Roosevelt wrote back to his friend: "Dear friend, thank you for comforting me. I'm safe now, thanks for my life. Because, first of all, the thief stole my things and didn't hurt my life; Second, the thief only stole some of my things, not all of them; Third, the luckiest thing is that he is the thief, not me. "
Sang Lan's optimism in the face of such a great change in life touched people.
1July 2, 9981After being accidentally injured in a goodwill match in new york on the evening of1,Sang Lan, an unknown member of the China Gymnastics Team at the age of 17, became the most concerned person in the world. It was really an accident. Sang Lan was warming up before the vault. At the moment of her take-off, the front probe of coach Ma, an outside player, interfered with her, causing her to deform and cut her head first from the air to the ground.
This girl with a sweet smile comes from Ningbo, Zhejiang, and 1993 joined the national team. She has a gentle personality, but after such a great change, she showed a rare determination. Her doctor said, "Sang Lan is very brave. She has never complained about anything. The word I can find to express her is' courage'. " Even if she knew that she could never stand up again, she would not regret practicing gymnastics. She said: "I have confidence in myself, and I will never give up hope."
Because of her strength and optimism, American hospitals called her "the glorious image of the great China people". So many ordinary Americans went to see her, not only because she was injured, but because she was infected by her spirit.
1, setbacks can't stop the strong (Zhang Haidi is determined to become a success)
Zhang Haidi was severely paraplegic since he was a child, dying several times and weak. However, over the past 20 years, she has learned four foreign languages, translated more than 654.38+06,000 words of foreign language works, obtained a master's degree in philosophy, taught herself acupuncture techniques, and treated more than 654.38+00,000 people, making great contributions. Compared with Zhang Haidi, what are we able-bodied people doing?
2. Courageously driven by setbacks (Verne 16 submission)
Jules,/kloc-a famous French science fiction writer in the 0/9th century. Verne's first work, Five Weeks in a Balloon, was successively submitted to 15 publishing houses, but none of them was appreciated. 16 was not accepted until it was submitted. American writer Jack. London first submitted the manuscript, and no publishing house was willing to publish it, so that he had to work as a coolie. Later, his "Northern Story" was taken a fancy to by a western monthly with a unique vision and became famous in one fell swoop. The famous Danish fairy tale writer Andersen made his debut. Some people know that he is the shoemaker's son, that is, they attack his works for "incoherence", "ignorance of grammar" and "ignorance of repair"
Resign. "However, he was not discouraged, never stopped writing, and finally became famous. After the publication of Idle Time written by British poet Byron 19 years old, some people called him "dog blood drenched his head" and said that he "expressed his feelings in a dead swamp". However, Byron did not flinch, but responded to the detractors with better poems.
3. Struggle in adversity and seek happiness in suffering (Gao Shiqi struggles with illness)
Gao Shiqi is a popular science writer in China. When I was studying abroad, I did an experiment. The glass bottle containing viral encephalitis was broken and the virus invaded his cerebellum. Since then, it has left a curse of physical disability. He endured the virus and completed all doctoral courses in bacteriology at the University of Chicago. After returning home, he dragged himself to work in Yan 'an. After liberation, his condition deteriorated and it was very difficult to speak and act. Even he needs help to open and close his eyes. But he still works with amazing suffering spirit, and has written more than ten thousand words 1. Someone asked him if he was bitter, and he smiled and said, "No! Because I struggle every day, and struggle is endless fun. "
4. Suffering is also a fortune (Wang, the father of western folk songs)
The musician Wang, known as the "father of western folk songs" in China, was imprisoned for a long time, separated from his wife and children, and suffered great psychological pressure for a long time. However, with the attitude of "it is better to walk around", he devoted himself to the lonely smoke in the northwest desert and created many western folk songs such as "In that faraway place".
5, experiencing setbacks, more angry (Bailey and reporters)
After Bailey became famous, a reporter interviewed him. "Will your son be the king of the ball like you in the future?" Bailey replied, "No, because his living environment is different from mine. When I was a child, my living environment was very poor, but it was in this harsh environment that I honed my strong fighting spirit and qualified me to be the king of the ball. However, he lived comfortably and didn't go through difficult trials. He can't be the king of the ball. "
Never be discouraged in the face of setbacks (Edison was not frightened by fire)
A fire destroyed the laboratory. All the materials and samples of Edison's research on talking movies were burned to ashes. His wife was heartbroken and burst into tears: "What a teenager's heart was burned by a fire. Now you are old and weak, what can you do? " Edison is also very sad, but he will never be disappointed. When he invented the electric light, he experimented with more than 7,600 materials and failed more than 8,000 times. He was still not discouraged and finally succeeded. Now the fire can't bring him back. Edison said to his wife, "Never mind, although I am 67 years old, I am not old. From tomorrow morning, everything will start again. "
7. Resilience is a great achievement.
In 494 BC, the State of Yue defeated the State of Wu.
A few years. Gou Jian, the King of Yue, had to use "careful words and gifts" to make peace with Wu, waiting for a comeback. Gou Jian first bribed the prince of Wu and his ministers with beautiful women, gold, silver and jewels, and also held his wife hostage to be a groom for the prince himself. Gou Jian also sent tea and rice to the king of Wu, and finally won the trust of the king of Wu and was released. After returning home from a narrow escape, Gou Jian tried his best to pay tribute to Wu while withdrawing troops and training. In the end, he led tens of thousands of elite soldiers, completely defeated the State of Wu, and realized his desire to wash away the humiliation and revitalize the country.
8. Overcome setbacks with optimism (Newton and others faced setbacks)
At all times and all over the world, because of extremely strong and effective optimism, many people have overcome all kinds of difficulties and obstacles and won. When Newton invented the theory of gravity, people all over the world opposed him; When Harvey invented the theory of blood circulation, people all over the world opposed him. When Darwin announced the theory of evolution, people all over the world opposed him; When Dambert first made the telephone, people all over the world laughed at him. When Wrigt first made an airplane with coolies, people all over the world laughed at him. Speaking of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, when he gave a speech on saving the nation by revolution in Nanyang for the first time, only three people listened at a time. Many people are praised by the world for their optimism.
Extremely strong and effective optimism can make people overcome the confusion, blindness, ruthlessness, terror, resentment and resistance all over the world. Moreover, the greater the work, the more fierce the resistance, which has become a law. The most important weapon to deal with this fierce resistance is optimism. Without optimism, one is bound to be defeated in front of all kinds of demons.
9. Su Dongpo-a famous writer in Song Dynasty
I have experienced the ups and downs of officialdom all my life and have always maintained a philosophical temperament. When life is proud, he can create Su Causeway and create a generation of painting style; When frustrated, he can plow the fields and write down "the river of no return, a romantic figure through the ages." As he himself said, "I can accompany the jade emperor at the top and the beggars at the bottom."
10 Wang Meng-a famous contemporary writer
Wang Meng told himself that in that chaotic era, there was no madness and no suicide, all of which originated from "hopeless optimism". A friend asked him what he had done during his exile in Xinjiang 16 years. He replied: "I was a postdoctoral student in Uyghur at that time, with two years of preparatory courses, five years of undergraduate courses, three years of graduate students, three years of doctoral students and three years of postdoctoral studies. Isn't that full 16? "
Edison, scientist, inventor
Edison made 1200 experiments and failed 1200 times in the process of finding filament materials. Others said to him, "You failed 1200 times. Do you want to continue? " Edison said, "No, I didn't fail. I found that 1200 material is not suitable for filament. "