Man's calculation is not as good as God's calculation, and shrewdness is not as good as kindness.
When you are alive, you must not always think about calculations!
It is rare for everything to go your way in this world, so why should you be good at calculations? Anyone who is too good at calculating is often a very unfortunate person!
In "A Dream of Red Mansions", Baoyu saw a song describing Wang Xifeng in the illusory state of Taixu, "The machine was too clever, and it cost Qingqing her life."
You don’t have to be too shrewd to be a person. People who are too calculating often lose a lot of things.
Too many calculations in life will only make people feel more and more annoying. Calculations will only increase the sadness.
In the United States, there are two companies of the same size.
Their presidents, one is named Robert and the other is named Steve.
Robert is a man who is good at calculation and sees things further than others. He has long predicted the financial crisis in the United States in 2008.
According to his analysis, 30% of companies in the United States are about to go bankrupt, and small companies like his are definitely among those 30%.
Therefore, he decided to dissolve the company and leave some living expenses for himself and his employees, otherwise he would definitely be in debt by then.
Not only is Steve not a calculating person, he even comes across as stupid. He naively believed that the future could never be predicted.
Even if you put the most perfect plan in the world in front of him, he will not believe it because the future has not really arrived yet.
He felt that as long as his company could survive for one day, he must let it continue.
As a result, his company miraculously survived the financial crisis that swept the world.
Eventually, the calculating people dissolved the company. But people who don't know how to calculate make the company more prosperous than before.
As the saying goes, if you are smart, you will be misled by your cleverness. If you are too calculating, you will hurt yourself.
People’s calculations are not as accurate as those of God! As a human being, don't be too calculating. If you calculate over and over again, if you calculate against yourself, you will lose your blessing!
2. The more you calculate, the more unfortunate you will be.
As the saying goes, planning is up to man, and success is up to God. Just do your best and obey the destiny. People cannot calculate the sky, the earth, and the human heart. The more you calculate, the more you will lose.
A Feng Shui master walked a lot and was very thirsty. Finally he saw a manor and he hurriedly asked for a bowl of water.
A servant walked out and asked him to wait outside the door to get water.
The master waited for a long time and couldn't help but complain.
The water was finally brought and served in a big bowl. I was about to take a sip, but unexpectedly there was a lot of rice bran sprinkled on it and it was very hot!
The Feng Shui master couldn't help but feel resentful, thinking that the owner of the house was really evil-hearted for deliberately torturing him. But due to severe thirst, he could only swallow his anger, blowing away the rice bran and cold water, and drank little by little.
After drinking, the master did something to change the feng shui of this vicious-hearted family into a cemetery, and they would never get ahead!
Several years later, the Feng Shui master passed by the manor again. Unexpectedly, the place was more prosperous and auspicious with red flowers and green willows.
The master was really confused and asked to see the owner and told him about drinking water and changing Feng Shui.
The owner is an old lady. She smiled and said:
There are no homes in this area for several kilometers. You must have walked a lot when you came here. Drink water immediately. It is harmful to your health.
The purpose of asking you to wait for a while is to calm your breath and take a short rest. Cold water is even more harmful to the body, so I replaced it with boiled water.
The rice bran is added to encourage you to drink it slowly. Drinking a large amount of water all at once is harmful to your health...
The master was very ashamed after hearing this.
Because, he finally understood that what is greater than Feng Shui is a person's kindness, and what is greater than the law is cause and effect.
All calculations are just situations you set for yourself.
3. Being smart is not as good as being kind
As the saying goes, a small victory depends on wisdom, and a big victory depends on virtue.
You don’t have to be too shrewd or too calculating. You should be a kind and blessed person.
When Zheng Banqiao was still a scholar, he checked the old book box at home and got a deed of a former slave. He burned it under the lamp without returning it to the other party.
He was worried that giving the contract to the other party directly would seem to be a favor and would make the other party feel even more ashamed.
Therefore, Zheng Banqiao never wrote a contract when hiring servants. If they agree, they will stay, and if they don't agree, they will leave.
The relationship between master and servant is not a forced one, but the result of two-way choice. If you are dissatisfied with something, you can choose to leave without making things difficult for others, which is beneficial to both parties.
Zheng Banqiao did not treat those who served him as slaves and command them at will. Instead, he respected the personality and freedom of others and gave others dignity.
He believed that there was no need to leave this contract behind so that future generations could use it as an excuse to exact and exploit the servants.
He said: "If you do this intentionally, you are doing it for others, that is, for yourself." This approach is to consider others, but also to consider yourself.
If you want to keep a handle on everything and make every possible effort to make others fall into the trap and unable to escape, the tighter and faster you chase them, the faster disaster will come.
The so-called dog jumps over the wall when it is anxious, and the rabbit bites when it is anxious. This is too much bullying. How can the other party just sit back and wait for death.
Zheng Banqiao can be regarded as seeing clearly and recognizing truth. I always want to plot against others and take advantage of others, but in the end, how do I know that I won’t be counted among them?
Those who are too shrewd and calculating often only focus on the present, and end up losing more than they gain.
A great wise man must be humble, a great good man must be generous; only a little wise man is arrogant, and a little good man is calculating.
As a human being, it is better to be kind.
Those who are kind will be blessed. Instead of suffering countless infamy due to all kinds of calculations, it is better to live a stable life with kindness and sincerity!