Reading at night

When I was young, I was always afraid of being "unsociable" and thought that "friends have many ways to go", so I joined in order to join and rushed to one lively and prosperous scene after another.

As I grow older, I find that the world belongs to me and has nothing to do with others. Instead of spending time and energy on making some irrelevant "friends" on the wine table, learn to get along with yourself.

Solitude is the precipitation of wisdom. People who can get along well with themselves are all people with strong and rich hearts.

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Being alone is being yourself.

Schopenhauer said, "Only by being alone can a person become himself completely."

Being alone is a wonderful moment and experience in life. Although there is some loneliness, there is a kind of enrichment in loneliness. When we are alone, we stay away from others and things and return to ourselves.

Chen likes to stay at home alone, play the piano, copy ancient books such as Tao Te Ching with a brush, draw landscape paintings with pen and ink, or sit in a carved China chair to read and write essays.

The sky outside the window is pure as water, and the time inside is quiet and exciting. Xiaogang Feng joked that he stayed at home alone, which was far less useful than a dinner.

Chen smiled indifferently: "If it's not useless, why make a limited sound?" ? Don't care about fame and fortune, calm down and do something useless but quiet and beautiful. Is it not a kind of practice? "

Yes, to get rid of the temptation of superficial fame and fortune, only by doing what you like quietly can you calm down and return to your true self.

Life needs to be alone, meet the truest self in solitude, return to the peace of mind, and return to the truth of the soul.

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Solitude is the best practice.

Solitude is a kind of quiet beauty and the best practice. The ancients said that "a gentleman is cautious about being alone", and a gentleman has a better ability to be alone. If a person can still be complacent when he is alone, then he will be indifferent in the excitement.

China Kung Fu has a unique way of practicing, which is called "behind closed doors".

Live alone for a while, concentrate on practice, and don't associate with anyone. China's top martial arts are all created when you are alone.

For example, Wing Chun Boxing, a martial art popular all over the world, was realized when Ye Wen asked a person.

Ip Man is practicing piling at home. There is no one around, only he is facing the stake. The sound of his hand colliding with the stake echoes in the silent room.

It is such a lonely space that IP Man realized Wing Chun Boxing, which is both offensive and defensive, both rigid and flexible, and enjoys a worldwide reputation.

Only by being alone can we transcend worldly intrigue, put aside all trivial matters and return to a quiet mind.

Only those who are willing to be alone can reflect, think and be enlightened in silence, see the extraordinary from the ordinary and sort out the mess. Solitude is a person's best value-added period.

Instead of hanging an empty smiling face and socializing for the sake of socializing, it is better to face the real self, enhance the connotation, enrich the spiritual world and make yourself stronger.

If you are in full bloom, the breeze will come.

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Loneliness is a lofty realm.

Zhuangzi said: "Being alone in the spirit of heaven and earth", only by being alone can people get rid of the fog, swim outside things, communicate with the spirit of heaven and earth and see the truth of life clearly. Loneliness is a lofty realm of life.

Su Dongpo wrote a word:

I drank Dongpo in the evening and woke up drunk. It seemed like midnight when I came back. The child's breathing sounds like thunder. Don't knock at the door. Listen to the sound of the river on crutches.

The dragon hates that this body is not mine, so forget the camp. In the dead of night, the wind was calm and the hub was flat, and the boat passed away, and Jiang Hai sent the rest of his life.

It's about Su Dongpo's midnight banquet, and it seems to be midnight when he comes back. The servants at home were fast asleep and snoring like thunder, and no one answered how to knock at the door. Su Dongpo had to lean on the stick alone and listen to the sound of the river flowing.

On such a quiet night, between heaven and earth, listening to the river rolling eastward, Su Dongpo suddenly realized that he was as small as a drop in the ocean and his life was as short as a river.

Life is so beautiful and short, but for a little fame and a little profit, you fight for it and waste time.

Su Dongpo couldn't help feeling: "I have hated this body for a long time. When did you forget the camp?" I just want to drive a gondola between heaven and earth. "The boat has passed away since then, and Jiang Hai has lived for the rest of his life."

Being alone makes people awake, realize their own smallness and see the truth of life clearly.

See yourself clearly, see the world clearly, see all beings clearly, get rid of the temptation of fame and fortune, not be trapped by success or failure, and reach the lofty realm of life.

Lin Yutang said:

When the word "loneliness" is taken apart, there are children, melons, puppies and mosquitoes, which are enough to prop up an alley in the midsummer evening and are full of human feelings.

Young children hold melons and willows, while fine dogs chase butterflies in deep alleys. There is a lot of laughter in the world, and I am the only one who has free time. Children's fruits, cats, dogs and flies are certainly lively, but it has nothing to do with you. This is called loneliness. "

Life is a lonely trek. No matter how noisy it is, you will eventually come out and count the years alone.

Zhou said that the best state of life is abundance and tranquility, and I think such a state can only be achieved when I am alone.

Because being alone is a person's pleasure.

(Editor: Liu Xinwei)