Yuan Shizhong betrays "Li Zicheng" - Chapter 24

Author: Yao Xueyin
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Publish Date: 2001-04-01
Features: I want to particularly emphasize the benefits of maturity and how to achieve it. I want to encourage everyone to see life as a process of growth, rather than a path to decay or destruction. I believe that maturity should be the goal we all strive for, one that surpasses all other goals. Only in this way can we truly grow and gain wisdom. I have tried my best to describe my viewpoints using real-life stories of real people. Many of the characters mentioned in the book are students of the Carnegie Training Course. I am deeply grateful to them for allowing me to use their examples. May the various perspectives presented in this book replace the prevailing philosophy of "youth worship" that is so popular today. May one day we view the qualities of the heart as charming and attractive as beautiful faces or strong muscles, and as worthy of pursuit. When others praise our maturity and wisdom more than they praise our youthful appearance, or when everyone can stop caring about their age and simply do everything they want to do to the best of their ability—when such a joyful state of being truly arrives, we will not fear aging. Because, we will have all moved towards maturity. Tessie Carnegie