Anger is not as good as striving for excellence - Essence Version

Author: Li Jin
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
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Having an unextinguished hope in one's heart, the suffering and hardships we once found unbearable will not be entirely without value. They will mature our thoughts and character. Therefore, when difficulties and setbacks come, we should face them calmly and deal with them optimistically. As the ancients said, "There is nothing more sorrowful than a dead heart." To lose faith is to lose the ideal of life, as if one were a walking corpse, wasting one's years. Because of faith, the heart will not wither, the night will no longer seem long, the days will not be dull and tasteless, and life will become exceptionally beautiful, with passion constantly stirring within.
There was a person who fell into a river. The current was fierce, and he was swept downstream. He struggled desperately in the water, trying to grasp anything to save himself, but in his hands, there was nothing but water—not even a blade of grass! He thought, "This is it. I'm finished. There's no saving me!" Just as he was thinking this, he immediately lost his strength and stopped struggling, slowly sinking into the water. Suddenly, he remembered that not far away on the riverbank was a tree whose branches extended into the water. He could hold onto that tree.