I was born into an ordinary family, and my parents were ordinary working-class people, and my life was not well-off. My name is Zhang Xiaoliang and I am the only child in my family. Although the conditions at home were not good, my parents always tried their best to give me the best.
When I was a child, I didn't realize how ordinary the conditions at home were. I feel like I'm living happily and happily like any other child. Although my parents are busy, they always find time to spend time with me and give me warmth and love. I feel like the happiest kid in the world because I have a family that loves me.
However, as I grew older, I began to become aware of the poverty of my family. I saw the wealth and privilege of the families of my classmates around me, and I began to feel the gap between myself and them. I began to feel like a "weird" person who could grow up happy and optimistic in such an environment.
At school, my classmates often had the latest toys and fashionable clothes, and I could only envy them. Once, I went to the playground with a few classmates, but I couldn't participate because I didn't have enough pocket money. I watched them happily playing, and I felt a wave of loss and helplessness in my heart.
When I got home, I hid in my room silently, full of boredom and depression. I began to doubt my own worth and meaning, and felt that I was destined to sink in such an environment. I began to blame my parents for not giving me a better life, for not allowing me to have everything like other children.
However, it was in this environment that I gradually grew up. I began to learn to cherish what I had around me and to find joy and fulfillment in my simple life. I learned that happiness does not lie in material abundance, but in inner contentment and peace.
Gradually, I began to realize that I was not a lonely "stranger", and that there were many people in this world who lived in difficult circumstances like me, but were still able to remain optimistic and strong. I began to know how to be grateful, grateful for the love and care given to me by my parents, and grateful for every little happiness in life.
Eventually, I stepped out of the shadows and found my own path in life. I understand that it is not the environment that determines a person's fate, but the attitude that determines a person's life. I no longer feel like a "weird" person, because I know that as long as I keep working hard, I will be able to create my own wonderful.