The scenery of life requires calmness. How can a person's silence turn the sky upside down?

Many spectacular lives in nature often appear silent to others, but should human life be the same?

The gurgling springs in the mountain streams sparkle with snow-white waves, playing the heart song of nature.

The stream gurgled, but the deep flow was silent. We always sing happily when we see the creek flowing down the mountains. When it encounters a cliff and turns into a waterfall, it becomes even more noisy. On the contrary, those deep rivers look very calm on the surface, and neither the rough waves on the water surface nor the deep world under the water surface can be seen.

"The depth of the flow is unpredictable." Those who have experience crossing rivers will grab a stone and throw it into the water to measure the depth of the water before wading. The higher the splash, the louder the sound, and the shallower the river. The river water that cannot splash much water and cannot hear much water sound must be unfathomable. The deeper the water, the quieter the flow. This is what we often call "still water runs deep".

"Still water runs deep" is a description of natural phenomena such as the invisibility of mountains and dew in nature and the invisibility of elephants, but it contains the profound philosophy of "motion and stillness" in the process of life.

Motion and stillness are two states of life. Movement is the manifestation of life's struggle, creation, and burst of vitality; tranquility is the introverted, deep, and transcendent state of life. Movement and stillness each have their own special functions and advantages. Both are indispensable and complement each other. The wisdom of life lies in the art of grasping movement and stillness, moving when it is time to move, being still when it is time to be still, cultivating when it is still, introspecting when it is moving, combining movement and stillness, and moving and stilling at the right time.

"Still water runs deep" is a kind of character and wisdom that "contains movement in stillness". It inspires us to live and work without talking, do more and talk less, only do but not talk, and don't boast about our achievements. Not showing off, being "sensitive to things but cautious in speaking"; it is a kind of character and wisdom that "hides movement in stillness", which inspires us to hide our peaks and be restrained, hide great things like emptiness, and be wise like fools; calmness contains profoundness; it is a kind of "control" The character and wisdom of "moving in stillness" inspires us to be calm and calm, not panicking when things happen, and be calm when encountering major events; it is a kind of character and wisdom of "keeping active in stillness", inspiring us to hide our strength, bide our time, and act when the time comes. , accumulate steadily, achieve tranquility...

Life passes by peacefully, without sound, without waves, not even the ripples can be seen, doing nothing, silently, such a life has no value and is not worth living. of. It is not worthwhile to live a vigorous and lively life, busy all day long, lost in the noisy external world, without a quiet spiritual home.

In real life, there are many people who like to be flamboyant and high-profile. Some people like to make things big, spread out big stalls, and carry out big actions in order to achieve a sensational effect; some people plan their work unrealistically, put forward big slogans, and set big goals; some people even start talking about things before they even start doing them. Big talk, as soon as I achieved some results, I became restless and had my tail raised high. Such people will never go far, and we need to take warning from them. There is a saying that goes well: "What drives a sailboat forward is not the sail, but the invisible wind." We should learn to be the invisible wind.

Being unassuming needs to be supported by solid "internal strength". It is a natural reaction of a person's long-term behavioral cultivation. Only then can we truly do it. As the saying goes, "When a person's character reaches its peak, there is no difference, it is just the way it is" (quoted from Cai Gen Tan, written by Hong Yingming). If you deliberately hide yourself and pretend to be deep, you will be self-defeating. This is not what we are talking about. Publicity is not the same concept.

Life is full of ups and downs. Both high-quality activities and high-quality tranquility are needed, but the latter is actually a prerequisite for the former. Life should flow continuously like water, making unremitting progress and self-improvement. Life must also have a quiet season, just like winter breeds spring. The sign of maturity in life is tranquility. Quietness can precipitate many complicated and impetuous things in life, and filter out superficial and rough human impurities; quietness is the mind of inner harmony, the spiritual pursuit of self-cultivation, the way to success through accumulation, and the beautiful scenery of life and career. .