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Some roads, we must eventually learn to go alone

A person can also have a promising future

By adadPublished 3 years ago 4 min read

I haven't been in touch with Xiaoya for a while. Just now she sent a message: "These last few months are the most painful days I can remember. Many times always think about giving up, feel like they can not carry on."

  This incident began six months ago. At that time, Xiaoya quit her job back home, with only 3,000 yuan in hand, dragging her luggage on the train to Beijing. She told me that she wanted to live for themselves, for their dreams, not want to boil the frog life, not want to be comfortable in their twenties to wear down the will.

  In just a few months, she changed two companies, moved three times, and was pitted several times by her landlord's agent.

  In her hometown, she could eat hot meals as soon as she entered the house, but now she worries about what to eat every day; she used to go to work on time and watch TV when she was free, but now she has not caught up with the drama for several months. Especially the move, she did not know how many times she cried behind her back: one person to pack, one person to contact, one person to move things, one person to communicate with the new owner, do everything alone.

  But she survived. Xiao Ya said that those experiences changed her and made her grow up at once in a short period.

  Why not? Experience is the greatest treasure in our lives, sometimes it makes us suffer a lot, but also gives us hope.

  There are some roads that one has to walk alone after all. Even if the road ahead is full of thorns, as long as the courage to break through, you experience all the hardships, will one day be able to laugh about it.

Twenty-something years old is a hurdle in life. Some people are afraid of suffering when they are young, bumbling for life; some people know what they want at the age of 20, 10 years later to create a piece of heaven of their own.

  I have heard this sentence: every powerful people, may have gritted their teeth through a period of no one to help, no one to support, no one to shush the days. The past, this is your mitzvah; can not pass, begging for mercy, this is your bottomless pit.

  A close friend once complained to me that she was often aggrieved at work, doing things often not understood, and occasionally inexplicably isolated by colleagues or friends, the difficulties in life can only be carried by a person ...... "It seems that the more you grow up, the more unhappy you are." She said.

  I told her that she is experiencing these, which I have also experienced. When I was in school, I would set a goal for myself at each stage and then work hard for it, but often isolated by others because of this "small pursuit" of their own. Roommates play games, shop, sleep ...... and get up early to read a book I became hated by the entire dormitory.

  They denigrated me in front of others as nothing. No one understands, no one supports, and no one peers. At that time, I don't know where a force came from, urging me to live alone in a team.

  Later I found that many people who have achieved something have had the experience of trekking alone, there are questions and ridicule behind it, but what is that? We, as always, are working quietly for ourselves.

A person only learns to think independently, learn to solve problems alone, to carry the responsibility of life.

  Some people can't stand the loneliness and are afraid of other people's eyes; some people are determined to move forward towards their goals and don't care about the comments of others. Often, the latter have a better life. When you look back, the people who were once pointing behind you don't know when they have disappeared into the sea of people.

  Life is so long, we all have to have the guts to choose for ourselves once.

  Read a cartoon: two avenues, the left side flat and wide, a group of people chose this road, talking and laughing together; while on the right side of the rugged, only one person stood out and chose this difficult road.

  That group of people laughed at him for being a fool, but he made up his mind: he must transform this road to be better than any road. A few years later, the road was repaired, and the whole road was his.

  Life sometimes is a little difficult; on some roads, we must eventually learn to walk alone. The first thing you need to do is to look back at the hardships you have experienced, but that is all. These experiences make us strong and brave, and we can face future life with more confidence.

  If you are going through the struggle of being alone at this moment, please believe that the future can be expected ......

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