Section 6 It is normal to be misunderstood

It's normal for misunderstandings to occur between people. At this time, what is needed is mutual understanding and tolerance between the two. If you get angry with your friends because of a misunderstanding, only to find out afterwards that you have misunderstood, then you can be embarrassed!

There are countless tragedies caused by anger due to misunderstandings, but it is not advisable to become angry because of misunderstandings.

This is a tragic story, a misunderstanding between humans and animals.

In the early years in Alaska, USA, there was a couple of young people who had just gotten married, and their lives were very happy. Unfortunately, his wife died in childbirth, leaving behind a child. The young father was busy with both life and housekeeping, and he couldn't afford to take care of the child, so he trained a dog. The dog was very intelligent, obedient, able to take care of the child, and could bite the bottle to feed the child, so he took on the responsibility of raising the child. The young father was very pleased.

One day, the owner went out and left the child and the clever dog at home. Because of his work, he went to another village, encountered heavy snowfall, and could not return that day. The next day, he hurried home, and the dog immediately heard the sound and came out to greet his master. But when he opened the door, there was blood everywhere, and when he looked up, the bed was also full of blood, and the child was gone, and the dog was beside him, and his mouth was full of blood. When the owner saw this, he thought it was a beastly attack and ate the child, and in a fit of rage, he took a knife and slashed at the dog's head, killing the dog. But suddenly he heard the child's voice and saw the child crawl out from under the bed, so he picked the child up. Although there was blood on the child's body, he was not injured. He was very strange, he didn't know what was going on, and when he looked at the dog's body, there was a piece of meat missing from his leg, and there was a wolf next to him that had been bitten to death, and he was still biting the dog's meat in his mouth. It turned out that the dog saved the little owner, but was killed by the owner by mistake, which is really a sad misunderstanding.

Misunderstandings often occur when people do not understand the situation, are irrational, impatient, lack of thinking, fail to understand each other, reflect on themselves, and are extremely impulsive. As long as the misunderstanding begins, people will always think only of the other party's mistakes, so the misunderstanding will fall deeper and deeper to the point of being out of control. Misunderstandings between humans and ignorant animals can have such terrible and serious consequences, and the consequences of misunderstandings between humans are even more unimaginable.

In the face of other people's slander and misunderstanding, wise men will not argue with theories, they understand the truth that "one forbearance can control a hundred humiliations, and one silence can control a hundred movements", that is to say, to accommodate all this with a broad mind, and let time prove their innocence.

Japan's Hakuin Zen Master, the Tao is profound, famous, his story has been circulated a lot, the most famous of which is this:

There is a girl in a family near the Zen temple where Bai Yin lives who is pregnant, and the girl's mother is furious and must find out the "perpetrator". The girl pointed to the temple with her hand and said, "It's Bai Yin." The girl's mother ran to the Zen temple to find Bai Yin, crying and making trouble, Bai Yin understood what was going on, and did not make any excuses, but said indifferently: "Is this the case?" After the child was born, the girl's mother gave him to Bai Yin in front of all the monks in the temple and asked him to raise him. Bai Yin took the baby over, carefully carried it to his inner room, and arranged for someone to feed it carefully.

Many years later, the girl couldn't stand the torture of her conscience, told the truth of the matter to the outside world, and personally went to Bai Yin to atone for her sins. Bai Yin's face was calm, and he still said indifferently: "Is that so?" ”

How much power and connotation are contained in these words spoken softly! In the face of slander and traps, some people fight, some people are calm, and some people ignore it, still like themselves, looking idle.

Misunderstandings are not uneliminable, even if they don't understand it for a while, and they can't explain it, then you might as well put it aside for a while. As for this misunderstanding, there will be a time when it will be resolved. If you drill hard and drill the tip of the horns, you will inevitably hit a wall.

Kepler was a famous German astronomer. When he was not yet famous, he once wrote a pamphlet on celestial bodies. The pamphlet was stumbled upon by the Danish astronomer of the time, Tycho, who had already made a name for himself and was attracted to the wisdom of this nobody. At the time, Tycho was conducting astronomical research in Prague and immediately extended an invitation to Kepler, whom he had never met, to study astronomy with him.

Kepler was of course very happy to hear the news and immediately prepared to move his family to Prague. Whoever wants to do good things and grind, but when he is halfway there, he falls ill. And even more uncomfortable, Kepler was penniless at the time. If no one helps, his family will go hungry! When Tycho learned of this, he sent him money and helped his family to come to Prague.

Later, because of his wife, Kepler and Tycho had a misunderstanding. Having not been received immediately by the king, Kepler blamed Tycho for the fault. He wrote a letter to Tycho very uncalmly, in which he insulted Tycho for no reason, and then left without saying goodbye.

Tycho's temper was not very good, but he was surprisingly calm about Kepler's impertinence. Maybe it's because he likes this young man too much and thinks he's talented and promising. After receiving the letter, Tycho said to his secretary: "Please write to Kepler on my behalf at once, and tell him what has happened, saying that both the king and I welcome him." ”

Pen Valley's magnanimity eventually moved Kepler, and he was ashamed to come to Prague again. However, soon after Kepler and Tycho cooperated, Tycho became seriously ill and bedridden. On his deathbed, Tycho also gave Kepler all his materials and scientific manuscripts for observing the stars without reservation. It was with this information that Kepler compiled the famous Ludford Astronomical Table.

Being a broad-minded person is not only a charm, but also an element of success. A person who cannot tolerate misunderstandings and misunderstandings cannot win the respect and affection of many people.

Misconceptions are normal, and communication between people is not as simple and accurate as exchanging data on a computer. Even if the language is unified, there are differences in education, speaking context, comprehension, and so on, and all kinds of differences can lead to misunderstandings.