After the baptism of the storm, the small trees can be stronger and grow stronger. Each person’s life is different, because each person‘s character, birth, ability, experience and other internal or external factors are different, resulting in different lives of different people. But one thing is the same: a successful life needs a process full of frustrations, a clear mind, and, most importantly, a heart that never fears setbacks, never gives up, never fails.
No one can succeed at will, and no one can always be smooth sailing. Suppose that a person’s life is surprisingly smooth, without so-called setbacks, failures and waves, is his life a success? The answer is no, it‘s just a flower growing in a greenhouse, which can’t stand any wind and rain. What‘s more, this situation is impossible. Therefore, life needs setbacks, just as eagles want to spread their wings and fly, they must first go through cruel training when they are young, otherwise they can only be separated from the blue sky.
Maybe someone will say, “if you need setbacks in life, how about a car accident? Is the setback big enough? It’s nothing to do. I‘m full of food. My brain is kicked by an ass and clipped by a crack in the door.” Of course, that’s not the case. The need for setbacks does not mean that we have to find trouble for ourselves. There are some things that we can avoid, but we should try our best to avoid. The key is, when setbacks come and are already inevitable, how should we deal with them? There are three options: retreat, advance or stay where we are?Which one should we choose? First, we can analyze these three options. It can be found that each of the three choices has two different meanings. Retreat can be to be afraid of difficulties or to be ready to go; to move forward can be to blunder or to be courageous; to stay in place can be to wait for death or to respond to changes with constancy. Maybe someone is dizzy. Which one should be chosen? In fact, it doesn‘t matter which one you choose. It’s your attitude that determines everything!If in the face of setbacks, you are afraid, you are confused, you dare not face it, you give up, which one is different? If you face it bravely, don‘t say fear, don’t say abandon, don‘t say defeat, then congratulations, no matter what the result is, you are lucky.
“Setbacks are like a stone, a stumbling block for the weak, a stepping stone for the strong, a stepping stone for you to stand higher,” Balzac said The deeds of countless great people and celebrities prove this to us. Beethoven loved music since he was a child. However, his life was full of suffering. The most unfortunate thing was that at the age of 28, he was deaf in both ears. Can you imagine how hard this hit a person who regarded music as everything in his life? It was no less than death.People around him advised him to give up his music career because it was impossible for him. To everyone’s surprise, Beethoven persevered tenaciously, integrated his soul into the music, and created a large number of classic songs, bringing people joy. Beethoven proved to us his attitude to setbacks, as he said, “I must control my fate.”. Think about it. If it wasn‘t frustration, or the indomitable attitude of facing the team, would there be Beethoven in our eyes today?
Edison has experienced numerous failures and invented the electric lamp; Zhang Haidi, who has a strong body, is called the “Paul” of the present age; Hua Luogeng, who has published many important mathematical scientific research results under various obstacles, is called the “father of Chinese mathematics”. There are many similar examples. These pioneers of the times set an example for us. What made them? It’s frustration, suffering, and a tenacious heart of struggle.
“The sword is sharpened and the plum blossom fragrance comes from the bitter cold.” “If you don‘t experience the wind and rain, you can’t see the rainbow.” It‘s hard to produce fresh, fragrant, cold and proud flowers in the greenhouse. Only after suffering can people succeed. “ Frustration is a kind of test: it picks out a group of hearts, sets aside the pure and strong ones, makes them more pure and strong; but it makes the rest of the hearts accelerate to fall, or cut off their leaping power.
Life needs setbacks. A successful life needs more setbacks.