Hourglass Philosophy
Aug 10, 2022
Now everyone feels that work is very difficult, and there is always too much work to be done. When a lot of work is stacked together, busyness and stress are often annoying and even cause physical and psychological illness. At this time, in the face of tedious work, you can think of it as a sand hourglass, like sand that slowly flows down, and slowly complete it piece by piece.
During the Second World War, Mino, who worked in the mailroom, shouldered a heavy responsibility. Every day he has a lot of work, and every job requires him to be foolproof. Under the combined pressure of huge mental stress and heavy work intensity, he suffered from colon spasm. The physical pain made him very worried about whether he could survive until the end of the war, and the mental anxiety made him lose 34 pounds all at once. Looking at the withered appearance he described, he pessimistically believed that it was almost impossible for him to recover. The doctor told him after learning about the situation,The pain on his body was no big deal, the real problem was in his heart. Everyone is like an hourglass. The sand in the first half is like a mountain of work and troubles every day. Unless the sandglass is broken, we cannot let the sand pass through the sand glass bottles all at once. The most reasonable state must be to take one thing at a time slowly. Mino was deeply inspired by the "hourglass philosophy" and has since changed his way of doing things. Since then, he has recovered quickly, and his work has become more and more smooth.
Facing the tedious life and work, face it calmly and avoid anxiety, just like only one grain of sand flows through a sandglass timer at a time, and only one thing at a time. A lot of work and problems in life are waiting for us to solve, and we need to concentrate on one thing every time.
