to bad things. If you go straight to your goal, once you go wrong, you will get farther and farther away from success.
With your eyes half open and half closed, your expression is dim, and you can neither see excessive enthusiasm nor world-weary indifference. Floating clouds and jade bases, wild dogs and white clouds, no matter how turbulent, can not disturb their eyes at all, can not shake their inner peace This is the Buddha.
Whether Christ or Buddha, they can keep a quiet world, and they will half close their eyes to this world. I heard the story of a philosopher: democritus was a famous philosopher in ancient Greece. He was blind in his later years. Someone asked him: Why did you do this? The philosopher calmly replied: In order to see more clearly!
The Italian painter Amadei Modigliani is very similar to the ancient Greek philosopher democritus. In this painter's portraits, many adults show only one eye. The painter's explanation is: "This is because I observe the world around me with one eye and see myself with the other."
We all have eyes on our foreheads and can't see our true colors clearly. This is a "blind spot" that people are born with, and everyone has a "blind spot" that they cannot see clearly.
God has prepared two cloth bags for everyone to hang on our shoulders, one on our chest and the other on our back. The front cloth bag has its own advantages, while the back cloth bag has its own disadvantages. As a result, everyone saw their own advantages and the shortcomings of others as soon as they opened their eyes. So everyone thinks he is the best person in the world, and others are the most stupid people, so he always blames others and praises himself. Each of us is blinded by these eyes.
"Those who know others are wise, and those who know themselves are clear." A really smart person must have self-knowledge. What is self-knowledge? Confucius said, "Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, but knowing (wisdom)." Ceng Zi, a student of Confucius, also emphasized introspection: "I save three times a day." All saints have self-knowledge, just because they always pay attention to themselves.
Philosophers have said that people who have no ability to reflect cannot be called people in the true sense. People who have no ability to reflect are self-righteous, have no sense of shame, and have only animal-like desires.
Look after yourself, you can see your wild heart and infinite greed, understand who you really are, and understand what you can and can't do in this world.
If you look at yourself, you can see people's true feelings and others. Because what you think is what others think, what you want is what others want, and what you suffer is what others suffer, so put yourself in others' shoes, which is the "forgiveness" advocated by Confucianism. Only when people see themselves clearly and others clearly can they understand that life is alive and what they should do, and then they can gain inner freedom and peace. Only by doing and thinking can we "feel and stop at the ceremony."
The greatest enemy in life is yourself. Only by carefully examining yourself can you become an enlightened person.
We are not buddhas. We don't have Buddha's eyes, and we don't have to imitate philosophers and painters, but we can gain a little self-knowledge like saints. Emperor Taizong left us a famous saying: "With copper as a mirror, you can be well dressed; Taking history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall; Take people as a mirror, you can know the gains and losses. "Since we don't have eyes, we don't have eyes on the back of our head, so let's find a mirror and see our truth.
In ancient times, there was a Qi man named Zou Ji who thought he was handsome and was praised by his wives and concubines. When he met the really handsome Gong, he found that he was not perfect. As a result, he found his own blind spot, and concluded that the world had been deceived too much, especially the supreme king of Qi, so he advised the king of Qi to become the most self-aware person in history.
As long as we are good at learning from it, we can still go deep into our inner world and let ourselves camp in our hearts without being confused or pretentious.
Our education has always emphasized "thinking about the motherland and looking at the world", and even always remember the grand wish of "liberating the world". The practical explanation for this is: we must be long-sighted, not short-sighted, and don't just pay attention to the ego all day.
But what I want to say here is that I should always pay attention to myself. Only by seeing yourself clearly can you know who you are, where your shortcomings are and what you lack most. Only by knowing where your happiness lies can you know what you need most. Only in this way can we have the motivation and direction to move forward, and we will have the courage and confidence to move forward.
People who only care about others all day, people who only care about others all day, people who only pin their hopes on others all day, or people who regard others as spiritual pillars. When the glory of others is gone, my spiritual tower will collapse, and finally I find myself with nothing, empty hands, blank eyes and empty mind. Such people always live in the eyes of others, always live in the evaluation of others, and never have their own real life and real happiness!
Always pay attention to yourself, so that you won't be "killed", and you can see your true self and know yourself accurately; Only by reflecting on yourself three times a day will you know what you have done right and wrong; Only then can we know how to improve ourselves and cultivate ourselves, and we can make continuous progress and move towards a new realm of life.
Only by always paying attention to yourself can we always review ourselves and enrich ourselves; Only in this way can we discover our true inner thoughts in time and work hard for our true inner needs; Only in this way can we affirm ourselves in time, entertain ourselves in time and satisfy ourselves in time. This is the best reward and love for yourself!
Only by paying attention to yourself at all times can we take good care of our hearts, thus enriching and balancing our hearts and making our lives more harmonious, quiet, perfect, self-centered and true.
Look at yourself more, that is, listen to your inner demands and inner calls! Be yourself completely and truly!
That is, if a person wants to succeed, he must know and know himself, that is, look after himself.