1. Never give up hope of life.

In the morning, a lumberjack went to the forest to cut wood as usual. When he sawed off a thick pine tree with a chainsaw, the trunk bounced heavily on his right leg. The severe pain made him feel that his eyes were dark. At this point, he knew that the first thing he had to do was to stay awake. He tried to pull out his leg, but he couldn't. So he picked up the axe at hand and cut it hard at the trunk. After three or four cuts, the handle of the axe was broken. He picked up the chainsaw again and started sawing trees. But he soon found that the fallen pine tree was at a 45-degree angle, and the huge pressure would jam the chainsaw at any time; If there is something wrong with the chainsaw, there is no other way. He was cruel, picked up a chainsaw, aimed at his right leg and amputated himself.

The woodcutter simply bandaged his leg and decided to climb back. Along the way, he endured severe pain, crawled inch by inch, fainted again and again, and woke up again and again, with only one thought in his heart: he must go back alive!

2. affirm life and respect life

Bill's eyes were injured in an accident, and his eyesight kept declining. In a few months, he will be completely blind. In order to leave something for his days of our lives, his wife decided to repaint the furniture and walls.

The painter works very hard. Although his arm was broken, he was very happy, whistling while working. A week later, he finished painting and got to know Bill.

Bill said to the painter, "You are so happy every day, which makes me very happy." When calculating the salary, the painter underestimated 100 dollars.

Bill didn't understand: "Your salary is too low."

The painter said, "I took more pictures. A man who is going blind is still so calm. You let me know what courage is. "

Bill insisted on giving the painter another $65,438+000. He said: "I know that disabled people can live happily on their own."

3. soul introspection

One summer noon, I went to work by bus. I'm unlucky. There are no seats on the bus.

There is a beautiful girl sitting in the seat next to me. The elegant sitting posture makes me feel pleasing to the eye and adds a little joy to the boring trip.

Soon, a rural woman with a baby came and stood beside us. The car jolted badly, and the woman clutched the handrail tightly, holding the crying baby in one hand and shaking with the car. From time to time, women meet fashionable girls sitting there and are embarrassed to say "I'm sorry, I'm sorry".

I saw that the girl frowned, hurriedly patted her clothes, quickly dodged like a plague, and said, "What bad luck!" Turn your head quickly out of the window.

Look at her again, she is still sitting in the same position. And I don't like it anymore.

4. Know your potential.

A farmer saw his son's light truck suddenly turn into a ditch. He was very frightened and rushed to the scene of the accident. Seeing that there was water in the ditch, my son was pressed under the car, and only his head was above the water. He jumped into the ditch without hesitation, put his hands under the car and lifted it. Another worker who came to help helped him pull his unconscious son out from below.

The local doctor arrived soon and found that the farmer's son had only scratched his skin and had no other injuries. At this point, the farmer felt strange. I didn't even think about whether I could lift the car. Out of curiosity, he tried again, but this time he couldn't lift the motor car at all

5. emotional kaleidoscope

Faraday, a British scientist, was in poor health when he was young. He was nervous at work, overworked and very weak. Seeking treatment in many ways has no effect. Later, a famous doctor examined him. The doctor did not prescribe medicine for him, but only sent a sentence: "A clown goes to town, which is better than a dozen famous doctors." Faraday savored this proverb carefully and realized its mystery. Since then, he often finds time to go to the circus and comedies. Wonderful performances always make him laugh. He also goes to the wild and seaside for holidays, adjusts his life and always keeps a happy mood. With the passage of time, Faraday's body gradually recovered.

Adjust mood

Once upon a time, there was an old woman who had two sons. The eldest son sells umbrellas and the youngest son runs a washing and dyeing shop. When it began to rain, grandma said anxiously, "Hey! My little son's clothes go there to dry! If you can't do it, the customer should pick on him ┅ ┅ "

It was sunny and the sun came out, but the grandmother was still worried: "Hey! Look at this sunny day, how can someone buy my eldest son's umbrella! " In this way, grandma is always very sad, and she can't eat or sleep.

Neighbors saw her aging day by day and said to her, "Grandma, you are so lucky!" " Your eldest son's umbrella sells well when it rains. When it clears up, your youngest son's shop is full of customers, which is really enviable! "

Grandma thought, yes! Why didn't I think of that before! From then on, grandma no longer worried. She ate soundly and slept soundly all day. Everyone says she seems to be a different person.

7. Learn to refuse

On a summer night in Africa, a robust donkey grazed peacefully on the grass. A little vampire bat quietly landed on the donkey's hind hoof and licked the donkey's ankle with its little tip. At first, the donkey kept lifting its hoof or sweeping it back and forth with its tail. Gradually, it was licked very comfortably, and it stopped fidgeting and continued to eat grass. In this way, the donkey was anesthetized, and the bat soon took a small bite and took turns drinking the donkey's blood with his companions. The "killer bat" only gave a comfortable and fatal temptation, killing an opponent thousands of times bigger than himself in the intoxication of the donkey.

Reading Tip: Bad temptation is sometimes like a little vampire bat, creeping up on you and slowly eroding you. Are there such "killing bats" around us? How can I not be fooled

8. How to boil water

A young man went to a wise man full of troubles. After graduating from college, he proudly set many goals for himself, but after several years, he still achieved nothing. When he found the wise man, he was reading a book in a cabin by the river. The wise man smiled and listened to the young man's conversation. He said to him, "Come on, help me boil the pot of water first!" " "

The young man saw a huge kettle in the corner, next to a small stove, but he couldn't find firewood, so he went out to look for it. He picked up some dead branches outside, filled a pot of water, put it on the stove, put some firewood in the stove and burned it. But because the pot is too big, bundle firewood

It burned out and the water didn't boil. So he ran out and continued to look for firewood. When he found enough firewood, the pot of water was almost cold. This time, he learned to be smart. He didn't rush to make a fire, but went out to find some firewood. As the firewood was ready, the water soon boiled.

The wise man suddenly asked him, "How can you boil water if there is not enough firewood?"

The young man thought for a moment and shook his head. The wise man said, "in that case, pour some water from the pot!" " "

The youth nodded thoughtfully. The wise man went on to say, "You set too many goals at first, just like this big kettle contains too much water and you don't have enough firewood, so you can't boil the water." To boil water, either pour some water or prepare firewood first! "

The youth suddenly realized. After returning home, he crossed out many goals listed in the plan, leaving only the latest ones, and at the same time, he used his spare time to learn various professional knowledge. After several years, his goal has basically been achieved.

Only by simplifying the complex and proceeding from the short-term goal will we succeed step by step. Care about everything, and you will only give up halfway. In addition, only by constantly picking up those "firewood" can our life gradually heat up and finally make it boil!

Excerpted from the first half of 12 of Life and Companion in 2004.

9. Learn to reject bad temptations

Legend has it that there was a channel witch in ancient Greece who lured all the passing ships with her own songs and sank them on the rocks. The clever and brave Odyssey captain bravely accepted the task of crossing the English Channel. In order to resist the witch's singing, he thought of a way: let the crew tie themselves tightly to the mast, so that even if he heard the singing, he could not command the sailors; Let all the crew plug their ears so that they can't hear the witch's singing. As a result, the ship successfully crossed the channel.

Reading Tip: Brave people dare to overcome bad temptations, and smart people can always think of various ways to resist bad temptations.

10.2005 Social Blue Book

★ Children's education expenditure accounts for the first place in residents' consumption.

★ Education in China is the most expensive, inefficient, harmful and misleading. As an educator, I feel powerless, ashamed and sad!

★ If the education expenses, medical expenses and housing expenses are removed, China's Engel's coefficient is likely to go backwards in recent years. It's going up year by year, but the quality is getting lower year by year. Parents should do what teachers should do:

Change homework and tutor children. There are more than 60 students in a class. How can the teacher's teaching quality not be diluted? The teacher also works hard. Quality and price are the status quo of education.

In recent years, the national education industry policy has forced residents' consumption to shift to their children's education expenses. If a child can walk out of the campus with dignity, he will not prepare hundreds of thousands or even more. If there is another enrollment incident at Beihang University, he will sell his parents. There is nothing he can do! No matter how hard and tired parents are, they will not ignore their children's learning; No matter how poor the country is, don't try to get ideas from children!

★ Education industrialization, education must be commercialized. This can only make the "elite" in education who have mastered this resource become rich, and then cultivate a generation of outstanding students who are money-oriented.

★ This is the teaching price pushed up by the social and educational departments by taking advantage of parents' good wishes for their children's success and their daughters' success. If you don't brake, education will go astray.

1 1. Father, son and donkey

A father and son are leading a donkey on the road. The donkey is carrying some food, the father is driving the donkey, and the son is walking beside him. They are very happy.

Then a woman on the side of the road said, "Look how stupid that father is. Why doesn't he let the child ride on the donkey's back? " So the father carried the child on the donkey's back.

As they walked on, the father heard an old man say, "That father loves his children too much. Let the child ride on the donkey's back and walk by himself. Can children be filial when they grow up? " So the father asked the child to come down for a walk and got on the donkey himself.

When an aunt saw their father and son, she said indignantly, "It's outrageous for that father to let his child walk on the road and ride on the donkey's back." So the father carried the child up.

A young man walked past them with a cow. He said to his cow, "Look how cruel those two people are. They are all riding on such a thin donkey." The father really didn't know what to do, so he let the child carry food on his back and lifted the donkey himself.

12. Advantage trap

Three travelers checked into a hotel at the same time. When I went out in the morning, one traveler brought an umbrella, one brought a cane, and the third brought nothing. When I came back at night, the umbrella man was covered in water, and the man on crutches fell black and blue, but the third traveler was safe and sound. The first two travelers want to know: how can he be all right? The third traveler first asked the traveler with an umbrella, "Why did you get wet and didn't fall?" The traveler with an umbrella said, "When the rain came, I walked boldly in the rain because I had an umbrella, but I didn't know how to get wet;" When I walked on the muddy and bumpy road, I walked very carefully and didn't get hurt because I didn't have a crutch. The third traveler asked the traveler on crutches again, "Why did you get wet?" The man on crutches said, "I didn't bring an umbrella when the heavy rain came, so I chose a place to hide from the rain, so I didn't get wet." "Walking on a muddy and bumpy road, I walk with crutches, but I don't know why I often fall and get hurt." The third traveler smiled and said, "That's why I'm safe. I avoid walking when the rain comes, and I walk carefully when the road is bumpy, so I am neither wet nor injured. Your mistake is that you have the advantage of relying on yourself. If you have an advantage, you will have less trouble. "

Reading Tip: Yes, people often fall on their own advantages, not their own shortcomings. Can't this little story inspire us?