TZU-SSU 482-402 B.C

This writing really interested me and I thought that it has some very interesting points. I thought it was true how it said, "Thus the mature person looks into his own heart and respects what is unseen and unheard". I think people that can view the whole picture and look to the future trying to understand what will effect them throughout their life, not just in the present day. Another saying I really could relate to was, "Once we find the center and achieve harmony, heaven and earth take there proper places, and all things are fully nourished". I thought of the saying, once we achieve things that really matter, the things of less importance will fall into place. We need to focus on things of larger importance that make us better people and the smaller aspects will follow, later in life. I also like how it stated the golden rule. It said, "Don't do to others what you wouldn't want don't to do". I think so many people get caught up in me, me, me and dont realize how they are treating others. Yet they feel that they should be treated just as good as everyone else. If everyone lived by this rule it would be much easier for others to get along and our world would be more peaceful. One last thing that I really enjoyed in the reading was when it said, " The mature person accepts his situation and doesn't desire anything outside of it. If he finds himself rich and honored, he acts as a rich man should act; if he is poor, he acts as a poor man should act". This was a great part of the speech and I thought it was great advice. We need to live within our means and not worry about others, and the things they have. So many people are envious towards others. This leads to worse things such as stealing, murder, things terrible things could have been avoided if these people didnt worry about others and focused on their situation. This was an excellent speech.