Inspirational stories of foreign celebrities

Once was a chance encounter with an auction of unclaimed bicycles during a school truancy. The bidding for the first bike began and Johnson, standing in front of it, called out, "Two dollars." The bidding continued, and the auctioneer took one look at the young boy, who did not continue to answer the bidding. The next few bikes were auctioned off, with Johnson bidding two dollars at a time, as if he had no intention of adding more. Two dollars was too little, and on the floor, each bike ended up selling for a few dozen dollars. The auctioneer was surprised and asked him why he didn't raise his bid again, and Johnson said, "I only have two dollars." As the auction looked to be over, with only one last beautiful bike left on the block, the auctioneer asked, "Any bids?" At this point, Johnson, who was standing at the front of the room and had almost lost hope, said, "Two dollars." The auctioneer stopped singing as everyone in the room fell silent, no one raised their hands, and no one bid again. Finally, Johnson took out the two dollars he held in his hand and bought the most beautiful bike in the room. For Johnson, it was only by chance that he came across the auction, but the success of the auction was the chance of the chance. It was this serendipity that gave Johnson enough confidence to believe that anything is possible and not to give up easily.

Some time after graduating from Southwest Texas Teacher's College, he had nothing to do, so he was invited by a friend and planned to travel to a faraway place. A few days before he left, he accidentally hurt his foot. At that time, the wound on his foot was so small that he didn't think it was important and casually put some medicine on it. Unexpectedly, the toxins contained in the dark dye on the poor quality socks he was wearing infected the small wound on his foot, causing it to become inflamed and fester. He had to cancel his plans to travel with his friend. At that time, a famous orator came to the town where he lived, and he was bored at home, so he went to listen to the orator on crutches. The content of the orator's speech moved him so much that he felt compelled to change his life and even decided to continue his education to prepare for the future. From then on, he redoubled his efforts in everything and stopped wasting his time, thus making a new turn in his life. Later, he entered the political arena, where he excelled and was well liked, and with his hard work, he soon held a prominent position.

In 1937, Congressman James Buchanan of the 10th District of Texas died suddenly, leaving an empty seat. This fortuitous event gave Johnson an opportunity, and he was determined to give it a try. At the time, he had five Democratic opponents, some with more prestige than he and some with more money than he, who opposed Roosevelt's New Deal and were supported by local conservatives, and public opinion thought Johnson's chances of winning were slim. But the young man went along with the trend and campaigned vigorously under the banner of Roosevelt's New Deal. In particular, a large number of young people who had been helped by him were eager to support him. As a result, he was surprisingly elected to the House of Representatives.

Undoubtedly, these incidental events had a subtle influence on Johnson's success. But if Johnson's success is simply attributed to these "accidents", I am afraid it is biased. Compared with Johnson's chance encounter with several opportunities, another person named Kerry is much worse.

The young Kerry was so unfortunate that, by chance, he had to leave his family in Berlin at the age of 11 and board in an elementary school in Bern, the Swiss capital. He cried to his mother about his loneliness and failure at school, longing for her love and the warmth of her family. But all this was to no avail, for the family had been displaced from the United States to post-war Berlin and had no status to speak of, and his mother could not meet his demands in order to provide him with a better education.

In order to get a scholarship, Kerry tried to express himself by participating in various specialty competitions. But, too fortuitously, he scored at the bottom of the singing contest; he got a lot of laughs at the speech contest; and, despite his slender stature, he had no success in sports. At the end of the year, he was awarded the title of "best participant in all sports". If he couldn't win the award, he was at the bottom of all the projects, so the odds were not great, there is no explanation, it was pure chance.

It was these coincidences that prompted Kerry to abandon other projects and concentrate on his eloquence. He participated in political speeches on the street, helped legislators get votes, and spoke with classmates in the Berne parliament ...... In the fall of 1962 Kerry entered Yale University to study political science. During his sophomore year of college Kerry became president of the Yale Political Union, a position that gave him the opportunity to participate in various important political events of the time. He was also absorbed into Yale's Skull and Bones Society. Under the tutelage of history professor Rollin Osterweis, Kerry defeated numerous debaters from other schools to win the national debate championship, and in March 1965, Kerry won the award for best young orator for a speech critical of U.S. foreign policy. Because of his outstanding oratory skills, he was selected to speak on behalf of the Yale Class of 1966. Kerry's classmates at Yale considered him to be a classy aristocratic son, a good hard-working, conscientious student, and an eloquent orator. in 1971, Kerry's anti-war speech before the U.S. Senate enraged President Nixon. Nixon said to White House Chief of Staff Hardman, "Obviously, this guy - Kerry - he's very impressive." Hardman said, "Yes, this is a JFK-type guy, he's very much like JFK, even down to the style of his speeches."

On the evening of Dec. 21, 2012, President Barack Obama nominated Sen. John Kerry to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, calling Kerry the "perfect person" to lead U.S. diplomacy.

We often see the serendipitous events that happen to those who are surrounded by a halo and believe that they are successful because of it. In fact, it is not these things that should draw our attention, but the inevitable that lie behind the accidental. Chance can be there, but it is never the whole story.