Don't get angry easily.

Author: An Zheng
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: Tolerance Why can tolerance transcend everything? Because tolerance encompasses the human heart, and because tolerance requires a broad-minded heart. Without tolerance, one's personality will inevitably descend from greatness to something even less than ordinary. This is a story that shakes the soul. During World War II, a battalion encountered enemy forces in the forest. After a fierce battle, two soldiers from the same small town as each other became separated from the rest of the troops. They encouraged and comforted each other as theyly traversed the forest. After ten days of effort, they still had not reconnected with the battalion. They survived on the little venison they had. Before them lay the brink of death. After another battle, they cleverly avoided the enemy. Just as they were escaping, the soldier behind suddenly shot the soldier in front, Anderson. The merciless bullet struck Anderson in the shoulder. The soldier who fired the gun was terrified and incoherent, hugging Anderson and tearfully murmuring his mother's name. Anderson touched the heated barrel of the gun the soldier had fired and couldn't understand why his comrade had shot him. But that night, Anderson forgave his comrade. Later, they were both rescued by the battalion. Over the next 30 years, Anderson pretended he didn't remember the incident and never mentioned it. When Anderson later reflected on the event, he said: War was too cruel. I knew the soldier who shot me was my comrade, that he wanted to take the venison I had, and that he wanted to survive for his mother's sake. It wasn't until the day I accompanied him to pay respects at his mother's grave that he knelt and begged for my forgiveness. I didn't let him continue, and from the bottom of my heart, I truly forgave him. We became good friends for decades. In the Oxford English Dictionary, the meaning of "tolerance" is to forgive and sympathize with someone under one's control who has no right to demand mercy. After learning that his comrade had shot him in the back, Anderson could have killed him. But Anderson forgave his comrade, understanding the distortion of human nature in war and the innate desire for survival and reunion. He remained a lifelong friend to the man who once wanted to kill him.
Tolerance toward friends The Buddhist temple has a couplet: "A big belly can hold, tolerating the unbearable under the sky; open your mouth often to laugh, laughing at the ridiculous in the world." This famous couplet tells us that life is just this one, and one should be magnanimous. It's easy to talk about magnanimity, but in practice, it's very difficult. It requires people to control their selfish desires, not to fight for personal gain, and not to belittle others to show off. Prejudice often harms one party, and if the other party holds a grudge, the relationship cannot be harmonious. Conversely, if the wronged party has a broad heart and considers the bigger picture, they can move the prejudiced party emotionally, leading them to change their views and treat others correctly. Throughout history and across cultures, those with great aspirations and far-sighted vision have always been magnanimous. On the other hand, petty-minded people who fight over small things and hold grudges over trivial matters have never achieved great things or made a name for themselves.