A few months ago, a waste collector uncle in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, Wei Guangming, was widely concerned by the public through the report of painting thousands of oil paintings in a simple rental house.
His daily life is very simple, collecting waste during the day, painting at night, often painting until the early hours of the morning, and the hard work and effort behind it can be imagined.
However, when he was interviewed by the media, he acted calmly, and he was happy about painting.
Even though the trajectory of his life has changed significantly, he still admits that he is an ordinary farmer, and the changes in the outside world have never changed his yearning for art.
Wei Guangming's experience is very inspiring, but it also reflects the truth behind the counterattack of many ordinary people: every life that is looked up to has a period of silence.
As Matsushita Konosuke once said, "Don't laugh at those who work harder than you, and don't laugh at those who laugh at your hard work." ”
In this world, there is no real empathy, and when you choose to fight for life, the world will also treat you gently.
I have seen such a question on Zhihu: As an adult, why should I work so hard?
One of the netizens' answers is thought-provoking:
Because it is necessary to match the same excellent TA, it is comparable to the same; because it is necessary to support the parents; because it is necessary to straighten the waist.
In the adult world, there is never the word "easy". You can only have more applause if you work hard enough and give more than others.
Netizens recalled an experience after losing it and talking about their desperate efforts to make money.
Because he was poor, he was busy earning money.
Friends felt he was estranged, classmates felt he had changed, siblings felt he had talked, and everyone felt they couldn't count on him.
He also asked himself: Has he really changed?
After thinking about it, he compared it with his current situation and knew that he had not changed. He also wants to hang out with friends every day, visit relatives, and has imagined countless trips in his rental house.
However, when he looked back at this real life, he found that he did not have extra money and did not want to look up in front of others.
That's why he worked desperately to make money.
The difficulties of life can crush a person and give people the opportunity to be reborn in nirvana.
Perhaps, sometimes what we try to get is only something that others can get without effort, and the outside world cannot understand our behavior and indifference.
But because we want to change, we will desperately try.
Fitzgerald wrote in The Great Gatsby: "Not everyone in this world has those advantages you have." ”
Each of us has a different background and the resources we have. Therefore, when we have no innate advantage, we can only pay more effort than ordinary people.
In this way, we will meet our better selves at the highest place.
Robin Li once said: "I think I am a very ambitious person, and the outside world always tends to underestimate our ambitions." ”
Admittedly, good people have great ambitions, so they work hard to make ambitions proportional to strength.
Previously, the incident of "Peking University talent selling pork" attracted social attention and caused a lot of controversy. Many people feel that this is a waste of human resources.
Today, the party Lu Buxuan not only opened a butcher school, but also had a thriving career, which allowed everyone to see the "ambition" behind his efforts.
When Lu Buxuan was in high school, his grades were excellent, and he received a notice from Xi'an Jiaotong University in the first year of the college entrance examination, but he did not go, but chose to repeat the study for one year and finally was admitted to Peking University.
Later, after graduating, he went to work in a factory, but he was not satisfied with this. Then he resigned to start a business and lost a lot of money.
When he regained his strength, he was recommended for a job in the system, but he didn't want to stay in his comfort zone and was always looking for opportunities to get better.
Later, he attended a class reunion, met Mr. Chen, and the two hit it off, so they teamed up to sell pork and opened a butcher's school. This is also the hotly discussed incident that followed.
In fact, Peking University graduates can find a decent job. However, in order to satisfy their "ambitions" and repeatedly challenge themselves, this will have a success that is different from ordinary people.
As it is written in "If You Give Me Three Days of Light", "If one wants to learn something, one must bravely challenge oneself." ”
Therefore, behind any success is an effort to drive inward and act outward.
When we can correctly correct our mentality, not be blinded by the glory in front of us, and not panic about the current predicament, it is an effort to satisfy ambition.
Athlete Gong Lijiao is like this.
At this year's Olympic Games, Gong Lijiao won the championship in the women's shot put competition in athletics. At that moment, she smiled happily, with happiness and heartache.
The reporter asked her: "How long can you hold out for your dreams?" ”
Gong Lijiao, 32, replied with a smile: "21 years, this moment I have been waiting for 21 years, this is my 21st year of training." Everyone must have a dream, what if it comes true? I really did today.
For an athlete, 21 years is the whole youth, even if there have been failures in the training process, there have been failures in previous competitions.
However, because she did not give up, but demanded herself with the training intensity of the "champion", this is a scene of pride.
In fact, there is no limit to human potential, the harder you work, the more you get, and success will always only favor those who are prepared.
Instead of thinking about how to take shortcuts every day, it is better to work the ground.
As Nietzsche said, "Every day that does not dance is a disgrace to life." ”
Not being satisfied with the status quo and trying to make their strength worthy of their own ambitions can also be regarded as a kind of respect for themselves.
In real life, many people always think that efforts may not be able to meet their expectations, so they would rather stand still in place than take a step forward.
But it is precisely this concept of getting by that is an obstacle to our success.
When we can't cross our own hurdle, it is the real failure, and the meaning of our efforts is only to be able to stand at a higher place and see the world.
Such was the case with Nick Hu zhe, who was once a man who was not favored by fate. Today, however, he is a well-known Australian speaker.
When he was born, he had no hands and feet, and his parents felt the injustice of fate because of it. However, the Knicks did not compromise with fate.
When he was in elementary school, he tried to drown himself in the water because he was ridiculed by his classmates, but he did not succeed. Later, the love of his parents allowed him to regain his confidence and begin to change.
Since then, instead of complaining, he has worked hard to learn to brush his teeth and wash his hair. Use computers, swim and exercise.
Of course, when he grows up, he can also drive his own car, and his unique charm and tenacious spirit have made him have a wife who loves him very much.
Eventually, he wrote his experience into a book, Life Without Limits, which tells a story full of hope.
It can be seen that the efforts of the day after tomorrow can completely make up for the defects of congenitality. Today, Nick has spoken in more than a dozen countries, spanning most of the world.
At the same time, he also saw a world that many people did not see.
Many times, what really allows us to achieve our ideals in life is not the external objective factors, but our own efforts.
As Nick Hu zhe said, "Our goal should be to constantly strive to be better people and expand our boundaries with bigger dreams." ”
Excellence does not happen overnight, but in your perseverance and internalization of habits, and eventually you will thank yourself for your hard work.
Liu Tong once said: "Only with extreme effort can we look effortless." ”
Whether we can see the best side of the world is not how much wealth we have, but how hard we work hard.
Forget the people and things that make us stop here, and learn to keep a distance from the negative energy of the outside world, in order to stick to the original heart that wants to work hard.
If you work hard, time is the best witness, allowing you to meet a better version of yourself one day.
Click [in the watch], make efforts to yourself, the rest of your life, may you have a hot life!