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Chapter 53 Proactive: The essence of human nature is active not passive 3
Volume III Chapter 1 Proactive: The essence of human nature is active rather than passive 3
Respond positively to real-world situations

Adversity can often inspire changes in thinking, making people look at people and things from a new perspective, and then examine themselves and the meaning of life, and thus gain valuable insights.

-- "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People"

"Life is a one-way journey. No matter how you beat around the bush, you will never turn back. Once you understand and accept this, life will be much simpler." This is the advice given by American scholar Moore. He uses this metaphor Tell people: Anything that a person encounters in his life, whether it is good or bad, whether it is good or bad, can and must be accepted, as long as you have a positive attitude.

Positivity is a state of mind that does not grow old. It has the power to warm people's hearts like the sun, and the magic power to melt ice like the spring breeze.Therefore, in any environment, as long as you can maintain an active attitude and respond positively to the real environment, you will be able to enjoy happiness and happiness.

Maria often complained to her father that her life was full of obstacles, as if there were insoluble problems everywhere.

After listening to Maria's complaints, his father patted her on the shoulder pitifully, and took her into the kitchen.Father first poured some water into the three pots, and then put them on the fire.Soon, the water in the pot boiled, and my father put carrots in one pot, eggs in the second pot, and ground coffee in the last pot.He did all this in silence, without saying a word.

Maria looked at her father very puzzled. She didn't know what his father's intention was.

About 20 minutes later, my father turned off the stove, scooped out the carrots and eggs and put them in different bowls, and then scooped the coffee into a cup.After finishing all this, he turned around and asked Maria, "Honey, what did you see?"

"Carrots, eggs, coffee," Maria replied.

Her father brought her closer and told her to feel the carrots with her hands.She did so and noticed that the carrots in the bowl had softened.The father asked Maria to take another egg and break it.After peeling off the shell, what Maria saw was a hard-boiled egg.Finally, her father made her drink coffee.After tasting the fragrant coffee, Maria asked softly, "Dad, what does this mean?"

My father explained: "These three things face the same adversity - boiling water, but they respond differently: before the carrot is put in the pot, it is strong and firm, but after being boiled, it becomes soft and tender. Weak; the egg was originally fragile, and its thin shell protected its liquid internal organs, but after being boiled in boiling water, its internal organs hardened instead; and these powdered coffees are more unique. After entering the boiling water, Not only does it look better, it even changes the way the water looks."

After listening to her father's explanation, Maria smiled.

Through this simple experiment, Maria saw the different reactions of different people in adversity. Isn't the self who often complains just like a carrot softened in boiling water?Maria's father tried to tell her that adversity is not immutable.In the face of difficulties, creative people will take the initiative to change the environment with their own actions like coffee; optimistic people will also be like eggs, even if they are unable to reverse the situation, they can change themselves and make themselves stronger in adversity But pessimistic people are like carrots, blindly avoiding and giving in, letting the environment dominate themselves, which is also the most undesirable attitude towards life.

Mr. Covey believes that there is a world of difference between being proactive and being passive. The more difficult and painful the experience, the more it can sharpen one's moral integrity, strengthen one's will, enhance one's courage to face future tests, and even inspire others.In the eyes of optimists, setbacks, failures, and adversity are just obstacles for them to overcome their own games, and they will regard these experiences as experiences in life, and even happiness.This kind of positive emotion often makes people more willing to approach you and help you.

Therefore, in the face of adversity, you might as well put your mind right and find ways to solve these problems. Even if you are powerless, you can change the curvature of your mouth—to accept the test of reality with a smile.

(End of this chapter)