What is poverty? Many people will say that poverty is a devil, a poison and a deadly pill ... Yes, when you need money, poverty is really terrible. Many people have lost friends and family members because of poverty, and even died of poverty ... but if we look at it from another angle, poverty can also bring endless benefits to people. In a sense, isn't poverty a kind of wealth?
Poverty makes people cherish opportunities. Poor people often live at the bottom of society, and it is difficult to get the favor of opportunities. Therefore, in their eyes, opportunities are very precious. When the opportunity comes, they can often seize it and work hard for it, so as to succeed.
Jackie Chan was born in poverty and dropped out of school early. Life forced him to do some chores with the crew. By chance, he won the favor of the director and played the role of body double. He seized the opportunity and tried to express himself. As a result, his acting talent was taken by the director, so he began to set foot in film performances. Now Jackie Chan has become an internationally famous superstar.
Jackie Chan succeeded because poverty made him realize that the opportunity was rare and cherish it. Imagine that without that poor experience, he might easily give up an opportunity that is not an opportunity at all in the eyes of others. Therefore, in this sense, poverty is a kind of wealth.
Poverty can increase people's experience. As the saying goes, "children from poor families take charge early" is because poverty makes people have to get in touch with society and all kinds of people and things too early, thus accumulating more social experience.
Zhao Benshan, a famous comedian in China, became an orphan at the age of 6 and began to learn from his second uncle (the blind). During this period, he contacted all kinds of people, learned a lot, and accumulated quite rich artistic creation materials. Together with his imitation talent, he finally became an artist we are familiar with.
It should be said that there are many people who are good at imitation, but few people can reach the height of Zhao Benshan. The reason is that their life experience is not enough and they lack the source of artistic life, which makes their imitation not vivid enough. In this sense, Zhao Benshan's childhood poverty has become the most precious wealth in his life.
Poverty makes people feel grateful. Poor people often encounter difficulties and hardships, so when they get help from others, they are more likely to feel the warmth of care, so they are more grateful.
Han Xin, one of the three outstanding men in the Han Dynasty, was often hungry when he fell off his horse, so he had to go fishing by the river. At this time, a group of women (floating mothers) who help others to wash clothes and cloth happened to come to the river to wash clothes and cloth. One of the old women saw Han Xin hungry and miserable. She divides her share of rice in half every day, leaving half for Han Xin. Later, Han Xin became a party to the Chu-Han War, and when he came back, he repaid his old mother with his daughter.
The story of Han Xin and his floating mother is widely celebrated because it contains an excellent quality of human beings-gratitude, and the poor often know the meaning of gratitude better than the rich. In this sense, poverty is undoubtedly a kind of wealth, because gratitude is a valuable spiritual wealth.
It can be seen that if we can look at poverty with a positive attitude, then poverty is not terrible, because it can bring us all kinds of valuable wealth.