Use all your strength

On Saturday morning, a young boy plays in his toy sandbox. The sandbox contained some of his toy cars, an open-top truck, a plastic bucket and a shiny plastic shovel. While building roads and tunnels on soft sandy piles, he found a huge rock in the middle of the sandbox.

The little guy began to dig into the sand around the rock, trying to get it out of the sand. He was a very small boy, and the rocks were quite huge for him. Using his hands and feet together, it didn't seem to take much effort for him to push and roll the rocks to the edge of the sandbox. However, it was then that he realized that he couldn't roll the rock up and over the sandbox border.

The little boy made up his mind, pushing, shoulder-squeezing, swaying from side to side, and striking at the rock again and again, but every time he felt that he had made some progress, the rock slipped and fell back into the sandbox.

The little boy had to fight hard to push and squeeze with all his strength. But the only reward he received was for the rock to roll back again, smashing his finger.

Finally, he cried bitterly. The boy's father could see the whole process clearly from the window of the living room. As tears rolled down the child's face, the father came to him.

The father's words were gentle but firm: "Son, why don't you use all your strength? ”

The dejected little boy sobbed, "But I've done my best, Daddy, I've done my best!" I used all my strength! ”

"No, son," corrected the father kindly, "you have not used all your strength. You didn't ask for my help. The father bent down, picked up the rock, and lifted it out of the sandbox.

People have weaknesses and strengths, and problems that you can't solve may be easy for your friends or loved ones, remember, they are also your resources and strength.

Life Impressions:

Everyone has to live on the help of others, so we must also provide help to others as much as they give us. People must help each other and they must help each other consciously, not just by paying, but by respect, gratitude and concern.

The direction of the tree is determined by the wind, and the direction of the person is determined by himself

One morning, he saw a young man tying the advertisement of a real estate agent to a tree, so he politely asked him: "Sir, do you know the advertisement of the house on the tree, which the cleaning team has just cleared?" ”

"Yes!" The young man replied unhappily.

"If you know, why do you continue to tie up these ads? It is illegal to destroy the cleanliness of the city! ”

When the young man heard this, he continued to tie up the advertisement, and said without raising his head: "It's not to make two bucks." ”

"Can you break the law to destroy the environment and fight against the government just to make a few bucks for yourself?" Old gentleman righteousness

To put it sternly.

"Illegal? Oh, there are many illegal things, and many rich people park indiscriminately, which is not the same as illegal! The young man replied.

"You're saying, 'Break the law, let's break the law together'! So what hope is there for our country? ”

"It's hopeless!" After the young man finished speaking, he stepped on his motorcycle and rushed to another tree in front of him to tie up the advertisement.

"It's hopeless!"

This story seems funny, but in fact it is poignant: how pitiful and terrible it is for a society to be hopeless and a young person to be hopeless!

Some trees, although they have a withered appearance, still strive to "grow green leaves" on their branches when winter turns to spring! Wang Guanying, an old man who picks up waste, picks up garbage and collects rags every day, but he still has the goal and hope of "building a library and benefiting students"!

However, some young people take bad drugs, gamble, rob every day...... "Spend a miserable life" hopelessly, and live one day at a time; Maybe one day, he will suddenly realize - "Huh...... How did I die? ”

In fact, living "without a goal, without fighting spirit, without life" is no different from "dead"! There was a famous saying: "The direction of a tree is determined by the wind, and the direction of a person is determined by himself." "Yes, perhaps no one is our enemy; Our real enemy is our own "lazy, slack, directionless, unavoidable, and unknowingly persevering"!

Suppose someone asks, "Raise your hand if you want to succeed!" "I believe that the vast majority of people will raise their hands. But if asked, "Those who want to endure hardship, please raise your hand!" "I'm sure a lot of people won't raise their hands.

Many people are not "groundbreaking, adventurous", they don't like to set goals for themselves, they don't want to endure hardship, they just want to "sit back and enjoy."

It will be completed and ascended to the sky in one step". However, there are few shortcuts to success! Maybe some people are "taking the elevator" and are lucky to soar, but we can't expect everyone to have such good luck! It's better to "take the stairs" with our feet on the ground, which is more secure. Moreover, when walking the stairs, I have to keep telling myself that I am "young and promising", and I have "goals and ideals"; "There may be a chance for a while, but there is absolutely no eternal burial", "I will not be buried, I will definitely succeed!" ”

It is true that perhaps we do not have the "right to choose the circumstances in which we are born", but we definitely do have the "right to change the circumstances in which we live"; When we can decide our own destiny, we must not entrust our destiny to others!

"The mountains are high, the people are higher! The road is long, the legs are longer! "As long as we have faith and perseverance, we can definitely change our destiny and make our dreams come true!

"The direction of the tree is determined by the wind, and the direction of the person is determined by himself." When we put our fate in the hands of others or just know how to go with the flow, in fact, you can't find the direction of life. And a life without direction is definitely not a wonderful life!

knowledge is infinite

It was the last day of final exams at a university in the eastern United States. On the steps of the school building, a group of senior engineering students huddled together to discuss the exams that would start in a few minutes, their faces full of confidence. It was their last quiz before their graduation and work.

Some are talking about the jobs they've now found; Others talk about the jobs they will get. With the confidence they have gained after 4 years of university study, they feel ready and capable of conquering the whole world.

They knew that this upcoming quiz would be over soon, as the professor had said they could bring any books or notes they wanted. There is only one requirement, and that is that they cannot talk to each other during the test.

They burst into the classroom in high spirits. The professor handed out the papers. The smiles on the students' faces became more vivid when they noticed that there were only 5 comment-type questions.

Three hours passed, and the professor began to collect the test papers. The students didn't look confident anymore, and there was a look of fear on their faces. Not a single person spoke. The professor holds the test paper in his hand and faces the entire class.

He looked down at the anxious faces in front of him, and then asked, "How many people have completed the five questions?" "Not a single hand was raised." How many completed 4 questions? "Still no one raised their hand." 3 questions? "The students started to feel a little uneasy and squirmed around in their seats." What about that question? ”

But the whole classroom was still silent.

"That's exactly what I was hoping for." "I just want to impress you that even though you've completed 4 years of engineering studies, there's still a lot you don't know about this subject," the professor said. These questions, which you cannot answer, are linked to the ordinary practices of everyday life. Then he smiled and added, "You'll all pass the course, but remember – even if you're a college graduate now, you're still just getting started." "Over time, the professor's name has been forgotten, but the lesson he taught has not.

People who are not interested in learning, or who are "too busy to read", will eventually be eliminated by the torrent of the times. That is to say, learning is like sailing against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat.

When he was younger, Ford, a car mogul, worked as a clerk in a machinery shop for only $2.05 a week, but he spent $2.03 a week on mechanical books. When he got married, there was nothing of value but a whole bunch of mechanical magazines and books. It was these books that enabled Ford to move into the world of machinery, which he had longed for, and to create a great career. After his success, Ford once said, "It is far more important for young people to learn the knowledge and skills necessary to make money in the future than to save money." ”

Books are evergreen trees of wisdom in all seasons! Reading it well is also a kind of planting full of expectations. Plant a piece of sustenance for life; Plant a piece of green shade in the hot summer; Plant a touch of nocturnal twilight; Plant a vision of life...... If you lose it, life goes

Towards becoming desolate. In life, there will also be another kind of soil erosion - the vast desert, the ignorant dog's tail will be wagged, the thinking will cover the waves, and the years will lose their colorful colors! Books are the key, which can open the doors of many mysteries; Books are guides, which can guide people to step out of many misunderstandings and step into glory.

It has been proven that the most successful people are often self-taught or self-educated. And insufficient self-education is not conducive to personal growth. Charles Darwin, who published The Theory of Evolution, once said, "The most valuable part of my knowledge is all my painstaking learning." ”

What is valuable to us is not the fact that we have studied in school, but the attitude towards learning. Learn, you can aspire; Learning, you can become a talent; Learning can never be stopped.

Don't be overly cautious Mr. Hesitation

A talented man with a first-class IQ and a university diploma is determined to "go to sea" to start a business.

A friend suggested that he speculate in stocks, and he was proud, but when he went to apply for a shareholder card, he hesitated: "Stock speculation is risky, wait and see." Another friend suggested that he give a part-time lecture at a night school, and he was very interested, but when it was almost time for class, he hesitated again: "It's only 20 yuan for a class, and it's not interesting." ”

He has a lot of talent, but he has been hesitating. It's been two or three years, and I haven't "got" to the sea, and I've done nothing.

One day, the "Mr. Hesitant" went to visit relatives in the countryside, passed by an apple orchard, and saw apple trees that were growing happily.

He could not help but exclaim, "What a fertile land God has given this master!" When the tree planter heard this, he said to him, "Then come and see how God is working here." ”

There are many people in the world who are always hesitating when they just talk but don't do it; There are many people who just do not talk about it, and are always working hard. Success and harvest always come to those who have the method to succeed and put it into action.

Being overly cautious is just as bad as being careless. If you want others to have confidence in you, you have to present yourself in a way that you can trust. Being overly cautious and not daring to try anything new can hurt your accomplishments as much as executing a sudden idea without any consideration.

People who have never swam stand at the water's edge, and people who have not jumped an umbrella stand at the door of the cabin, the more they think about it, the more scared they become, and the same is true when people are in a disadvantageous situation. The cure for fear is to act, and to do it without hesitation. No matter how smart a person is, he must also have positive actions. There was a 6-year-old boy who was playing outside one day when he found a bird's nest blown off a tree by the wind and fell to the ground, and a small sparrow rolled out of it. The little boy decided to take it home and feed it.

When he walked to the door with the bird's nest in his hand, he suddenly remembered that his mother did not allow him to keep small animals at home. So, he gently put the little sparrow at the door, and hurried into the house to ask for his mother. Under his plea, his mother finally made an exception and agreed.

The little boy ran to the door excitedly, but the little sparrow was gone, and he saw a black cat licking its mouth. The little boy was sad for a long time. But since then, he has also remembered a lesson: as long as it is something that he believes in, he must not be indecisive. This little boy has grown up and made a career, he is a Chinese-American computer celebrity - Dr. Wang An.

In life, thinking about it and hesitating can certainly avoid some possibilities of doing wrong things, but it is more likely that you will lose more opportunities for success.

In the remote area of Sichuan there were two monks, one poor and the other rich. One day, the poor monk said to the rich monk, "I want to go to the South China Sea, what do you think?" The rich monk said, "What are you going to do?" The poor monk said, "A rice bowl is enough." The rich monk said: "I have wanted to rent a boat and go down the Yangtze River for many years, but I haven't done it yet, why should you go?" ”

The next year, the poor monk returned from the South China Sea and told the rich monk about his trip to the South China Sea, and the rich monk was deeply ashamed.

The story of the poor monk and the rich monk illustrates a simple truth: it is better to say a foot than to walk an inch. Without bold action, all dreams will come to naught.

The reality is this bank, the ideal is the other bank, separated by a turbulent river, and action is a bridge over the river.

Execution errors are far less harmful than hesitation. Things that are still are more likely to be damaged than things that are in motion.

5. The story of the big fish

A sailor's son went on a boat with an adult for the first time when he was very young.

He was lying on the deck looking at the sea, and suddenly he saw a very large fish behind the boat. He pointed out the big fish to others, but strangely no one saw it.

Everyone remembered a legend that said that there was a monster in the sea that was shaped like a fish, and ordinary people could not see it. If a person can see it, that person will die because of it.

From then on, this man did not dare to go to sea again, nor did he dare to take a boat again.

But he often went to the beach, and every time he walked to the beach, he could see this fish in the sea. Sometimes he walked on the bridge and saw the fish swimming under the bridge. He grew accustomed to seeing the fish, but he never dared to approach it. And so he spent his life.

When he was old and facing death, he finally couldn't take it anymore and decided to go to the fish to see what would happen. He got into a small boat and rowed to the big fish in the sea.

He asked Big Fish, "What do you want to do with me all the time?" The big fish replied, "I want to give you a treasure." "He saw a lot of treasures. He said, "It's late, I'm already going to die." ”

The next day, he was found dead in his boat.

Using psychological analysis, the sea here is a symbol of the subconscious, and the sea, like the subconscious, is vast and unfathomable, hiding countless mysteries. The big fish is the mystery of the sea, the symbol of the spirit in the subconscious, the symbol of intuition.

If a person enters his subconscious, he is not destined to live the life of an ordinary person. It is dangerous to enter the subconscious. If there is a psychological contradiction in your subconscious, and you are unable to resolve such a contradiction, and you rush to intervene too deeply, your psychological balance will be threatened.

However, in our subconscious, there are dangerous elements, and sometimes they are not always true. If the man who saw the fish had mustered up the courage and dared to approach it earlier, he might have been a millionaire, but he missed the opportunity.

Once, a farmer was asked if he had planted wheat. The farmer replied, "No, I'm worried about whether it will rain." The man asked, "Then did you grow cotton?" The farmer said, "No, I'm afraid that the worms will eat the cotton." Then the man asked, "What have you planted?" The farmer said, "I don't plant anything." I want to make sure it's safe. ”

A person who does not take any risks, only does nothing, like the farmer, and in the end, there is nothing, nothing. They shy away from suffering and grief, but they can't learn, change, feel, grow, love, and live. They are bound by their own attitudes and are slaves who have lost their freedom.

People who are not willing to take risks do not dare to laugh because they are afraid to take the risk of being stupid; They don't dare to cry for fear of risking the ridicule of others; They are afraid to lend a helping hand to others because they risk being implicated; They don't dare to show their feelings because they risk showing their true colors; They dare not love because they run the risk of not being loved; They dare not hope for the risk of disappointment; They don't dare to try because they risk failure......

But we have to learn to take risks, because the greatest danger in life is not to take any risks.

Ostriches often hide their ears and steal bells when they are in danger, hiding their heads in the sand to gain spiritual relief. When we become adults, although we know that there are many things that we cannot avoid, we must be strong in the face, and we must take risks, but we still have that kind of idea of escaping and finding comfort in our hearts. In fact, difficulties and risks are also bullying the weak and fearing the hard, if you are strong, he will be weak, and if you are weak, he will be strong. We must always remember that in the most difficult times, there is no time to shed tears; In the most critical moments, there is no time to hesitate. Taking risks means you're more likely to succeed.

The psychological quality of taking risks and the ability to resist risks are exercised in the process of continuous bearing. ("Stock speculation is risky, investment needs to be cautious")