Keep a calm mind -- happiness comes from a perfect mindset

Author: Wang Lin
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: A calm mind means a peaceful heart and a normal life. A calm mind is a moderate attitude towards life, neither ascetic nor indulgent; neither self-righteous nor self-deprecating; neither nitpicking nor compromising. This book uses various small stories, fables, and many successful experiences of great figures, hoping to guide readers into a life of wisdom and learn to handle things calmly with a calm mind, able to take light of crucial points in life. Buddhists always embrace a life attitude of calmness. They reveal that a calm mind is the Dao, and the Dao is in the ordinary life. What is a calm mind? A calm mind means a peaceful heart and a normal life. Modern people are constantly driven by excessive desires, making their food tasteless and restless, insomnia, and anxiety. These phenomena have become common diseases of modern people, all stemming from the loss of a calm mind! Maintain a calm mind in everything, success is not worth pride, it's just a stop on the journey of life. We don't know what lies ahead after leaving the station. Failure is not worth sadness, it's just a wrong turn we made, correct the direction and start over again; disappointment is not worth despair, there are both sunny days and thunderstorms in the four seasons, understand that only fierce winds and heavy rains can clear the dust from the air. This is the calm mind, this is the path of life. Only when you walk through life's storms with a calm mind can you see the golden fruit. Accept yourself, appreciate yourself. A person unwilling to face themselves and blindly following the crowd is like a ship without a rudder, drifting with the waves, not knowing which island is closest to them, nor where they will drift to. There are no two leaves in the world that are exactly the same, everyone is unique. To live as our true selves, we must learn to accept ourselves with a calm mind and understand how to leverage our strengths and avoid our weaknesses.
Once there was a wise man who observed that woodcutters, busy with daily chores of chopping and selling firewood, neglected the essence of life itself, leading to unbearable hardship. He sighed deeply and said: "On the high slopes, there are only woodcutters; everyone carries axes in their hearts, yet they fail to see the red flowers reflecting in the water." Chopping, carrying, and selling firewood may be busy and tiring, but it is all part of life. If one cannot find joy in the process, the work becomes meaningless. The wise man told us that life itself is a rich meaning. Work is a part of life, but if work contradicts the essence of life, it becomes a heavy burden, trapping one in perpetual hardship.
Please note! Work and life are the song of life. A calm mind means a peaceful heart and a normal life. A calm mind is a moderate attitude towards life, neither ascetic nor indulgent; neither self-righteous nor self-deprecating; neither nitpicking nor compromising. This book uses various small stories, fables, and many successful experiences of great figures, hoping to guide readers into a life of wisdom and learn to handle things calmly with a calm mind, able to take light of crucial points in life.