The power of habit is immense; it can elevate you to heaven or drag you down to hell. Bad habits are like excess "stone debris" in life. Only by resolutely picking up the axe and chisel to remove them can we highlight the texture of life and carve out a unique landscape.
Even the smallest good habits greatly contribute to success. Conversely, even the smallest bad habits, once formed, can become hard to change as we age, potentially becoming obstacles to success. In life, we must be the masters of our habits, not slaves to bad ones.
To achieve great things, one must sometimes set details aside, even those that defy convention, and handle them flexibly. Great generals, when facing dire straits, do not adhere strictly to so-called "imperial commands." Instead, they act flexibly to seize the initiative, thereby controlling the situation rather than being controlled by it.
When you engage in a quarrel due to a conflict and gain an enemy, what you receive is not just one enemy. The threat you face in spirit is ten or a hundred times greater than the actual threat he poses. However, when you win an enemy over to be a friend through your noble character, what you gain is not just a friend. The joy and relief you feel spiritually are ten or a hundred times greater than what he actually gives.
For a team leader, their determination to win and perseverance in striving are the spiritual pillars of command.
Master Xiu Jing replied: "When it rains from the sky, it does not choose which tree to nourish; both flourishing and withered trees receive the rain."
When a person leaves, the tea cools—that is a law of nature. When a person stays, but the tea cools—that is the fickleness of the world. In a cup of tea, the Buddhist sees Zen, the Taoist sees Qi, the Confucian sees ritual, and the merchant sees profit. The tea says: I am just a cup of water. What I give you is only your imagination. Whatever you think is what you get. Mind is tea, and tea is mind!
