Be Well Prepared
Be Well Prepared For Your Future Life
Thinking makes human beings different than others in our planet. Humans need to do thousands of decisions in their normal life, and of course some of these are right and some of these are wrong. People may think carefully before doing something to avoid some mistakes, or reflect after an action to make progresses next time. However, when is the best time for thinking, before or after? How should we be prepared for our unknown future life? In the article On Thinking Things Over: A Paradox, Heinrich von Kleist, the author states that “Reflection, or thinking something over, find its proper moment after rather than before an action.” The author also indicates that people should just do the action on the moment that they have to. Thinking on the very moment will bring no benefits, but confuse and stress. I strongly agree with the author’s idea, however, in my opinion, reflection is not enough for us because sometimes there is no moving back in the world. There are three factors to be well prepared for unknown situations in our future life: having courage on the very moment, practicing before the situation, and winning the mental battle against ourselves.
Courage is the only thing we need on the very moment when we have to do the action. In the battle for example, facing the enemy, pulling the trigger is the only option a solider has, he pulls it, or he dies. Maybe battle is an unreal picture for most people. They will not be in that situation in their whole life. How about driving? Most people need to drive every day, and of course most drivers are willing to drive safety. They keep at the limited speeds and signaling before turn right or left. People can control themselves to drive safety, but it is possible to meet those crazy or drunk drivers. On the very moment another car is rushing towards a driver, all he can do is doing the action immediately, make a sharply turn or press hard on the break, do whatever come from his
Thinking makes human beings different than others in our planet. Humans need to do thousands of decisions in their normal life, and of course some of these are right and some of these are wrong. People may think carefully before doing something to avoid some mistakes, or reflect after an action to make progresses next time. However, when is the best time for thinking, before or after? How should we be prepared for our unknown future life? In the article On Thinking Things Over: A Paradox, Heinrich von Kleist, the author states that “Reflection, or thinking something over, find its proper moment after rather than before an action.” The author also indicates that people should just do the action on the moment that they have to. Thinking on the very moment will bring no benefits, but confuse and stress. I strongly agree with the author’s idea, however, in my opinion, reflection is not enough for us because sometimes there is no moving back in the world. There are three factors to be well prepared for unknown situations in our future life: having courage on the very moment, practicing before the situation, and winning the mental battle against ourselves.
Courage is the only thing we need on the very moment when we have to do the action. In the battle for example, facing the enemy, pulling the trigger is the only option a solider has, he pulls it, or he dies. Maybe battle is an unreal picture for most people. They will not be in that situation in their whole life. How about driving? Most people need to drive every day, and of course most drivers are willing to drive safety. They keep at the limited speeds and signaling before turn right or left. People can control themselves to drive safety, but it is possible to meet those crazy or drunk drivers. On the very moment another car is rushing towards a driver, all he can do is doing the action immediately, make a sharply turn or press hard on the break, do whatever come from his