attitude
the longer i live, the more i realize the impact of attitude on life.
attitude, to me, is more important than facts. it is more important than
the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures,
than successes, than what other people think, say, or do.
it is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. it will make
or break a company, a church, a home.
the remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the
attitude we will embrace for that day.
we cannot change our past. we cannot change the fact that people will
act in a certain way. we cannot change the inevitable. the only thing we can
do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.
i am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how i react
to it. and so it is with you. we are in charge of our attitudes.
要是渴了,就自己倒水喝吧
烦恼根源
一次,我们几位分别了多年的同学相约去拜访大学的老师。
老师很高兴,问我们生活得怎么样。不料,一句话就勾出了大家的满腹牢骚,
大家纷纷诉说着生活的不如意:工作压力大呀,生活烦恼多呀,
做生意的商战失利呀,当官的仕途受阻呀……仿佛都成了时代的弃儿。
老师笑而不语,从厨房拿出一大堆杯子,摆在茶几上。
这些杯子各式各样,形态各异,有瓷器的,有玻璃的,有塑料的,
有的杯子看起来豪华而高贵,有的则显得普通而简陋……
老师说:“大家都是我的学生,我就不把你们当客人看待了。
你们要是渴了,就自己倒水喝吧。”
七嘴八舌,大家说得口干舌燥了,便纷纷拿了自己看中的杯子倒水喝。
等我们手里都端了一杯水时,老师发话了。
他指着茶几上剩下的杯子说:“你们有没有发现,
你们手里的杯子都是最好看最别致的杯子,而像这些塑料杯没有人选它。”
当然,我们并不觉得奇怪,谁都希望自己拿着的是一只好看的杯子。
老师说:“这就是你们烦恼的根源。
大家需要的是水,而非杯子,但我们有意无意地会去选择漂亮的杯子。
这就如我们的生活───如果生活是水的话,
那么,工作、金钱、地位这些东西就是杯子,
它们只是我们盛起生活之水的工具。
其实,杯子的好坏,并不影响水的质量。如果将心思花在杯子上,
大家哪有心情去品尝水的苦甜,这不就是自寻烦恼吗?”
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