There is a little Zen story like this: A little monk asked the old monk: "What do you do every day before you attain enlightenment?" The old monk replied: "Splitting firewood, carrying water, and cooking." The little monk asked again: "What about after you attain enlightenment?"

There is such a Zen story:

A little monk asked the old monk: "What do you do every day before you attained enlightenment?"

The old monk replied: "Splitting firewood, carrying water, and cooking."

The little monk asked again: "That's the What about after attaining enlightenment? "

The old monk said, "Splitting firewood, carrying water, and cooking."

The little monk was puzzled, and then Question: "Then isn't there any difference between you before you attain enlightenment and after you attain enlightenment?"

The old monk said calmly: "Before you attain enlightenment, you are thinking about carrying water, and when you are carrying water, you are thinking about cooking; after you are attain enlightenment, you are thinking about chopping firewood That is to chop wood, carry water, and cook it. "

After reading this story, do you think that the old monk before attaining enlightenment is a portrayal of his present moment. When I was at work, I thought that there were still a lot of troubles at home, and when I was resting, I was thinking about still having a lot of work I hadn't handled. When the child was born, I started to worry about whether he could find a good school for him. When the child was not yet graduated, he started to do so. I worry about employment.........I have been so worried about all my life.

The reason why we modern people always live in anxiety is perhaps because we can’t let go of the past and worry too much about the future, that is, we cannot live in the present.

However, Gusu Ajiao, who is also a modern person, perfectly interprets what "living in the present" is.

Gusu Ajiao, graduated from Suzhou Arts and Crafts Academy, is a member of the "Suzhou Folk Artists Association" or a special illustrator in many magazines such as "Reader". His works have a unique style, mainly depicting the joy and freedom of life through the details of ordinary life.

Ajiao puts his way of dealing with the world into the book "Xiaoman of the World" in a picture-based way. There are 300 interesting paintings and thoughtful life stories in the book, which is a philosophical book written for today's Chinese people.

Faced with anxiety, Ajiao said: "A wise life has always been about making choices and making progress and retreating. Take back your desires, narrow your dreams a little, and think about what you like to eat the most?"

About life, Ah Jiao said: "Keep the present and truly experience loving life. The filling of your heart will turn loneliness into a scenery on the road."

As for how to be mature, Ajiao believes: "I have no right to educate others, I just love to share myself, not You need to prove yourself, just understand yourself."

like this simple and extremely Zen-minded and wise golden sentences are still many in "Little Man in the World". Every word and every sentence is what the author feels in his daily life. Enlightenment.

In the book, Ajiao also imagines that he is a plain man Zhang San, and Zhang San's ideal life is: "Three meals a day, read in the sun, farming and rain, get along with himself in a harmonious manner, do not ask others to look good, but just want to be self-conscious I live a comfortable life."

"The Little Man of the World" contains both common fireworks and poetic joy; it is both a life essay with pictures and texts, and a philosophy of life that describes the fireworks of the world.

If you are anxious and confused at this moment, you might as well open this little book of philosophical thoughts and follow Ajiao to feel the most heart-wrenching spirit and understand the little joy that heals the soul. As the book says: "Don't be impatient or impatient, the right measure; if you are not complacent, you know your shortcomings; if you are small, you are the best state of life."