Chapter 1: Climbing high
When you stand high, your eyes can see further. The soul stands on a high place, and the heart can transcend all worldly things. ————Inscription
The eagle accepted the loftiness of the blue sky, and the blue sky accepted the eagle's fight, and thus there was a harmonious scene of the eagle striking the sky. The fish accepted the tranquility of the stream, and the stream accepted the liveliness of the fish, so there was a harmonious scene of fish flying on the shallow bottom.
"The green grass reflecting the spring color on the steps, and the oriole's singing in the sky through the leaves" form a harmonious early spring scenery; "The lotus leaves touching the sky are infinitely green, and the lotus flowers reflecting the sun are uniquely red" form a picture The harmonious midsummer beauty; "A crane in the clear sky attracts poetry to the blue sky" renders a harmonious late autumn beauty; "Suddenly a spring breeze comes overnight, and thousands of pear trees bloom" shows a harmonious beauty. Midwinter beauty. In nature, beauty arises because of harmony. In human society, harmony also has infinite effects. The ancient literati all read rooms after rooms of sages' books and understood basket after basket of Confucian rituals. But after ten years of sharpening a sword, how many people can get their wish to "serve the king's side and achieve peaceful military affairs". Most of them are incompatible with each other and are not good at all things. Some were slandered and some were ostracized, but they did not feel depressed because of this and lamented that they were born at the wrong time and the times were not going their way. They either fished in the Pu River, sang songs in the foothills of Ye, picked chrysanthemums in the east fence, or lived in seclusion in the bamboo forest. They enjoy leisurely sightseeing in mountains and rivers, relying on their horses to wave their hair, and they are happy in their faith. They searched for another harmonious world that truly belonged to them in nature, and exchanged harmonious coexistence with nature and society for masterpieces that will shine through the ages, creating peaks in the history of literature.
On the contrary, people who do not know how to find a harmonious world for themselves and do not know how to take the initiative to create a harmonious environment are often a different story. Hemingway marked the final mark of his life with a bullet, Woolf's step into the lake became the last image left to the British, and Zweig gave himself a final despair by taking poison. They only saw the disharmony in society, but they did not think about "taking a step back and enduring the calm for a while," nor did they pursue or create harmony.
When the body stands at a high place, the eyes can see further; when the soul stands at a high place, the heart can transcend all worldly matters. Be brave enough to accept disharmony and be strong enough to create harmony. Learn to be open-minded in "climb Donggao to soothe your whistle, and compose poems by the clear stream"; learn to be relaxed in "walking to the water poor place and sit and watch the clouds rise"; learn to be open-minded in "don't listen to the sound of bamboo beating through the forest, why not sing" Learn to persevere in "whistling and moving slowly", and learn to cherish in "there are thousands of rivers and moons in the water of thousands of rivers, and there are no clouds in the sky for thousands of miles". Put your soul on a high place, adapt to nature, adapt to the people and things around you, find a harmonious world for yourself, create a harmonious environment, and let harmony bring us beauty and generate strength for us.