Di Zi Gui

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Di Zi Gui 《弟子規》guide to a happy life.

By 陸凱拉

This book was based on the ancient teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius that emphasized the basic requisites for being a good person and guidelines for living in harmony with others.

For me, two of the most important chapters are Be Trustworthy and Love All Equally; since they are the most important to lead to a happy and healthy life in our times.

Be Trustworthy: When you see other people do good deeds, you should think about following their example. Even though your own achievements are still far behind those of others, you are getting closer.

Being trustworthy also means that our words are aligned outside our intentions. We seek to maintain a level of transparency that allows other people are clear what we are and what we expect from us. Confidence to treat others as a sacred gift, knowing that we are vulnerable and we can do harm.

If you want people to look up to you and admire you, you have to be a good example for them.

Make sure you act mature and think twice before talk.

Always keep a positive attitude in your life.

Try to be the best at whatever you do. People respect other people that give one hundred percent to everything they set out to do.

If you think someone needs emotional support try to be there for them.

Make the decision to trust yourself first and you will surely find someone trustworthy.

Love All Equally

All human beings are equal.

We live between beings, we tend to forget that. We have witnessed actions that violate any ethical principle: i.e. the right to life; marginalized people for their ideas, their religious creed, gender, by race; living in the waste and consumerism while there are human beings who lack even the essential for the subsistence; You can breathe deceit and falsehood; abused the unprotected, the weakest, at the end, we contemplate a panorama of misery and pain while we remain indolent in our comfortable position from which we hardly do...