You must see through the ways of the world and never lose your innocent heart
——Principal Chen Zhunmin is here2007Speech at the graduation ceremony of undergraduate students
Dear teachers, classmates, parents, alumni, and guests:
Hello everyone!
Today, we gather here to celebrate2007Undergraduate Graduation Ceremony. First of all, please allow me to represent the w88 casino’s party and government leaders and all the teachers and students of the w88 casino to20077209_7269LaborThe teachers express their heartfelt thanks!
This year, w88 casino has a total of1490Chinese undergraduate students and150International undergraduate students graduated. Time flies so fast, it can be said that "time flies like an arrow". Yesterday, a classmate came to my office to say goodbye to me. she is2003The top scholar in Shanxi Province in 2008, he declined the warm invitations from Tsinghua University and Peking University and chose the w88 casino. She told me that she is still proud of her choice. Although she will soon go to Germany for further study, she still hopes to have another chance to return to Huiyuan to study.
I think many other students also have such feelings about the w88 casino. Looking back on these four years, we have experienced a lot together. you are03The first batch of freshmen to arrive at w88 casino after SARS in 2016. We witnessed the construction and opening of Ningyuan Building and Hongyuan Building together, participated in the "Touching Huiyuan" activities, and witnessed with our own eyes the "Lighting UpUIBE", which also jointly contributed to w88 casino successfully passing the undergraduate evaluation and obtaining excellent evaluation. You left your youth in Huiyuan and added vitality to Huiyuan. No matter where you are in the future, the teachers and classmates of the w88 casino will miss you forever.
Soon, you will be stepping outUIBEThis small, relatively simple campus has entered a large and rapidly changing society. The changes that contemporary China has experienced, whether in terms of its depth, breadth, or speed, are no less than any changes in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad. I am reminded of the famous opening chapter of Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities". Although times have changed, any drastic, large-scale change has some commonalities. I have made some modifications: this is an era full of vitality, but also an era where human desires are rampant; it is an era full of hope, and it is also an era full of risks; it is an era when the goals of struggle are very clear, and it is also an era when humanistic values are gradually confused; it is an era when the material world is greatly enriched, and it is also an era when the spiritual homeland is relatively desolate.
Leaving w88 casino in such an era, as a teacher, as a principal, and in a sense, as a parent, I am both excited that you are about to spread your wings and fly high, but also a little worried about whether you can live a happy life. Therefore, in my annual graduation speech, I will not talk about aiming high and showing great ambitions, becauseUIBEThe ambitions of graduates are already very high, as are all of youhigh achiever. Sometimes I even think that if you don’t have such lofty ambitions, do everything according to your heart and let nature take its course, will you live a happier life? Because I think living happily is the most important purpose of life. Therefore, I will only share with you some of my personal insights into a happy life. Last year there were four words: the middle way of happiness, orhappy medium;This year also has four words: innocent heart.
"Red" has many meanings. The first meaning is red, such as "red when close to vermilion, black when close to ink"; the second meaning is nakedness, such as "naked", "barefoot", "a thousand miles of bare ground", etc.; the third meaning is purity, such as "red gold", "sincere". "Innocent" refers to a newly born baby, naked, with tender red skin, pure and cute. What is "innocent heart"? I think there are the following flags:
He is sincere. A child's heart is pure and his heart is consistent with his words; a child's words are unbridled and there is no city.
Sunny mentality. Have a cheerful and positive personality; if a friend steps on your foot and hurts it, you will cry a few times at most, and then you will forget everything, and you will not always think about revenge.
Material desires are simple. A girl will be happy if she has a beautiful headband, and a boy will be happy if he gets a card that he does not have; when the daycare is over, his father or mother will be happy to pick him up, whether it is with a "Mercedes" or a bicycle.
Be brave enough to explore. I dare to think about anything and go anywhere; I am unrestrained and unconstrained; unlike adults, I often fall into the prison of imagination.
Follow your heart's desire. Play whatever you like, no matter if it's a piano or clay; don't like it if you don't like it; be free in mind and don't pretend.
After entering elementary w88 casino, this "innocent heart" gradually deteriorated. In China, it may be earlier. Everyone hopes to stay young forever, but I think it is more important to always have an innocent heart than to stay young forever. There are several reasons. First of all, always having an innocent heart is beneficial to physical and mental health. Because people who always have an innocent heart are sunny, sincere, and simple, can afford to take things and let them go, and have very few negative emotions. Mental health makes it easier to be physically healthy.
Second, always having an innocent heart is conducive to interpersonal relationships. Adults have very different preferences. Some people like southerners, some like northerners; some like Chinese, some like foreigners; some like wealthy people, some like petty bourgeoisie; some like the opposite sex, and some like the same sex. However, everyone likes innocent children, that is, children, because children are sincere, sunny, simple, and dedicated, and therefore cute; but many adults are hypocritical, dark, complex, and changeable, and therefore hateful. It's the same in the workplace. Everyone likes colleagues who are sunny, sincere, down-to-earth, and dedicated. They don't like people who have a dark mentality, are good at calculations, talk secretly, and are arrogant.
Third, always having an innocent heart is conducive to career development. If you are healthy physically and mentally, have good interpersonal relationships, are dedicated in doing things, have the courage to explore, be imaginative, and be good at innovation, your career will definitely prosper.
Fourth, always having an innocent heart is beneficial to the family. Everyone hopes that their half will have a successful career outside and remain a "child" at home, sincere, sunny, simple and dedicated. Who likes their half to be a person with a dark psychology, a lot of lies, full of schemes, and a complex and changeable person?
In the final analysis, always having an innocent heart is conducive to a happy life. If you have a healthy body, a good mentality, harmonious interpersonal relationships, a prosperous career and a loving family, your happy life is guaranteed.
People who live long lives often have innocent hearts, so they are often called "old children".
Innocent heart is easy to get because it is innate, but it is very difficult to maintain it for a long time. Lao Tzu said: "People are weak when they are born, and they are strong when they die." This means that when a person is born, his body is very soft, but as he grows up, he gradually becomes stiffer. The same goes for mentality. As we grow older, experience more, and become more knowledgeable, we become "appropriate and measured" in everything we do and do. This should be said to be a very valuable growth. But from another perspective, many people will become overly cautious and dare not say anything. If you say the right thing, you will offend others, but if you say the wrong thing, you will offend people even more; you dare not express your feelings easily, for fear that others will laugh at you for not being steady enough; you dare not express your feelings easily, for fear that others will say you are emotional; boys dare not express what they like when they see something, for fear that others will say that they are frivolous; girls dare not laugh loudly when they are happy, for fear that others will say that they are not ladylike enough.
What is even more tragic is that as we grow older, our experiences have become twists and turns, and our desires have become complicated, so we become self-serving, scheming, and have distorted personalities, which gradually makes us forget what true love is and where our true self is. If this continues, although he will become smoother in dealing with others, he will become increasingly unhappy inside. All kinds of worries and calculations, like dust in the air, gradually obscure our true nature and rigidify our souls. Therefore, Lao Tzu said: "The opposite is the movement of Tao." In order to change our body from hard to soft, I think Tai Chi is a good way, because Tai Chi is about "big looseness and big softness". Although Tai Chi cannot make us rejuvenate, it can delay our aging process. The same goes for the human heart. As people become socialized, the human heart may become increasingly closed and rigid. Therefore, we must practice spiritual Tai Chi regularly to maintain an "innocent heart."
I am very glad that I work in a university, because there are so many young people in the university, and it is relatively easy to maintain an innocent heart. But after you enter society, you have to work harder to maintain your innocence. I'm not asking you to go back to kindergarten or daycare. Just as socialism with Chinese characteristics is divided into primary and advanced stages, innocence is also divided into two stages. In the primary stage, the innocent heart is original, while in the advanced stage, it is the "adult brain" plus the "innocent heart".
The innocent heart in the advanced stage has the following characteristics: first, being sincere to others, but never blindly following others; second, having a bright mind, but remember that there will always be villains with dark minds; third, being steady but not worldly. Therefore, be mature but not tactful; fourth, be focused but not rigid; fifth, be brave enough to explore, but fully understand all the risks in advance; fifth, be simple in material desires, but have taste; finally, follow your heart's desires, but never exceed the rules, and do not impose on others.
I hope that no matter how the years change or how complicated life is, you can always maintain your innocence. There should be a place deep in your heart that is always bright and warm, and that no cold or darkness can reach. I believe that always maintaining a pure heart is not synonymous with childishness. It is the art of life and the source of happiness. In short, I hope you can do it, "You must see through the world and never lose your innocent heart." To put it in a bit of classical Chinese, "the world is clear and the innocence of a child is never lost." This is what I give2007Graduation words for graduates.
Thank you everyone!
