When Socrates was a bachelor, he lived with a few friends in a seven or eight-square-metre hut. In spite of the inconvenience of life, he was always cheerful all the time.
Someone asked him: "So many people crowded together, even turn to a body is difficult, what Coke?" ”
Socrates said: "Friends are together, at any time can exchange ideas, exchange of feelings, this is not very happy about it?" ”
After a period of time, friends have a family, have moved out. Socrates was the only one left in the room, but he was still happy every day.
The man asked again, "What are you so happy about being alone?" ”
"I have a lot of books!" A book is a teacher. How can it not be pleasant to be with so many teachers and to consult with them at all times? ”
A few years later, Socrates became a home and moved into a building. The building has seven floors and his home is at the bottom. The ground floor in this building environment is the worst, the above is always poured sewage, lost mice, broken shoes, smelly socks and assorted dirty things, the man saw him or a happy appearance, curiously asked: "You live in such a room, also feel happy?" ”
"Yes!" You don't know how much it is to live on the first floor! For example, the door does not have to climb very high stairs, easy to move things, do not have to spend a lot of effort; friends visit easy, do not need a floor to knock on the ground to inquire ... In particular, I am satisfied that you can keep a clump of flowers in the open space, planting a furrow and a furrow of vegetables, these fun, countless ah! Socrates couldn't help saying.
After a year, Socrates gave a layer of room to a friend, the friend of the family has a hemiplegia old man, upstairs and downstairs is inconvenient. He moved to the top floor of the building--the seventh floor, but he was still happy every day.
The man was teasing and asked, "Sir, is there a lot of good in living on the seven floor?" ”
Socrates said: "Yes, the benefits are quite good!" Just a few examples: every day up and down the floor, this is a good exercise opportunities, good health; light, reading and writing articles do not hurt the eyes, no one in the overhead disturbance, day and night are very quiet. ”
Later, the man met Socrates's student Plato, asked: "Your teacher is always so happy, but I feel that he is in the environment is not so good at every time." ”
Plato said: "The decision of a person's mood is not in the environment, but in the state of mind." ”
Major principles: In the work, peace, optimism is the most important state of mind. Any dissatisfaction and complaining about the objective environment is useless, only with a positive spirit to face the work, is the best way to solve the problem.
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