Fate whispered to the warrior, "You can't withstand the storm." The warrior whispered, "I am the storm." ”
In the face of fate's tricks, really powerful people will always adhere to the bottom line of dealing with the world when it is more difficult to survive, and carry the weight forward until they get out of the haze and usher in a new turning point.
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Insist on reading and draw wisdom and strength.
Nietzsche once wrote in The Other Side of Good and Evil: "If you fight with the evil dragon for too long, you will become a dragon yourself; if you stare into the abyss for too long, the abyss will return to gaze." ”
When a person falls to the bottom of his destiny, his status is lost, his money and honor are lost, and he even suffers grievances and has nowhere to appeal. Under the heavy blow, it is most likely to make people depressed, unable to calm their mood for a long time and return to normal life. Stepping out of this cage, it is urgent to find the "antidote" from the book.
Zeng Guofan, a major minister of the late Qing Dynasty, was bent on serving the imperial court, rectifying bad habits in the official arena internally, and suppressing the Taiping Rebellion externally. As a result, he was always outspoken and sharp, so that the emperor could not accept it, and in a fit of anger, he dismissed him.
The roof leaked during the overnight rain, Zeng Guofan's father died, and he returned to his hometown to guard his father's funeral. Thinking of his official frustration and the loss of his close relatives, for a time, Zeng Guofan's temperament was extremely grumpy, and he always sent a nameless fire towards his family.
Therefore, Zeng Guofan forced himself to be quiet, and began to re-read the "Zuo Zhuan", "History", "Book of Han", "Tao Te Ching", etc., the historical figures in the book have brilliant and prominent achievements, so that Zeng Guofan reflected on his shortcomings, and the "Tao Te Ching" said that "the good is like water", but also let him get the power of "nirvana rebirth".
He wrote in his diary: "Those who know the length of the heavens and those whom I have experienced are short will retreat from sorrow and transgression, and bear less and wait for it to be determined." "If there are many governors and fewer of us, I dare not think of myself in the name of merit, but when I think of the wise and try to do it together."
When a person can fully accept his own shortcomings and recognize his shortcomings, he will have a sense of awe, and will he understand that on the road to work hard, he must not only work hard himself, but also be good at relying on the strength of others. When a person suddenly becomes "enlightened", the spirit can no longer be defeated.
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Be kind to people and accumulate network reputation.
In the "Zhou Yi", it is written: Good is not enough to become famous, and evil is not enough to destroy the body.
A person's true ability to walk steadily and far comes from the fact that he has enough kindness, sincerity and bravery.
Valjean, the male protagonist in "Les Misérables", in order to save his nephew, desperately stole a piece of bread and was sentenced to nineteen years in prison. After his release from prison, people avoided him like a plague, and he became an outcast.
However, the well-meaning archbishop took him in for one night and firmly defended his innocence when he was caught stealing silverware again. This act of kindness rekindled Valjean's insistence on goodness in his heart.
Determined to be a good man again, he slowly became a big businessman by relying on the silverware given to him by the bishop, he founded factories, fed a large number of workers, and even became a mayor, and was respected and loved by the citizens.
In the pursuit of escaping the police Javert, Valjean did good deeds all the way, relying on his natural "divine power" to rescue the old man trapped under the carriage, and adopted Cosette, the daughter of Fantine, a female worker who was indirectly forced into a desperate situation by him.
By persevering in goodness, Jean Valjean completed his redemption of himself, and whenever he oscillated between good and evil, he insisted on his belief that at all times, he should be a good person, a useful person, even if it is a "inferior person" who is low to dust.
Life has fallen to the bottom, as long as you still have good thoughts, you can have hope in your heart and find a way out in a desperate situation.
As Shakespeare once wrote, "No matter how long the night is, the day will always come." ”
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Constantly cultivate the mind and cultivate the big picture.
In the "Cai Gen Tan", it is written: "The true heart of the scholar who has never returned can only have the wonderful use of endless changes." ”
This means that whether it is a reader or a person who does things, it is necessary to have a sincere heart of perseverance and indomitability, in order to have a kaleidoscopic and inexhaustible magic.
When a person encounters setbacks, the pessimistic person breaks the jar and collapses; the optimistic person will see vitality in the crisis and bottom out.
An entrepreneur who made a fortune by relying on "degradable straws" in the first ten years, followed his father to pick up goods, sell melon seeds, cigarettes, toothbrushes, contract fish ponds, and did more than twenty industries and did not become famous.
But he was like Zeng Guofan leading soldiers to fight, repeatedly defeated, and later, he took down a straw factory and began to make a famous name, not only making straws, but also producing disposable cups, disposable plastic knives and forks and other products.
However, fate played a big joke with him, shortly after the factory was on the right track, his father was diagnosed with advanced cancer, died two months later, and he himself had a heart attack, although he saved his life, but he suffered "SARS".
A series of natural and man-made disasters forced him to stop and think about where to go. During more than two months of isolation, he forced himself to learn and think. Finally decided to do only one thing, that is, to build a green factory and make biodegradable straws.
Later, with a straw, his factory produced hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
Surviving a setback is a metamorphosis, the mind becomes stronger, and the pattern becomes more grand. When I look back, it is already "between the conversation and laughter, and the tree is gone."
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Conclusion:
In the "Cai Gen Tan", it is written: If you want to be a person of fine gold and jade, you will be calcined from the fire; the deeds of Si Li to expose the world and the earth must be performed on thin ice.
On the journey of life, do not be afraid of temporary setbacks and dilemmas, insist on learning, insist on doing good, and insist on cultivating the heart, so that you can consolidate the cornerstone of life little by little in adversity, and accumulate thick and thin hair.
Author: Like the wind is light as a cloud.
Your happiness, my blessings.
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