Chapter 25 do you still worry about tomorrow

All of us procrastinate about actively engaging in life.We yearn for a wonderful rose garden in the sky, but don't pay attention to the wildflowers that are blooming in our window today.We always fail to realize early: life is in life, in every moment of every day. Sir William Ozler was the most famous medical scientist of his time. The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine he founded was famous all over the world. He himself was hired as a visiting professor by Oxford University School of Medicine. The highest honor that can be obtained - being knighted by the King of England.After his death, his life experience was written into two thick books.

In the eyes of many people, such a successful person should have a "special brain". In fact, Sir William Ozler himself said that his brain is ordinary.When he was studying and studying, he was like everyone else, worrying about his studies all day long: How can he pass the final exam?What job should I do after graduation?How can I stand out?How can I get the girl I like? ...However, fortunately, he saw a sentence in a book that allowed him to spend his life carefree. This sentence is: The most important thing every day is not to think about the vague tomorrow, but to do it Things that are clear at hand.

When he became the most famous medical scientist, when someone asked him the secret of his success, he thought it was because he only lived in today's grid.Many people don't understand what he means by this sentence?Sir Ozler cleverly used the metaphor of a ship to explain this matter. He said: the structure of the human body is much more complicated than that of a sea ship, and the voyage is much farther away. Only by living in a completely independent today can we ensure Safety.In the wheelhouse of a ship, one will find that those large partitions have their own functions.Push a button, and there will be an iron door to separate the cabin—blocking those past yesterdays, and pressing another button, and another iron door will appear, blocking the unborn tomorrow.At this time, you live in a completely independent today.Cut off the past, cut off the misguided yesterday; shut out the future, which is today and never existed tomorrow.The waste of energy and the anguish of the spirit will tightly entangle those who worry about tomorrow.Everyone should develop a good habit, that is to live in a completely independent today.

Of course, we should not misunderstand that Sir Ozler does not want people not to work hard to prepare for tomorrow. He said that concentrating all the wisdom and all the enthusiasm to do today's work to perfection is the best way to meet tomorrow. Jesus once said: "Don't think about tomorrow, think about tomorrow." But there are too many people who don't obey Jesus' words. These people often say: "I must think about tomorrow." I must plan and prepare in advance.” Of course, preparation is necessary, and with the development of the times, this sentence of Jesus has also had a new interpretation. It now means: “Don’t worry about tomorrow.” But it doesn’t mean that Ready for tomorrow, the difference is easy to tell.

Try to plan well for tomorrow, but don't worry about tomorrow! During World War II, Admiral King was preparing for tomorrow, but they were too busy to worry. "I have sent the best equipment and the best men," said Admiral King, "and assigned them the most sensible missions, which is all I can do." Admiral Jin En said again: "If the ship is sunk by the enemy, I must not pick it up; if it is destined to sink, I cannot stop it. I have to make good use of time to solve today's problems, so that I can grasp Tomorrow's—worries and anxieties are not good for tomorrow. Besides, if I worry about these things, I must not live long." The difference between good and bad thinking, in wartime or peacetime, is this: good thought processing and consequences can Leads to logical and constructive planning, while bad thinking often leads to stress and nervous breakdowns.

Sulzberger is the publisher of The New York Times, one of the world's largest newspapers, and I had the honor to interview him.Su told me that when World War II swept across Europe, he was terribly frightened, panicked all day long, worried about the future, and often suffered from insomnia.He often got up in the middle of the night and painted a self-portrait in the mirror to relieve his worries.Sue told me that he was never really able to get rid of his worries and find peace of mind until one day he came across a passage from a hymn that said: It was also during World War II that a young man serving in Europe learned the same lesson.He is Ted from Baltimore, Maryland, USA, and he is mentally debilitated by the worries that many things cause him.

He checked into an Army clinic, but an army doctor gave him life-changing advice. After the young man had undergone a physical examination, the doctor told him frankly that the problem was psychological.The doctor said to him: "If you want to cure your disease, you have to think of your life as an hourglass. Although it is filled with thousands of sand grains, they can only pass through the bottleneck slowly and evenly one by one. Think about it. , there is no way to let more than one grain of sand pass through the bottleneck at the same time. You and I are like an hourglass. We have a lot of things to accomplish every day, if we don’t deal with them step by step, like grains of sand By passing the sand through the hourglass neck, we can do harm to our physical or psychological systems."

Ever since hearing the words of this military doctor, young people have been living with this idea: one grain of sand at a time, one thing at a time.These words are still of great help to him to this day. A doctor with rich clinical experience said that more than half of the patients in the hospital are caused by mental and psychological problems. They are all overwhelmed by the burden of yesterday and the fear of tomorrow.These people don't need to be hospitalized at all, and should live happy, meaningful lives if they truly believe in Jesus' words: "Don't worry about tomorrow." Or Sir Osler's words: "Live in today's square."

Each of us stands at the intersection of past and future eternity, and it is impossible for us to live in any kind of eternity—not even for a moment.But if you force it, it will only break your body and mind.Let's make good use of the time we have: from this moment until bedtime tonight. "If it's just one day, no matter how heavy the burden is, people can bear it." American politician Stevenson said: "If it's just one day, no matter how difficult the work is, people can work hard to complete it. If it's just one day, anyone can bear it." To live happily, patiently, kindly and purely. In fact, these are the true meaning of life.”

Because Mrs. Rose did not realize this, she fell into despair and almost committed suicide. Mrs. Rose lived in Mississippi. Her husband passed away this year. The sudden blow made him miserable and disrupted her life. She felt extremely depressed.However, she had to face the pressure of life independently, and she had to find a job immediately to alleviate the family's financial crisis.Because in order to treat her husband's illness, all valuable things in the house have been sold off.Mrs. Ross used to sell encyclopedias.So, she wrote a letter to her past employer, hoping to let her go back to her past job.

The boss agreed with her to go back to work.In order to get back to work, Rose borrowed money and paid for a second-hand car in installments, and started selling books.Originally, she thought that returning to work would free her from the pain of losing her husband.However, the lonely life of a person made her really unbearable.In addition, she doesn't earn much, and she has to repay the car installment payment every month. Mrs. Ross feels that she is about to be dragged. The lonely and depressed Mrs. Rose gradually lost confidence in life.From the moment she opened her eyes every morning, she began to worry: she was worried that she would not be able to pay the car on time, that she would not be able to pay the rent, that there would be no food to eat, that she would suddenly get sick... Sometimes she even wanted to die, but the only one who didn't The reason for her action was that she was afraid of making her sister sad because of her death, and her sister did not have enough money to pay for her funeral. In this way, Mrs. Rose lived in pain and suffering.Until one day, she occasionally saw the words that would never and could not be forgotten in a lifetime that cheered her up: For everyone, every day is a new life. Mrs. Ross found that it was not difficult to try to live just one day without thinking about the past and tomorrow.She has learned to forget the past and not think about the future.She wrote this sentence and pasted it on the mirror of the door and the windshield of the car, so that it always reminds her: Today is a new life. Gradually, Mrs. Rose got over the troubles brought about by that depressed life.The change in mentality has allowed her to live happily every day, her work has also improved, and her salary has also increased a lot. She feels that her life is full of sunshine and happiness. Someone said: "People spread jam on yesterday's and tomorrow's bread, but forget to butter today's bread." Most of us are like this, and forget to butter today's bread.Dante said: "Think today is gone forever." Life goes by so fast, in terms of distance, we have to use the speed of light to catch up with it. "Today" is our most precious asset, and the only one we are certain of having.French philosopher Montaigne said: "Most of our worries in life never actually happen." I am the same, I believe you are no exception--we are all exception--don't let worry become our Achilles heel .