A good mother is better than a good teacher

Chapter 6 To be a person and do things first, do the things around you well (5)
Peters who was waiting at the door said happily: "Dear friend, you are really punctual!"

During the days when Kant met his old friend, he never mentioned to him the experience of buying a house and demolishing wood to cross the river in order to be punctual.

Later, Peters overheard the peasant woman talking about this matter, and wrote a letter to Kant with emotion, saying in the letter:
"You are too polite, and you are still punctual as always. In fact, it is forgiveable to be late for a date between old friends, not to mention that you have encountered an accident."

Kant, who has always been meticulous, wrote this sentence in his reply to his old friend: "In my opinion, in a certain sense, punctuality is the greatest courtesy to old friends or strangers."

mother heart words
Time is precious to everyone. Don't think that you can waste his time just because you are a good friend. Cherish your friend's time and you will gain more and deeper trust from your friends.

open minded golfer
The famous Argentine golfer Roberto de Vincento is a very open-minded person.

Once Vincento won a tournament.After receiving the check, he smiled and walked out from the crowd of reporters, and went to the parking lot to go back to the club.At this time a young woman came to him.She congratulated Vincento and then said that her poor child was very ill--perhaps dying--and she didn't know how to pay for the expensive medical bills and hospital bills.

Vincendo was deeply moved by her story, without saying a word, he took out his pen, quickly signed the check he had just won, and handed it to the woman, saying: "This is the prize money for this competition. I wish the poor child a speedy recovery."

A week later, Vincento was having lunch at a country club when a PGA official approached him and asked if he had met a young woman the previous week who said her child was very ill.

"I was told by the kids in the parking lot," the officer said.

Wen Sendo nodded, said there was such a thing, and asked again: "What's the matter?"

"Oh, here's bad news for you," said the officer. "That woman is a liar, and she has never had any very sick children. She's not even married! You've been lied to!"

"You're saying there's never been a child dying of illness at all?"

"That's right, not at all," replied the official.

Vincento let out a long breath, and said, "This is really the best news I've heard in a week."

mother heart words
True happiness is not attached to external things.Rather, it springs from inner thoughts and emotions.If you want eternal happiness, you must cultivate your mind, expand your mind, and fill your open mind with interesting thoughts.

A feud between two warriors

During World War II, a troop encounters an enemy army in a forest. After a fierce battle, two soldiers lose contact with the troop.The two fighters are from the same town.

The two trekked hard in the forest, they encouraged and comforted each other.More than ten days have passed, but there is still no contact with the troops.On this day, they killed a deer, and survived a few days on the deer meat. Perhaps the war caused the animals to flee or be killed. After that, they never saw any animals.The little venison they had left was carried on the backs of the young warriors.On this day, they met the enemy again in the forest. After another fierce battle, they avoided the enemy skillfully.Just when he thought he was safe, he heard a gunshot, and the young soldier walking in front was shot—fortunately, he was injured in his shoulder!The soldiers behind ran over in panic. He was so frightened that he could not speak coherently. He hugged his comrade's body and burst into tears, and quickly tore off his shirt to bandage his comrade's wound.

At night, the uninjured soldier kept chanting his mother's name, his eyes fixed.They all thought they couldn't make it through this level, and although they were very hungry, none of them touched the venison around them.God knows how they passed that night.The next day, troops rescued them.

After 30 years, the wounded soldier Anderson said: "I know who fired the shot, and he was my comrade in arms. When he hugged me, I touched his hot barrel. How could I not Got it, why did he shoot me? But I let him go that night. I knew he wanted to eat the venison from me, and I knew he wanted to live for his mother. For the next 30 years, I pretended I didn't know This matter has never been mentioned. The war was too cruel, and his mother still did not wait for him to come back. I paid homage to the old man with him. That day, he knelt down and asked me to forgive him, but I did not let him continue. We After being friends for decades, I tolerated him."

mother heart words
Even a very tolerant person often has a hard time ignoring malicious slander and deadly harm done to him by others.But only by repaying grievances with kindness and leaving the hurt to ourselves can we win a world full of warmth.Sakyamuni said: "If you meet hatred with hatred, hatred will always exist; if you meet love with hatred, hatred will naturally disappear."

lincoln and a stubborn girl

During the American Civil War, the northern bourgeoisie represented by Lincoln fought an uncompromising struggle with the southern plantation slave owners.

Once, a girl asked Lincoln to issue a pass for her to visit relatives in the South.Lincoln looked at her and said kindly: "You must be a northern faction. You are going there to persuade your relatives and friends." Unexpectedly, the girl said firmly: "I am a southern faction. I am going to encourage the people there to fight you. Don't be pessimistic."

Lincoln was very displeased after hearing this: "Then why do you come to me?" The girl replied calmly: "Mr. President, when I was studying at school, the teacher told us the honest story of Lincoln. Make up your mind to learn from Lincoln and never lie for the rest of your life. Of course I can’t change the beliefs I’ve held on to for so many years just to get a pass.”

After hearing the girl's reasonable words, Lincoln suddenly felt that his opinion was somewhat arbitrary.So he said to her kindly: "Okay, then I will open one for you." Then, he wrote a line on a card: "Please let the girl with this card pass, because she is a person who can pass." Someone you can trust."

Lincoln was the first leader in American history to be worshiped as a saint.Among the innumerable great leaders in American history, Lincoln's image will always stand above all others.This is not an accidental reason or the result of people's blind worship, but Lincoln has always paid attention to his own cultivation and become a person of high moral character since he grew up and entered the political career.

mother heart words
It is the noble character and good self-cultivation that make some people stand out from the environment and crowd in which they live, and become important people day by day, and become the common friend and completely trustworthy leader of the people around him.

jefferson and the kentuckians
When Thomas Jefferson was president of the United States, he dressed very casually, which contributed to his approachability.

Once, Jefferson came home to visit and rode with some young men.They came across a gruff-looking Kentuckian sitting on the bank of a swollen creek, waiting for someone to give him a ride across.

The Kentuckian waited until everyone else had crossed the creek before asking Jefferson, who had not yet crossed the creek, to give him a lift across the river, and Jefferson let him do so.When Jefferson got him safely to the other side, a young man called out, "Hey! What made you let the young man go and ask the gentleman to take you across?"

"Well," said the Kentuckian, "if you want to know, I'll tell you this: I think a man's face can read 'yes' or 'no'—young lads' faces that say 'no'— The old man's face said 'yes'."

"Not everyone will ask the President of the United States to put him in the back," said the young man gravely.

The Kentuckian was taken aback. "You're not talking about Tom Jefferson, are you?" he cried, and then he added: "He's—a good old man after all."

"That's the president," the young man said emphatically.

The Kentuckian thought for a moment, then burst out laughing: "When I got back to Boyne County and told my wife Polly that I hitchhiked behind Jefferson, what do you think she'd say? She'd say I voted for The person who should be chosen!"

mother heart words
Only by treating everyone sincerely in daily life, not just to win more votes, will such politicians be truly supported by the people.

(End of this chapter)