2023 is coming to an end, what have you gained from the past year?
Whenever it comes to the end of the year, many people's flags at the beginning of the year have fallen, and the reasons for this are none other than the following:
Always impetuous, unable to meditate on one thing;
Three minutes of heat, at first elated, but as soon as frustrated, he was disheartened;
It is difficult to correct the same thing and make the same mistake over and over again;
Some people will attribute this to the fault of the times, but in fact, these problems exist in all eras, and the ancients have long peeked into the mysteries and written books, such as Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching".
Don't say it, although the "Tao Te Ching" is not long, with a total of 5,000 words, how many people can read it?”
Don't be afraid, "Xue Mo Says Lao Tzu: Let children fall in love with the Tao Te Ching is to save us.
As a prolific writer, Mr. Xue Mo has published the Western ** series, the Western Culture Series and poetry collections, and has won various literary awards for many times.
In this new book, Mr. Xue Mo transforms the text into a style that children can understand, using easy-to-understand words, interspersed with various small stories, to interpret Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching" for us. The book is also accompanied by a variety of beautiful landscape illustrations, making the process of reading more enjoyable.
In Mr. Xue Mo's interpretation, Lao Tzu's thoughts are closely related to our current life.
1 About inaction
For example, Lao Tzu's way of doing nothing, which has been criticized the most, has been interpreted by many people as a negative attitude towards life. Teacher Xue Mo told us that what Lao Tzu said about inaction is not to let you deal with it negatively, and on the contrary, it refers to the detachment in mentality and the positive progress in behavior.
Only by letting go of attachment and doing everything with all our hearts and minds is what Lao Tzu said about inaction. In fact, this is exactly what it means to "live in the moment".
2 About desire
According to the Tao Te Ching, the root cause of the common people's fighting, stealing, and turmoil is due to desire. So Teacher Xue Mo told us to learn the practices of the sages.
Let the mind become empty, reduce distractions and thoughts;Bring mindfulness into your heart;Finally, reduce our biases and attachments. Only when we have a heart that wants nothing will you find that your heart lacks nothing. At this time, you become the richest person in your heart.
3 About life
It's hard to do nothing, and it's even harder to let go of all desires. Teacher Xue Mo uses his own life as an example in the book to tell readers that it is completely possible to live a simpler life.
He said that if he bought books, he would spend more, and if he didn't buy books, he would spend five or six hundred a month. When life is simpler, you will find that you are more and more abundant inside, and you are more able to feel joy and happiness. This can't be a minimalist life, right?
Write at the end
Xue Mo said Lao Tzu: Let the child fall in love with the Tao Te Ching, I don't know if the child can fall in love, at least I fell in love with it first. When people reach middle age, because they have more life experience, they can better understand Lao Tzu's thoughts from Teacher Xue Mo's interpretation.
No longer entangled in how the flag of 2024 stands, but live in the moment and do everything well!