"Rice is valuable, but knowledge is priceless. This gift is very meaningful, so I accepted it."
Yang Qian walked up deliberately, opened the box, took a good look at the bag of rice, and took it out easily.
I will cook this rice tonight. Whether it tastes good or not is another matter, but it will definitely fill the room with the smell of books!
"However, your speech still needs to be well written. People can be ordinary, but not mediocre. What kind of life is ordinary, what kind of life is mediocre, what is the difference between ordinary and outstanding, why do we
It can be ordinary, but not mediocre? You have to combine your own experience or the experience of people you know to expand on it."
Before Yang Qian entered the kitchen, he pointed at Ouyang Xiaoqing's mobile phone and ordered.
"okay......"
Ouyang Xiaoqing thought she could escape, but she didn't expect the master to be so meticulous. He was already going to the kitchen to prepare dinner for them, and was still thinking about her speech.
"whee!"
Yang Shihan smiled unkindly next to her.
"Still laughing, come and help me!"
Ouyang Xiaoqing hugged her neck and "struggled" with her on the sofa.
Dai Yuni was peeling fruit beside her and looking at them with a smile.
It’s great to be young!
They used to laugh and play like this in the dormitory.
Of course, Dai Yuni is only twenty-four now, so she is not much different from them.
"Okay, let me help you take a look. I think you want to use this sentence as the theme of your speech because you want to give the children some positive energy and want them to understand that they cannot be content with fate, but that they can study hard.
Destiny-changing! Right?"
After Yang Shihan was done with her, he pulled her schoolbag over, took out her tablet, and started writing and drawing on it.
"right."
Ouyang Xiaoqing tilted her head. In fact, she didn't think that much.
"Ordinary, destiny, mediocre... Ordinary, accept the result of failure, mediocre, give up the opportunity to change your destiny. I know!"
Yang Shihan looked at the words she wrote on the paper and pondered for a while. Suddenly her eyes lit up and she looked over with a smile.
Understand what?
Why don't I understand anything?
Ouyang Xiaoqing looked confused.
"You start by asking the children, do you believe in fate? In fact, all the situations in your life are already destined."
Yang Shihan first wrote the words "fatalism" on the back of the paper.
"I don't believe in fate."
Ouyang Xiaoqing answered decisively.
"I'm not asking you, I'm asking the children. Because many old people like to say fatalism. For example, no matter what you gain or lose in the past, present, or future, it is all determined by fate."
Yang Shihan smiled.
"I don't believe in fate, because I feel that if I had followed fate, I would be a dancer now, an actor, not a singer. I changed my destiny and walked on the path I wanted to take!"
Ouyang Xiaoqing said firmly.
"Okay, very good. Your example is very good. Didn't my brother say that you should combine it with your own actual situation? You can use this example, but I will help you polish it later. You can't say it so dryly.
But what I actually mean is that you first ask everyone if you believe in fatalism, and then ask if you believe in God's way of rewarding hard work?"
Yang Shihan gave her a thumbs up.
"You must believe that God rewards hard work, and only by working hard can you live a better life!"
Ouyang Xiaoqing said.
"No, I don't believe in God's reward for hard work. Of course, I don't believe in fatalism either."
Yang Shihan confused her.
"Why?"
Ouyang Xiaoqing felt that she couldn't keep up with Yang Shihan's ideas.
"Because if you believe that God rewards hard work, and believe that hard work will be rewarded, then if you work hard and still fail in the end, or achieve nothing, you will fall into great confusion, start to get angry, complain, and think that God is unfair. I tried my best.
, why was it unsuccessful?” (Note 1)
Yang Shihan reads a lot of books, and her thoughts are quite philosophical.
"Yes, it is possible to fail..."
Ouyang Xiaoqing fell into deep thought.
In fact, she has had a smooth life and has not experienced many failures, so she is full of confidence in herself.
But when Yang Shihan said this, Ouyang Xiaoqing suddenly understood.
I still have my own experiences that can support my best friend’s statement.
For example, she studies, especially cultural classes.
In the past, she studied very seriously and did the questions, but in the end she still failed in the exam. Compared with her classmates who had good grades, there was no such thing as God's reward for hard work.
Therefore, when it comes to studying cultural classes, Ouyang Xiaoqing does not believe that God rewards hard work.
Although she did not complain about the unfairness of her fate, she accepted her fate and felt that she was not good at studying, so she simply did what she liked.
This is actually fatalism.
"So, what should the reality be? Ninety-five percent of things cannot be decided by ourselves, such as our family background, our IQ talent, some students study well, and some students do not study well.
Some students are very talented in singing, while others are tone-deaf. For example, we are just ordinary people without superpowers or pie-in-the-sky.
These things are all things that even if we work hard, we may not be able to change the current situation. We cannot change our unattractive appearance, we cannot change the poverty and backwardness of our hometown, we cannot change the living conditions of our parents, grandparents, and grandparents.
Physical health status..."
Ouyang Xiaoqing didn't know how she would feel when she told the children what Yang Shihan said.
But now she feels that it is very cruel and realistic, and she cannot accept it.
It's like Zhang Shanshan can't change her grandfather's poor health and aging day by day, just like she can't change the situation that her parents will never interact with each other in this life.
"But it's not that we can't change so many things, and we may face failure if we try hard. Can we just lie down, accept our fate, and do nothing in this life and become a mediocre person?"
Yang Shihan asked her.
"Of course not. No matter how cruel fate is, you still have to work hard. If you don't work hard, how will you know that it won't work? My destiny is up to me and I can't help it!"
Ouyang Xiaoqing suddenly became excited and her blood boiled as she spoke.
"Yes, so we still have to use 100% of our efforts to leverage the five percent or even more possibilities. Although we may not necessarily be able to transcend the ordinary and become ourselves through the five percent possibility.
It looks like a dream, but all our efforts will make our life valuable.
For example, our children may not necessarily become stars, big entrepreneurs, or heroes who can change the destiny of their hometown in the future, but even ordinary workers, even humble catering shops
Shop entrepreneurs, even ordinary people walking on the streets and driving cars, your efforts still add luster to your lives. You are still like moths flying into the flame, burning yourself to give to your family, to this city, and to the world.
This country brings a very brilliant light!
But if you don’t work hard, you won’t. If you don’t work hard, you won’t have any chance of changing your destiny. If you lie flat, you won’t. If you lie flat, you will become mediocre and live in the most annoying way you have ever lived!”
Yang Shihan hadn't even written it yet, but just talking about it made Ouyang Xiaoqing breathless and her eyes blurry.
"Bah! Well said!"
Dai Yuni also applauded her.
(Note 1: These words were said by Teacher Luo Xiang. Xiaohan made slight modifications, but did not change his original meaning.)