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Stupid bird flies back

Stupid bird flies back

By DOROTHY MEYERSPublished 3 years ago • 4 min read

When he was born, he was found to have disfigured legs and was a complete cripple. His parents thought he was ominous and almost threw him into the trash can. It was his elderly grandmother who picked him up.

He was stunted, ten years old, is still five or six years old children's figure and appearance, his father thinks he is not material, he threw him into the field farming, he looked at many of the same age of his children, fart fart ran to school to receive education, his heart, there are several times with his father failed to negotiate, in the father's eyes, he is a worthless child.

He is very slow to do things, temper is gentle to death, which is in sharp contrast to his father's action, but he is the only boy in the family, in Jamaica, Africa, the boy is destined to be the backbone of the family, from a young age, his father will want to cultivate him into a pillar of prosperity, but he is helpless to his slow character and stunted body.

In addition to farming, at the insistence of his mother, in order to exercise, he had the honor to do a "walk-on" guy in a training field in Kingston, his class group is the track and field group, which has some outstanding roles, such as Bolt who later became "lightning", and his arrival, so that everyone can find the basis for playing tricks on him, he is often rode under the body, Fists and feet, become the object of fooling.

The coach thought that he had no merit, short, stunted, unstable legs, walking like a madman, no matter from any corner, he could not be a miracle on the track and field, but because his father had paid the relevant expenses, the training hall had to let him stick to the end of the year, but he could only be an off-staff.

"Stupid birds fly first", this is a responsible coach to his admonitions. He ran hard to exercise his body, but received no effect, the father spent money to hire a special track and field coach, asking him to professionalize the training of his son's running event.

Although the coach is very hard work, he is also very hard, but the innate character determines everything, in the track and field, whether it is training or formal competition, there will be such a strange scene: a short man, following everyone behind, the pace is simple and weak, but it is persistent. Once in an annual track and field competition, he rushed to the end of the last, at that time, he thought he had no face to the audience, but all the audience actually stood up and gave him a warm clap, these applause, stimulate his potential and accomplishment, he desperately trained, trying to fly after the stupid bird.

Fortune turns, pain is willing to come.

At the beginning of 2012, this small role unexpectedly spread its wings to take off, in the Jamaican Golden Grand Prix at the beginning of the year, 100 meters sprint, he ran into the first two places, and the first place is called invincible lightning Bolt, his results were 10 seconds 65 seconds, while Bolt's results are 9 seconds 68 seconds, the two people are far apart, There is no comparison.

But the time came in June 2012, Jamaica Olympic track and field trials 100 meters, this guy called Blake, actually ran out of 9 seconds 72 good results, beat the mythical Bolt, in another international competition a week later, he won his brother Bolt, become a rising star in Jamaica.

"Usain Bolt has always been my idol, he is my mentor and I never imagined beating him. I hope I will make it to the London Olympics." Blake spoke to the point in his interview.

Speaking of his childhood state, Blake is not concealed: "I do not occupy the right time, physical conditions are not good, I always follow others, dare not lag behind, dare not stagnate, I sometimes think, will run as a kind of enjoyment, not to miss the scenery of life is good."

As the saying goes, "stupid birds fly first", which means that when people with poor ability do things, they are afraid to fall behind and act early, that is to say, they would rather spend double efforts in order to get actual results. Letting smart birds fly first can achieve more results in innovation, find smoother shortcuts, and provide more valuable references for dumb birds. After the stupid bird flies, you can accumulate strength, with the help of external forces, optimize yourself, so that you can fly farther and higher.

"Stupid bird fly", naturally there is a reason, but after flying is also to pay attention to posture, state, the need is spirit, rather than blindly waiting, to take the initiative to learn from, improve methods, and improve themselves.

There are always some birds will fall behind, they pretend on the surface, secretly but quietly long, "stupid birds fly after", can also become successful, stupid birds have their own strategies and ideas, after flying can also reach the ideal shore with the attitude of success.

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    Written by DOROTHY MEYERS