At that age, I'd take any excuse to make estimates and do minor arithmetic. I'd calculate our gas mileage -- figure out useless statistics on things like grocery spending. I'd been hearing an ad campaign about smoking. I can't remember the details, but basically the ad said, every puff of a cigarette takes some number of minutes off of your life: I think it might have been two minutes per puff. At any rate, I decided to do the math for my grandmother. I estimated the number of cigarettes per days, estimated the number of puffs per cigarette and so on. When I was satisfied that I'd come up with a reasonable number, I poked my head into the front of the car, tapped my grandmother on the shoulder, and proudly proclaimed, "At two minutes per puff, you've taken nine years off your life!"
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
读书人要为自己的一生爱惜名誉,不应为这一生出卖名誉。治理诗书,崇尚气节,谨慎取予,严肃仪表,这就是爱惜名誉。相互竞争标榜,攀附权贵,出尽风头,不分是非,这就是出卖名誉。爱惜名誉的人清静无为,出卖名誉的人急躁而拙劣。所以读书人要管理钱财正当用途,而不是浪费金钱。救济乡亲,聘请老师教学,赈济荒年歉收,协助善行,这些是运用钱财。而花钱布置庭园,唱歌跳舞,大宴宾客,积聚宝物等,这些都是浪费金钱。善用金钱的人虽花钱但收获丰盈,伤财的人积聚多但终将倾覆。
乳制品行业要发展,必须走高质量发展之路,不能只追求规模。