-Excerpted from Xinhua Dictionary
When I first saw this sentence, I felt that fortune and misfortune could not be attributed to people. Things change, good things will go bad, and sometimes bad things will have good aspects. It gives people a feeling of helplessness. Can't you really decide things in the world? Do we have to be on tenterhooks all day, have happy things, have a smile on our faces, and still be scared in our hearts? After the fight, I felt that this sentence was too serious, and I denied it like many famous sayings because I didn't believe it. Why should I believe such alarmist talk? Is it just from the mouth of Lao Tzu or his youngest son? I don't believe in authority. I often doubt the established rules. I always see the world with my own eyes. So I don't have to believe it.
But I believe it now.
Because everything can only have two outcomes, one is good and the other is bad, each with a 50% chance. Everything is like this. When something happens, it may be good or bad. Infinitely close to the bad good, infinitely close to the good bad, is what we call bad things. This kind of thing also belongs to the category of good and bad. It can be seen that things can be transformed into each other as Laozi said, because good is bad and bad is bad. There are only two possibilities, and the balance will be biased to one side. The probability of being in equilibrium is very small. So I believed this sentence of Laozi.
After the difficulties, I thought that there were only two possibilities for us to do one thing, one was success and the other was failure, each with a 50% chance. Therefore, success and failure are equal to us. We didn't do something well, just happened to fall into the semi-failure zone. Maybe some things seem unlikely to succeed, but as long as we make unremitting efforts, we will succeed one day, because success is also 50% possible for us. So there were some so-called miracles.
There are countless possibilities in the world, but there are only two possibilities for a specific thing, one is good and the other is bad; One is success and the other is failure. There is a 50-50 chance. Therefore, people who are in adversity and frustrated should be able to believe that you and those who are successful have a 50% chance of success. No one is God's favorite, or we are all God's favorite, because he gave each of us a 50% chance of success. As long as we make unremitting efforts, this possibility will come true. Success is not the patent of some people, nor is it just the luck of some people. Successful people also have a 50% chance of failure. We are all equal, but we should set our goals according to our own conditions and abilities. If you have confidence and are willing to work hard, you will succeed.