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Keep running

By RACHEL HELMSPublished 5 years ago 3 min read
Keep running
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When I was a kid, I loved sports, playing basketball, swimming, badminton ...... high school also participated in the school's track and field team, at that time full of energy, love to run and jump, always seem to not know what it means to be tired. But there is always that feeling when practicing track and field, a long track, a person, or a group of people keep running, lap by lap, back and forth. Track and field is a very boring sport, running for a long time, the legs will become more and more heavy, the upper air is not connected to the lower air, the speed is also slowed down. At that time, I was thinking that it would be good if I could stop immediately, because I had no energy to continue. But looking at the end in the distance, I couldn't help but ask myself, "Do you want to run on? Why do you want to run on?

  

  Stop at the same place? The end is not yet reached; continue to run? The body's strength is close to exhaustion. Such questions always plague themselves until they stop or reach the end. The same is true in life, facing a goal, some people choose to stop, while some people choose to continue. Of course, the person who stops and rests will also reach the finish line one day, but he prolongs his success longer than others. If he is in the race, he loses the opportunity to stand on the podium and receive flowers and applause.

  

  People often say that persistence is victory. The concept of victory involves many aspects. Put into sports, when a person's body reaches its limit, you persevere, you are the ultimate champion; put into the study, if the calculation of a mathematical problem or write an article has been racked, as long as you persevere to explore you may get the final answer, write the world's articles; put into the daily work, do a project, talk about a business, or writing a manuscript, in countless In the face of numerous difficulties, competition and resistance, some people choose to retreat, some people rise to the challenge, and the one who perseveres, can often end up with the work in hand successfully and outstandingly completed.

  

  Of course, it does not mean that make a big thing to be considered successful. There is a line in "Erotic Men and Women": big things, doing successful things is big. Things are not about size, only in the success and failure. Even if it is a small thing, as long as the success, the joy of the harvest is also those who give up halfway can not experience.

  

  Just like mountain climbing, people standing at the foot of the mountain may laugh at those who risk their lives and climb to the top of the mountain in vain, suffer, and eventually return to the foot of the mountain. But they can never experience the joy of climbing people after all the hardships to reach the top of the mountain, and can never see the stunning scenery that can only be appreciated standing at the top of the mountain.

  

  I have always liked the songs of Xu Xiaofeng, Beyond, Chen Baiqiang and other old artists, not only because of the beautiful music, but also because of the inspiring lyrics in the songs. Compared to those decadent pop songs now, an old song, often brings a deep reflection on life, and even the power to stand up again. So when you feel tired, you always like to put on an old record, so that you have nearly overdrawn energy in the music to awaken again, and then continue to move forward to their goals.

  

  Life, not always smooth sailing, running on a boring track, there will inevitably be times when you feel tired, or fall down. Each time, we will want to give up, we want to stop, we want to lie in place and never get up, of course no one stops you from deciding! But the end is not yet reached, is it so easy to give up hope? Should we run on? Why run on?

  

  Why run on? When you feel tired, you may want to ask yourself this, perhaps you will find the reason and motivation for you to continue to run.

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