In life, we will encounter many difficulties, but we must all overcome them on our own. We can't always rely on God's blessing to tide over the difficulties, because we can only grow through tempering, so everything will be successful on our own.

One rainy day, an old monk was walking in the rain with an umbrella. The man sheltering from the rain under the eaves wanted the old Zen master to give him a ride, but in any case, the old Zen master refused to give him a ride. He just told him, "If you want to be punished, don't look for me, please find yourself an umbrella."

Everything depends on yourself. If you don't want to get wet in the rain, you have to find an umbrella yourself instead of letting others find it.

Su Shi was a famous writer in Song Dynasty. As a painter and calligrapher, he was accused by some "reformists" at that time of mocking state affairs. "I have ulterior motives." He was arrested and tried, and almost died, making it known as "Wutai Poetry Case". After exile in Huangzhou. 1085, Zongshen died, Zhezong succeeded to the throne, and the empress dowager was the regent. Empress Dowager Gao was dissatisfied with the new law and immediately used the old party to summon her. Su Shi, also the ruler of Sima Guang, was transferred back to Beijing, where he was a counselor, a bachelor of Hanlin and an intellectual patent. Later, he disagreed with the old party, and he attacked the corruption exposed after the old party came to power. As a result, the conservative forces strongly opposed him and he was framed again. After the political situation changed steadily, Su Dongpo was further demoted and settled in Huizhou, serving as the deputy envoy of Ningyuan Army. Living in exile in his later years. In the end, the 66-year-old man died of grief and indignation, ending his ill-fated life.

In the face of rough life, the old man never bowed his head and never gave in to fate. When he was relegated, he wrote a famous article for future generations.

Shakespeare was born into a wealthy English family. /kloc-When he was 0/3 years old, he dropped out of school to help his father manage his business. /kloc-at the age of 0/6, he left home and went out to make a living alone. The gentleman who watched a play in front of a theater in London watched horses doing odd jobs in the theater, and sometimes gave the actors a topic or a walk-on. In addition, I worked as an apprentice in a slaughterhouse, helped others, and was extremely bookish. I worked as a village teacher, a soldier, a lawyer and a small official. In order to make a living, he swam across the English Channel, visited Holland and Italy, and he was wandering. Enriched life experience and increased talent. This laid the foundation for his later creation of a large number of famous tragicomedy such as Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, was brilliant. The best among emperors. But none of his 65,438+04 sons succeeded, three were killed, three committed suicide, three died young, one was confined, two were exiled, and the other two were mediocre and incompetent. The phenomenon of "tiger father and tiger son" illustrates a truth: you will never achieve anything unless you constantly strive for self-improvement and rely on the protection of your ancestors.

We need to overcome all the ups and downs in life by our own efforts. Only by making yourself stronger can we face these difficulties, but making yourself stronger can not be achieved by blessing, but by yourself.