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Chapter 20 Talent also needs to be cultivated 2
A brave heart is a good companion through difficult times 
In times of trouble, a brave heart is the best companion.Self-reliant people know that they should not bow to bad luck, otherwise the god of bad luck will become even more arrogant.Therefore, when encountering adversity, some people can hardly help themselves and do not know how to endure it, so their difficulties are multiplied, while others overcome difficulties because of their strength.

For those who insist on the justice of life, life is an irreversible tragedy.Our acknowledgment of the objective fact that life is unequal does not mean the beginning of all negativity. It is precisely because we accept this fact that we can calm our minds and find our own orientation in life.Destiny is always full of unpredictable variables. If it brings us happiness, it is of course very good and easy to accept, but things are often not like this. Sometimes it brings us terrible disasters. At this time, if we If we can't learn to accept it and let difficulties dominate our hearts, life will lose its sunshine forever.

Carnegie, the master of success, said: "Once I refused to accept an unchangeable situation I encountered. I was like a fool, and I kept making unnecessary resistance, which resulted in sleepless nights. I made myself miserable. . Then, after a year of self-torture, I had to accept the fact that I couldn't change it." Faced with the inevitable, we should learn to do what the poet Whitman said: "Let us learn to be like Just as trees let nature take its course, they face setbacks such as night, storm, hunger, and accidents."

There are often more adversities in life than good ones. If you get flustered and tense, and sink into them and cannot help yourself, the difficulties will become insurmountable. It is better to let nature take its course and deal with it calmly.

When Napoleon Hill was a child, one day he and some friends were playing in the attic of a dilapidated old log cabin in northwest Missouri.When he climbed down from the attic, he stood on the window rail for a while, and then jumped down.

He wears a ring on the index finger of his left hand.As he jumped, the ring caught on a nail and pulled his whole finger off.He screamed, terrified, and thought he was going to die.But after his hand healed, he never bothered about it again.What's the use of worrying too much? When a crisis strikes, we must accept it as an inevitable fact.Now, he hardly ever thinks about the fact that he only has four fingers on his left hand.

Another time, Napoleon Hill met a man who drove an elevator in an office building in the center of New York.Napoleon Hill noticed that he did not have a left hand.When Napoleon Hill asked him if he felt bad about losing his hand, he said, "Oh no, I don't think about it at all. The only time I think about it is when I'm threading a needle."

At this time, Napoleon Hill remembered a line written on the ruins of a 15th-century old church in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands: If things are as they are, they will not be otherwise.

Many times, when they have to, people are quick to accept the fact, and either adapt themselves to it, or forget it altogether.In the years of life, everyone will encounter some unpleasant events. Since they are so, they cannot be changed, so they can only accept them calmly, or fight against them with a strong heart.

Psychologist and philosopher William James once said: Be willing to accept the inevitable situation.Accepting what happened is the first step in overcoming any crisis that ensues.Because of accepting the possibility of a crisis, a kind of resistance will be generated in the human body, and it will be released boldly. Nothing cannot be overcome.

Sarah Bernhardt is the one and only Queen of the Four State Theaters - the favorite actress of all American audiences.At the age of 71, she went bankrupt, not only lost her money, but her doctor, Professor Pozzi in Paris, told her that her leg must be amputated.It turned out that she encountered a storm while crossing the Atlantic Ocean and fell on the deck. Her leg was seriously injured, and she also contracted phlebitis. The doctor diagnosed her leg must be amputated.The doctor was hesitant to tell Sarah the news, feeling that she would be greatly annoyed by the dreadful news.But he was wrong. Sarah looked at him for a moment, and then said calmly, "If it must be this way, it must be so."

Her son stood by and wept as she was wheeled into the operating room.She waved him and said cheerfully, "Don't go away, I'll be right back." On the way to the operating room, she kept reciting lines from one of her plays.When asked if she did it to lift her spirits, she said: "No, it's to please the doctors and nurses, who are under a lot of pressure."

When the surgery was complete and her health was restored, Sarah Bernhardt continued to tour the world, captivating her audience for another seven years.

Life is like this, when you are not prepared, suffering will befall you, and it must be your strong heart that can overcome it.And people who really understand what they have encountered will inevitably think carefully about how to make life smooth, and it is very easy for such people to get out of the predicament.

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