Chapter 49 Chapter Eight Finding Happiness in Life

The world is full of interesting things to do, don't live a dull life in this exciting world.The art of living can be manifested in many ways.Maybe it can be summed up in these words: make the best use of everything. A philosopher once said: On this earth, the exciting adventure called "life" is the only thing you can do.So why not plan it and try to live as abundantly and happily as possible? The world is full of interesting things to do.Don't live a dull life in this exciting world.Life should be simple but not boring, interesting but not lonely, which requires life skills.

A wise person, after he reaches the age of 40, his life is very "simplified"!The so-called "simplification" does not mean to live a simple life, such as the life of ancient Spain, but to be able to obtain the Dharma and not waste it in useless places for all things. Of course, it is not enough to simply live a simple life. You should learn some skills while you are young.After a person reaches the age of 50, his ability will gradually decline. In other words, the speed of learning and progress will have to slow down.Therefore, it is more difficult for people after the age of 50 to learn any new skills.

A writer once said that the French understood the "technique" of "living", not that they understood the "art" of "living". People who know "technology of life" are not necessarily people who know "art of life"!The so-called "life skills", that is, "occupational skills."Do you have the instinct to "make a living"?If you answer "yes", then your "living instinct" is "life skills", because without this "technology", you cannot "live". This isn't loud.Judge Joseph Sabatu of Chicago, who tried 40,000 cases of marital conflicts and reconciled 2,000 couples."Most couples' discord stems from trivial matters. For example, a wife waving goodbye to a husband while he's away for work could save many couples from divorce," he said.

Row Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning may have the best marriage ever.He's never too busy to forget to compliment her and take care of her in the little places to keep the love fresh.He cared for his crippled wife so tenderly that she once wrote to her sisters: "Now I naturally begin to think that I may really be an angel." Simple chores in life may bring you different results, depending on how you use technology to deal with them. A person who really knows how to live optimistically is because his life is full of emotion. We may all think that the life of a writer is the interpretation of the word poverty.But we cannot deny that the writer's spiritual life is so rich!

Therefore, I think that a person's "satisfactory life" after the age of 40 does not refer to any achievements in "career", nor does it refer to any progress in "living skills", but the result of everyone's hard work. There must be a comfort. But this kind of "comfort" is not a religious "abstract" or a philosopher's "mystery", but a proof of "facts". After Edison's "electric light research" was successful, his name immediately became "famous all over the world". This kind of "comfort" is the comfort of "art of life" and spiritual comfort.After a writer becomes famous, he gets paid the same as Edison.

Pursuing the taste of personal life can not only get spiritual comfort, but also emotional sublimation. Therefore, life begins at the age of 40. We should not be negative and discouraged, but redouble our efforts to create a pure land for our souls. The joy of life is the best way to achieve this goal. Everyone wants to live a happy and vibrant life.To realize this wish, it is very important to accept the challenge of new things from time to time. People who are still energetic despite their age are mostly people who continue to accept challenges. The older you get, the faster time feels.I have conducted a psychological experiment all over the United States, and I have reached the same result as this sentence.

The different mood of life is the main reason why older people feel that time passes quickly. Because they haven't tried new things or heard new things for a long time. Therefore, people over the age of 40 should strive to be interested in many things, find new challenges, and experience some new discoveries to break the boring way of life. Studies have shown that when a person becomes cheerful, his behavior will also become cheerful; if a person falls into a state of depressed thoughts and pain, then you will find that he becomes gloomy, whining, Eccentric, even evil people.Therefore, we find that brutality and crime occur without exception in those who have never known joy. There is no interest in the pleasant communication between people who inspire each other.

Man has a natural inclination for relaxation and entertainment, which, like other natural inclinations, is rooted in man for a special purpose.It cannot be repressed, but will come out in one form or another.Any good effort to promote innocent entertainment is worth as much as a dozen sermons against evil.If we do not provide opportunities for healthy pleasures, people will find nefarious activities to take their place.Sidney Smith was right when he said: "To oppose evil effectively, we must replace it with something better." Advocates of the Temperance movement simply do not fully appreciate that the vice of alcoholism in this country is driven by vulgar interests and by the existence in this country of too limited opportunities for recreation and avenues for improving one's interests. result.The worker's interests and hobbies have not been well cultivated, and the temporary needs in front of him occupy all his thoughts, and satisfying his appetite has become his greatest happiness.When he rests, he simply indulges himself in beer or whiskey.Germans were once the worst drinkers, and "drunk like a German peasant" was once a popular saying.But they now live the most abstemious, sober lives.How did they quit their alcoholism?Mainly through educational and musical means.Music has one of the most benevolent effects.Artistic education has a very salutary influence on the morals of the public.It provides a source of joy to every home and it adds a new appeal to the home.It makes interpersonal socializing more enjoyable.Father Matthew used singing campaigns to reinforce his temperance campaign.He launched a campaign to establish music clubs across Ireland.Because he felt that, just as he had turned people away from whiskey, he had to replace it with something healthier.He brought them music.A singing class arose, who enhanced the tastes of the people, softened their conduct, and made the people of Ireland more benevolent and philanthropic.But we still worry that the example set by Father Matthew may have been forgotten.

Professor Channing said: "What a wealth of pleasure the Creator has endowed us within the reach of our hearing and hearing, by turning the atmosphere around us into a beautiful sound! Yet this wonderful creation is almost lost in us. Exhausted, due to our long-term lack of development and cultivation of the organizational organisms that undertake this pleasure." Any picture, print, or engraving, whether representing a noble thought, or describing an act of heroism, or capable of bringing into our houses something from a field or a street, is a teacher, an The method of education is a good helper for self-cultivation.It makes the home more pleasant and attractive.It sweetens domestic life and it exudes elegance and sophistication in the home.It frees a man from self-interest, and increases his friendly relations with the outer world, while enhancing his pleasant intercourse with his own family.

As an example, a portrait of a great man helps us understand his life.The painting endowed him with a personal charm.Looking at his appearance carefully, we feel as if we know him better and get closer to him.Hanging such a portrait in front of us every day, whether it is during meals or in leisure time, it will appear in front of our eyes, which will invisibly improve our spiritual temperament and spiritual character, and make us move towards a higher level. The bridge of the realm of life. A great and virtuous portrait is in a way a kind of companion better than ourselves; though we cannot reach the level of the hero, we can reach a certain degree under his influence.

It is not necessary to charge a lot for a painting in order to make it beautiful.We see a lot of expensive things being bought, but the value of these things is less than 1% of the value of Lafayette's woodcut "Madonna", although it is only worth twopence, the painting contains The beauty of the figures, especially the head of the Virgin Mary, recalls Hazlitt's remark that it is almost impossible to be indecent in the presence of such a beautiful portrait.It is the embodiment of maternal love, feminine beauty and sincere devotion.As someone once said of this painting: "It seems that there is a little heavenly atmosphere in the room." The art of living can be manifested in many ways.Maybe it can be summed up in these words: make the best use of everything. Nothing can be dismissed, even the trivial things that are too ordinary have their place.We breathe in the common air, and we are warmed by the sun that floods the earth.We praise the green grass, the floating clouds and the laughing flowers.We love the land we share and listen to the sounds of nature.It extends to all social activities.It produces good wishes and loving sincerity.With its help, we make others happy and ourselves blessed.We improve our way of being and sublimate our destiny.High above the reptiles of the earth, we aspire to infinite eternity.Thus we unite time with eternity, in which the true art of living has its most perfect ending.