I've been studying calligraphy for almost half a year, but I haven't made any progress, and my handwriting is still so scrawled.
Some time ago, I saw a news: "A 24-year-old Russian girl studied for a year and won the first prize in the second China Calligraphy Competition for Foreigners." I have to admit in my heart that she is the genius we want to be. A year's study is worth ten years' efforts of others.
In contrast, I can't help but feel discouraged and start to relax and stop practicing calligraphy every day. My efforts are not as good as what others call talent.
Soon after, a migrant worker in Wenzhou became angry because of calligraphy. His name is Shi Jianguo, and he is a plasterer. Whether at lunch or after work, he uses all available time to learn calligraphy. After the fire, he didn't lose himself in the face of praise from netizens.
He said that his level is not good, and there is no guidance from a professional teacher. He has never made much progress. I hope a professional teacher will take care of him in the future. A sincere and simple word and a clear understanding of his own level made him hired as a part-time calligrapher in the painting and calligraphy institute.
However, some experts don't think highly of him and throw cold water on him. "There is nothing wrong with liking calligraphy, but it is wishful thinking to be called a calligrapher. Without culture and teachers, even if you are hired by the painting academy, you can't make up for it. A chicken can't be a phoenix. " In addition, there are many keyboard men on the Internet. Tucao said: He still can't write well after studying for so long. How could he be hired as a part-time calligrapher by the Painting and Calligraphy Institute? If I practice for a few years, I will definitely practice better than him.
Because he knows that he is ordinary, he can still have a clear understanding of his own level in the overwhelming praise from the outside world, so that he will not lose himself because of his temporary achievements and get the opportunity to continue to grow and progress.
Accepting the ordinary can make him gain a clear self-awareness in the praise of the outside world and will not be lost by the temporary achievements. Accepting the ordinary can make him have the motivation to move on in the slander of others, and he will not be discouraged by a temporary failure, thus strengthening his determination not to give up easily.
Maybe I will never reach the level of Russian girls, but I can surpass myself like Shi Jianguo. I don't want to be a calligrapher, but I want to write better than before. This is a success, an extraordinary.
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In the process of writing, there are always people who complain that writing can't make money at all, and those who make money are deceptive.
At first, they were full of confidence and enthusiasm, believing that they could earn more than 10,000 yuan a month through writing. Even in order to achieve my goal as soon as possible, I signed up for various training courses. However, a few months later, I didn't earn a penny, but I spent a lot of money.
It's not that training is completely useless, but it's useless to most people because most people don't have enough reading accumulation. Even though the training has taught us writing methods and provided a writing platform, we can't write well, because a clever woman can't cook without rice.
We are ordinary, have no talent for writing, and can't write good articles at once. We should accept this fact, then straighten our minds and start with the most basic reading. Collect the materials you need from the sea of books bit by bit, and then use these materials to write your own articles.
Writing an article, even if it can't be realized, is an extraordinary thing for yourself. We can't write a few words in a few hours, and we can write an article in a few hours. Writing an article is a process of thinking and summarizing. While writing articles, our logic gradually becomes organized, our thoughts gradually enrich, our cognition gradually becomes comprehensive, and our expression gradually becomes clear.
Only by accepting the ordinary and starting from the most basic things can we learn to write slowly, change ourselves slowly and achieve our own extraordinary.
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Many times, we all want to be geniuses and always have high expectations for ourselves. However, it is a pity that we are all ordinary people, without extraordinary talents.
In this world, there is no luck falling from the sky, and there is no casual success. There are only efforts after accepting the ordinary.
Accepting the ordinary is to let us put down those unrealistic ideas;
Accepting the ordinary is to let us seriously examine our true abilities;
Accepting the ordinary is to let us move forward firmly on the ground.
Accepting your own mediocrity is not to be content with mediocrity, but to surpass yourself. Accept the ordinary, accept those unsatisfactory failures, so that we will not be devastated and move forward; Accept the ordinary, accept those unexpected successes, so as not to lose yourself and achieve extraordinary things.
We are all ordinary people, and I hope we can all achieve our own extraordinary.