In May, the phoenix blossoms, the peony is fragrant, the wheat waves are rolling, the lotus pond is green, and the taste of summer is getting closer and closer.
I love the beginning of each month as if everything could start all over again.
Plant in spring and harvest in autumn and grow in summer. In this hot, upward-growing May, may you and I stop procrastinating, stride forward with hope, and meet a better version of ourselves.
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I will not break my word, I will only be lazy until May
The great writer of short stories, Chekhov, once said: "I will never break my word, I will only be lazy until May." ”
Laziness is a trickster, a stumbling block on the road to success, stealing people's time and lives and leaving them idle.
May has arrived, and a quarter of 2024 has passed, and time waits for no one.
Tian Sukun, a native of Tengzhou, Shandong, was originally a vocational student, and during his studies at vocational school, he found that he was interested in scientific research.
So, he overcame his laziness and was always the first to study in the classroom and the last to leave, no matter how hot or cold it was.
He seized every opportunity to learn, consult teachers, review and summarize, etc.
God will not treat everyone who works hard, and finally, he was admitted to the undergraduate program, studied mechanical and electrical engineering, and completed the four-year course in two years.
He rejected all temptations in the process of studying, video games, social networking, film and television dramas...... forced himself to keep improving, was admitted to graduate school, and published 5 papers in domestic core journals as the first author.
But he was not satisfied, always maintained self-discipline, and put forward higher requirements for himself: to study for a doctorate.
He achieved his goal on the ground, and spent his days doing experiments, writing code, and papers during his PhD.
His precise efforts helped him reach heights beyond his peers, and he was hired as an associate researcher and doctoral supervisor at Peking University.
Many netizens who are teachers have expressed that they are too inspirational and want to share it with their students.
From a higher vocational student to a doctoral supervisor, Tian Sukun told us with his own actions: don't let the regrets of life continue, and take advantage of everything now that it's too late.
In the "Three Character Classic", it is said: "Diligence is meritorious, and drama is useless." Quit, should be reluctant. ”
In this May, with hard work, hard work, good things are brewing.
With the unfinished of April, run up in May, take root downward with all things, and grow towards the sun.
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If October comforts me, allow May to burn me
The poet Yu Xiuhua once said: "If October comforts me, allow May to burn me." ”
In May, you may be at a low point in your life:
For example, there is no deadline for promotion and salary increase, and I don't know how to break through the bottleneck;
was let down by the person he liked, and he hasn't come out of his sadness yet;
I want to resign and go to graduate school, and the pressure of preparing for the war is very high, and my family still doesn't understand it......
But please believe that time will heal everything, and all unsatisfactory will make you better in the future.
My friend Xiaomei was once betrayed by her husband, who disliked her life and became stagnant after marriage, often overeating at home, and had no achievements at work.
Xiaomei cried bitterly after being betrayed, and after a few days of sadness, she forced herself to divorce calmly, fight for the greatest rights, and make herself strong.
She began to exercise and lose weight, eat less snacks, do not drink carbonated drinks, quit take-out supper, insisted on doing fat loss exercises and shaping exercises every day, and her body is getting better and better, and she has more and more energy.
She studied makeup skills, dressing and matching, and the more she bought clothes, the less she bought, but the matching became more and more beautiful, and the people in the company mistakenly thought that she had gone for plastic surgery.
She quit lengthy idol dramas and took every job, every training, and business trip seriously...... Her name began to appear on the list of candidates for promotions and salary increases.
It can be said that Xiaomei has completed a small "rebirth".
Kazuo Inamori once said:
"No matter what adversity you are in now, no matter what misfortune you have encountered, a bright future awaits you. Whether you can get it or not depends on your mentality. Everyone can change their destiny, provided you have to be a strong person. ”
Admittedly, May is here, may you find your best.
I hope that the wind of May will bring you good news of summer, make you smile brightly, and be fragrant with countless small surprises for a beautiful life.
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The wind of May makes people start to do something new
Writer Tajiko wrote in the book "God's Ramen":
"The wind in May will blow people into aristocrats, and even if they can't blow into nobility, they can also make people start to do some new things. ”
An upward life is to dare to restart yourself, constantly refresh, tear off the aura of the past, and draw the circle of life bigger and more beautiful.
Not long ago, the inspirational story of a 45-year-old mother in Anhui who accompanied her to be admitted to graduate school attracted countless netizens to praise and bless.
This mother originally had the position of business manager, but because her son was under pressure to prepare for the college entrance examination, she chose to quit her job to accompany her child to study.
In the process of companionship, she did not forget to expand her comfort zone and become a new self.
She actively prepares for the graduate school entrance examination, formulates a detailed review plan, exchanges learning experiences with her son, and competes to see who is more self-disciplined.
In countless dawn mornings, in countless nights when the lights are dim, there is a figure of her reading hard.
The hard work paid off, and she finally succeeded in going ashore and was admitted to graduate school, setting a good example for her children, and also making her life set sail again, with earth-shaking changes.
She even wants to challenge herself, and after grad school, she wants to pursue a PhD to help her career go to the next level.
A psychologist once said, "The growth process of each of us is a process of expanding comfort zones." ”
When you actively change your needs and seek breakthroughs, success is already on the way.
Start in May by learning a new sport, breaking a bad habit, reading a classic, mastering a small skill, and exercising your mind......
In May, the best way to get out of the confusion is to try more, don't live up to the time, don't live up to yourself, and life will definitely give back to you.
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Mr. Yang Jiang also said: "What determines a person's achievement is not talent or luck, but persistence and dedication, which is to keep doing, repeating it, and doing it with heart." When you really work hard and give, you will find that you have unlimited potential. ”
May is a month of hard work and hope.
If you sweat it out in May, you will surely have a good harvest at the end of the year.
Get rid of mediocrity, start with the efforts of May, and stand on tiptoe to get close to all the good.