150 Wisdom Stories to Build Good Habits

Chapter 31 Self-affirmation, everyone's value is irreplaceable (1)
Inventory of Bad Habits
Do not believe in yourself, do not have a clear understanding of yourself;

Embarrassed by the shortcomings of your body, always feel that others look down on you;

If you don't love yourself, you always feel inferior to others...

Everyone has its own value, whether you are healthy or weak, whether you are from a famous family or a poor family.Smart people often know how to affirm themselves and do things according to their own characteristics, so that even if they are flawed or inferior in skills, they are still outstanding.And those who look down on themselves and feel sorry for themselves can only live in the shadow of others forever.

When you are growing up, you must realize this and make it a habit to love yourself, so that you can make a difference.

can you help yourself

A businessman once ventured to invest all his assets in toy manufacturing. He thought that he would be successful, but because of the outbreak of the Second World War, the factory was forced to stop production and he went bankrupt.The businessman left the house in shame and wandered outside.By chance, he read a book called "Being a Challenger".The stories and truths told in the book brought him hope.He wants to ask the author of the book to help him out of the predicament.

When he found the author and finished telling his story, the author said to him: "I have listened to your story with great interest, and I hope I can help you, but in fact, I There is absolutely no way to help you."

The businessman's face immediately turned pale.He lowered his head and murmured, "It's over now."

The author paused for a few seconds, and then said: "Although I can't help you, I can introduce you to someone who can help you make a comeback." Just after saying these words, the businessman immediately jumped up and grabbed Holding the author's hand, he said, "For God's sake, please take me to meet this man."

So the author brought him in front of a tall mirror, pointed to the mirror and said: "This is the person I introduced. In this world, only this person can make you come back. Unless you sit down and get to know this person thoroughly, you will There is no hope. Because until you fully understand this person, you will be worthless to yourself or to the world."

The businessman stepped forward to the mirror, ran his hands over his bearded face, looked at the man in the mirror from head to toe for a few minutes, then stepped back, bowed his head, and began to cry.

A few days later, the author came across the businessman on the street, almost unrecognizable.His steps are light and strong, and his head is held high.He was completely new from head to toe, and he looked very successful. "I left your office a loser that day, but I looked in the mirror and found confidence. Now I have a job that pays $[-] a year, and my boss advances some of the money to my family, and I Now we are back on the road to success.”

He humorously said to the author: "I am still planning to accumulate some funds, and then invest and start a business by myself. One day in the future, I will visit you again. I will bring a check, sign it, and payee It's you, the amount is blank, and you fill in the numbers. Because you introduced me to myself, luckily you want me to stand in front of that big mirror and show me the real me."

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In this world, people will encounter many troubles, as well as many sorrows and troubles. Confident people will quickly step out and find another sky.On the contrary, people who think of themselves as "ugly ducklings" are pessimistic and lost. They are easily knocked down by troubles and then devastated.

When teenagers encounter difficulties, they should, like the businessman in the story, take the initiative to find motivation for themselves, recognize their true self, and restore self-confidence in order to achieve success.

don't give up on yourself

There was a little boy who was born disabled.His right foot is only half, and his right hand is deformed and twisted.However, he kept in mind the belief his parents helped him establish since he was a child: "If I can do things, I will achieve something!"

The boy loved rugby, and in order to strengthen his physique, he joined the "Boy Scouts" like other children.Regardless of his disability, he insisted on participating in intensive training with them ten miles round trip every day.After hard training, he gradually mastered the technique of playing.

So he applied to play professional football in New Orleans.The coach persuaded him not to participate, but he insisted on participating, and confidently said to the coach: "Trust me, I can do it!" As a result, the coach had to acquiesce and let him become a backup shooter.At first, the team just wanted him to have a try and experience the hardships of training, and when he couldn't adapt to the fierce competition of the team, he would quit automatically.However, people did not expect that his ball skills are not inferior to those players who are healthy. He can even kick the ball into the goal from 50 meters away.Therefore, the coach arranged for him to play in various exhibition games. He played better and better, and even scored a total of 99 points.

It was a crucial game: New Orleans trailed by one point, with only a few seconds left in the game, but the entire team hadn't crossed the 45 and 72-meter lines.It happened that the opponent fouled, and the coach resolutely replaced him with a free kick. After he came on the field, he shot a hard shot, and the ball flew straight to the goal from 57 meters away, and it hit!As a result, New Orleans won 19:17.He is the legendary football player in the history of American sports -- Tom Dempsey.

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Maybe you are different from others in some places, maybe you do some things more difficult than others, but as long as you don't give up on yourself, fate will not give up on you.

We have to admit that sometimes the arrangement of God of Destiny is very unfair, even cruel.Perhaps, when we take the first step in life, bad luck has begun to entangle us and make us have to endure many times more painful suffering than ordinary people.However, we must set an unbreakable goal and work tirelessly towards our goal, never saying give up.Only in this way can we gradually make our lives full and fulfilled!
Have a normal mind about your own shortcomings, maybe you are different from others in some ways, maybe you do some things more difficult than others, but as long as you don't give up on yourself, fate will not give up on you.

Cultivate the good habit of enduring shortcomings and working hard towards goals. Tom Dempsey can achieve such extraordinary achievements, and so can you.

nothing is impossible
The famous table tennis player Deng Yaping has been obsessed with practicing since she was a child, and she regards being an excellent table tennis player as her ideal, and she often expresses that she must work hard to realize her ideal.All these made my father, who is a table tennis coach, very pleased.Father made a systematic training plan for Deng Yaping.Under the training of her father, Deng Yaping has superb skills and defeated many adult opponents at a young age.Not only that, Deng Yaping is very devoted to playing, she is playing with her life.She has been insisting on her ideal: I must play the ball well and become an excellent table tennis player.Nothing can't be done.

Later, in order to further tap Deng Yaping's playing potential, his father personally sent his daughter to the provincial training team.Deng Yaping lived up to her father's hope. During several months of training, she was invincible. Playing with her, players who were half a head taller than her were afraid of her three-pointer.The simple little Yaping waited happily for the notice of entering the provincial team.

Half a month has passed, but what Xiao Yaping waited for was the reply "too short, no future for development".

The sad Deng Yaping burst into tears, and she said to her father: "Dad, I am not short, I can do it! I want to enter the provincial team, I want to be a good athlete, I will definitely win the championship, there is no 'impossible' in this world ' of..." The daughter's cry strengthened the father's determination to fight for his daughter's realization of her ideal.

The next day, my father brought Xiao Yaping to the Zhengzhou table tennis team again.Coach Li Fengchao resolutely decided to accept this little girl who has obvious advantages in other conditions besides being not tall.

After coming to the city's table tennis team, Deng Yaping cherished this hard-won opportunity to realize her ideal, and started hard training.She never reduces her training volume and training intensity because of her short stature.She believes that what others can do, she can do it herself, and she also firmly believes that she can do better, and she can persist to the end to realize her ideal.She firmly believes that there is no "impossible" in this world.

Once when she was running, Deng Yaping, who was short in stature, tried her best to catch up, but still couldn't finish the 3000 meters on time. Coach Li, with a pale face, ordered Xiao Yaping to run another lap without saying a word.If you fail, order to run again... Xiao Yaping's stubbornness came up, and she ran without saying a word.

The coach looked at Xiao Yaping, who was panting heavily and couldn't lift her feet, and couldn't bear it, so she ordered her to stop, but she refused to let her go lightly. Clearly tell Xiao Yaping when she is qualified and when she will come to collect the fine.

Xiao Yaping is not discouraged. She knows the coach's good intentions and her own shortcomings. To play well, she must have stronger physical strength and run more flexibly than others.At the same time, Xiao Yaping firmly believes that with her hard work, her ideals will surely come true, and the victory will definitely belong to herself.After hard training, she broke through her weakness and was able to run 3000 meters within the specified time.Later, she became the best table tennis player in China and even in the world.

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There are many difficulties on our way forward, but as long as we conform to the laws of nature and society, there is no "impossible".Deng Yaping's story vividly proves this point: When playing table tennis, tall people have an advantage, but being short doesn't mean you can't play, or even that you can't play well, as long as you put in enough effort to change your disadvantages .

This is true of many things in this world: people facing it will be in a "favorable" or "disadvantageous" position for a certain period of time due to different conditions, but this difference is not absolute, as long as you have perseverance and are willing to work hard With sweat, it is possible to reverse this situation and make the "impossible" in this world disappear.

Cherish yourself, be a grass of peace of mind
A king had a big garden with all kinds of flowers and trees.One day, the king wandered into the garden, expecting to see all kinds of flowers and trees flourishing.However, to his great surprise, all the flowers, plants and trees in the garden were withered, and the garden was completely desolate.Later, the king learned that the oak tree was not as tall and straight as the pine tree, so it committed suicide and died; the pine tree also died because it could not bear many fruits like grapes; The tree, which had such lovely and lovely flowers, died, too; and the morning-glory fell ill, because it lamented that it was not as fragrant as the lilac; to grow.

The king asked: "Little peace of mind grass, other plants are all withered, why are you so brave and optimistic, and not depressed?"

Xiaocao replied: "My king, I am not disappointed at all, because I know that if you want an oak tree, or a pine tree, a bunch of grapes, a peach tree, a morning glory, a Lilacs, etc., you will ask the gardener to plant them, and I know that all you want from me is to let me be a little peace of mind."

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Some people may think that the idea of ​​being willing to be a "little grass that no one knows" is too negative.However, in real life, it is impossible for everyone to be a captain. Someone must be a sailor. The important thing is not what you do, but whether you can be the best you, accept yourself deeply, and don't escape Own.

Cherishing yourself is the first thing you need to do in life.It is impossible for a person who does not cherish himself to exert the huge energy contained in himself; but once he cherishes himself and the energy contained in himself, you are very likely to succeed.One flower is one world, one bird is one heaven; we can find traces of beauty in every corner of the world; in the slightest breath of life, we can still feel miracles.No matter where you are, if you have a more tolerant view of yourself, a less judgmental attitude, don't be demanding, accept yourself as you are, and keep a peaceful mind, teenagers will be able to win peace and tranquility in their hearts.

Roosevelt

Oliver Wander Laulms described Roosevelt as having "a moderate intellect but a very charismatic personality."The reason why Roosevelt was able to become the president of the United States, lead the United States out of the economic depression, and become a real winner in the Second World War has a great relationship with his positive and optimistic personality.

Roosevelt was ugly and had no intelligence, so he was a cowardly child when he was a child.When he was called up to recite in class, he always looked like he was in dire straits, with shortness of breath, trembling lips, and a slurred voice, and it was almost absolution to hear the teacher tell him to sit down.Usually, children with poor innate endowments like him are mostly sensitive, suspicious and withdrawn.But Roosevelt was unwilling to be a failure in life. He did not lose his courage because of the ridicule of his classmates. When his lips trembled in public, he always secretly encouraged himself, gritted his teeth, and tried his best to overcome this defect.

(End of this chapter)