7. Go your own way

Whether you cross a single-plank bridge or walk the sunshine road, we must stand firm and move forward step by step, you are not conquering the environment, nor conquering fate, but enriching your life.

A person will not always be unlucky, but neither will he always be lucky.

"Happy families are all alike, but unhappy families have their own misfortunes." It's hard to live in a modern society. In addition to requiring people to have knowledge and skills in various lives, it also requires people to have the ability to withstand joys and blows. The breakdown of the family, unexpected disasters, the loss of property, the loss of "jobs" and the setbacks of careers can often make the weak-willed people collapse, while those with strong character can get themselves up from the mud and rebuild their lives.

People's life is not destined by heaven, you take your sunshine road, I cross my single-plank bridge, it is "thirty-six lines, line out of champion", the difference is that walking on the sunshine road is like being a man in good times, and crossing a single-plank bridge is like being a man in adversity.

It has been said that "adversity shapes talent." "Can adversity produce genius?

In life, some people complained: "If only I had lived in the war years, then I could also take up arms and serve the motherland!" Some people lamented: "In peacetime, there can be no achievements and creations!" Someone argued: "I'm living too peacefully!" ”

Needless to say, these are superficial biases. Is it true that genius cannot be produced without adversity?

Can you really become a general, a hero, and a leader during the war years? Are you really not able to play your skills in peacetime? Not necessarily.

It is true that one's birth cannot be chosen. But the odds of success in wartime are not the same as those in peacetime. In times of peace, your life will not be threatened from time to time, and you can have a good environment to work and study normally, and engage in creative labor. And in times of war, you can die under artillery fire at any time. In extremely difficult conditions, learning is not guaranteed at all. If you want to succeed, you have to pay double or even multiply. Try to compare: oil lamps and electric lights, windy grass huts and spacious buildings, airplane bombing and laughter on television, wild vegetables and wild fruits and milk bread, which condition is more likely to make you successful?

Some people may say that lighting oil lamps, living in grass huts, being bombed, and eating wild vegetables and fruits can stimulate people's enthusiasm more. This view is very one-sided. Although it is true that there have been many talents under such conditions, adversity is far from the cradle of genius. If that's the case, what more peace do we want? What more good times do you need? What other favorable conditions should be created?

The reality is: adversity kills talent. Only a very small percentage of those who have struggled through adversity have been able to break free from it through their own perseverance and external opportunities. And most of the talent is stifled.

Adversity is like a single-plank bridge, you have to be careful, take every step, good times are like sunshine roads, as long as you have courage, you can fly forward, therefore, you don't have to yearn for adversity, but you should choose your own goals in good times, work hard. You don't have to worry about life being too peaceful and monotonous, but you should creatively try a new life and have more fun.

Someone said: "I was born in a small mountain village, I have been a farmer for generations, and I am destined to have no profit in this life." Someone said: "I was born in an era of turmoil, and I lost my most precious youth and opportunity, and everything was delayed." Someone else said: "I'm so unlucky to catch up with everything, what's the point of living?" ”

This pessimistic argument is a corrosive agent for the soul. There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village, and many facts have forcefully proved that the road is stepped on under one's own feet, and it is walked out by oneself.

U.S. President Jimmy Carter was once a farmer. Napoleon served as an ordinary soldier. Zhu Yuanzhang is just a farmer. Gorky used to be a vagabond.

The political, economic, military, cultural and other factors of society undoubtedly have a huge impact on human growth. However, people have subjective initiative and can eliminate negative influences and accept positive influences.

In other words: sighing won't solve the problem. If the factory goes bankrupt and you have to find another way to make a living, is it useful to sigh? If there is a flash flood, you can only go up the mountain to escape, is it useful to sigh? If the plane crashes and you fall into the wilderness, you can only face the reality squarely, is it useful to sigh?

In the time you sigh, others hurried past you, leaving you far behind, and it became more and more difficult for you to catch up with others; In the time you sigh, others have changed their guns, changed the environment, your eyes are red, and you have only envy and jealousy; While you sigh, others are immersed in the pen and fruit, and you are still facing a blank sheet of paper.

Being a real person, living a real life, these don't need any packaging. You know, any means of packaging without the basis of real life will become worthless.