Chapter 41 Geometry of life

As the saying goes: Spring is the plan for a year, and morning is the plan for a day.Although this is a truth, it has two meanings.One side is to encourage the future; the other side is to review the past.If you only think about the future and don't reflect on the achievements and mistakes of the past, it will not help you to improve your morals; but if you only care about the success or failure of the past, and don't think about what you will do in the future, you will be trapped in wandering and looking forward. from. Therefore, the so-called spring and morning are intended to teach people not to be discouraged by past losses, nor to be proud of past gains, but to be cautious at the beginning when they can start again.This is to say that it contains the positive nature that the past can be learned from and the coming can be traced.Both spring and morning are the beginning of the time sequence, so people should be vigilant not to waste the time and miss the good time, but to cherish the Yin and rise up.

When it comes to cherishing Yin, life is really short.The ancient Confucian Ma Wenzhong once said: A husband’s life expectancy cannot last more than a hundred years. In a hundred years, when he is old and immature, he can only be seen in the world for thirty years. These thirty years can make a person more important than Mount Tai and lighter than a feather. Be cautious with a gentleman.Sincerely, the geometry of life, if you don't grasp the limited time, reuse the meaning of life, and pass it by, wouldn't it be a waste of your life. Ma Shi calculates according to the life of a hundred years, except for the years spent in childhood and old age, the time to really do something in the world is only thirty years; and how many people live in a hundred years!Therefore, what Ma said is too broad, but it is only for the purpose of encouraging others.

Strictly speaking, even if it is only thirty years to see it in the world, if you calculate it carefully, you will lose two-thirds or one-third of the time!Just imagine, in the 30 years available in this life, if measured by the 38-hour system of daily work and rest, people work eight hours a day, rest eight hours and sleep eight hours a day, wouldn't it be another two-thirds that is removed? In these thirty years, have not another twenty been wasted?And even if the eight hours of rest can be used to do things and make a difference, ten of the thirty years have to be discarded. Isn't it true that only twenty years of life are really used for work?What's more, how can a person who is not a hundred years old be used?Therefore, the proverb goes: An inch of time is an inch of gold, which is not an exaggeration at all. Of course, an inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time.

It may be said that the philosophy of Laozhuang and Zhuangzi is so leisurely, so why not?But the true meaning of his life is still positive rather than negative.Therefore, Zhuangzi also said that in life, between heaven and earth, if a white horse passes through the gap, it is just a sudden.Its way lies in nothingness, nothingness lies in nature.Nature lies in the time, and it is still necessary to cherish the time to push it! The meaning of the coming of spring and the beginning of morning is to inspire people to cherish the yin and rebirth, regardless of learning or doing things, or doing things for others or themselves, the key point is not to waste time.But what a gentleman should be cautious about in his rebirth is that things should always be more important than Mount Tai, not lighter than a feather.