What does that mean?

I was shocked when I first heard this sentence!

Professor Wang Defeng of Fudan University said: "If you are 40 years old and don't believe in life, then your understanding is too poor."

I stood on the spot and thought about this sentence over and over again. What does this mean? Am I poor at understanding? Or "what a pity"! My teachers and leaders praised me for my "high understanding".

This immediately reminded me of an argument with my mother a few months ago.

This is the season when peanuts are ripe. I went back to my hometown to help my mother collect peanuts in the field. Pull peanuts in the field in the morning, shake off the soil, spread them one by one, and pull them back by car at noon to pick peanuts at the door.

We talked while picking, and my mother talked about her friend's son in the next village. As it happens, I know this man, too. We go to primary school together. She said that although people are not good-looking, have a birthmark on their faces and are not tall, others have divorced, married a second wife and gave birth to a son and a daughter, and now they are living well. His wife is very kind to him and filial to her in-laws.

There is envy between the lines.

Then I talked about my brother, her eldest son. At that time, I clearly remember my mother saying, "Your brother has a bad life in this life."

"How come there is no such good life as others!" I'm still chanting.

At that time, I was so emotional that I totally disagreed and said, "What does this have to do with life? It's that he didn't grasp and manage well. He has more opportunities than others-he has married a wife and his grades are not good; Married a second wife and didn't get a good score; Married a third wife, still not doing well! Can this blame bad life? "

My mother was silent when she saw that my emotions and language were fierce.

Looking back now, I feel that I am over 40 years old. Why am I still so naive?

Coupled with a sentence from Professor Wang Defeng, now I slowly begin to understand the meaning of "life".

I don't know how you all understand reincarnation.

Personally, I don't believe in the theory of fate and ghosts from the beginning of my study to my graduation from college to my marriage. I still remember when I got married, my mother gave me a fortune-telling, took birthdates from my lover and me, and then got fortune-telling advice, looking for peach branches everywhere, saying that it would be solved by putting them under our bed. As for what can be solved, I didn't ask my mother in detail, just wanted to make her happy.

To tell the truth, there was only a little doubt at that time, most of them were doubts, and at the same time there was great disdain.

Now when I'm ready to open a shop to do business, I have a strong idea: I want to call my mother and ask her to find someone to tell my fortune.

But this is just an impulsive idea. I didn't call this number right away, and I may not call again. Because when I had this idea, I immediately thought of the Four Disciplines for Fanfan that I had read.

Luo Xiang, a law professor, said a few days ago: You know this is your fate-no matter how hard you try, you will get nothing in the end. So you won't work hard? Even though you know that your future will be prosperous and very successful, do you just eat, drink and be merry or just lie there and wait for the results to appear automatically? You won't succeed.

I was afraid of ghosts when I was a child, but I believe in science and don't believe in ghosts when I grow up. Middle-aged people are skeptical. Chatting with people now often brings out a sentence-people are doing things and people are watching. So what does the sky mean here? A ghost? God? Is it fate? Or your own conscience?

Feel the cycle of life while walking, and let go while doing things.

I remember a reporter asked him after an interview: You are over 60 years old and still so successful. Why are you working so hard?

"Because I know that the boredom of doing nothing is many times more painful than hard work and dedication."

Therefore, efforts are not for anything, but for peace of mind.