Even if you have no money, you must love life.

We always set happiness at a big goal that is very high and far away from our eyes. Instead, we miss the happiness that is within our reach in our present life.

There is a strange phenomenon that often surrounds us. Many people who are the main subjects of leisure and entertainment are white-haired old people, all of whom are healthy and energetic, with loud voices and cheerful smiles.

on the contrary, we young people are always in a hurry, nervous, and sometimes sad and depressed, as if there is nothing to be happy and thankful for in life.

We often say that life is a miracle, and this miracle is only once for everyone. Then, people who don't cherish life are stupid and sinful. However, how can a person who doesn't love life cherish life?

However, we have too many reasons to love life in front of us.

first of all, because we have no money.

If we have money, we can live in a big and nice house, buy expensive and high-grade clothes and jewelry, take our family to the Maldives, which we have always longed for. We can also take a vacation for ourselves when we feel tired and start our own business. We don't have to be afraid of being fired by our boss because of illness, and we don't have to be afraid of cheating and hypocrisy in the workplace.

secondly, because we don't have time.

Because, as soon as we open our eyes every day, we are faced with all kinds of expenses, such as property fees, utilities, communication fees, internet fees, transportation fees, children's tuition fees, medical expenses and alimony for the elderly, and so on, not counting the social intercourse with money. People are surrounded by various expenses when they are alive.

In reality, we work 24 hours a day to live, not to love life. Work makes us lose our enthusiasm for life. It makes us exhausted and out of breath.

oh! This damn life!

after all, we have no time, but it is still because we have no money. However, is there really such a direct relationship between money and love of life?

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In 1974, American economist Richard Easterling published a theory about the relationship between income and happiness. The results of 3 opinion polls in 19 countries show that wealth cannot bring more happiness if basic needs are met.

In 21, a 22-year study in 37 countries (including countries in transition to a market economy) completely confirmed Easterling's theory many years ago.

After that, three professors from the Free University of Berlin, Weinmann, Naibo and Schon, wrote a new book. In the book, based on their own research, they put forward that the top three in the "happiness list" are: health, family and friends, and there is no "money".

An Indian elder was sitting on the beach, basking in the sun, humming a song and knitting a straw hat, which caught the attention of an American businessman. He found the straw hat very chic, so he wanted to buy it and asked the Indian elder for an extra one. The Indian elder answered $5.

A week later, the American businessman came back. He said that straw hats were very popular, so he wanted to order 1 straw hats from Indian elders. This time, the Indian elders offered him 1 dollars each.

The American businessman was surprised and asked the Indian elder, "Why did you raise the price when I bought more from you this time?"

The Indian elder replied, "It is a pleasure for me to knit a straw hat, but this time you asked me to knit 1, so I need to work hard, and I am very tired and mentally miserable, so you must pay me more to make up for my lost spiritual happiness."

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Once, when I was traveling in Yunnan, I met such an old woman. My mother-in-law runs a teahouse, and her business is very prosperous, but she only receives a certain number of guests every day. She is very cheerful and likes to chat with tourists from all over the world. However, when there are more people to receive, she will feel tired, so she will close the store and rest.

Between money and happiness, my mother-in-law chose happiness.

It can be seen that there is no direct correlation between money and happiness. On the contrary, in some cases, money will hinder our happiness.

In order to survive and for the future, it is impossible for us to ignore money like Indian elders or old women. But after careful calculation, we have been studying culture and skills for decades in this world, from childhood to adulthood, and have been fighting for money since adulthood. When we are old, we can finally stop and rest before we begin to love life. So, is this wonderful time too short?

Life is a process. When it comes to the end, we will make some wonderful films. Isn't it too strong to make up for it?

Just because real life is full of competition and pressure, everyone's body and mind are tired, so we should give life the motive force of love.

loving life is not difficult as long as we are willing. It doesn't need an African diamond as big as pigeon eggs, and it doesn't need a Maibakh sports car with a price tag of millions.

In the past, what we saw and thought about happiness was not the truth of happiness, but an illusion of desire. The bubble of desire expansion puts shackles on our hearts, turning the colorful and enthusiastic life into a gray and dry existence.

Happiness is a state of mind from the inside out, simple and warm feelings. Loving life doesn't need a big engineering revolution, but we just need to keep a young and optimistic heart, care more about our own life and appreciate everything in life.

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Han Meimei, a well-known writer, published a series of books, "Some Things Don't Be Done Now, I'll Never Be Done in My Life", which sold very well. In fact, all the things in the book are tiny enough to be ignored.

For example, making handicrafts with waste clothes, giving yourself a smile, shaking mom's hand, designing greeting cards, chatting with an old man, playing games with children, and so on. These small things can give us real inner joy, but they don't need much money at all.

In life, we can appreciate the beauty of life by observing, feeling and thinking more, so as to enhance our love for life.

first, cultivate some small interests in life. For example, playing selfies, planting potted plants, raising fish and so on.

second, enrich your spare time. For example, learn to arrange flowers, learn photography, learn makeup techniques, make up your mother, take a DIY art photo, learn to cook, cook a big dinner for your family, etc., organize a COSPLAY team with friends, and record songs for yourself. If you are satisfied, upload them online.

Third, try to do things by yourself, not relying on family and others. Feel the troubles and simplicity of trivial things in life. Washing clothes, cooking, sewing and so on, you can realize what real life is if you do it yourself.

it's not that life deceives us, but that we misunderstand life. We always set happiness at a big goal that is very high and far away from our eyes, but we miss the happiness that is within our reach in our present life.

In Shennongjia, there is a folk song that sings: "I am the only one who bakes a knot in one's heart, eats potato fruit and drinks corn." It is not money, but his love for life that makes a mountain village man think that his happiness is second only to that of the emperor.

let's start now and be people who love life! Love life bit by bit, even if you don't face the sea, there will be spring flowers.