Chapter 42 A slow pace is the correct speed

A coach who instructs boat races often reminds the players that if you want to win, you have to paddle slowly. In other words, if the speed of paddling is too fast, it will destroy the rhythm of the boat. Once you mess up the tempo, it's pretty hard to get back to the correct tempo again.Haste makes waste, this is the eternal law. In the winter of the seventh year of Shunzhi, a scholar wanted to enter Zhenhai County from Xiaogang, so he ordered the little book boy to follow with a large stack of books bound with wooden boards. At this time, the sunset had already set, and the evening smog wrapped around the treetops, and there were still about two miles to look at the county town.

The scholars took the opportunity to ask the ferryman: If we hurry up, will we still have time to catch up with the opening of the south gate? The ferryman looked at the little book boy carefully, and replied: "Walk slowly, the city gate will still be open, but if you hurry, the city gate will be closed." After hearing this, the scholar thought that the ferryman was teasing him, and he was a little angry. After getting off the boat, he and the book boy walked forward quickly. Just halfway there, the little book boy fell down, the binding rope broke, and the books were scattered.

When they bundled up the books and rushed to the destination, they found that the city gate ahead had been locked. Only then did the scholars realize that what the ferryman said was really a philosophy. How many people in the world have brought failure to themselves because of impatience and recklessness, and they still can't reach their destination because they get confused? ★Life is delicious★ Whether it is work or boating, you must move forward at a correct and calm pace, so that the mind can gain the power of peace, and guide the body and mind to work with stable and harmonious wisdom, so that it is easier to reach the goal.To practice this theory, it is necessary to set aside some free time to engage in activities that cleanse the mind, such as meditation. This is a very good way to cleanse the mind. Whenever you have time, sit aside and relax your mind. Chewing and chewing, your heart will be comfortably intoxicated by the magnificent mountains, the canyons of the evening mist, the rivers where carp jump, and the water surface reflected by the moonlight.