Many years ago, when I was in primary school, every day after school, my mother asked me and my sister to help me push the mill, looking at a pile of corn on the millstone and then at bags of food on the kang. I am bored and muttering, when will it end? Mother said, don't always look at the mill, hold the grinding rod tightly with both hands and keep pushing, and the work will always be completed. Spit on your hands, lower your head and push. An hour later, three days' food at home was ground out.
Thirty years ago, my family contracted more than ten acres of land, and it was busy all year round. I was worried after watching it for a long time. I remember one year when the wheat was harvested, our family planted eight acres of wheat, only relying on my sister and my mother to harvest the wheat. Father has a disabled arm and can only help. Less hands, more wheat. Looking at the endless wheat in the field, I am really afraid of difficulties and worried. There's nothing I can do. I squatted down to cut, stood up and looked, but I still couldn't see the field. Frustrated and complaining, angry with my mother, complaining about the contracted land. The 54-year-old mother kept silent, kowtowing and bending in the wheat field, so she stopped getting up and went straight to the field. Mom said, don't look at so much wheat, it's all fools' eyes and heroic hands, and it's over when it's dry.
Encouraged by my mother, my sister and I settled down to work hard, got up early and got greedy for the dark, and finished harvesting in less than ten days.
I was still very happy when the golden wheat was piled in the yard. For your own labor, for your own persistence. We finished the task ourselves and saved the cost of hiring people. When I think of my mother's words, my eyes are fools and my hands are heroes. I admire my mother's philosophy very much.
Eyes tend to magnify the immediate difficulties, mislead you, paralyze you and hit you psychologically. There are many things in the world that are confused by eyes. So don't trust your eyes completely. It's a little difficult. Your eyes will be magnified ten times. Only hands, obscurity, down-to-earth, do it bit by bit, and eliminate the immediate work bit by bit until all difficulties are overcome. Hands are real heroes and loyal companions with indomitable spirit. It is honest with us, facing all difficulties, charging ahead, and never giving up even if there are difficulties and obstacles.
In one's life, anything can be successful as long as one persists.
Working outside, whenever I encounter difficulties, I will think of my mother's words. Wherever you are, as long as your hand is there, there will be heroes to help you. You will bring home the bacon, and you will make contributions to society. So, be kind to your hands, they are your wealth.
Chapter two: the bright world of blind girls
Due to the serious complications after the flu, Sveta spent 14 years in the dark, and her life suddenly fell into the abyss. Various operations, folk medicine and oriental witchcraft failed to improve her condition. Her parents often say to her, "Sveta, vision is not the most important thing. What is important is that we must never lose interest in this world. "
Sveta is very confident. She was a top student in middle school and later admitted to law school. All the textbooks are read to her by her mother. Five years later, she became the only blind person who worked hard to get a degree. She found a job in the first week after she got her degree. Although invisible, the girl has a sound thinking brain.
Svita often uses her lunch break to send me emails with all kinds of smiley faces. I haven't touched a word of the letters below, except for some minor spelling changes. The computer software for the blind read my reply to her. The enthusiastic blind girl I met, walking between the subway and the office every day, attracted the attention of countless passers-by. How I want to talk about Sveta and write about her happy life! But I think she'd better say in her own voice:
"The brain is like a magical little box. After listening to the text for a period of time, the brain will turn it into sounds of various intonations. I no longer just understand individual words, but grasp the whole content, just like watching a movie. You can think about how your mother puts you to sleep when she lies in the dark at night. What did she read to you? That's what I did. "
"I tried hard not to let the disease occupy my life after blindness, but it was difficult to do so. Every time I think that I may be a lonely old girl at the end of my life, I feel particularly sad. There used to be only voices and crutches in my world, and my parents, friends and my own shadows in the mirror were blurred. But one day my world suddenly opened, because my parents encouraged me again and again, taught me to know myself and told me how to act. They gave up boarding school and family education and chose a school for visually impaired children for me. My first step is to learn to touch in an open place. Gradually, I stepped on the uneven asphalt road and walked along the corner of the road, listening to the sound of my foot stepping on the sand, smelling the smell of French fries in McDonald's on the corner and finding my way home. "
"Good people always sympathize with those who are on crutches, wearing hearing AIDS or in wheelchairs. They thanked God from the bottom of their hearts and were glad that it didn't happen to them. People often think that I will fall behind others. I walk in this beautiful metropolis every day, and there are always people in the crowd who cast surprised eyes. They helped me cross the street and told me,' Don't take the subway during rush hour, just stay at home.' From time to time, I will answer:' I am one of the people who are rushing to work, and there are people waiting for me.' "
When Sveta walks on the road, pedestrians will think silently when they see her: this girl doesn't need sympathy at all. Look, Sveta is wearing a beautiful windbreaker and squeezing the subway to date her sweetheart! She just finished a project that day and is the right-hand man of the big boss. As a senior lawyer, Sveta's spare time is full and colorful. She went to the theatre to watch operas, attend concerts and get together with friends. She is always so energetic that she infects everyone around her.
"People often ask me,' Do you have a boyfriend? "Can he see?" A young man once chased me. He is also blind. He studies mathematics at Moscow University. He is smart and romantic. He sent me love songs by email. The boy thinks I didn't respond to him just because he is blind, too. But it's not like that, you know, I can't see it myself. Blindness cannot be an obstacle to true love. In the eyes of many people, we disabled people are deprived of a lot, even love, because it is always easy for people to fall in love with a healthy, rich and free person, but it is difficult to fall in love with a blind person. But I met true love. "
"I have a painful husband I understand. His name is Ivan. In the marriage registry, he gently took my hand and put it where the bride wanted to sign. Perhaps, love is such a blind feeling, which makes people lose their minds. Ivan never thought I was blind. He often thinks that I can see the world and even read people's thoughts. Whenever I am helpless and tired, he always comforts me and says,' Honey, don't worry, life always has its ups and downs. Fate is sometimes like a glass of water, which will always be knocked over, but it doesn't matter, I am always by your side. " "
Sveta often can't answer my letters right away because she is very busy. But if you open her email, you will find that she will never finish talking. She will write about her husband and parents, and say what books she has read recently, what dances she has learned, what accounting and swimming she has learned, and what little fun she has in knitting. Look at the brightness and warmth between the lines, and you will know that this girl has everything, because her heart is always bright.
Chapter 3: 99 points of life
He had an ideal since he was a child, that is, to be a jade carving master and carve the most humble stones into exquisite handicrafts.
1958, he was lucky enough to enter the jade carving factory. On the first day of work, he saw the masters wearing shirts, standing in front of a big stone, sweating and polishing. He then understood that making jade carving is not only as simple as focusing on carving, but also requires a combination of physical strength and brain power. He secretly vowed in his heart that he would do it if he wanted to, and one day, he would carve a work that attracted everyone's attention.
Three years later, he started his career and graded his works. He carved a beautiful and impeccable work wholeheartedly. Many senior craftsmen laughed around his works and could see that they were very satisfied. He confidently expected the judges to score full marks, and the result was only 99. He asked the judges angrily: You can get 100, why did you deduct me 1?
In the face of his doubts, the judges smiled indifferently. Finally, a senior craftsman couldn't help but say to him: I deducted your 1 point for your own good! For my own good? He was puzzled and continued to ask. He was told that only 99 points, you still have room for improvement. If you get a perfect score of 100, you will come to the end and there is no hope for tomorrow.
It suddenly dawned on him that it has been proved that people can make continuous progress only if they are not satisfied with the status quo. From then on, he was no longer complacent or self-righteous, but more actively engaged in his work. Although the excellent works of predecessors have long been deeply imprinted in his mind, he is not limited to those established rules and regulations, but has the courage to innovate, dare to explore and create, and persistently walk a more difficult road of exploration and creation.
He will always remember what the craftsman said: Give yourself 99 points before you can make progress and hope. As the saying goes, where there is a will, there is a way; Hard work pays off. At the age of 30, he finally entered the ranks of national jade carving masters with his real talent and hard work.
He is Li Bosheng, a national master of arts and crafts. Many of his works are given to distinguished foreign guests as national treasure gifts. His agate work "Infinite Life Buddha" won the China Arts and Crafts Hundred Flowers Award Gold Cup Award.
Li Bosheng said that if people want to live with passion and motivation, they should find themselves a goal worth pursuing.
Chapter 4: There is no success and no preparation.
There is a hummingbird in Canada, which is only 3.5 inches long, but it can fly over 500 miles of sea continuously. How did a little hummingbird fly over the sea 500 miles wide? Why does its small body have such great power?
Let's take a look at these little hummingbirds first. What did they do on the eve of flying over the sea? They first put themselves into hibernation to reduce the consumption of life. At this time, the energy they need to keep their body temperature is only one-fifth of the normal energy, thus storing the energy needed to fly over the sea to the limit. When the sun rises and the weather gets warmer the next day, hummingbirds will wake up immediately and fly bravely to the vast sea. ...
It turns out that the hummingbird can fly over the vast sea because it did it on the eve of success: wait patiently-let itself go into hibernation; Actively strive to accumulate energy and make yourself stronger; Once the light is ahead and the opportunity comes, we will bravely launch an impact on the ideal goal.
If you are as humble as a hummingbird, you can also create a miracle of success like a hummingbird, as long as you are fully prepared like a hummingbird on the eve of success.
Let's look at a cicada in the south of China. Its length is only about 1.5 inches, but in summer, its sound is amazing. Why can its small body make such a loud noise?
Once, I consulted the encyclopedia to find out the mystery of cicada singing. The book introduces the reproductive process of cicadas in detail: after the male cicada copulates with the female cicada, the male cicada dies, and the remaining female cicada inserts its pointed tail into the bark to lay eggs. After laying eggs, she also fell from the tree and died. Then, the eggs hatch, become worms, fall to the ground, burrow into the soil, and live on the nutrients in the roots. ...
But do you know how long this bug has been in the soil? It has been lurking in the soil 17 years! Pregnancy 17 years! It took 17 years to get out of the soil, break away from the cicada slough and fly to the branches, so people heard the "blockbuster" cicada singing.
Cicada has been waiting 17 years for this extraordinary call!
It turns out that behind the hummingbird's "soaring" and cicada's "blockbuster", it is the result of patient waiting, active efforts and continuous savings. Yes, there is no success in the world and there is no preparation.
Chapter 5: Maxima in the desert.
The daughter of a famous old Chinese doctor was born with beauty. Born in a medical family, she has a feeling for medical skills since she was a child. Later, the little girl went to a medical university and went to graduate school. After graduation, she successfully entered the city hospital of traditional Chinese medicine. After working for two or three years, her performance was good, and because of her beauty, she gradually became famous in the circle of Chinese medicine, and even some patients went to see her.
It should have been so smooth, but an accident took a big turn in her life.
That day, a TV director went to see a doctor, and she happened to be on duty. The director saw her sitting there with extraordinary temperament. It happened that the station was going to shoot a city propaganda film and needed the image of a female doctor, so the director asked her to play it. This is of course a good thing, she readily agreed. Judging from her original appearance, she did quite well. Later, the TV station made a medical and health program, but could not find a suitable host. The director remembered her and advised her to try.
This is no joke. If you go, you will change your career. Although it is also related to medicine, it is a TV host, not a hospital doctor. Of course, the former is more attractive to a girl than the two professions. After careful consideration, she decided to give up her major for many years and accept the glamorous challenge.
The audition passed. In this way, she changed from a beautiful doctor who felt the pulse of patients every day to a host who gushed in front of the camera.
At first, she was very satisfied with her gorgeous turn. Although doing TV is very stressful, my sense of accomplishment is unprecedented. She is busy charging herself, practicing her pronunciation and speeding up her pace to adapt to the pace of work.
Television station. What is that place? Beautiful women gather and talents flow. She is excellent in the hospital. As soon as she was thrown into the TV station, she disappeared immediately.
She also gradually felt that she was not as skilled as a doctor as a host. Every time she does a program, she rackes her brains and is frightened, as if she is climbing a mountain with no peak in sight every day. However, no matter how hard they try, Taiwan Province leaders still have all kinds of dissatisfaction with her-she is not photogenic, speaks slowly and has a hoarse voice ... From her appearance to her coping ability to her professional quality, she can only be given a passing grade. At every film review meeting, all kinds of opinions will fall on her, and she is really depressed to death in the face of those critical accusations. But this cannot be blamed on the leadership. Everyone has a point. And some things really can't be cultivated by hard work, such as voice, such as eloquence. Therefore, despite the discomfort and grievances, she can only hold it in her heart, mourn her misfortune and be angry with herself.
Outsiders only see her glamorous, but they don't know the bitter tears behind her.
In retrospect, she felt that those days when she was a doctor were simply too relaxed and happy. At that time, she had professional accumulation since childhood and had a natural understanding of medicine. In addition, she is beautiful and sensible, and patients and leaders appreciate her very much. That's her soil. She thought that if she stayed there all the time, her life would be a hundred times happier than now. But obviously, it is impossible for her to go back.
Just like a swift horse, it once ran well on the grassland, but suddenly found that it could bear the cold and thirst after a long journey, so it couldn't resist the temptation and devoted itself to the long-awaited desert. However, a swift horse in the desert is no match for a camel. Its advantages were buried and it became the worst member of the team. But when it admits that it is not the material to run in the desert, it is already in the hinterland of the desert, and it is impossible to return to the grassland and start again.
In fact, society has evolved to this point, and the division of labor has been extremely detailed and accurate. You really can't be half-hearted. You must take out your own strengths and spend time and energy to build them in order to get ahead. You mean to speak cross talk wholeheartedly, and don't want to switch to singing just because you sing well. A good voice may have a good auxiliary effect on your cross talk, but it may not be your main business.
This is why many excellent people are mediocre all their lives. They don't know themselves, the world, where to show off, and don't stick to what they are best at. Abandon the inferior to the superior, reverse the primary and secondary, so you become a swift horse in the desert. It seems that you have no talent, but you have chosen the wrong path.