Choose a high place to stand and find a flat place to live in a wide place.

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The horizon and pattern determine the depth of our understanding of things.

Zuo Zeng, a Confucian general in Qing Dynasty, left a famous couplet:

Make a first-class wish, make a first-class love, and enjoy the next blessing;

If you choose to stand tall, sit flat and walk wide.

Shanglian means: be ambitious, don't force the fate of life, and live a plain life.

The bottom line is: look at things far away, do things realistically, and live with peace of mind.

These two aphorisms were recognized by Li Ka-shing, the richest man in Hong Kong, and were written down and hung in the office for life.

1, choose a high place to stand.

Attitude determines the height, vision determines the realm, and the pattern determines the outcome. People's minds are like mountains, and there are also high and low points. Many times, the level of vision and pattern determines the depth of our understanding of things.

There is such a joke:

In ancient times, a beggar saved the emperor's life by chance.

The emperor asked the beggar, "What reward do you want for saving the driver?"

Who knows that the beggar actually said, "Please ask the emperor to make a site for two streets, so that I will not be afraid of being driven away because of begging!" " "

The beggar's request exposed his vision and pattern, and he was doomed to mix with beggars all his life.

If a person overlooks the heights, it is easy to be blocked by stones under his feet, or covered by a leaf in front of him, so that he can only see the trees but not the forest.

If a person is ambitious and always looks high, it is not easy to be disturbed by these trivial things. As the saying goes, "Don't cover your eyes for floating clouds, only for the highest realm."

Of course, it is important to look far, but if you want to look far, you must first stand high.

Confucius climbed the East Mountain and was small, and climbed Mount Tai and was smaller than the world.

Therefore, our ability must be worthy of our vision.

2. Find a flat place to live

To be a man, we should not only look up at the stars, but also be down-to-earth. The improvement of a person's ability and vision is a process of gradual accumulation, and no one can reach the sky in one step.

Life is like a marathon, walking fast is not a skill, walking steadily is solid; This is the same as building a house by laying a foundation. Only by laying a good foundation can we make a qualitative leap in the future.

Opportunism can be fooled for a while, but not for a lifetime; Aim too high, and sooner or later you will pay the price for your impetuousness.

Zuo failed many times in the imperial examination, but the setbacks in the examination did not hit him, but became his motivation to concentrate on his studies. He spent many years reading many practical books, and finally entered the DPRK as an official as a juror, and he was a senior official.

Zuo also often uses his own experience to educate children: "Reading should be down-to-earth, down-to-earth, serious, and understand word by word."

To learn this way, we should be down-to-earth in life, not seeking all the best, but seeking a clear conscience.

3, to the wide line

Life is like a chess game. Only with an open mind can we make a move without regret. As the saying goes, those who achieve great things are informal. Broad-minded people have their own big pattern, they don't haggle over every ounce when they meet, but they don't care too much about the immediate gains and losses.

In this way, life can be unfettered, can fly higher and go further.

Some people just hit the wall and don't look back, so why bother? Adjust the direction in time and don't get into trouble. Things can get smoother and smoother, and the road will get wider and wider. It is wise to accept fate calmly.

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