Inspirational Short Stories

　　Stallone, the American movie star, was so down and out a dozen years ago that he had only $100 left on him and couldn't even afford to rent a house, so he had to sleep in a gold turtle car.

　　At that time, there were 500 studios in New York, all of which rejected him because of his mediocre appearance and slurred speech. He then wrote the script of "Rocky" took it around to sell it and continued to receive ridicule and taunts from others, he was rejected a total of 1855 times.

　　Finally, one day, he met a film company owner who was willing to shoot the script of "Rocky", but he was not allowed to perform in the film, and finally, Stallone's repeated insistence before he agreed.

　　Can you face 1,855 rejections and still not give up? Stallone could, he did what others could not do, so he could succeed.

　　Insight: you are not yet successful, or have failed, when you want to give up the dream, ask yourself, was rejected 1855 times?

　　Part II: Inspirational story of strong faith

　　The thrilling story goes like this.

　　Robert and his wife Mary finally climbed to the top of the mountain. Standing on the top of the mountain and looking out, the white buildings of the city in the distance turned into a painting in the sunlight. Looking up, blue sky and white clouds, soft wind blowing. Two people are happy like children, hands dancing, forgetful. It was a rare trip for the two of them, who worked hard all day long.

　　It was at this point that the tragedy began. Robert stepped out of the way, his tall body stumbled, and then slid into the abyss, surrounded by steep rocks with no place to hold on to. For a short moment, Mary understood what happened, subconsciously, she bit her husband's blouse, when she was squatting on the ground to shoot the distant scenery. At the same time she was carried by inertia toward the edge of the rock, and in the nick of time, she clung to a tree.

　　With Robert hanging in the air and Mary's teeth clenched, can you believe it? Two rows of white, fine teeth took the full weight of a tall, lanky body. They look like a painting, framed in the blue sky, white clouds, mountains, and craggy rocks. Mary's hair is like a flag, fluttering in the wind.

　　Mary could not open her mouth to call for help, an hour later, the passing tourists saved them. And by this time, Mary, beautiful teeth and lips were blood-stained bright red. Someone asked Mary how she could hold out for so long, and Mary replied, "At that time, there was only one thought in my mind: once I let go of my mouth, Robert would surely die."

　　A few days later, the story flew around the world as if it had grown wings.

　　Insight: People found that death is also afraid of clenching teeth.

　　Part III: Inspirational story of perseverance

　　Kerr used to be a newspaper employee. When he first arrived at the newspaper as an advertising salesman, he was so confident in himself that he offered his manager not to pay him a salary, but to take a commission based on the cost of advertising. The manager agreed to his request.

　　So, he made a list of some very special clients he was going to visit. All the salesmen in the company thought that those clients were impossible to work with.

　　Before going to visit these clients, Kerr locked himself in the house, stood in front of the mirror, read the clients on the list 10 times, and said to himself, "Before this month, you will buy advertising space from me."

　　He went to his clients with such confidence that on the first day he made deals with three of the 20 "impossible" clients; on the other days of the first week, he made two more deals; and by the end of the first month, only one of the 20 clients had not bought his ads.

　　In the second month, Kerr did not visit new customers, and every morning, once the store of the customer who refused to buy his ad opened, he went in and asked the businessman to advertise, and every morning, the businessman replied, "No!" Each time the businessman said "no," Kerr pretended not to hear and went on to visit. On the last day of the month, the businessman, who had said "no" to Mike for 30 days in a row, said, "You've wasted a month asking me to buy your ad, and what I want to know now is why you insist on doing it."

　　Kerr said, "I haven't wasted any time, I'm going to school, and you're my teacher, and I've been training myself to persevere in the face of adversity." The businessman nodded, and then Kerr said, "I also want to admit to you that I am also going to school, and you are my teacher. You have taught me the lesson of perseverance, which is more valuable to me than money and to show my gratitude to you, I will buy one of your advertising pages as my tuition to you."

　　Insight: In the face of failure to have the indomitable spirit, it is possible to achieve the final success each of us needs, in the face of difficulties the persistence of just a little.

　　Part IV: Inspirational story of no despair

　　At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the historian Tan Qian finally completed the chronicle of the Ming Dynasty after more than 20 years of painstaking writing - "State Question". Faced with this masterpiece, which could be passed down for thousands of years, the joy in Tan Qian's heart could be imagined. However, he was not happy for long when an unexpected event happened. One night, thieves entered his house to steal things, see the family, there is nothing to steal, though the original manuscript of the State Question locked in a bamboo box is valuable property, and stole the entire bamboo box. The whereabouts of these precious manuscripts were unknown from then on, and more than 20 years of hard work turned into nothing in the blink of an eye, such a thing is a fatal blow to anyone. For Tan Qian, who was in his sixties and whose temples had already begun to turn white, it was an unrelenting blow. But Tan Qian quickly rose from his pain and resolved to write the history from scratch again. After ten years of struggle, another "State Question" was born. The newly written State Question consists of 104 volumes and 5 million words, and its content is more informative and exciting than the original one. The new work was even more informative and exciting than the original one, and it was immortalized in history.

　　A similar fate befell the English historian Carlisle. After years of hard work, Carlyle finally completed the entire manuscript of the History of the French Revolution. He entrusted the entire manuscript to his most trusted friend, Mill, and asked Mill to give his valuable comments for further improvement of the manuscript. A few days later, Mill came pale and breathless to tell Carlyle the tragic news that the manuscript of the History of the French Revolution, except for a few loose sheets, had been thrown into the fireplace by the maid of his house as waste paper. Carlyle was extremely frustrated by the sudden blow. When he finished each chapter, he tore the original notes and drafts to pieces. The History of the French Revolution, which he had worked so hard to write, left no redeeming record. However, Carlyle was able to regain his strength. He said calmly: "It was as if I had taken my notebook to my elementary school teacher for correction and he had said to me: 'No! Son, you've got to write better!'" He bought another large pile of manuscript paper and began another heartfelt effort to write. The History of the French Revolution, which we are reading now, is the result of Carlyle's second writing.

　　Insight: It is the most desperate thing to see all your efforts go down the drain, but there is no despair in life as long as you can start from scratch.