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The magic hands of time

The magic hands of time

By Canaday DeleonPublished 3 years ago 3 min read

The magic hands of time

one

My son came home from school and quietly wiped his tears off his desk.

Asked why he said with an SOB: "the exam and did not test well, usually several students do not study hard in the class, are better than me. Am I stupid? Why didn't I get good grades when I worked hard?"

My son was not clever, but he was not stupid, and he studied very hard. When he got home, he studied at his desk and never went out to play during holidays. He put all his mind on his lessons, but the results always let him down.

I comforted him with a few words and encouraged him that as long as he worked hard, sooner or later will have a harvest. He wiped away his tears, stopped complaining, and sat down at his desk to study.

That day, the night was very deep, I saw the light yellow light in the study also accompanied by his lamp under the figure of hard study. From that day on, his sad academic performance further stimulated his learning motivation. I could feel that he worked harder than before.

A month later, the monthly test results came out, I was surprised. My son, who was mediocre in the past, came out on top in the whole grade and got the best score since he was in high school. Unexpectedly, in a short month, he jumped from the bottom of failure to the top of the mountain.

The son said happily, "I didn't expect to make such great progress."

I told him: "You have been running on the road of hard work, harvest such results is inevitable."

two

Visit a famous old painter with a friend.

The old painter has been engaged in painting for more than 50 years. His painting style is profound and strange, vigorous and pale, and there is no lack of fresh, elegant, and ancient style. His works have won awards at home and abroad many times.

Friends are obsessed with painting, always fantasy which day can become famous and married, so a meeting, to the old man to consult painting "secret book".

The old painter listened to the friend's purpose and laughed, he said: "Which have what 'secret book' at all, I entered the painting class at the age of 15 to learn, when many students are better than I draw, also than I have talent and understanding. Only, I will insist."

I did not expect that he was known as a painting genius but also had such a journey, I thought genius, in the beginning, is "hand can reach for the stars".

The old painter sighed: "It's a pity that my classmates finally gave up. If they don't give up, they will certainly be more successful than I am now. On the road of art, my biggest sentiment is that don't give up easily, as long as you keep trying, stupid people can become 'genius'.

three

When I just went to the machine shop to work, I listened to everyone call the old monitor Li master "machine doctor". It was said that he could fix the most difficult machine in his hands, and he could tell where the trouble was just by the sound of the machine as he walked past it.

There is a question in my mind: Master Li is more than 50 years old this year, not much language, their culture is not high, wearing greasy work clothes all day, and it is difficult to connect with the "magic doctor".

Until one day, I witnessed him repairing the machine. That day, our group received the maintenance of a reducer task, can be busy for a day, and still can not find the fault, but had to ask Master Li.

After Master Li came, listening to the sound of the machine rotation, immediately said: "This is the bearing ball bracket wear serious, metal surface of the small iron filings affects the bearing rotation."

We checked carefully, and it was as he said!

After work, I asked curiously: "Master Li, how do you practice this skill? What's the trick?"

Master Li smiled dismissively, and said: "The trick is no, I worked here for several decades, maintenance more, listen to more, see more, naturally familiar."

That is since I entered the workplace, heard a most simple and practical truth, whether at work or on the way to study, as long as you look for the direction, constantly adhere to and efforts, the time of the magic hand, will always turn you into what you want to look like.

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