We are great because of our dreams, and all successful people are big dreamers: by the fire on a winter night, in the rain and fog on a cloudy day, dreaming of the future. Some people let their dreams die quietly, while others nurture and maintain them until they survive the adversity and usher in light and hope, which always comes to those who truly believe that their dreams will come true. It is a dream, we are happy because of the dream, happiness is the torch in the snow in the winter, we are happy because of the dream, happiness is the sparkling fireflies in the frustration, pointing out the way forward for you, we smile because of the dream, and the smile is the victory in the faith......

Everyone has a dream.

An old Japanese woman, on her 99th birthday, published her debut poetry collection. It caused a great sensation in Japan, where poetry was in decline, and sales exceeded 230,000 copies. It's a miracle in Japan. Because even if they are professional poets, most of the poetry collections that are packaged and planned for publication by publishers can only sell a few thousand copies. And this nearly 100-year-old old lady's poetry collection, the first printing of 10,000 copies was sold out, and it was reprinted 8 times in a row and was still in short supply.

She only started writing poetry at the age of 92, for the simple reason that her son was afraid that she would feel lonely and wanted her to write something to comfort her loneliness. And she happened to like poetry, so she picked up the pen. When she wrote a lot of poems, she submitted them to the newspaper, and her poems were not gorgeous, close to the vernacular, short and easy to read, all within 14 lines, but full of colorful dreams, and there was an indescribable vitality flowing between the lines. The editors were deeply moved by this special author, and the Sankei Shimbun dedicated a special column to her. Her readers ranged from 14 to 100 years old, and the publishing house received nearly a thousand letters from readers, many of whom felt like crying after reading her poems.

She wrote in one of her poems: Even if you are ninety years old / I want to fall in love / It looks like I am dreaming / My heart has flown up to the clouds. The reason why so many people like the poems written by a gray-haired old woman may be because the heart that writes poetry always maintains the innocence and romance that will never fade. This is the most noble realistic enjoyment that fate has given to dreamers. And such a state of mind may not be felt by some people for a lifetime.

There is another story: Cui Yongyuan, a famous CCTV host, told such a story in an interactive exchange with the audience. He said that once, he was recording a show in the United States, and on the road, he saw a large truck parked on the side of the road. He found that the truck was very large, beautiful, and magnificent, and it was full of goods, but the truck was very clean, clean and eye-catching, and there were many small decorations hanging on the car, which showed that the owner cherished the truck very much.

With a kind of professional sensitivity and curiosity, Cui Yongyuan walked up and wanted to talk to the truck driver. The truck driver looked like he was in his 40s, very strong, wearing a baseball cap, a suit and tie, a cleanly shaved beard, and shaved skin tinged with iron blue. You can't think he's a heavy truck driver if you don't talk about it.

When he heard that Cui Yongyuan was a program host from China Central Television and wanted to interview him, he was very happy. He said, don't be busy with the interview first, I'll show you my big guy first, and then you interview me after the visit. The truck driver enthusiastically took Cui Yongyuan's hand and got into his truck.

Cui Yongyuan entered the big truck and suddenly showed a surprised look. I saw that the inside of the truck was like a bedroom, there was a desk behind the cab, there was a laptop and a few books on the desk, there were bookcases and LCD TVs on the walls, and there were refrigerators and sofas here. What's even more incredible is that there are also toilets and showers inside. ( )

Cui Yongyuan asked him enviously, I didn't expect that your truck is so beautiful, it is like a mobile home.

The truck driver said, "You're right, it's my mobile home, wherever I go, my home follows me, and I'm almost all over America with this big truck." The truck driver looked excited and proud.

Cui Yongyuan couldn't help but be infected by the enthusiasm and cheerful personality of this truck driver, and he asked, "When did you start to germinate the dream of driving a truck?"

Cui Yongyuan's questioning seemed to touch the softness of the truck driver's heart at once, and he seemed to fall into a distant and past memory, and he said softly, When I was 6 years old, I had the ideal of driving a big truck when I grew up in the future. At that time, I often wondered how happy and happy it would be if I could drive a big truck all over the country.

Cui Yongyuan was taken aback again, thinking that when this truck driver was 6 years old, he had ideals that were not too lofty in his opinion, and even a little humble. Why did he not think of these ideals of becoming a scientist, a lawyer, a doctor, and a teacher in the future? Why did he only think that he would drive a big truck in the future?

Seeing Cui Yongyuan's puzzled gaze, the truck driver smiled and said, When I was 6 years old, one day, my father bought me a truck toy. I saw that the truck was very imposing, big and long, and as soon as the switch was turned on, it ran very nimbly on the ground, and it could climb hills and turn. I excitedly hugged the toy truck tightly in my arms and said to my father, "When I grow up, I want to drive a truck, and I want to drive a truck to many places in the country." Dad happily hugged me tightly in his arms and said, "Good son, ambitious, as long as you work hard, you will definitely drive a big truck in the future." ”

In this way, in my young mind, I set up a lofty dream of driving a big truck in the future. My father saw that I was so ambitious and idealistic, so he bought me a lot of various toy trucks. These toy trucks, I will disassemble and install them myself. Relatives and friends, neighbors, and school teachers all praised me when they heard that I wanted to drive a big truck in the future, saying that I was a small person with high ambitions, and that my classmates and children wanted to learn from me. When the truck driver said this, he looked excited, and he was a little intoxicated.

He continued, "After graduating from high school, I applied for an automotive vocational school, and my parents were very supportive and respectful of my choice. In vocational school, I systematically learned the skills of manufacturing, repairing, and driving automobiles, and after graduating, I successfully entered a car transportation company, and finally drove the big truck of my dreams. When my father and mother saw that I had really driven the big truck, they were so excited that they burst into tears.

Yes, in fact, which boy and girl have not dreamed of going to heaven and earth, moving mountains and seas, but in the face of life, many people slowly give up their childhood dreams, so they are reduced to people who have lost their dreams, and some people, no matter how difficult life is, have never given up their dreams, so they have become people who will always keep their youthful dreams, always maintain their passion for struggle, and people who can change the world and create the future.