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Book name: "The Cafe at the End of the World"
Author: [American] John Streleki
Translator: Wan Jie
The actual word count of the book is 36,000 words, plus marking and reflection, 40 minutes The "little book" I finished reading has sold well all over the world in 39 languages.
It is equal and mutually beneficial to readers in terms of content, and it perfectly balances the boundaries of self-enlightenment psychology that may accidentally become full of "dad" flavor and full of chicken soup.
This is not chicken soup, it is worth remembering for a lifetime.
Let’s look at three questions -
Why are you here?
Are you afraid of death?
Are you satisfied?
Aren’t you confused? After all, it seems that these sentences have nothing to do with cafes~
At the beginning of the story, the protagonist who went out to relax not only failed to relax well, but also encountered troubles and troubles one after another.
I was stuck in a high-speed traffic jam, without a map, and got lost when I got off the highway. My stomach was empty and I was full of anger. During the unknown and possibly long journey of finding the way, the fuel tank might run out at any time.
What a distressing situation!
was at a loss and met a cafe.
not only obtained food and routes, but also found different answers about life.
The coffee shop has a large amount of delicious food, a smart waitress, a generous boss, and a bustling "advertising man".
An unexpected encounter sparked a spark of philosophy about life.
is the three questions mentioned at the beginning.
The question has nothing to do with cafes, it is asking why one exists.
When a person figures out why he exists, it is equivalent to defining his own ‘Purpose For Existing’. Referred to as PFE.
1, why are you here?
A short story in a book:
A businessman went on vacation. He noticed that a local fisherman looked very happy and satisfied. The businessman was very curious, so one day, the businessman found the fisherman and asked him what he did every day.
The fisherman said that he likes fishing.
He wakes up every morning, has breakfast with his wife and children, then sends the children to school, he goes fishing, and his wife starts painting. He would spend hours fishing, and when he caught enough fish to feed the whole family, he would go back home and catch a ton of fish when he got home. After dinner, he and his wife walked along the beach and watched the sunset; the children swam in the ocean.
"'But why don't you fish all day long and catch as many as you can? Then you can sell the fish and make a lot of money, the merchant said. Soon you can afford a second boat and a third boat, Hire other fishermen to catch you more fish. In a few years you will be working in an office in a big city, and within ten years you will own an international fishing company.
"The fisherman smiles at the businessman again. Laughing, 'Why would I do that?' ,
·To make money. ’ The businessman said, ‘You can make a lot of money by doing this and then retire. '
"'What will I do after I retire?' the fisherman asked, still smiling.
"'Whatever you want to do, I think. ’ said the businessman. "'For example, having breakfast with my family?'
The fisherman likes fishing and makes a living, enjoying it endlessly. From the perspective of a businessman, he is pedantic and incompetent, and runs counter to maximizing interests.
However, the fisherman has said from the beginning that I like fishing.
Fishermen like fishing. They come to the sea to fish to reunite with their families and live a happy life.
He did it.
Most people can peer through the little hole in the fence over time and clearly see the kind of life they want to live, but for some reason they won't open the door and walk into that life.
2, are we afraid of death?
The well-known sentence in "How Steel Was Tempered" - When I look back on the past, I will not be ashamed of my inaction, and I will not regret my wasted years.
In the life of an ordinary person, there are too few opportunities to change the world and make earth-shattering changes.
But each of us can change ourselves.
What do we really want? Why do I exist? If this was the last moment of my life, what would I say?
People who have not asked themselves these questions and have not worked hard to achieve PFE will be afraid of death.
And if you have accomplished what you want to do, or do what you want to do every day, even if it is just a small amount, there is no reason to be afraid of losing the opportunity to do these things.
3, are we satisfied?
Be wary of false "satisfaction".
Many times, instead of doing what we want to do directly, we are trapped by the information explosion. Get caught up in countless marketing messages, and if you are not careful, you will tie your happiness to a certain product or service.
Eventually, we will get into a financial dilemma and have to keep doing things to make money, even though those things are not what we really want to do.
Just like in the story of the businessman and the fisherman.
The fisherman is happy and the businessman is confused.
The key to changing your mentality is that you have to understand that whether something can make your life more complete is up to you and has nothing to do with whether others tell you whether it is complete or not.
When you figure out why you exist and start to make practical efforts for the meaning of this existence, we will feel satisfied.
The content of the book is short and concise, but it benefits people a lot.
If you are confused and wandering, as if you have reached the end of the world, you feel that the world is not worth it.
Give yourself 40 minutes (it may not take that long) and make an appointment with books.
Experience a cup of "why you come here" coffee.
After all, everyone has their own answers to the three questions in life.
About the answer to life, in the whole world, only we can decide.
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