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Give up is to get better

Chen Gang once said "life, like a palm of water; life, like a handful of sand.

By Celia R MuellerPublished 2 years ago 5 min read
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Give up is to get better
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Chen Gang once said "life, like a palm of water; life, like a handful of sand. If, do not know how to give up, then, the water will turn into a sour tear; the sand will also become a lonely desolation. On the contrary, the water will be a clear spring, nourishing the dry life, and the sand will converge into a vast sea, shining dazzling light." Giving up is not a timid choice, nor is it a helpless abandonment; it is a wisdom of life, an effort to live better.

Although it is not difficult to give up, in life, some people do not know how to give up, they often think that giving up is a reflection of human weakness. The once popular Napoleon once said, "In my dictionary, there are no two words for giving up." Although he once swept the European continent with his superior military strategy and commanding talent, he was invincible, but ultimately did not escape the fate of defeat at Waterloo. Facts have proved that, although the surface seems weak, is a wise performance, and giving up also needs great courage and courage to do backing, especially in the success and victory came, know how to retreat, only more general style, more heroic. If, like Napoleon, only know how to move forward, do not know when to give up, then wait to face defeat.

A farmer cutting grass in the mountains was accidentally bitten by a poisonous snake foot. The farmer was in pain, and the nearest hospital was in a distant town. Without hesitation, the farmer cut off his injured toe with his sickle and walked to the hospital in great pain. The doctor said, "Although you are missing a toe, you have saved your life with a short period of pain, it is worth it!"

The farmer gave up his toe in exchange for a precious life. Although we do not always encounter such dangerous situations in our lives, at a particular time, you only dare to give up to have the opportunity to gain longer-term benefits. Sometimes even when you fail, you have to choose the least costly way to fail.

Perhaps for people who have not tried and have nothing, "giving up" is relatively easy for them. Because they have nothing to cling to. But the truth is, how many people have nothing? So there is a lot of burden and hindrance in giving up. Just like Siddhartha Gautama, if his origin is not a prince, suddenly gives up all the prosperity and reputation, everyone will not be surprised, and he will not be so many people's respect. A beggar has nothing, even if he became a monk, no one would find it strange.

Having a dream to follow is the concept of most of us. But the fact is, our dreams can be realized the probability is often very low, if you are mature enough, you will know in time to give up. People who are not mature enough to give up in front of, in the end, are still in fear, fear of giving up after the blank. Then, comfort yourself with the words of Osho: "If the world still attracts you, if you feel that something must be reached, then you have to go through all these setbacks. You will feel depressed, and that means you still need to wander around more, you still need to go astray."

Learning to give up is sometimes more important than learning to persevere. In modern society, people become more and more greedy, some people get a lot and still don't want to give up anything, and as a result, they lose what they could have gotten.

Life is life, there are times of scenery. There are also times of helplessness. There are two kinds of success, relying on their efforts and other people's mistakes, causing others to misjudge in exchange for the success of countless people, but not many people rely on their efforts. Of course, it does not mean that if you try hard, you will succeed, and sometimes it is appropriate to give up.

Striving is a kind of wisdom. Giving up is also a kind of wisdom, the two seem to be opposed, but not, the key is to have the target. Cao Mengde once watched the fire from across the river. The head of Yuan Shao Yuan Shu; Guan Yun Chang was righteous but lost Jingzhou. Sima Yi soldiers were forced to the city, Zhuge Liang letter to play the piano; Meng was seven captures and seven verticals, from then on the world peace. Living in this world, becoming a member of the masses, what to gain, what to lose, what to go? It depends on whether you know the true meaning of giving up.

Affect the quality of one's life, sometimes it is not the material poverty and abundance, but a person's choice and giving up the state of mind. If you insist on holding on, without knowing how to give up properly, the pain will certainly take over your whole life.

If you lose it, you will learn to put it down and give it up completely, not your dish in how hard you will not eat it in your mouth, even if you accidentally taste it, that is, it may be bitter and inaccessible. Just like love, sometimes love eventually let's go, sometimes love will eventually miss, sometimes it is tempting to say over and he long time, but ultimately did not open, and then when two people found, fate ah! but already missed. Then, let the sweet things become bitter, and this time you know you can not get, but pretend to be confused, ultimately want to get, is not asking for trouble. Why not properly put down, to better get.

The life of a person seems long and short, seems very long, but very short, the important only those few steps. What we can do in the avenue of life is to learn to choose, learn to give and take, and learn to give up. Some things do not belong to us, it is destined to miss, and never belong to us. Some people walk and walk and scatter, tea drinking and drinking and light, hot things put and put will be cold, some can stay sooner or later will stay, do not have to force, all let nature take its course. On the road, there will always be a lot of scenery along the way, in only life we can not see all, all the scenery can not be in our lives to leave traces. Sometimes a turn will pass, thinking differently, and giving up may not be bad. Give up is to get better, give up is to go faster and fly higher.

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Celia R Mueller

Read a million books, travel a million miles

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