The story of the author of Climbing the Peak:
1920, a little girl was born in a small town in Tennessee, USA. Her mother only gave her a nickname, Xiao Fang. When Xiao Fang was sensible, she found herself different from other children: she had no father. She is an illegitimate child. People obviously discriminate against her, and her friends don't play with her. She doesn't know why. Although she is innocent, the world is really cruel. Each of us can make many choices in life, but we can't choose our parents. And Xiao Fang doesn't even know who his father is. She lives with her mother.
After going to school, the discrimination did not decrease, and the teachers and classmates still looked at her with that kind of indifferent and contemptuous eyes: this is a child without a father, an uneducated child, and an illegitimate child with a poor family. As a result, she became more and more cowardly and began to close herself, escape from reality and stay away from people. Xiao Fang is most afraid of going to the fair with her mother. She can always feel someone poking her behind her back and whispering:
"That's her, the fatherless and uneducated child!"
When Xiao Fang/Kloc-was 0/3 years old, a priest came to the town, and her life changed forever. Xiao Fang heard from adults that this priest is very good. She envied other children very much. They followed their parents and walked into the church hand in hand on Sunday. How many times did she hide in the distance and watch the people in the town come out of the church happily? She can only imagine what the church looks like and what is happening in it through the solemn and sacred bells and people's facial expressions.
One day, she finally got up the courage to wait for people to sneak in after entering the church and listen in the back row-the priest was giving a speech:
"The past is not equal to the future. Past success does not mean future success; Past failures do not mean future failures. Because the success and failure of the past only represent the past, and the future depends on the present. What you do now and what you choose will determine what the future will be like! Those who fail should not be discouraged, and those who succeed should not be proud. Success or failure is not the final result, but an event in the course of life. Therefore, there will be no people who will succeed forever, and there will be no people who will fail forever! "
Xiao Fang was deeply shocked. She felt a warm current pounding her cold and lonely heart. But she immediately reminded herself: I have to leave quickly, before my classmates and adults find me.
After listening to it for the first time, I had the second, third, fourth and fifth adventures-but every time I overheard a few words, it quickly disappeared. Because of her cowardice, timidity and inferiority, she thinks she is not qualified to go to church. She is different from others.
Finally, once, Xiao Fang was fascinated and forgot the time. He didn't wake up until the church bell rang, but it was too late. The person who left first blocked her from running away quickly. She had to lower her head and move slowly with the crowd. Suddenly, a hand was put on her shoulder, and she looked down this arm in panic. It's a priest.
"Whose child are you?" The priest asked gently.
This sentence is what she is most afraid of hearing for more than ten years. It seems to be a red soldering iron, which stabbed Xiao Fang in the heart.
People stopped and hundreds of pairs of stunned eyes stared at Xiao Fang together. It was so quiet in the church that you could hear a pin drop to the ground.
Xiao Fang was completely stunned. She was at a loss with tears in her eyes.
At this moment, a kind smile appeared on the priest's face and said:
"Oh ... I see, I know whose child you are ... you are God's child."
Then, stroking Xiao Fang's hair and said:
"All the people here, like you, are children of God! The past doesn't mean the future-it doesn't matter how unfortunate your past is. The important thing is that you must be full of hope for the future. Make a decision now and be who you want to be. Son, the most important thing in life is not where you come from, but where you are going. As long as you keep hope for the future, you will be full of strength now. Whatever you were, it's over. As long as you adjust your mentality, define your goals, and act optimistically and actively, then success is yours! "
As soon as the priest's voice fell, the church burst into warm applause-no one said a word, and applause meant understanding, apology, recognition and welcome! It has been 13 years, and the old ice that suppressed the soul was instantly melted by "fraternity" ... Xiao Fang finally burst into tears.
Since then, Xiao Fang has changed ... At the age of 40, Xiao Fang won the governor of Tennessee. After that, he gave up politics, became the president of a fortune 500 company and became a famous and successful figure in the world. At the age of 67, she published her memoir, Climbing the Peak. On the title page of the book, she wrote such a sentence: the past is not equal to the future!
Many friends, suffering from stuttering or social phobia, were bruised and bruised in the struggle with them, and failed again and again, making them give up their efforts and finally surrender to this demon. Since then, I have been disheartened and my life has been devastated. After reading the above story, I hope to inspire you, "the past is not equal to the future!" " "Failure in the past does not mean that it will not succeed in the future. The point is that we should not give up. We should make a necessary analysis and summary of our initial setbacks. Why did I fail and some friends succeeded? There must be reasons for this: is there a problem with the original method, is there a lack of self-supervision and motivation, and so on. This is the right attitude!
"The past is not equal to the future!" Everyone has the right to choose their own way of life. Now we can choose a positive and brand-new lifestyle. We can choose self-esteem, self-confidence, self-love and self-improvement. We are determined to make a clean break with the past! Please repeat it loudly for ten times: the past is not equal to the future! From now on, I choose self-esteem, self-confidence, self-love and self-improvement.