It is better to seek for yourself than to seek others.

Someone was hiding from the rain under the eaves and saw Guanyin walking by holding an umbrella. The man said: "Guanyin Bodhisattva, please save all sentient beings. How about taking me with you?"

Guanyin said: "I am in the rain, you are under the eaves, and under the eaves Wuyu, you don't need me to save you." The man immediately jumped out of the eaves and stood in the rain: "I am also in the rain now, is it time to save me?" Guanyin said, "You are in the rain. , I am also in the rain. I am not getting wet because I have an umbrella; you are getting wet because there is no umbrella. So it is not me who saves myself, but the umbrella that saves me.

If you want to be saved, you don’t have to look for me, please find an umbrella yourself!” After that, he left.

The next day, the man encountered difficulties and went to the temple to pray for Guanyin. When I walked into the temple, I discovered that there was a man worshiping in front of the statue of Guanyin. The man looked exactly like Guanyin, exactly the same.

The man asked: "Are you Guanyin?"

The man replied: "I am Guanyin."

The man asked again: " Then why do you still worship yourself?"

Difference

Two young people of the same age are employed in the same store at the same time and receive the same salary.

But after a while, the young man named Arnold rose rapidly, while the young man named Bruno was still standing still. Bruno was very dissatisfied with his boss's unfair treatment. Finally one day he went to his boss to complain. While the boss patiently listened to his complaints, he was thinking about how to explain to him the difference between him and Arnold.

"Mr. Bruno," the boss said, "go to the market now and see what is on sale this morning."

Bruno came back from the market and asked The boss reported that there was only one farmer with a cart of potatoes for sale at the market this morning.

"How many?" the boss asked.

Bruno quickly put on his hat and ran to the market, then came back and told the boss that there were 40 bags of potatoes in one bag.

"What's the price?"

Bruno went to the market for the third time and asked about the price.

"Okay," the boss said to him, "Now please sit on this chair without saying a word and see what others say."

Arnold was quick He came back from the market and reported to the boss that so far there was only one farmer selling potatoes, and the price was 40 pockets a piece. The quality of the potatoes was very good, and he brought one back for the boss to see. The farmer will get several boxes of tomatoes an hour later. According to him, the price is very reasonable. The tomatoes in their shop were sold very fast yesterday, and the stock was running low. He thought that the boss would definitely buy some tomatoes with such cheap prices, so he not only brought back a tomato to make a sample, but also brought the farmer with him. He is now waiting outside for a reply.

At this time, the boss turned to Bruno and said: "Now you must know why Arnold's salary is higher than yours, right?"

` Comment: The same little things can be done by thoughtful people. In college, people who don't use their brains can only run errands back and forth. The attitude of others towards you is the reflection of the results of what you do. It is as accurate as a mirror. How you do it will be reflected back. `

Carpenter’s Door

[ Short story www.xiaogushi.com Time: 2005-9-8 Clicks: 487 Article entry: KuKu Editor: KuKu]

A carpenter was a good door maker. He spent a lot of time building a door for his home. He thought that the door was made of solid materials and well-made, and would be durable for a long time.

Later, the nails on the door were rusty and a board fell off. The carpenter found a nail and patched it up, and the door was intact again.

Then another nail fell out, and the carpenter replaced it with another nail. Then another board rotted, and the carpenter found another board and replaced it. Then the door bolt was damaged, and the carpenter replaced it with another door bolt. Later, the door shaft broke, and the carpenter replaced it with another door shaft... So a few years later, although the door was damaged countless times, it was still strong and durable after careful repair by the carpenter. The carpenter is very proud of this. Thanks to this craft, otherwise the door would be broken and he would not know what to do.

Suddenly one day a neighbor said to him: "You are a carpenter, would you like to take a look at your doors?" The carpenter took a closer look and realized that each of the neighbor's doors was of novel style and high quality, and his own But the door of the house is old, broken, and covered with patches. So the carpenter was very puzzled, but he couldn't help laughing, "It's his craft that hindered the development of his family." Then the carpenter sighed: "It's important to learn a craft, but it's more important to think differently. In the industry "Achievements are a fortune, but they are also a door that can close oneself."

Sweet and Salty Life

When I was young, I focused on "sweet and salty" food.

When drinking tea and coffee, you need to drink three tablespoons of condensed milk in a small cup; when you make red bean soup and mung bean soup, you add a tablespoon or a tablespoon of white sugar without thinking. Introversion.

Every sip is like pouring liquid white sugar down your throat.

When eating, no matter what comes to you, you must pour a circle of soy sauce on it as if to "salute". Sometimes, if it doesn't taste enough, I add a pinch of salt and mix it into the soy sauce.

Every bite is like chewing salt that is so salty that your taste buds tremble.

It is both sweet and salty, giving full play to the spirit of "The Expendables".

The same goes for people: great love and great hatred. If you like someone in your heart, you will feel that the other person is perfect and flawless; if you hate someone in your heart, you will feel that the other person has many shortcomings and is worthless. In those days when I was so young that I didn't know the heights of the world, I was disdainful and unwilling to hide my "self-righteousness" feeling, and often "accidentally hurt good people" without realizing it.

Slowly, people reach middle age.

Health awareness has increased and dietary tastes have changed. Significantly reduce the intake of sugar and salt, and use "slightly sweet" and "slightly salty" as the guideline for cooking food. In the past, I always hated and detested foods with ambiguous sweetness and ambiguous taste, such as sweet and sour meat, mango duck, honey chicken, etc. However, now, not only do I accept it, but I actually also gradually like it - there is saltiness in the sweetness and sweetness in the saltiness, which is the portrayal of life!

Great love and great hatred should only belong to the stage. Real life should have more tolerance and room for change. Although I am still far, far away from the realm of "no anger, no resentment, no anger, no hate", at least I have learned that there is a "golden mean" between "great love" and "great hate" ".

I am willing to continue to receive the teachings of the years with a sincere heart.

Indifference

A foreign friend who visited Singapore for two weeks talked about Singapore's scenic spots at the farewell dinner. China Town, Haw Par Villa, Bird Park, Botanical Garden, Central Park, Van Cleef Aquarium: Sri Marimanjan, Sri Maharaja Temple, Shuang Lin Temple, Thian Hock Temple, Crocodile Park, Zoo, Sentosa , Pulau Ubin, St. John's Island, Kusu Island, Wan Qing Yuan, Peace Monument, etc., etc., all have his clear footprints.

I listened quietly on the sidelines. The more I listened, the more ashamed I became.

The many scenic spots he described with joy and the many islands he explored in search of mysteries are all things I have never been to.

It’s not that I lack the curiosity to explore, it’s just that these famous places are close at hand, as safe and secure as something held in the palm of my hand. I keep thinking in my mind: I can’t fly, so what’s the rush? This unconsciously drags on day by day, year by year. The place is getting old slowly, but people have never left their footsteps on it. The worst thing is that if I don’t go or watch, I don’t feel any regret in my heart.

I recently read the collection of essays "Wuhua Xiaowen" by Shanghai female writer Ms. Zha Zhihua. There is a passage in it, which is like a drum hammer, knocking hard on the leaves of my heart:

"People have a strong interest in exploring a city they first arrived in, but often inadvertently ignore and neglect the place where they have lived for several years and decades. Therefore, someone wrote a poem and said: Familiar places No scenery. ”

Disrespectful and negligent.

Yes, yes, you are in Lushan and you don’t know the true face of Lushan, just because the person who is in Lushan is indifferent to the majestic Lushan.

The "neglected" scenery can wait - even if you wait ten or eight years, the scenery will still be as charming as before. But. If you are "neglected", you are a talent, and this talent cannot bear to wait any longer!

Wine and people

Friendship is like wine.

Sweet-tongued casual acquaintances, like fruit wine

Kirsch wine, apple wine, orange wine, apricot wine, and perry wine are all dazzling and colorful, and everyone loves them. Just sip lightly, don't drink too much. If you drink too much, its cloying sweetness will linger in your throat. It's hard to get rid of it, but it's even harder to keep it.

The friendship between gentlemen. Like rice wine.

The wine tastes light and subtle. It is not intoxicating or greasy, and you will never go crazy for it. On a breezy afternoon with the fragrance of flowers, you will inadvertently think of it. Pour a cup of rice wine with a plate of peanuts, and you can spend a pleasant time drinking it on a windy and rainy night. It can block the surging melancholy.

The friendship between villains is like coconut wine. , I vomited colorfully. I woke up the next day with a splitting headache and a feeling of regret.

Wine is like a friend whose friendship lasts forever.

Clear and sweet, the wine tastes timeless. Red wine is like agate and white wine is like crystal. The older the wine, the better it tastes. When you drink it, you love it; when you don’t drink it, you miss it. It will never make you drunk, but it will make you dream about it even when you are slightly drunk.

The life and death friend who can help you is like the medicinal wine brewed by thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum. .

There are very few wines like this in the world; whether you can meet them depends on fate. As soon as you take off the bottle cap, the aroma of the wine will hit you; after a few sips, the aroma of wine will linger on your tongue. Meaningful. Drink it regularly to keep healthy and eliminate all diseases.

If everyone in the world knew clearly what kind of wine was in their cup, then it would be a shame to lose their composure after drinking. What’s more terrible is that people often mistakenly mistake coconut wine for wine, and after drinking it, they feel arrogant. What’s even more frightening is that some people deliberately “pack A bottle of B wine” and others accidentally drink it and get hurt by bad wine. It’s too late. So, before you raise your glass, you should open your eyes and recognize the brand; when you sip, you should be alert and discern the taste of the wine!

Sweet and Spicy Zongzi

At the Chinese New Year dinner hosted by the Singapore Literary and Art Association, I sat at the same table with Mr. Zhang Hui.

While eating shark fin, I was shocked to see him scoop up a large spoonful of chili sauce and pour it into the bowl without changing his expression. I ate it with the shark's fin. Soon, the roast chicken was served, and I saw him dipping the whole piece of chicken into the chili sauce. I was secretly shocked and couldn't help but secretly thought: Later. When the dessert of water chestnuts is served, I wonder if Mr. Zhang Hui will also spoon a spoonful of chili sauce to mix it with it?

Different family backgrounds often lead to different eating habits.

I remember the first time I went to Ipoh with my newlywed husband for a wedding visit. It was the Dragon Boat Festival, and my mother-in-law brought me a hot rice dumpling. Her fried rice dumplings made of mushrooms, pork, chestnuts and shrimp are extremely delicious and are famous far and wide. When I was unmarried and living at home, I had long been accustomed to my mother's method of eating various kinds of rice dumplings with sugar, so now, I poured sugar on the rice dumplings without hesitation. Everyone in the room was dumbfounded. For a long time, all kinds of joking words came pouring in. While laughing, they all thought that my eating method was tantamount to "wasting natural resources".

During dinner, I saw my mother-in-law put the originally sweet and crisp cucumber into the soup and boiled it until it became rotten. I was also shocked - in my family, cucumbers are only used for pickling or eating raw.

Because my husband and I come from different families, our food preferences are also very different. He couldn't stand the overpowering smell of fermented bean curd; as for me, I hated the monotony of plain meat.

We seek to survive in differences and seek peace in existence, and we will never engage in assimilation. However, the strange thing is: over time, one party will always be subtly affected. For example, fried chicken with fermented bean curd is now my husband’s favorite dish, and I think it’s also delicious to dip the meat in shrimp sauce!

Culture is the same. Letting different races in the same country shine culturally is a healthy way to survive. Forcibly kneading it is equivalent to encouraging diners to sprinkle pepper on the rice dumplings and add white sugar. Hey, hey, you can imagine the spicy and sweet taste!

Tires

Two months ago, I sent my car to the garage for routine inspection.

The car was not well maintained and there was nothing serious. However, the inspector thought that the four tires on my car were "overage" and advised me to go to a tire shop to replace them.

After I got home, I took a closer look at the tires. Hey, they were all pretty good. The patterns on the tires were meticulous and clear, with no sign of wear at all; Knocked it hard, it was strong and elastic.

So, the inspector’s words fell on deaf ears.

The rainy season is here.

One day, when the car was driving on a wet road, it suddenly felt inadequate. The tires seemed unwilling to "obey" the control of the wheel, especially when turning on a slippery road. There is a feeling that the wheel and the tire "do their own thing".

This surprise is no small matter.

Drive the car to the tire shop quickly. As soon as the staff inspected them, they exclaimed:

"Wow, these tires are so old that they will burst anytime and anywhere! Why didn't you bring them in for replacement earlier!"

I murmured: "It looks as good as new!"

The staff quickly removed these four "gold and jade on the outside, but rotten on the inside" tires. After taking it apart, he kindly instilled common sense into me, a layman:

“Nowadays, the technology for manufacturing tires is very good, and the patterns on the tires will not wear out even if they are rolled on the road for ten or eight years. There are traces! However, you have to remember: on average, each tire needs to be replaced after traveling for 32,000 kilometers. Therefore, cars that often travel long distances need to replace their tires every one or two years; Even short-distance cars need to be replaced every two or three years. Many traffic accidents are caused by tire blowouts and loss of control of the car!"

I changed four tires and learned a valuable lesson.

Many dangers in the world are hidden without any trace in people and things that appear to be perfect.