Friday, September 12, 2008
hi guys! it's rare to see me here now right! hahah, definitely i guess, O level is round the corner and i'm still spending time on blogging? ~crap! hahah well, i'm just taking this opportunity to share some of my thoughts. it's quite confine for me recently since daily routining is becoming some how tasteless.nevertheless, perseverence still will last till the end of the last stretch of race. our 4 years of preparation cannot go down the drain, right?look at all the teachers,they stay back almost everyday to set papers and give us distinction questions. well, let this exam repay them their fruits of labour hopefully.All of us ought to be able to brace ourselves for the predictable challenges and setbacks that crop up every day. If we expect that life won't be perfect, we'll be able to avoid that impulse to quit. But even if you strong enough to persist the obstacle course of life and work, sometimes you will encounter an adverse event that will completely knock you on your back.
Whether it’s a financial loss, the loss of respect of your peers or loved ones, or some other traumatic event in your life, these major setbacks leave you doubting yourself and wondering if things can even change for the better again.
Adversity happens to all of us, and it happens all the time. Some form of major adversity is either going to be there or it’s lying in wait just round the corner. To ignore adversity is to succumb to the ultimate self-delusion.
But you must recognize that history is full of examples of men and women who achieved greatness despite facing hurdles so steep that easily could have crashed their spirit and left them lying in the dust. Abraham Lincoln overcomes a difficult childhood, depression, the death of two sons, and constant ridicule during the Civil War to become arguably greatest president ever. Helen Keller made an impact on the world despite being deaf, dumb, and blind from an early age. Franklin Roosevelt had polio.
There are endless examples. These were people who not only looked adversity in the face but learned valuable lessons about overcoming difficult circumstances and were able to move ahead.
::9/12/2008 11:41:00 PM
