Philosophical stories, used in speeches.

Each man is the architect of his own fate.

Once, I visited a friend who had a successful career and chatted about my fate. I asked: Is there fate in this world? He said: Of course. Let me ask you one more question: What is fate? Since destiny takes a hand, what's the use of struggle?

He didn't answer my question directly, but just smiled and grabbed my left hand, saying that it would be better to read my palm first and tell my fortune. After telling me a life line, a love line, a career line and so on, suddenly, he said to me: reach out and do an action like me. His action is to raise his left hand and slowly clench his fist. Finally, he asked: Have you grasped it? I replied in confusion: Hold on tight. He asked again: Where are those fate line? I answered mechanically: in my hand. He asked again: Excuse me, where is fate? I was shocked and suddenly realized that my destiny was in my own hands!

He went on calmly: No matter what others tell you, no matter how the fortune teller calculates it for you, remember that your destiny is in your own hands, not others' mouths! This is destiny. Of course, if you look at your fist again, you will find that there is still a part of your lifeline outside and you haven't caught it. What enlightenment can it give us? Most of our destiny is in our own hands, but some of it is in the hands of "God".

Throughout the ages, the meaning of "struggle" is to strive for it with a lifetime of hard work.

Dig a well

Two monks live next door. The so-called next door is the mountain next door. They live in temples on two adjacent hills. There is a stream between the two mountains, so the two monks go down to get water at the same time every day. Over time, they became good friends.

In this way, five years passed unconsciously in carrying water every day. Suddenly one day, the monk on the left mountain didn't go down to fetch water. The monk on the mountain on the right thought, "He probably overslept." I don't care.

I don't know if the monk on Zuoshan still didn't go down to fetch water the next day, nor did he on the third day. It was the same after a week, until a month later, the monk on the right mountain finally couldn't stand it. He thought, "My friend may be ill. I'm going to visit him and see what I can do. " So he climbed the mountain on the left to visit his old friend.

When he arrived at the temple on the left side of the mountain, he was surprised to see his old friend, because his old friend was beating Tai Ji Chuan in front of the temple, unlike a man who had not drunk water for a month. He asked curiously, "You haven't carried water down the mountain for a month. Can you not drink water? "

The monk on the left mountain said, "Come, let me show you." So he took the monk from the mountain on the right to the backyard of the temple, pointed to a well and said, "In the past five years, I took time to dig this well every day after finishing my homework, even if I was busy sometimes, I dug as much as I could. Now that I have finally dug up the well water, I don't have to go down the mountain to fetch water, and I can have more time to practice my favorite Tai Ji Chuan. "

How much salary we get in the company is just a waste of water. And grasp the time after work to dig a well of your own. In the future, when you are old, your physical strength will be inferior to that of young people. You still have water to drink. Drink it leisurely.

Little pilot

Linklater, a famous American host, visited a child one day and asked him, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" The child naively replied, "Well … I want to be a pilot of an airplane!" " Linklater then asked, "What would you do if one day your plane flew over the Pacific Ocean and all the engines died? "The child thought for a moment:" I will tell the people sitting on the plane to fasten their seat belts first, and then I will hang up my parachute and jump out. " When the audience at the scene laughed, linklater continued to observe the child to see if he was a smart-ass guy. Unexpectedly, then two lines of tears welled up in the child's heart, which made linklater realize that the child's sympathy was far beyond words. So linklater asked him, "Why are you doing this?" The child's answer revealed a child's sincere thought: "I'm going to get fuel, I want to come back!" " "

When you hear someone talking ... do you really understand what he is saying? If you don't understand, please listen to others. This is the art of listening.

Don't listen to half of what you say, and don't project your meaning on other people's words.