In life, it is inevitable to experience twists and turns and suffering, and no one can truly achieve smooth passage or smooth sailing.
In Buddhism, all these experiences are summarized as the "eight sufferings of the world": birth, old age, sickness, death, love and separation, long-term resentment, and inability to ask and let go.
All encounters are caused by cause and effect, as an ordinary mortal body, it is not easy to change one's life against the sky, and it is as difficult as climbing to the sky.
If you accept your fate, let yourself go in adversity, and sink passively in pain, you will only waste your good time.
There is a saying in the "Aphorisms":"If God wants to bless people, first set an example of small misfortunes. ”
If Heaven wants to bring down good fortune, it will always set some tests, making you sick, suffering and being poor, in fact, all of which have these three purposes.
Being sick is a warning to you
Every time a health topic is discussed, many people will disagree with it, thinking that it is all cliché and nothing special.
Especially when he was young and strong, he turned a blind eye to his physical health and overdrew his body unscrupulously.
In order to earn more wealth, he worked overtime desperately, running around day and night, and rarely had time to rest.
In order to enjoy more entertainment, I played tirelessly at night, stayed up late and swiped my mobile phone to watch **, completely ignoring the reversal of day and night.
In the short term, you can rely on the youthful body to recover quickly, but in the long run, it will also lay a landmine for yourself.
When you reach a certain age, if you still ignore it, the old diseases of the past will completely explode at some point.
At that time, it will be too late to return to a healthy appearance, because the body has long been overwhelmed.
As Schopenhauer said:"The biggest mistake that human beings can make is to trade their health for something outside of their body. ”
Before the final stubborn illness broke out, there may have been countless small reminders, but I didn't take it to heart, which led to the final tragedy.
For example, when there is not enough sleep, people will feel inexplicable headaches, people who smoke often will cough frequently, and people who prefer to drink heavily will have a dull face.
These signs are all reminders that your body is already sick, and you need to change your lifestyle habits and pay attention to your health.
Don't take it seriously, just do what you do, after all, you only have one life, and you can't do it all over again.
Enduring hardships is a tempering for you
There are clouds in the book Mencius:
"Therefore, the heavens will descend on the people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, empty their bodies, and act chaotically; Therefore, tempting and forbearance, it has benefited from what it cannot. ”
When Heaven entrusts someone with a heavy task, it always sets up difficulties and pains them in order to hone their abilities.
In the adult world, there is never such a thing as "easy", there is suffering everywhere, and everything is a test.
Suffering and suffering are also commonplace, this is the only way for everyone to grow, and there is no so-called shortcut to choose.
In ** "Journey to the West", Sun Wukong was pressed under the Wuzhi Mountain by the Buddha for 500 years because of his havoc in the Heavenly Palace, waiting for someone to learn the scriptures.
After Tang Seng arrived as promised, he released Sun Wukong from under Wuzhi Mountain according to the instructions, and the two were ready to go to the west to learn scriptures together.
Sun Wukong and Tang Seng said that one somersault of his own is 108,000 miles, which happens to be the distance to learn the scriptures, and he can easily reach the destination with Tang Seng on his back.
But Tang Seng said that he couldn't get to the west with such a method, and only after going through nine hundred and eighty-one difficulties could he seek the true scriptures.
On the road to success, the most important thing is not the final result, but how to learn to grow and improve in the face of adversity.
When you feel pain, you are fighting against suffering, constantly improving yourself, and making up for your shortcomings.
After I have overcome all these obstacles, the road ahead will become smooth, and I will walk more steadily.
Being poor is a hint to you
The world is panicked and busy, but it is just for a few taels of broken silver, but a few taels of broken silver can relieve all kinds of worries in the world.
It is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and it is the instinct of many people to dislike the poor and love the rich, and there is nothing wrong with the pursuit of wealth itself.
Because no matter what time it is, money is the greatest confidence in a person's life, and with it, life can be truly improved.
But what is quite unfair is that wealth does not fall on everyone fairly, there are always people with thousands of pockets, and there are also people with four walls.
Moreover, there can be a shift between the two, with the rich losing money and the poor seizing the opportunity to turn around.
It can be seen that most of the time, wealth and poverty are not an absolute state, but are in a dynamic equilibrium.
As an ordinary person, you will always be limited by your family background, or sudden natural and man-made disasters, which will lead to you falling into a state of poverty.
It's inevitable that you'll experience the end of your rope and feel sad because you're stretched thin, but that doesn't mean you'll always be like this.
There is a saying in "Zhou Yi":"If you are poor, you will change, and if you change, you will be able to do it for a long time. ”
Falling into temporary poverty is also fate reminding you that you need to make some changes, and the original path will not work.
Taking this opportunity to change your thinking and ideas, and re-planning your life, you can often make another village.
There are thousands of ways to make a fortune, don't stick to the front line, wake up in time, everything still has a chance to change.
Romain Rolland has a great saying:
"There is only one kind of heroism in the world, and that is to love life after recognizing the truth of life. ”
Sickness, poverty and suffering are always present throughout everyone's life, and the key is how they deal with it.
No matter what you encounter or what setbacks you encounter, you must be calm, optimistic, and see these as tests given to you by God.
Don't blindly indulge in grief and pain, it is precisely because of these foils and encouragements that we can move forward more and more.
Life is unpredictable, and only by withstanding these trials and fearing difficulties and obstacles can we see hope for the future.
In the face of illness, suffering and poverty, do not give up the enthusiasm of life, and live towards the sun, life is bright everywhere.