Text/Splendens splendens
In this life, for some reason, I always like to get along with the elderly. Friends say that I am "abnormal". Others like the vigor of young people, but I like the calmness of old people.
Yes, or I am an "old-fashioned" person, so I get along better with older people. However, in front of the elderly, I am also a "vibrant" young man!
People who write like to have inspiration and materials, and they also like to have someone to give them guidance. The wise old man is very experienced in this aspect. Yes, I don’t like all old people. I just like to be with wise and educated old people, because I want to learn more principles of life and gain more useful life experiences from them.
No, when I do morning exercises every morning, I always meet a lanky and capable old man. Every day, he practices Tai Chi at Banshan Pavilion. He was already there when I went up the mountain, and he was still there when I came down the mountain. Of course, the time in between was not too long. It only took me an hour to go up and down.
I like Tai Chi, but I have never practiced it carefully. When I see that the old man's kung fu is very good, sometimes I will stop and watch. He will smile at me and say hello, and then continue to practice his.
This morning, it suddenly started raining, and I happened to walk near the pavilion. It happened that the aunt who was traveling with me had stumbled on her leg, so I helped her and went into the pavilion to take shelter from the rain. Because we met often, the old man knew me, so he said hello: Come on, come here quickly, don’t get wet.
We responded and walked to him. The old man invited us to sit down and drink tea - he was taking out the Gongfu tea set from his backpack and preparing to make tea.
The old man asked us: Are you mother and daughter?
The aunt said: I wish I had a daughter like this! This is someone else’s good boy who we often play sports with!
I was embarrassed to be praised by my aunt like this. The old man looked at me with a smile and suddenly said: Little girl, you will have good luck and good fortune in the future!
I smiled and said: Thank you, uncle! But that's something invisible.
But the old man said: No, this can be seen. I saw it right away, because a person’s good luck and blessings come from his good virtues. If he does not have good virtues, , it is impossible for people to be blessed.
The old man told me that a person’s good destiny depends on the good virtues he has cultivated throughout his life. So how does good virtue come from? There are mainly three aspects.
★Kindness
The old man said that kindness is a kind of human nature. This nature is innate and cannot be learned. A person who has kindness as his foundation will have the foundation of happiness. If a person is blessed, he will have a good life. This is destined.
If a person does not have a good foundation in his innate nature and there are elements of evil in his nature, then he will not have any good behavior in his life. Roots have cause and effect. For example, in a family, both parents are kind people, and they educate their children to be kind people. In this way, children will generally not be too deviant when they grow up.
Roots are important, education is even more important. Children see the words and deeds of their parents. There is an atmosphere problem. If children grow up in a good atmosphere for a long time, they will be affected by it. With a foundation of kindness and good behavior, good blessings will naturally follow.
★Doing good deeds
Doing good deeds is an act. The kindness mentioned earlier is a kind of gene. If you have this kind of gene and then express it through behavior, this is doing good.
The old man said: Little girl, the good thing you did today is a kind of charity. Because you are kind in nature, when you see people and things in need of help in your daily life, you will take some action of your own. So, this is a good behavior.
The old man asked me: Do you know Churchill?
I said: The man who served as British Prime Minister twice?
The old man said: Yes, that’s him. When Churchill was a child, he once got stuck in a swamp and was rescued by a farmer who was working. When Churchill's father went to thank him, he was rejected by the farmer. He said that he did not save people for money. Churchill's father was so moved that he sponsored the farmer's child to study.
Later, the child became a famous bacteriologist. He developed an antibiotic called "penicillin" and saved countless lives. When Churchill was Prime Minister, he suffered from severe pneumonia. The child came to save Churchill's life at the critical moment. The story between them touched many people.
You see, if the farmer had not saved Churchill, his children would not have received funding to go to school smoothly and become people who contribute to mankind; if Churchill's father did not know how to be grateful and support the farmer's children, It would not have accumulated blessings for Churchill and allowed him to receive treatment at a critical moment in his life.
Therefore, misfortunes and blessings have their consequences. Only by planting good deeds will you be rewarded with blessings. You say so, kid?
I nodded. I have read this story and been moved by it, but I never thought it was related to my own behavior. The old man said: No matter how big or small your good deeds are, as long as you have this thought and this action, you can get good rewards.
★Accumulating virtue
The old man said: We often put "doing good deeds and accumulating virtue" together. In fact, this is a cause and effect relationship. Only when you do good things will you get good rewards. Virtue is the fruit of blessing.
We often say that a person has a "good life". What is a good life? It means having good blessings, which are the blessings accumulated by doing good deeds throughout your life. Don't underestimate every small good deed you do. If you do one thing a day, the accumulated good deeds over a lifetime will become a great "virtue".
The more good you do, the greater your virtue will be. With great blessings, don’t you still have a good life? Of course there is. So, no matter whether you helped an old man today or picked up trash tomorrow, you are still doing good deeds. We have a saying, "Don't do good deeds because they are small." Good deeds, whether small or big, are all good and will receive the same reward. Therefore, if you accumulate virtue, you will have a good life. This can be equated.
Therefore, good virtue and good destiny go hand in hand. A person's good destiny is not given by God for free, but is the result of your own good deeds, practice, and accumulation of virtue. At such a young age, you can know that persisting in doing good deeds is accumulating blessings for your future. This is a good thing, kid!
After listening to the old man’s words, I was very moved and deeply inspired. In fact, I didn’t think too much about it. I just felt that I could do something with a little effort, so I just did it.
But the old man's words gave me new ideas and determined the path I will take in the future, which is to keep doing good deeds, no matter how small it is, never give up!