In the Bible, after all kinds of difficulties and obstacles, Job cultivated extraordinary endurance. It is because of Paul's prison experience that the fire of hope in his heart burns more vigorously and his life experience is richer. The hardships and pains of life are the highest spiritual realm. Those who have experienced these processes will never feel pessimistic and disappointed again, and the light of hope in their hearts will never fade.
There will be such a scene in life: you invite joy, sincerely ask it to accompany you, and pain rushes in arrogantly to pester you. I'm afraid everyone has received this situation. But in this case, you still have no reason to give up your desire for life. Look at the following story.
During a voyage, the sea breeze hit, rolled up a big wave and sank the ship, causing countless casualties on board. A man was lucky to get a lifeboat. His lifeboat bumped in the wind and waves and got lost, so rescuers couldn't find him.
It's getting dark, and hunger, cold and fear come to mind together. The disaster left him only this lifeboat, and even his glasses were lost. His heart was gloomy to the extreme, and he looked helplessly at the horizon.
Suddenly, he saw a dim light, and he almost cried out for joy. He paddled the lifeboat hard and walked towards the light. However, the light seemed far away and he didn't get there at dawn.
But he didn't give up and continued to paddle hard. He thought, since you can see the lights there, it must be a city or a port, and the hope of survival is burning in his heart.
During the day, the light can't be seen clearly. Only at night, the distant lights flashed as if waving to him.
In this way, three days passed, and hunger, thirst and fatigue tortured him more seriously. Several times he felt that he was about to collapse, but the thought of the distant lights suddenly added a lot of strength.
On the fourth day, he still paddled towards the light that gave him hope for survival. Finally, he couldn't hold on and fainted on the boat. Even so, the light kept flashing in his mind, and he still thought he could reach the brightly lit harbor or dock alive.
At night, a passing ship finally saved him. When he woke up, everyone knew that he had been drifting at sea for four days and four nights, without eating or drinking.
Someone asked him how he persisted. He pointed to the distant light and said, "It was that light that brought me hope."
Everyone looked down at the place he pointed to, where it was not light, but a twinkling star on the horizon!
On the road of life, everyone will encounter all kinds of difficulties and obstacles. As long as we don't give up hope and have a firm belief in our hearts, unlike conventional public opinion, we will tide over the difficulties.
There is also a story about hope:
A man accidentally fell into the river, and the current was so fast that he was submerged and had to go downstream. He paddled desperately in the water, hoping to catch something to save his life, but he couldn't catch a weed except water.
He thought to himself, "It's over, it's hopeless!" In this way, he lost his strength, he stopped struggling and sank.
Suddenly, he remembered that there was a tree on the river bank not far away, and some branches extended into the river. He can hold the tree, and the fire of hope is rekindled in his heart. So he struggled to the tree with all his strength. But the branch that reached into the river was dead. As soon as he grabbed the branch, he heard a "click" and the branch broke.
Just then, a woodcutter arrived in time and saved him from the river. Afterwards, he said, "If I hadn't been thinking about that dead branch, I wouldn't have waited for someone to save me!" " "
It can be seen that in desperate situations, as long as people persist in their beliefs and keep their hopes, they will often create miracles. Young people have just stepped into life, just like a rider who has just stepped into the saddle, and many beautiful pictures are displayed in front of him. These pictures are blueprints for weaving good wishes, which can strongly attract and push us to fight for the future. Voltaire said: "The most precious wealth of mankind is hope, which relieves our distress and paints us a picture of future fun while enjoying the present fun." If human misfortune only focuses on the present, then people will stop sowing, building and planting, and they will make preparations in vain; So in this earthly enjoyment, people will lack everything. "
On the journey of our life, discomfort is always more than comfort, so we must remember that we are always full of hope for life, and luck is waiting for you not far away! Biblical proverb
Why be mean to yourself and generous to others? Don't you want to enjoy your wealth? There is no girl who is more stingy than herself: success is by no means an accident for the lucky ones.
Thousands of small things fall into our hands, and every day there are all kinds of small opportunities that we can freely use and abuse, but it still walks silently and nothing has changed.
There is a "metaphor of ten virgins" in the Bible:
At that time, the kingdom of heaven was like ten virgins, each holding a lamp and going out to meet the groom.
Five of them are confused and five are wise. I accidentally took the lamp, but I didn't bring any oil; Cleverly picked up the lamp and poured oil in the pot.
They all dozed off because of the groom's delay. In the middle of the night, someone shouted, "Here comes the groom. Come out and meet him! "
So the virgins got up and equipped their lamps.
The confused one said to the clever one, "Give us some of your oil!" " ! Because our lights are going out! "
The clever answer said, "I'm afraid we don't have enough." You'd better go to the oil seller and buy some for yourself! " "
When the lost virgin went to buy oil, the groom came. The clever virgin went in with the groom, went to the wedding reception and closed the door.
Soon, the virgin who went to buy oil came back and said, "Lord! Lord! Open the door for us! "
But the groom replied, "I tell you the truth: I don't know you."
From this story, we understand that success is not an accident that befalls the lucky ones, but is controlled by people themselves. Sometimes when a loser talks about the success of others, he always says indignantly, "Others are very lucky" and "I seized a good opportunity and a good opportunity." They don't take action and always wait for their luck to come. They think that the fate of successful people is smooth sailing, while their own fate is all unlucky.
Winners can't afford to lose time. They are busy solving problems, working hard, doing things well, and how to treat everything with vitality and optimism. Only in this way can we get the favor of luck and opportunity.
Einstein once said, "Opportunities only favor those who are prepared." This is a subjective condition. The "preparation" here mainly includes two aspects: one is the accumulation of knowledge. Without extensive knowledge, it is impossible to find and seize opportunities. Second, the preparation of thinking method, only knowledge, no modern thinking method, you can't see the opportunity, so you have to let it slip away from you quietly.
People often cite the example that an apple fell at Newton's feet, which led him to discover the law of gravity, to illustrate the great role of so-called accident in discovery. But people ignore it. For many years, Newton has been thinking hard and studying the problem of gravity. In this long process, Newton thought about many problems in this field and their relationships. It can be said that he has thought about some extremely complicated and profound problems about gravity. The reason why the phenomenon of apple falling to the ground is ignored by ordinary people can arouse Newton's understanding of gravity, inspire him and make an extremely profound explanation. Obviously, this is because Newton had a deep understanding of gravity. As a result, thousands of apples fell from the trees, but few people could induce profound laws like Newton. Many discoveries and inventions seem to be purely accidental. In fact, after careful exploration, we will find that these discoveries and inventions are by no means accidental, nor are they caused by genius or luck. In fact, in most cases, these purely accidental events for ordinary people are just the result of long-term meditation by people engaged in this research. That is to say, although pure contingency is expressed in the form of accidental events, it is actually a form that will inevitably appear after constant experiments and thinking.
Although timing is an objective factor independent of human will and has certain mystery, it is not unpredictable and unpredictable. Smart people are always engaged in the work at hand; On the one hand, they pay attention to seize the opportunity to make a breakthrough or success. When the time is not ripe, they will accumulate strength or find a way out. Once the time is ripe, they will conform to the situation or trend and complete their career.
In fact, opportunities are fair to everyone, and there is no question of favoritism. The key is whether a person can really grasp the opportunity he faces. In those who can grasp opportunities and make full use of them, opportunities are everywhere; However, people who are unaware of the opportunity and will not make good use of it, even if the opportunity comes to their eyes, can't seize it in time, and often let it go in vain. I believe everyone is eager to be a successful person like Levi Strauss.
Once, a German Jew named Levi Strauss went to San Francisco to do business. In addition to other commodities, he also brought some canvas for the gold prospectors to set up tents. But before he got off the boat, all the goods except canvas were sold out. Levy was deeply impressed by the needs of San Francisco people. They need to import every needle and thread from abroad. After disembarking, Li Wei began his canvas "gold rush". He immediately met a gold digger, who complained that what they needed was not a tent, but trousers worn out when digging for gold. Levi, who has a flexible mind, is also unambiguous. He immediately went to the tailor's shop with the miners and made him a pair of trousers with the canvas he carried with him. This is the world's first pair of overalls, and it is the originator of very fashionable jeans today. After the miners returned, the news spread like wildfire and a large number of orders came quickly.
Miners need wear-resistant pants, Levi only has canvas for tents. If Levi is not flexible, he will only regret that he brought the wrong goods and lost this excellent opportunity to make money. This just shows that Jews are smart in doing business.
How to seize the opportunity, there is no fixed model and criteria to follow, but extraordinary insight and foresight are undoubtedly very important. Usually pay attention to the little things around you and have keen insight. Newton never let the apple fall to the ground, Galileo never ignored the swing of the chandelier, and Watt studied the beating of the lid after the water boiled. They found something because of this invention, which is a typical example. In daily life, all kinds of things often happen, some of which will surprise people and attract the attention of most people; Some things are unremarkable and many people ignore them, but this does not rule out that they may contain important significance.
An observant person is sure to find miracles in daily life. Modern society is an era of competition. It can be said that opportunities and crises coexist. As long as we are open-minded and flexible, we can seize the opportunity of life and create a brilliant life. Biblical proverb
Make your own decisions and don't let anything tarnish your reputation.