76, Chapter 8 The Huns Rising in the West Section 1…(2/2)
The short story is too difficult a form.' That is to say: it is easier to make a cannon than a pistol."
Gorky talked about the principle of gradual progress and one step at a time. To build a building, we must start from brick by tile: the rope saws the wood, and the water drips through the stone lies in the accumulation of bit by bit. Although the stage goals are slow, they always climb upward.
The success of each small goal always inspires people, allows them to get exercise, and increases their talents.
There is an interesting story in "Think Tank 100" written by Taiwanese writer Guo Tai: A child found a pupa on the grass. He picked it up and took it home to see how the pupa transformed into a butterfly. After a few days, a pupa appeared on the pupa.
There was a small crack, and the butterfly inside struggled for several hours. It seemed that its body was stuck by something and couldn't get out. The child couldn't bear it and thought: "I have to help it."
"So he picked up the scissors and cut open the pupa to help the butterfly emerge. However, the butterfly's body was bloated and its wings were shriveled, and it could not fly at all. The butterfly was destined to crawl around for its entire life dragging its clumsy body and wings that were not full.
Can never fly again.
This story illustrates a truth. The growth of everything has a gradual and natural process. This process is a step-by-step process. On the contrary, haste makes waste.
Half a century ago, there was a child in the suburbs of Los Angeles who had never seen the world. He was only 15 years old, but he drew up a table entitled "Lifetime Aspirations". The table listed: "To the Nile River, the Amazon River and the Congo
River adventure, climbing Mount Everest, Kilimanjaro and Methorn, riding elephants, camels, ostriches and wild horses, visiting the paths of Marco, Polo and Alexander I, starring in a film, Tarzan of the Apes
'A movie like that, take off and land in a plane, read Shakespeare, Plato and Aristotle, compose a piece of music, write a book, visit every country in the world, get married and have children, visit the moon...
." He numbered each item, and there were 127 goals in total.
After he solemnly wrote his dream on paper, he began to implement it step by step. At the age of 16, he and his father explored the Okefenokee Everglades in Georgia and Everolaise in Florida.
From then on, he achieved his goals one by one as planned. At the age of 49, he had completed 106 of the 127 goals. The American's name was John Goddard. He obtained all the benefits that an explorer can enjoy.
Honor. In the past few years, he was still working tirelessly to achieve goals including visiting the Great Wall (No. 49) and visiting the moon (No. 125).
Move forward step by step and pick up bricks one by one. The important thing is to do it every day, but the difficult thing is to keep doing it. People must be able to endure loneliness, so that they will not be impatient because of little harvest, and will not be shaken by the belief that the goal is still far away.
Can withstand interference, withstand pressure, not be distracted by the feasting, not hesitate and pause by cynicism, stay focused and unswerving.
No matter how smart a person is, if he does not have the quality of perseverance, he will not stand out in a group and he will not achieve success. Many people could have become outstanding musicians, artists, teachers, lawyers or doctors,
But just because of the lack of this perseverance quality, nothing was accomplished in the end.
A perseverant person never stops to think about whether he can succeed. The only question he has to consider is how to move forward, how to go further, and how to get closer to the goal. No matter there are mountains, rivers or swamps on the way, he will
Everyone will climb and cross. And all other considerations are to achieve this ultimate goal. For a person who is not afraid of difficulties, moves forward courageously, and has the courage to take responsibility, people know that it is futile to oppose him and attack him.
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No matter how cold the stone is, it will warm up after sitting on it for three years. Goethe once described the meaning of persistence like this: "Persistence is unscrupulous and urges oneself to continue severely. Even the smallest among us rarely does this."
Chapter completed!