The circle of friends is often swiped by a variety of chicken soup text, for example, to thirty years old is not successful, you have no hope; your peers are abandoning you, more than forty-five years of age there is no new ideas.
In fact, most of what you see and hear is a gimmick for businesses to sell anxiety and create panic.
The young and the young elite is a topic that the media can't get enough of today. However, life is not a race, but a journey, the success or failure of life should not be judged by age. No matter when, everyone can explore their own advantages, in their favorite and suitable areas to release the unique potential, live a real and colorful life.
01, life, not too late to start
No one stipulates what age must be done what things, if you want to do, the moment can start.
Na-Marie Robertson Moses, born on a farm, had entered the art school, seventy-something years old due to physical reasons, can not pick up the needle, so pick up the pen to teach themselves to draw. In the last twenty years of her life, she left more than 1,600 oil paintings, becoming one of the most prolific American primitive painters. She often said, "There's no such thing as a too-late start in life; do what you love, and God will open the door to success for us."
In our early years, we missed out on the success we wanted for a variety of reasons. But, in this marathon of life, not to the end, who does not know what kind of change will happen in the middle, usher in what kind of opportunity.
The first aging of life is not the face, but the courage to go forward. The story of Grandma Moses lets us see that there is no such thing as failure in life, even if we are not able to be young and successful, but as long as we still have hope for life and continue to take action, even in the second half of life can still shine.
The road of life you despite efforts, the rest to the time. Because, life is not too late to start, the important thing is not to stop after the start.
02, efforts, always gain
The netizens called "legendary grandmother" Jiang Shumei, to their own efforts to refresh the public's perception of the elderly, "nothing to walk the dog, dancing square dance". Her motto: "Don't be afraid of starting late, but don't be lazy." It has encouraged a large number of young people who are struggling to make ends meet.
Grandma Jiang Shumei, born in 1937, was 60 years old when her partner died unexpectedly, she was once very painful. Her daughter encouraged her to learn to read and write in order to distract her and ease her pain. Grandma Jiang Shumei was very attentive and created her own quick-board literacy method. When she was 75 years old, she began to learn to write with the help of her daughter, and now she has published five works, including "chaotic time, poor time", which has been reported by a number of television media.
Her writing is not judgmental, only descriptive, and each paragraph is her own original life, so it is very popular with the public. Grandma Jiang Shumei used her own real experiences, stories and love of life to make herself who she is today.
In fact, everyone's experience is a treasure, and what is truly valuable is often buried deepest. For most of the ordinary people, although the ordinary life of trials and tribulations, but it is also the many trials and tribulations of the hammer, so that they are more calm in the smooth time, against the time more tough.
We do not have the halo and glory of young fame, but we have a rich accumulation of life, a frank attitude towards life, and a resilience in the face of difficulties. Do not be afraid of starting late, do not be lazy, as long as you are willing to make real efforts, we can also reach the peak of life. Because of the effort, there will always be a harvest.
03 The great weapon, it should be a late success
Zuo Zongtang, is a famous minister of the late Qing Dynasty. But when he was young, he failed to pass the exams, until 41 years old was promoted to the governor of Hunan Zhang Liangji's strategist. At the time of the battle with the Taiping Army, he was nearly half a hundred years old. But it was this battle that made him famous.
There is also a little story about Zuo Zongtang: he was not as good as he wanted to be, and he studied hard until late at night. One day, his house was burglarized, and it was said that the burglar hid on the beams of the room and waited for Zuo Zongtang to go to bed, waiting for an opportunity to strike. But things did not go as planned, Zuo Zongtang until the second half of the night did not want to rest. The thief was anxious, yelling on the beam, how are you so stupid, I will memorize, said he memorized the article word for word.
Such a stupid Zuo Zongtang, why would achieve such high achievements?
Rich? Karlgaard said: compared to the young and talented, late bloomers have more stamina for sustained action, never-ending power, and enduring vitality. They all have a lifelong growth mindset and ability, and are potential stocks for the future.
Zuo Zongtang is the use of life's blank period, when others do not look good, "pay attention to farming, read a lot of books". He is calm, intelligent, and has a stronger tenacity than ordinary people, and finally in the second half of life played a beautiful turnaround battle.
The biggest difference between people and people is that some people run fast, some people run slow, which depends on each person's physique and the rhythm of development, so there is no need to be anxious, no need to grieve. Such as Zuo Zongtang, in their own field, continue to accumulate, continue to move forward, thick and thin, will eventually usher in the use of their own moment of glory.
"The sky will be a great task in the people also, must first suffer their minds, labor their bones, starve their bodies." Therefore, the great weapon, it should be late.
"Small Window" - set of wake up chapter "has this sentence" "ambush long time, fly will be high; open the first one, Xie only early."
Now it is used as a metaphor to say that things that accumulate strength during the dormant period tend to be able to grow in strength, while things that show their sharpness too early tend to wither quickly.
Therefore, we have to learn from the camel in the desert, calm down, walk slowly, chew slowly, and firmly believe that they will always walk, always eat.
In this world, everyone has their own rhythm. We do not have to envy those who are young and talented, even if they are born ordinary, as long as we find the things that we love from the heart, and constantly practice, we can also be thick and thin, and become a master in the eyes of others.
There is no harm in not being young and successful, the world is not yet decided, you and I are all dark horses!