Give yourself a chance to say goodbye to your "comfort zone"

"In my opinion, parents who read picture books with their children are also nourishing their own souls with a series of "benefits". Through picture books, they can share their interests and hobbies with their children. Sharing their fears and sorrows about natural and man-made disasters, separation and migration, life and death, they can comfort and encourage each other, and discover each other." (Excerpted from "Ride the Whale Part 2", a must-read speech, graffiti and craft for parents and children aged 2-3 years old. 》)

Yesterday Duobao gave me "Frog and the Stranger" to read. The picture book said that a "stranger" came to the village. The mouse, the piglet and the duck both warned Flogg. The rat is a bad guy, don't have any contact with him. But the curious Frog did not listen to their advice and went to find out what was going on. He found that the mouse was not what others said. He returned to the village and told his friends what he had seen, but the friends did not agree and even asked the mouse to leave. Frog did not stand because of the objections of his friends. In the anti-rat camp, he always believed in the facts he saw with his own eyes. It wasn't until the mouse later rescued the piglet and hare that everyone slowly changed their minds and accepted the mouse.

After reading the story, I couldn’t help but remember that when Duobao first watched "Tom and Jerry", he always felt sorry for Jerry. In one episode of the cartoon, he also said that he was an innocent mouse. Later, when watching "Black Cat Sheriff", Duobao, who was not familiar with the world, was extremely sad when he saw one of his ears knocked off by the Black Cat Sheriff. I told him eloquently, "The mouse is bad. He stole something. Sheriff Black Cat shot it as a just act!" But when I think about it more, where did I go wrong? Without explaining the specific circumstances to him, I immediately labeled him as a moral person. Just like Frog's friends agreed that rats "can steal things."

We always naturally attach various labels to things due to historical reasons, social judgment standards, personal experiences, etc. In fact, these labels are not necessarily objective and are all named based on our stereotypes.

After seeing the *** reading notes on "The Little Fox Buys Gloves" in "Whale Ride 2" that night, my eyes warmed and I fell into deep thought. Because she had been chased and beaten by others, in the mother fox's mind, humans are all aggressive. Unexpectedly, because of the little fox's nervousness, she discovered that people are not all bad people.

A very warm story that showed me the courage to face new things. The ancients said, "Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers." We will applaud children for their courage to explore new things, but when it comes to ourselves, we are stuck in our own ways. We often warn others as if we have been through it before, and even envy, doubt, and look at jokes coldly. This is Everything made me discover the narrowness of human nature.

But I know that there are also some people, people like Frog, who work hard to get rid of stereotypes, constantly try new things, and eventually become people who "know the world" like mice. , neither humble nor arrogant, independent. They may also be little foxes buying gloves who discovered the New World by accident. But in any way, I admire and hope to be someone who has the courage to step out of their "comfort zone."

Stubborn people live in their own small circle. Only those who are not satisfied with the status quo and actively seek change can have a big world. I know it is difficult to take the first step. There is reluctance to let go of the past, uneasiness about the unknown, and concern about the eyes of others... But you have to believe that everything in the past can become memories that will stay in your heart forever, and unknown things Only when it happens can it become a fact. The opinions of others are not particularly important...

Allowing yourself to experience a different life and enrich your life will slow down time, because everything becomes interesting, and you also Will cherish time like gold even more! At the same time, learn to look at people, including yourself, from multiple angles. You will find that everyone has a good side, and your way of thinking will become objective and independent.