Zhuangzi was walking in the mountains and saw a large tree with luxuriant branches and leaves, but the fellers stopped beside it and did not take it.
Asked why, he said: "There is nothing to use."
Zhuangzi said: "This tree will live its life because it has no wood."
In short, the reason why this tree will live its life is that it is useless. Later, we extended it to an idiom, that is, using useless things can be of great use.
I don’t agree that people should passively avoid the world, but the stories happening around us vividly tell us some cruel truths and tell us how to choose when dealing with some people and things.
It is said that there is a single mother raising a girl. The daughter is very good. Her academic performance has been very good since she was a child. Later, he was admitted to a well-known university as he wished, and then went to study abroad. Finally, he stayed on the other side of the ocean to work, get married, and live. She has always been the pride of her mother and always praises her to everyone.
Another couple gave birth to a son, and the two families are neighbors. But this boy didn't study hard and only went to a technical school. He was often nagged by his parents.
But no one could have imagined that one day, the girl could not get through to her mother, so she had to call her neighbors and ask them to help find out what was going on. It turned out that her mother had been dead for more than a week and her body was rotting.
Therefore, no matter how outstanding your children are, it is of no use if they cannot be around and if they cannot fulfill their filial piety!
We have no way of knowing what her mother's state of mind was when she was dying. Maybe she would regret that her daughter was so good!
In fact, if it is too good, it is no longer your own!
maybe, it belongs to the country,
maybe, it belongs to the world,
only, it does not belong to the parents!
So, don’t look down on the seemingly hopeless children around you, maybe they are here to repay your kindness!
And the promising and outstanding things we often praise may be just vases, of no use.
Is this a useless thing that can be used for great purposes?
