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How to Cultivate Your Body and Nurture Your Character

The Taoist culture has a long and profound history, with the pre-Qin era philosopher Laozi as its founder, has been passed down for more than 2,000 years of history, occupies an important position in Chinese traditional culture. Taoist culture, the main theme of the "Taoist law of nature", regular life and then can cultivate the body and nourish the nature, for the impatient and quick success of the modern people, is to maintain a good heart, develop good habits, follow the laws of nature, go to bed early and get up early to abandon bad habits, so as to achieve the cultivation of the body and nourish the body and mind, the effect of physical and mental health

The Chinese medicine has long been documented that "all diseases begin in the heart", the psychological quality of people not only affects the mental outlook and physical health, but also affects people's work, life, interpersonal relationships and other aspects of the visible "heart" on the life of the influence of the great.

Learn to admit your mistakes

When people are angry, it is often easy to blame and accuse others. No matter what, they first curse others in their mouths or hearts, but when their anger subsides, they feel that they are also at fault and regret their previous impulses. Lao Tzu wrote in Chapter 28 of the Tao Te Ching, "Know your honor and keep your shame." When encountering problems, we should first see our own problems and learn to self-recognize our mistakes. Whether in life or at work, learning to self-recognize mistakes is always a practice and a virtue.

Learn to be tolerant and patient

When you are crazy about something, there may be people around who will say to you, tolerate the wind and the waves, and take a step back to the sea and the sky. Yes, forbearance can avoid a lot of conflicts in many times. This is the truth of the saying, "A thousand miles of letters are only for the wall, so what is the harm in letting him go three feet". Lao Tzu also recorded in Chapter 26 of the Tao Te Ching that if you are rash, you will lose your roots, and if you are impatient, you will lose your ruler. Recklessness and impatience will lose the root and dominant, in life or work, everything in frustration should be treated with a mature and steady heart, and learn to tolerate patience, wisdom to deal with all the contradictions and difficulties.

Learn to be kind to others

Our country advocates a harmonious society, and society is made up of relationships between people, to achieve a harmonious society, people must live in harmony with each other, be kind-hearted, and help each other. Laozi in the "Tao Te Ching" chapter 8 recorded: "the goodness of the water, water is good for all things without competition." Learn to be kind to others, treat them well and help them, and in turn, they will treat you well and help you. To help others is to help yourself.