The Iron Army Disaster Relief Troops marched to the limit of their physical fitness and arrived at the earthquake center 12 hours ahead of schedule
At 4:10 a.m. on May 13, the Red Army marched towards the Wenchuan earthquake area. The 1,200-kilometer journey took the Red Army only 24 hours. At 4 o'clock in the morning on the 14th, the entire regiment of officers and soldiers arrived at the Zipingpu Reservoir in Dujiangyan City and headed towards Yingxiu Town, the hardest-hit area in Wenchuan, on foot. Carrying a backpack and supplies weighing 30 to 40 kilograms, I walked on a mountain road with constant landslides. The distance of 30 kilometers on the map fell to more than 60 kilometers under my feet. The officers and soldiers began to compete with their own physical strength and will. Nine hours later, at 13:00 on the 14th, the officers and soldiers of the Red Army successfully arrived at the epicenter of the epicenter, Yingxiu Town - 12 hours ahead of schedule! Immediately engage in disaster relief operations. At 15:30 that day, the first survivor was successfully rescued.
The nearly 50 kilometers of road leading from Yingxiu Town to Caopo is called the "Valley of Death" by the masses. At 9 o'clock on the 16th, under the leadership of regiment leader Huang Changqing, they advanced towards the "Valley of Death". After traveling for 7 kilometers, we suddenly encountered a large landslide. The officers and soldiers of the marching Red Company quickly hid under a big rock. Suddenly, rocks of all sizes flew past their heads. At the critical moment, Huang Changqing took over the flag of the "Party Commando", stood on the road to the landslide, and organized the soldiers to pass quickly alone.
A 200-meter-long iron cable bridge on the Minjiang River is the only way to Ginkgo Township. When crossing the bridge, there are two iron ropes at the top and bottom. Hold one in your hand and step on the other under your feet. Crossing without weight is already shaky. If you fall into the river, there is no possibility of survival. When the banner "The Iron Army is coming!" was flying on the ruins of the disaster area, the people at the scene burst into tears with excitement.
After the "5·12" earthquake, Nanba Town, the shining pearl on the Jiuzhaigou Tour Ring Road, was immediately devastated. All the channels in and out of the town were only left with the upper leaf of the Fujiang River, which lacked the carrying capacity. 1 ton boat. This prosperous commercial town with more than 20,000 residents has almost become an "isolated island" isolated from the world. Communications were interrupted, bridges collapsed, roads were destroyed, large and small vehicles could not enter, it was extremely difficult to transport the sick and wounded, and food and drinking water were in short supply...
The rescue work in Nanba Town continued until May 16 Today is already the fourth day. Although the People's Liberation Army officers and soldiers of the People's Liberation Army have been racing against time day and night for several days, constantly searching, rescuing and excavation, delivering supplies to the front, and evacuating the wounded, there are still some wounded people in the town who cannot be evacuated in time. Thousands of fire fighters and soldiers from across the river came for reinforcements. A large amount of relief supplies can only be found across the river, but the lives under the ruins are getting weaker day by day and require more and faster rescue!
Obviously, Fujiang has become a "bottleneck" in the earthquake relief work in Nanba Town.
Building a bridge over the river is key
At 9:00 a.m. on the 16th, Chief of Staff Deng of the Airborne Forces, who rushed to the Nanba Town Earthquake Relief Headquarters to attend the military-civilian coordination meeting, sat down Next, I submitted a report with data and analysis to Qiu Mingjun, commander of the Earthquake Relief Headquarters and deputy mayor of Mianyang City - "Building a low-water bridge at a shallow shoal upstream of the Fujiang River Ferry".
As soon as the words fell, almost all the participants’ attention was focused. After listening to Chief of Staff Deng's analysis, city, county and town leaders were both excited and confused. What is exciting is that if the bridge can be successfully erected, then the "bottleneck" of the Nanba rescue work will be solved immediately. However, they also had doubts: before the earthquake, Nanba Town mainly relied on highways for the transportation of personnel and materials, and there had never been a bridge on the Fujiang River, so it was necessary to ferry across the river. Under the current situation where it is still difficult for large machinery to come in, it completely depends on the officers and soldiers. Can flesh and blood be successfully set up?
When he learned that a large amount of iron wire was needed to build the bridge, Vice Mayor Qiu immediately sent people to the town to purchase it. However, due to the serious damage to the commercial area, the staff tried their best to pull out a small roll from the ruins. When he replied to Vice Mayor Qiu, Vice Mayor Qiu grabbed the small roll of wire and asked his entourage to keep it properly. He said: "This is not a small roll of wire, this is the life of the masses!"
On the night of the 16th, for Section Chief Wang who was specifically responsible for this task, it was almost another sleepless night. night.
He was constantly thinking about every step and every detail of building the bridge, fearing that something might be missed.
The troops set up a life-saving bridge
On May 17, more than 800 officers and soldiers were divided into two groups, led by Chief of Staff Deng and Commander Liu Fuqing, and drove to Fu Riverside. Upon arriving at the scene, Chief of Staff Deng was the first to jump into the waist-deep river.
When the soldiers saw their leader taking the lead, their morale immediately became higher and they quickly started the bridge-building work in an orderly manner. Some went to look for usable wood in the ruins, some worked together to lift the floor slabs and stone beams, some hunched over to load sandbags on the shore, some stood in the river to build bridge piers... No one wanted to rest for a while.
Seeing that the airborne troops were short of manpower, officers and soldiers from a certain unit of the Chengdu Military Region immediately took the initiative to join the process of transporting bridge-building materials; the folks from Nanba also came to the shore carrying wood and stone slabs...
Xiao Zhenhao, a tall soldier from Henan, carried three sandbags at a time and handed them to his comrades who were building bridge piers to reinforce the bridge piers; Class II non-commissioned officer Li Jiuguang, although his shoulders were worn out while transporting wounded and supplies down the mountain, But he still gritted his teeth and picked up a big sandbag...
After learning that the airborne troops were building "life passages" for the people in the Nanba disaster area, on the 19th, Commander Xu, a member of the Central Military Commission and Air Force Commander, also Came here by plane... Under the cordial care and encouragement of the army leaders, the officers and soldiers worked harder. On the afternoon of the 20th, after four days of joint efforts by the military and civilians, the more than 110-meter-long "Military-Civilian Heart Bridge", which carried the infinite hopes of the people in the disaster area and recorded the deep affection between the military and the people, was finally successfully closed.
The bridge was opened, living supplies were continuously transported in, and the wounded began to be gradually transported out. Last night, Uncle Liu Anbai from Gulou Street picked fresh mushrooms grown at home and sent them directly to the company's cooking class; the Party Secretary of Batou Village killed one of his own pigs, left the pig in the water, and gave all the pork to the officers and soldiers; Nanjie Mrs. Chen cooked all the eggs she had saved for an unknown amount of time and sent them to the officers and soldiers building the bridge. After being rejected, she knelt on the ground and choked up and said: "Children, I am already old. If it weren't for you, I would be like this." The bones have been rotten for a long time. If you don't accept them, I won't get up..."
Fang Yonggang, male, from Jianping County, Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province, born in April 1963, 1985 History of Fudan University Graduated from the department, joined the army in July of the same year, and joined the party in December 1992. He has a bachelor's degree in history, a master's degree in law, and a doctorate in military science. He is currently a professor and master's tutor in the Teaching and Research Section of the Theory of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, Department of Politics, Dalian Naval Academy, Dalian Naval Academy, with a professional technical level of 7.
For more than 20 years, Fang Yonggang has been engaged in political theory teaching and research. He has made outstanding achievements in developing military education and promoting the party’s innovative theories. He has been rated as an outstanding teacher and a model for young teachers by the college many times. . His deeds are highlighted in four aspects:
First, he studied hard, kept pace with the times, and consciously became an in-depth learner of the party's innovative theories. Fang Yonggang spent almost all of his spare time studying the Party's innovation theory and promptly applied the learning and research results into teaching practice. He has edited 16 research monographs on the Party's innovation theory and published more than 100 academic papers, including national He has published more than 40 articles in core military journals, won 28 awards including the first prize for “Outstanding Achievements in Military Political Theory Research”, and completed 7 key military theoretical research projects under the National Social Science Fund Project.
On May 8, 1997, a car accident caused his cervical spine to be severely fractured. While undergoing traction treatment, he still insisted on reading and studying. During the 108 days he was hospitalized, he read 43 books in a row and completed a 300,000-word monograph "Asian Strategic Pattern and the Chinese Navy."
Every time the party’s innovative theory advances, his study will follow and his research will deepen. In July 2003, President Hu proposed to adhere to the development concept of coordinated development, comprehensive development and sustainable development. After seeing the news on TV news, he adjusted the lecture notes for the next day overnight, allowing this new idea to enter the classroom immediately and arousing a strong response among the students.
Last summer, he gave up his rest and compiled a teaching textbook on the Scientific Outlook on Development, which initially formed a teaching system for the Party's innovative theory and contributed to the Party's innovative theory being incorporated into textbooks, classrooms, and students' minds. In October last year, he participated in the first political theory training class for the whole army at the National Defense University, which coincided with the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army's Long March.
During this period, he stayed up for three consecutive nights despite being ill and wrote an article of more than 10,000 words, "On the Era Value of the Long March Spirit," which was published in Guangming Daily. At the graduation, he gave a speech on "Guiding the Construction of Political Theoretical Talents in the Military with the Scientific Outlook on Development", which put forward his own opinions on how to recruit, introduce, utilize and retain talents in the military, which was well received by the leaders and experts attending the meeting.
2. Pursue the truth, be unswervingly determined, and consciously be a firm believer in the party’s innovative theory. Fang Yonggang was born in a poor peasant family. It was the party's good policy of reform and opening up that gave him the opportunity to go to college, join the army, join the party with honor, and become a political theory teacher in the army. He often tells others that he grew up under the nurturing of the Party's innovative theory, is a direct beneficiary of the Party's innovative theory, and has deep feelings for the Party from the bottom of his heart.
Studying, researching and publicizing the Party’s innovative theory made him deeply realize that in contemporary China, only the Party’s innovative theory can solve the development problems faced and guide China on the road to prosperity and strength. , the only correct theory for people to live a harmonious and prosperous life; the party's innovative theory is a scientific guide for building socialism with Chinese characteristics and a great truth for realizing national development and national rejuvenation. It is precisely because of this firm belief that he has always regarded learning, researching and disseminating the party's innovative theories as his most sacred duty, the most sacred cause under the sun, and the most important part of his life. Whenever the Party Central Committee proposed new ideological and theoretical viewpoints, he studied and studied them promptly, and soon published papers or monographs.
For more than 20 years, he has never wavered when faced with theoretical confusions, never avoided practical difficulties, and dared to fight in the face of erroneous ideological trends. In his persistent pursuit and resolute defense of truth, he has continuously strengthened his belief in Marxism. Faith, belief in socialism with Chinese characteristics, confidence in reform, opening up and modernization, and trust in the Party Central Committee with Comrade Hu Jintao as General Secretary. He always believes that if his preaching can make the broad masses of officers and soldiers and the people have a stronger trust in the party, a deeper understanding of the party's innovative theory, and a stronger confidence in building socialism with Chinese characteristics, then research and Spreading the party's innovative theory is the greatest value and full meaning of his life!
3. Fulfill the mission, be willing to contribute, and consciously be an active disseminator of the party’s innovative theories. Fang Yonggang conscientiously fulfills his sacred duty as an ideological and theoretical worker. In the past six years, he has completed more than 1,000 teaching hours, exceeding the annual teaching workload of 200, and his teaching quality has been rated A by the college for many consecutive years. At the same time, he also used his spare time to hold more than 200 academic lectures for faculty, staff and students of the college.
Since 1998, Fang Yonggang has served as a member of the Liaoning Provincial National Defense Education Lecture Corps, a visiting professor of the Shenyang Military Region Joint Logistics Department, and a member of the Dalian City Lecture Corps, and has served as a member of the military and local party and government agencies, communities, enterprises, institutions, and cadres. He has given more than 1,000 coaching lectures to rest homes, schools and other units. From the army to local areas, from cities to villages, from the Mohe border defense in the north to the coastal defense checkpoints in southern Xinjiang, he has left his footprints in spreading innovative theories. In October 1998, he went to Changshan Fortress for correspondence tutoring and gave lectures to the troops. He lectured from 9pm to 11pm. There was constant applause. Many family members stood in the corridor with their children in their arms to listen to his report.
Once, Fang Yonggang went to the North Sea Fleet to conduct special research, and a submarine base invited him to speak about military missions and fighting spirit. Because of his good lectures, the troops stationed in the Qingdao area asked him to speak one after another, and he gave 15 lectures in less than a week. In order to explain thoroughly the issues of laid-off and unemployment, agriculture, rural areas and farmers, and the revitalization of old industrial bases that concerned the common people, he often used winter, summer, summer vacations and holidays to go deep into the masses, interact with everyone, treat life as a classroom, and let the common people come up with questions for themselves.
Once, he went to Tieshan Town, Lushunkou District to give a lecture to party members and cadres. After more than three hours of lecture, an old party member in his 80s held his hand and said: "You tell me It’s all what the people want to know. After listening to you for a long time, my life has not been in vain.” Another time, a town asked him to talk about ways to get rich on rural issues. He took advantage of the May Day holiday to visit many villages and towns, consulted with many experts, and gave everyone a lesson on issues such as getting rich through science and technology, promoting agriculture through science and technology, and proposed to support farmers through small loans. After the report, a sister-in-law said excitedly: "You have brought the Party's good policies to our hearts, and you have brought the Party's warmth to our remote mountain village."
4. Teacher ethics Noble, unified in knowledge and action, and consciously be a model practitioner of the party's innovative theory. Fang Yonggang regards his position as a platform for practicing the party's innovative theory and works tirelessly for the party. As early as March last year, clues of his condition had been revealed, but because he was too busy at work, he had not done any system checks. At that time, the college was undertaking the task of training 1,500 trainees in the fourth phase of the Navy's grass-roots political work class. He took the initiative to ask Ying to take on the first lesson of the class, "New Requirements for the Construction of the Navy's Grass-roots Levels Put forward by the Historical Mission of Our Army in the New Century and New Stage."
In order to teach this class well, he prepared carefully, read millions of words of information, went to the grassroots units to conduct research, asked the old navy to understand the situation, and learned about examples from comrades who accompanied the ship on visits. I revised the manuscript and gave more than 10 trial lectures. During the formal lectures, I kept sweating, and after four classes, my underwear was soaked through. During the break, he had to lie down on the sofa in the lounge for a while.
When he was diagnosed with terminal colon cancer, he fought against the disease with optimism and perseverance, while racing against time to work. He said: "No matter whether the cancer is in the middle or late stage, there is no time limit for studying the party's innovative theories. I can give up my life, but I cannot give up my career; I am not afraid of cancer, but I am afraid of leaving my favorite three-foot podium. As long as I don't If you fall down, you must keep learning, writing, and speaking, and implement the party’s innovative theory with practical actions.”
On the morning of January 15, 2007, on the second day after surgery. Between the first and third chemotherapy sessions, he insisted on returning to the college from the hospital to teach the students his last two classes of the semester. On January 22, despite his illness, he gave a coaching report on "Profound Understanding and Correct Grasp of the Scientific Outlook on Development" to the Dalian Municipal Local Taxation Bureau. On January 23, he was lying on the hospital bed again to complete the semester teaching and graduation thesis writing tutoring tasks for three graduate students. Comrade Fang Yonggang used his loyalty and youth to interpret his infinite love for the party and his unremitting pursuit of the party's innovative theories.
Ding Xiaobing
"Life itself is not special, it is value that gives it aura and color. The value of life is created by each person himself, and no one can fake it. Only Only by relying on one's own perseverance and hard work can one bring brilliance to life."——Quoted from the movie "Titanic" Ding Xiaobing, a one-armed hero who touched China 20 years ago when he saluted the military flag with his left hand; As a party member and cadre, 20 years later, he once again touched the Communist Party of China and the country with his arms embracing life.
His legendary military career profoundly explained major life issues such as life and death, suffering and joy, power and profit, love and love, beauty and ugliness. He always maintained his true Party spirit and truly answered the familiar yet unfamiliar topic of "how steel is made."
“No one has ever forced me to do this. I just think that people must contribute to society while living. Only by constantly dedicating themselves can we enjoy life in a down-to-earth manner.
You don’t want to When I do something, I am always thinking about the reward, and I even feel that I have suffered a loss.”——Excerpted from Ding Xiaobing’s diary. Ding Xiaobing was born in Hefei, Anhui Province. Three generations of his descendants have been soldiers and fought in the war. In 1983, he put on a military uniform and entered the military camp. The next year, he went to southern Xinjiang to participate in important military operations. On the smoke-filled battlefield, Ding Xiaobing successfully completed more than 20 reconnaissance missions. On the day of his first anniversary as a soldier, a grenade hit him and the prisoners while performing the "tongue grabbing" mission. He grabbed the grenade and threw it out without thinking, but it exploded in the air as soon as he took action.
When he woke up, he found that the prisoner wanted to run away. He pounced on him and tried to press his neck, but suddenly found that his right hand was not working. Looking again, only the skin of the broken arm was left hanging there, blood spurting out, and one end of the exposed bone was stuck in the soil. On the way back, he was hooked on a tree branch and it was very difficult to move. Ding Xiaobing, who was covered in blood, bit the corner of his clothes, took out a dagger, cut off his arm and pinned it to his belt. When he walked over the mountains and ridges for 4 hours and saw his comrades, he fell down. On the ground. His blood pressure was gone, his heartbeat stopped, and everyone present thought he had died. Unexpectedly, the new warrior miraculously missed death, but lost his right arm forever. At that time, major media across the country rushed to report on his deeds. In this year, he joined the party, was promoted, made first-class meritorious service, and received the 101st gold medal specially designed for him as "Outstanding Sons and Daughters of the Border Borders". Invitations from all walks of life were Letters and flowers came to him, and he became a hero in the spotlight.
Ding Xiaobing gave more than 600 lectures throughout the country, and thousands of letters were filled with praise for the hero. However, a letter signed by Wang Min, a teacher at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, touched the heart of the hero.
The letter said, "I think you became a hero because you just passed the first level. Whether you are truly a hero or not, I don't want to believe it easily. If there are still deeds from you in 10 or 20 years, You deserve the title of hero. "Heroes like Ding Xiaobing should have certain living conditions and enjoy happiness. But when the leader came to talk to him, Ding Xiaobing surprisingly made two requests: to participate in studies and continue to serve in the army. In 1986, the organization made an exception and recommended Xiao Ding to study at the Nanjing Political College of the People's Liberation Army. When he graduated, the college advised him to stay in school or recommended him to work in the army. His hometown also offered him a position at the deputy department level and asked him to take up the post. However, Ding Xiaobing was at a crossroads in life. mouth, making choices that are unimaginable to ordinary people, highlighting the noble demeanor of a man, a soldier, and a communist. In 1988, Ding Xiaobing gave up the road paved with flowers and resolutely came to work as an instructor in one of the most difficult and grassroots companies of the 8720 troops in Xixi. He was 23 years old this year.
“I like the loquat tree very much because it is very tenacious. As long as you throw it into the soil, the loquat fruit will take root, bloom and bear fruit. I think this should be the same as a human being. As long as you love life , the sunshine will give you the warmth and strength to break through the ground.”——Excerpted from Ding Xiaobing’s speech The Eighth Company where Ding Xiaobing belongs is a top company with decades of glorious tradition. The one-armed tough guy relies on his unyielding spirit. , just overcame all the difficulties from the new starting line. The company gathered urgently, and Ding Xiaobing tied his backpack with his hands, feet, and mouth, and was the last one to hold back.
The correspondent advised him not to embarrass himself and started to help him. Ding Xiaobing became "angry": "If you help me this time, can you help me for the rest of my life?" In the regiment's hand grenade assessment, Ding Xiaobing was the only one in the company who failed. Passed. He dropped a sentence, "I will definitely pick up this face from this place." A month later, the regiment organized a second simulation assessment. Ding Xiaobing shot 58 meters and never gave the company any more marks in the military assessment. After overdoing it, the Eighth Company not only won first-class collective merit, but was also named an "Infrastructure Model Company" by the Army Group.
However, at this juncture, an unexpected accident happened to the Top Company. The tough guy Mu, who had always believed that he had done nothing wrong and led soldiers poorly, began to worry about whether he could continue to stay in the army and wear this military uniform. Yes, heroes are not gods, nor are they isolated islands. They rely on the training of the party and the trust of their comrades. Considering Ding Xiaobing's future development, the army chief decided to give this combat hero and disabled soldier a chance to exercise. Ding Xiaobing served as the propaganda officer of the Regiment Political Department and had more than 100 works published in major media across the country. He also served as an instructor in the backward Second Battalion and set a new example in the second year. In 1997, Ding Xiaobing took up the post of director of the regiment's political office. From pondering details such as the notes discarded by veterans, he reflected on the promotion of 105 ideological and work experiences in the military. During the construction of Danyang Lake, he could not dig mud with one arm, so he had to walk in the snow to carry the earth; on the Shouxian embankment, he threw away his prosthetic limbs to carry sandbags, and his empty sleeves were floating in the night rain... "What is a party member? He is a member of the Communist Party!" The deeply moved officers and soldiers saw the shining style of an advanced representative in him.
Heroes choose hardship, poverty, responsibility, and challenges in ordinary days, and always maintain the sanctity of the honor of people's heroes, maintain the advanced nature of Communist Party members, and demonstrate their ability to keep up with the times. The image of military personnel in the new era of advancement. Over the years, he has worked steadily from the grassroots to the regiment, often taking on urgent, difficult and dangerous tasks. He personally and the company and team he led have won as many as 288 trophies, certificates, medals and medals. .
In December 2002, Ding Xiaobing was promoted to the political commissar of the regiment. Today, 20 years later, he used his left hand to win the title of "Top Ten Loyal Guards" of the Chinese Armed Police, and once again became the "focus of the central news media" ".
There is this paragraph in the diary written by Ding Xiaobing on his left hand: "No one forced me to come to the grassroots level. Now that I am here, I have to do something good. What others can do with two hands, I can do with one." It must also be completed with excellence. Party members and cadres are like "porters", carrying the heavy trust of the party and the hope of the masses. "I am willing to be a green bamboo pole with bones and joints, standing upright, although it is difficult to be a pillar, I can still support it. I would like to be a red plum, not inviting spring, not vulgar, and be proud all my life. It will fall into pieces and be crushed into dust, but its fragrance will remain the same as before." - Excerpted from Ding Xiaobing's "Poetry on Bamboo Plum Blossoms" that I have heard since I was a child. Kuang Xueting, the female international student who gave Ding Xiaobing's "Fire of Faith" report, returned to her alma mater in 2003 and asked, "Is Ding Xiaobing still talking about dedication?" Wuxi Daily highlighted this hero on the front page in the 1990s. On Army Day last year, I got married to Ding Xiaobing’s unit. I asked Ding Xiaobing on the spot whether he regretted his feat more than 20 years ago. "This hero who has walked through the flames of war has experienced the changes of the times and environment, and faced the ever-changing life, and has his own understanding and pursuit of the principles of life. He often said, "A true soldier should forget himself in peacetime and be selfless in wartime. Forget death. "Tao Wanzhu, who was the nurse who took care of him at the Kunming Air Force Hospital and is now his lover, knew that Ding Xiaobing loved to go to the Martyrs Cemetery to experience spiritual baptism. The most cherished item at home was the hammock brought back from the battlefield. His best skills were painting and calligraphy. , the most abiding creed in my heart is: don't be afraid of being called ruthless, don't be afraid of being called useless, don't be afraid of being said that you have no money.
A real estate developer kindly invites you to offer a house at a discount if you agree to attend the opening ceremony; A private owner came to ask for help as long as he sent a soldier to stand guard for the company and received a 6-digit extra salary. Ding Xiaobing once had doubts, but he never sacrificed his honor, let alone lost his spiritual position. His younger brother Ding Wenxin was laid off and had a difficult life, so he wanted to find a job. The officer's brother was offered a job delivering food, but he turned it down. However, his subordinate and his lover lived in two places, but he used the "celebrity effect" to help the military wife find a job. Ding Xiaobing not only paid for it himself, but also mobilized the officers and soldiers to donate. . When farewell, the retired soldier took off his military uniform and kowtowed in tears. One of the two old ladies he had rescued had been looking for a benefactor for more than two years, and the other said that he wanted to hang his picture in the lobby of his house. > “Although it cannot be as bright as a flower, it can still be as evergreen as a tree. "For more than 20 years, in the face of flowers and honors, disability and reality, preferential treatment and temptation, Ding Xiaobing not only did not depreciate or deteriorate, but instead increased in value and sublimated, continuing to write the legendary story of a Communist Party member that will never fade. Leave inspiration to the world.