Simple Life Great Freedom

One day, an old man came to the Buddha's house to sell umbrellas.He said to the Buddha, "I've sold the umbrella for my whole life. I work hard every day, wearing rough linen clothes, and eating light food. I'm not happy at all."

So the Buddha asked the old man, "who do you think is the happiest person?"

The old man said, "he must be the king.He has civilian sacrifices and hundreds of officials to serve him. He can get whatever he wants. "

The Buddha smiled and said, "then I hope you can fulfill your wish.You can go home and wait. Everything has a reason. "

The old man didn't understand what the Buddha meant, but he could only temporarily return home.

The second morning, when the old man woke up, he found himself in the Royal Palace, surrounded by all the officials and maids.Before he could figure out what was going on, he was urged to deal with the state affairs.The old man didn't know what government was and how to discuss national affairs. He felt dizzy and backache all day long.In this way, since the old man became the king, he was urged to deal with government affairs every day and did not have a rest at all. In a few days, he did not eat well, sleep well and looked much haggard.So he began to miss his original life.Although it was a little hard at that time, it was not so tired;Although he was not well-off, what he did was what he liked. He lived a simple and happy life every day.Perhaps it was because he was too tired that he fell asleep while sitting on the throne.

When the old man woke up, he found himself still in the Buddha's house.The Buddha looked at him with a pitiful face.The old man looked at his clothes and recalled what he had experienced in his dream. He had come to his senses.

The old man said goodbye to the Buddha and went back home to continue to sell his umbrella.Since then, he had never complained about his unhappy life.

In the colorful modern world, one should remember such an ancient truth: only when you live simply can you live freely.A wise man knew how to trim his own life. To cut the complexity and make it simple, he could do whatever he wanted.In the past, when it came to marriage and funeral, there were many formalities, which were unbearable.In the divine land, some ceremonies were extremely complicated because of their persistence in the previous rules, making people bored.Therefore, if the society wanted to reform, the first step was to simplified the etiquette.In today's era of management, whether it was human resources, financial affairs, or administrative management, they all focused on simplicity and practicability.

In particular, what kind of simplified life and work should we do?

Her mind was in a mess.People's minds were in a mess, and they often had illusions and thoughts.In a short period of time, people could go from head to toe.Many relatives, friends and people passed by from time to time, and sad and happy memories emerged in her heart from time to time.These messy thoughts are a heavy burden to us.For these complicated and messy thoughts, they needed to be simple, forget what they should forget, put down what they should forget and live on the road under their feet.Once the burden in her heart was eased, her life would be much easier.

It was easy to do something complicated.The seven monks divided the porridge. At first, they drew lots to determine who would distribute the porridge. Later, they selected a person with acknowledged moral integrity to distribute the porridge. Later, they formed a committee of three or four people, but they still couldn't satisfy everyone.Finally, they decided to take turns to distribute the porridge. The people who divided the porridge had to wait for others to pick up the last bowl.In order not to get the least food, everyone tried to share it equally.Let's be harmonious and live a happy life.

In the world, people were the most troublesome and difficult to manage.It was better to make a simple and fair system than to try every means to please everyone, so that everyone could work in a simple system and feel at ease.

Different personnel were simplified.The transfer of personnel seemed to be very simple, but "a carrot and a pit", a person's transfer involved many problems: which position to transfer, where the person on the other side would be transferred, and the related personnel involved had to be coordinated, so it might not be difficult to complete in one or two months.But if they followed the rules and regulations, it wouldn't be so complicated.

People often said "for my sake" and "for my sake" - when a relationship was established, the privilege involved was against the law, and it was more complicated.In today's society, all the large and small organizations had to set up rules and establish methods. With the system, they could easily deal with many very complicated things.

The words of the dinner party were simple.We often see that in some activities or meetings, all the distinguished guests gathered, and many people have to give a speech on the stage to show that they are valued.In fact, in this kind of social engagement, 35 sentences on the stage could explain, but some people had to make a long speech, which was both time-consuming and annoying.Therefore, it was better to be brief in some social activities.In addition to social engagements, everyone should pay attention to the importance of speaking in the business field. It was the most unwise choice to resign their leaders through "false air".