1. "My motherland sent me here from 7000 miles away, not to start the race, but to finish it." -[Ethiopian] John Stephen Akhwari
Wearing No.36 jersey, he limped into the stadium against the backdrop of night ... This scene was always fixed as a classic scene in the history of the Olympic Games.
1968 Mexico City Olympic Marathon. The starting gun rang, and Avari set off at a steady pace. However, at a distance of 0/9 km from the starting point/kloc-,Avari was injured in his right leg because of dizziness. After simple dressing, he dragged his injured right leg and took a difficult step. Blood oozed out and the bandage was dyed red. In the afternoon 19, Avari stumbled into the main venue. At this point, the game has ended for an hour, leaving only the venue staff and the last group of spectators who are about to disperse in the huge stadium. After a short silence, all the audience and staff present raised their hands to pay tribute to Avari, and the thunderous applause lasted for a long time.
Avari finally finished the whole race in 4 hours and 30 minutes. Afterwards, he said the simplest and most shocking language in Olympic history-"My motherland sent me here from 7,000 miles away, not to start the competition, but to finish it."
Today, Avari lives in a small village. The nearest TV is 500 kilometers, and the nearest telephone is 700 kilometers. When asked if he was satisfied with his life, he replied: I have no complaints about life, because I have been running!
There are 75 runners in the marathon, and Avari ranks 57th. The following 18 runner quit for various reasons.
He didn't get on the podium, but he was the most beautiful one at the bottom. His value is not to conquer but to persist, not to win the championship but to participate.
2. 1832, Lincoln lost his job, which obviously made him sad, but he made up his mind to be a politician and a state senator. Unfortunately, he lost the election. It is undoubtedly painful for him to suffer two blows in one year.
Then, Lincoln started his own business, but less than a year later, the business closed down again. In the following 17 years, he had to run around and go through hardships to repay the debts owed when the enterprise closed down.
Later, Lincoln decided to run for the state legislature again, and this time he succeeded. There is a glimmer of hope in his heart. I feel that my life has changed for the better: "Maybe I can succeed!" "
1835, he is engaged. But a few months before the wedding, my fiancee died unfortunately. This is a great mental blow to him. He was exhausted and stayed in bed for months. 1836, suffering from neurasthenia.
1838, Lincoln felt in good health and decided to run for president of the state legislature, but failed. 1843, he ran for the US Congress again, but this time he failed.
Although Lincoln tried again and again, he failed again and again: his business went bankrupt, his lover died and he lost the election. If you encounter all this, will you give up? It's important for you to give up these things?
Lincoln didn't give up, and he didn't say, "What if you fail?" 1846 Run for Congress again. He ran for Congress again and was finally elected.
His two-year term passed quickly and he decided to fight for re-election. He thinks his performance as a member of parliament is excellent, and he believes that voters will continue to elect him. Unfortunately, he lost the election.
Because he lost a lot of money in this election, Lincoln applied to become a land official in his state. However, the state government returned his application, which pointed out: "Being a land official in this state requires outstanding talents and extraordinary intelligence, and your application failed to meet these requirements." Failed twice in a row. In this case, will you insist on continuing your efforts? Would you say "I failed"?
However, Lincoln did not give up. 1854 ran for the Senate and failed; Two years later, he ran for the nomination of vice president of the United States and was defeated by his opponent; Two years later, he ran for the Senate again, but failed. Lincoln never gave up his pursuit. He was the master of his own life. 1860 was elected president of the United States.
Seiji Ozawa is a world-famous symphony conductor. In the final of a world-class command competition, he performed according to the score given by the jury and found a discordant voice. At first, he thought the band had made a mistake, so he stopped to play again, but it was wrong. He thinks there is something wrong with music. At this time, the composers and authorities present insisted that there was absolutely no problem with the score, but he was wrong. Facing a lot of music masters and authorities, he thought over and over again, and finally said firmly and loudly, "No! There must be something wrong with the score! " As soon as his voice fell, the judges on the bench immediately stood up and gave him warm applause to congratulate him on winning the game.
It turns out that this is a "trap" carefully designed by the judges to test whether the conductor can stick to his own ideas when he finds that the score is wrong and is "denied" by authoritative people. Seiji Ozawa won the World Conductor Competition with confidence.
The Red Army team in front of the monument struggled in the ice and snow. The severe cold has frozen the mountain in the clouds into a big ice cube. The wind roared and the snow fell heavily, which seemed to engulf the poorly equipped team. The general gave up his horse to the seriously injured. He led the soldiers forward and opened a passage for the follow-up troops in the ice and snow. What awaits them is harsh environment and cruel fighting. They may have no food, they may sleep in a snow den, they may walk more than 100 miles a day, and they may be suddenly attacked by the enemy. Can this team stand such a severe test? It is generally believed that. The team suddenly slowed down, and there were many people in front, not knowing what they were doing. The general shouted as he walked, "Don't stop, let's go!" "Someone in front froze to death." The guard ran back and told him. The general paused, said nothing, and walked quickly forward. "Then let's go together." "No, you go first, I want to wait for my companion." A frozen veteran, sitting on a bare tree trunk. He is motionless, like a statue, covered with snow, unable to recognize his face, but it can be seen that his expression is very calm and peaceful: there is still half a paper roll between the middle finger and the index finger of his right hand, and the fire has been extinguished by snow; The left hand stretches forward slightly, as if to borrow the light of a comrade-in-arms. Thin and shabby clothes clung to him. The general's face suddenly became serious, and the muscles around his mouth twitched. Suddenly he turned to the people around him and shouted, "call me a quartermaster!" Why not send him cotton-padded clothes? " The howling wind drowned out the general's voice. No one answered him, and no one went away. His eyes are red, like an angry leopard, and he looks terrible. "Did you hear that, guard? Tell the quartermaster to run! " The muscles on the general's cheek trembled. At this time, someone quietly said to the general, "He is the director of military supplies …" The general froze and stood in the snow for a long time. His eyes are moist. He took a deep breath, slowly raised his right hand, raised it to Mei Qi, and gave a military salute to the quartermaster who was integrated with Yunzhongshan. The wind is crazier and the snow is heavier. Now the snow soon covered the quartermaster's body and he became a crystal monument. The general strode into the snow without saying anything. He heard countless heavy and firm footsteps. The voice seems to tell people: if the victory does not belong to such a team, who will it belong to?
5. Wang Xianzhi, the seventh son of Wang Xizhi, was smart and studious since childhood. Calligraphy is good at cursive script and official script, and is good at painting. He began to learn calligraphy at the age of seven or eight and studied under his father. On one occasion, Wang Xizhi saw that Xianzhi was practicing calligraphy attentively, so he quietly walked behind him and suddenly reached out to draw a brush in his hand. Xianzhi held the pen tightly and was not pulled out. The father was very happy and praised: "This son is going to be famous again." Xiaoxian was smug after hearing this. Another time, a friend of Xizhi asked Xian to write on a fan, and then he wrote with a brush. Suddenly, the pen fell on the fan and polluted the words. Xiaoxian had a brainwave and a calf came alive on the fan. In addition, people are full of praise for the calligraphy and painting provided, and the small quotation has cultivated pride. It was thoughtful of its parents to see this scene. ...
One day, Xiao Xianzhi asked her mother Xi, "I only need to write for another three years, right?" Mom shook her head. "Five years of head office?" Mother shook her head again.
In desperation, he said to his mother, "How long do you think it will take?" "Remember, after writing this 18 jar of water in the yard, your handwriting will be strong and your bones will be full, and you will stand straight and steady." My father stood behind him when I turned around. Wang Xianzhi refused to accept it and said nothing. He gritted his teeth for five years and showed his father a lot of written words, hoping to hear a few words of praise. Who knows, Wang Xizhi shook his head one by one. When the word "big" was raised, my father showed a satisfied expression, filled in a dot casually under the word "big", and then returned all the manuscripts to the dedication.
Xiaoxian was still not satisfied, so he showed all his calligraphy to his mother and said, "I practiced for another five years, completely according to my father's words." Look carefully, what's the difference between my dad and me? " Mother really looked at it carefully for three days, and finally pointed to the point added by Wang Xizhi under the word "big" and sighed and said, "My son has worn out three tanks of water, only a little like Xihe."
After listening to this, he was very discouraged and said weakly, "It's difficult! If this continues, when will there be good results? " Seeing that his arrogance had disappeared, his mother encouraged him to say, "Son, as long as you work hard, there is no river you can't cross or mountain you can't climb. As long as you keep practicing as you have in recent years, you will certainly achieve your goal! " After listening to the dedication, I was deeply moved and kept practicing. Everything comes to him who waits. He used 18 buckets of water to practice calligraphy, and calligraphy made rapid progress. Later, Wang Xianzhi's writing reached the level of penetrating paper and perfection. His ci is juxtaposed with Wang Xizhi and is called "Two Kings".
6. The famous car king Ford helped his father work on the farm since he was a child. When he 12 years old, he conceived in his mind a machine that could walk on the road, which could replace animals and manpower. However, his father asked him to work as an assistant on the farm, but Ford firmly believed that he could become an excellent mechanic. So, he spent one year completing the mechanical training that others spent three years completing, and then spent two years studying the principle of steam, trying to achieve his goal, but without success. Then he devoted himself to the research of gasoline engines and dreamed of building a car every day. His creativity was appreciated by the great inventor Edison, who was invited to be an engineer in Detroit. After ten years of hard work, 29-year-old Ford successfully built the first car engine. In today's America, every family owns more than one car on average; Today, Detroit has become one of the largest industrial cities in the United States; Of course, it used to be Ford's wealth capital.
Wait, wait, wait. .