Zhuang Zhi from Phoenix City: "Insufficient" or "Not needed"

Zhuang Zhi from Phoenix City: "Insufficient" or "Not needed" "How was your Thanksgiving? Did you participate in the "Black Friday" shopping?" The weekend after Thanksgiving with friends...

Zhuang Zhi from Phoenix City: "Not enough" or "Not needed" "How was your Thanksgiving? Did you participate in the Black Friday shopping spree?" She asked with a smile when she met a friend by chance the weekend after Thanksgiving. "I'm probably older, so I can only join in the fun!" I shook my head and said, "Besides, I've always been very rustic, and I don't seem to have thought of anything new to buy." "Yes! Yes! I feel the same way." My friend chimed in and said, "How strange! Our children have made a long list of "necessary" purchases. They have so many "necessities"!" "Actually, not only young people, but many adults also have a list of "necessities" in their minds." I said as I thought, "Back then, when we came across the ocean to the United States, wasn't it because we subconsciously regarded 'study abroad' as a certain level of 'necessities'!" ) seems to be the goal of everyone’s efforts!” “Many people now have these five children, or even far more than these, but I’m afraid not many are satisfied!” I said with emotion. "Yes! Many people have multiple "five sons"!" My friend winked and said mischievously: "Not only do they own more than one hat, but they also have several cars, several houses, several children, and maybe several wives!" After that, we both burst out laughing. After laughing, my friend said leisurely: "But I really want to know whether people who have several "five sons admitted to the imperial examination" will really live a happy life!" Friends! What do you think? I believe that maybe we all know the answer to this question! Zhu Zaiyu, a literati in the Ming Dynasty, once wrote a poem called "Ten Insufficiencies", which is very popular because it expresses the common thoughts in many people's hearts: Running around all day just for hunger, so that I have to eat and think about clothes; I put down silk clothes to wear, but when I raise my head, I feel that the house is low; I build tall buildings and mansions, but there are few beautiful wives in front of my bed; I have married all the beautiful wives and concubines, but I worry about not having a horse to ride on; The money is used to buy a horse with a high head, and there are few followers behind it; the family recruits dozens of people, and they are bullied by others if they have money but no power: once they reach the county magistrate position, they say that the official position is low; once they climb to the senior position of the pavilion, they think about ascending to the throne every day; one day when they are sitting in the south, they want gods to come and play chess; Dong Bin plays chess with him, and asks which is the ladder to heaven; before he sat down on the ladder to heaven, the king of hell issued cards and ghosts came to urge him; If this person had not reached the limit, going up to heaven would still be too low. After reading this somewhat exaggerated "Ten Insufficiencies", do you feel that we all have a "deficiency" mentality to some extent? In fact, today's scientific and technological civilization, scientific development, and various inventions and constructions are all inspired by "insufficiencies" in people's hearts. However, the dreams in our hearts can develop positively and become the driving force for our continuous efforts to move forward, but they can also develop negatively and fall into the vortex of vanity, selfishness, or greed. Perhaps, sometimes you should calm down, examine the direction of your efforts, and think about the "sense of insufficiency" and "necessities" in your heart!