There is an active spirit, a working force, lurking in people's hearts. It burns like a potential fire of life. If you don't release its energy in time, if you don't record it with useful facts around you, then your soul will not be at peace.
There is something wrong with this living fire and this power. It is like a barren land. You must make it orderly, regular and suitable for farming. You must make it obey you and bear fruit for you. If you find this spirit and power is chaotic, it will be your eternal enemy. Attack it quickly, conquer it, and make it orderly. Our servants should not be chaotic, but be as wise and sacred as you! Be sure to pull out the thorns on your road and plant some useful flowers or some nutritious crops. Those useless shrubby cotton, whose flowers are collected and processed by textile, are no longer useless garbage, but can be made into fabrics for naked people to enjoy.
But, crucially, if you find ignorance and cruelty anywhere-yes, whether there is a church tithe and a shovel-shaped wide-brimmed hat worn by priests, whether there is the copyright of Tolford Mahan or not, there may only be dungeons, gallows and crosses here. But, I said, you must storm here; As long as you are alive, as long as this situation exists, you must attack with a clear head, tirelessly and endlessly; You must charge in the name of God, charge! As far as I know, the supreme god controls you with your audible feelings; If you listen attentively, you can still hear the voice of God. God, that is, the God who didn't make any sound, any thunderbolt or whirlwind on the Vicinai Peninsula, is even more awesome.
Eternal silence, the world outside the silent morning star, isn't it always talking to you? Isn't it true that in the future, those ancient tombstones that began to break due to age, and those tears that once soaked them, are not talking to you? Whose ears didn't hear the sound? Haven't the kingdom of the abyss of death, the stars that never stop running, the eternal space and the eternal time all been giving you silent warnings? They call you today, and you should work as hard as people in the past. Because when night falls, people can't work anymore. All real work is sacred. As long as it is real hands-on labor, all work is somewhat sacred. Labor is as vast as the earth, and its peak reaches heaven. Sweat on my forehead, sweat in my brain, all Kepler's calculations, Newton's meditation, all science, all oral epics, all heroism and martyrdom that can be seen in practice come from this sweat until everyone calls it sacred "sweat and pain"!
If this is not worthy of worship, then we will feel sorry for "worship", because it is the noblest thing found in the world so far. Who are you to complain about your hard work? Please don't complain. Look up at your working partners in the kingdom of God: they live in the kingdom, and only they live in the kingdom. They are the sacred "immortal team" and the heavenly soldiers and generals of the "human empire". Even in the weak memory of human beings, only they live as long as saints, gods and heroes, and only they live in the boundless "time".
For you, although God is severe, he is not insensitive. God is kind. He is like a noble mother. Just like the mother of Sparta, when he gave the shield to her son, she said, "Take this shield or let it park your body!" " "If you hold a shield in the war, you will go home with honor and return to your distant hometown; There is no doubt: you, in the kingdom of heaven and the abyss of death, are not aliens, you are citizens everywhere! Don't complain; The real Spartans did not complain.
Who are you to boast about your lazy life, your gorgeous gold-plated equipment, your luxurious mattress and your sleeping bedding? Please look around. If you are not only in the downtown area in May, where can you find a lazy hero, saint, god or even devil? I can't even find a shadow. There is nothing like you in the kingdom of heaven, on the earth and in the river below. You are a monster in the universe, just a resident in the center of May, just a figure in this special century or half a century. There is only one monster in the world, and that is lazy.
What is the "belief" of lazy people? His belief is that nature is just an illusion, and cunning beggars and thieves sometimes find exquisite food there; God is just a scam; Humans and their lives are just a scam. Hey, hey, who can say "I really worked"? The people who are most loyal to God among us are often his servants who contribute the least, and those who believe the most sincerely among us know this best. The most pious among us may say, "most of my life has been wasted!" " Just like ancient Moore's sad and pious exit. But he didn't take any measures to remedy this fact except "in public", and he still wandered around gracefully or ungracefully; This also led to his descendants like to idle away. They said to Spencer, who is engaged in textiles, and Diegel, who is engaged in mining, "You disgusting guys produce too much." It seems that they are still dreaming of a richer Huang Jincheng, just like nails due to gravity, they are heading for Huang Jincheng!
In real life, there are thousands of jobs, but only one job is especially suitable for someone. If he doesn't choose the one that suits him particularly, then he has chosen the wrong career. Many occupations are attractive to young people now. Such as: army, doctors, law, news, engineers, banks, railways, enterprises, farms and so on. Indeed, these occupations are confusing and confusing, and it is difficult to make the right choice.
So, how do young people make choices? What factors should he consider when choosing? You know, this time is a critical moment in life, a critical moment in life. You must be careful when making a choice. If you make a wrong decision, it will affect your life. One wrong step, one wrong step. Many people have suffered many misfortunes in their lives, just because they made wrong choices in their careers. Smart young people should do it at this time: conform to their hobbies and not go against their wishes; Don't go against your intuition. Creators will point out which job or occupation is most suitable for them through their strong wishes and hobbies. In other words, a person's interests will tell him what he is suitable for. His intuition is often the most faithful and reliable guide for him to make the right decision. Common sense and intuition will help you think, examine and analyze anything. In other words, it helps to think. This is the best way to make a correct and mature judgment.
Everyone comes to this world with a sacred mission and responsibility. If he completes these missions and responsibilities, he will have no regrets. Just like leaves and flowers. They bloom in time and wither in season, but they have no regrets, because they have realized their own value. They used to be beautiful
If we can realize this, the nature of our work or occupation will not matter. Any honest labor is noble and sacred. No matter how dirty our clothes get from work, no matter how rough our hands get.
A few years ago, a teenager committed suicide because he was born in a grocer's family and was destined to be a grocer. His behavior shows that his soul is not worthy of the dignity of the grocer's profession. Because it was not the profession that deprived him, but his own soul humiliated it. Whether it is manual labor or mental labor, all honest and profitable labor is glorious. Even if the fingers are covered with dust, the mind is still pure; Because it is not so much dust on the body as filth on the soul, which demeans personal dignity. Leisure and annoying work are far more than dirt on your face, and evil and insidious are far more than patina on your hands.
Plato, known as a saint with extraordinary intelligence, paid all the expenses by selling oil along the way during his study tour in Egypt; Linnai, a great botanist, is engaged in academic research and leather manufacturing and leather shoes production. Spinoza engaged in philosophical research while grinding glasses to maintain her daily life; Shakespeare is a very talented theater owner. His extraordinary achievements are not so much based on his ability to write plays and poems as on his ability to run a theater. In fact, Shakespeare is indifferent to his reputation in literature. What he cares about is how much income he can get.
Let's make unremitting progress in order to work hard! In this way, at the end of life, we can, as the apostles in the gospel say, "I have finished my mission."
To sum up, we can say that when a young man is faced with the choice of his future career, he is at the most critical moment in his life for the first time. At this time, he should conform to his hobbies and trust his intuition and common sense. Life and practice will guide him and be his mentor. You must judge the situation by yourself and make a decision according to your own conditions. No one can replace him in this choice. Only daily life and environment can help correct mistakes, make you adapt to the environment and make the environment adapt to you.
When choosing a career, the main criteria we should follow are the happiness of all mankind and our own perfection. We should not think that these two interests are hostile and conflicting with each other, and one interest will inevitably destroy the other; This is human nature, and only by working hard for the perfection of contemporary people and their happiness can people achieve their own perfection. If a person only works for himself, he may become a famous scholar, a great philosopher and an outstanding poet, but he can never be a great man without shortcomings. Because great people always put "dedication" in the first place and "taking" in the second place, organically unifying human happiness and self-improvement.
History will always remember those great men who struggled for the happiness of mankind and thus became noble; Experience praises those who bring happiness to most people. The ideal figure that people worship and worship is a hero who sacrifices himself for the progress and development of mankind. Only such talents can truly be called happy people.
Finally, we use an ancient Greek proverb as the conclusion of this chapter: "No matter what kind of occupation you are engaged in, you must have three conditions-good nature, diligent study and persistent practice."
Some people can succeed because they have done what they want to do and are suitable for doing. Some people can make brilliant achievements in their careers because they have found the right jobs. Anyone who can make a difference in his career is a "person who can do his job well".
Even those who have made extraordinary achievements in the world, if they choose the wrong career-choose a field where they are incompetent or have never received any training, they may accomplish nothing in their lives. Harriman, for example, is a famous railway king, but if he is asked to be a farmer or a doctor, he may fail completely. His genius talent, quick thinking, good judgment and superhuman courage made him achieve unparalleled success. The fields he devoted himself to and devoted himself to provided him with a vast world to exert his great potential. His unique talent fits his unique field. If he is assigned to another post by fate, maybe he is a complete failure or just a mediocre person.
For some people, they are really lucky, because when they first entered the society, they found a job that they can do. But some people don't. The job they are looking for is not suitable for their own personality and is not conducive to developing their potential. However, when they clearly realize this, it is too late, or because of the situation, they can no longer change careers.
Generally speaking, this key step in life is difficult to reverse. Once you choose a career, you can't make another choice, and this decision becomes a lifelong decision. But some people are still lucky, and soon realize that this choice can't maximize their life value and fully develop their abilities and nature. As a result, they changed their career choices in time. Dwight Moody started as a shoemaker, but it will be a great misfortune for our world if he doesn't change his profession in the future. What a charming preacher he is to non-Christians! As a priest, he was unparalleled at that time. He purified people's hearts and raised the moral standard of the whole society.
It is said that one of the most outstanding judges in England started as an apprentice to a village hatter. A British cabinet member, like his father, was a street vendor at first. He served as a special correspondent of the British government in Washington in the Bering Sea arbitration case. How inappropriate it is for Charles Darwin to follow his parents' arrangement, devote himself to religion and engage in theological research. There was once a priest with a high IQ and a good talent. He always regretted that his parents didn't let him do his favorite career at that time. He wanted to be a dancer. His parents delayed his life.
Of course, there are some contrary examples in history. Some outstanding people have made brilliant careers in their own fields. However, at first, he didn't like this profession, but he made a mistake and got the right number.