Destiny is Always In Your Own Hands

　I've read this story several times, but each time I read it, the meaning is different, and the philosophical truths contained in it are very deep.

One of the students in the class was so worried because he had failed in all his subjects that he was listless in philosophy class. His abnormality caught the attention of the professor, who called him up from his seat and asked him to answer a question. The professor picked up a piece of paper and threw it on the floor and asked him to answer: How many fates does this piece of paper have?

　　Perhaps panicked, perhaps distracted, the student froze for a moment, and it was only after a while that he answered, "Throwing it to the ground turns it into a scrap of paper, and that is its fate." The professor was not satisfied with his answer. The professor stepped on the paper again in front of everyone, and the paper was imprinted with the professor's dusty and dirty footprints, and then the professor asked the student to answer how many fates this piece of paper had.

　　 Now, this piece of paper became waste paper, what is its use of it? "The student hung his head and said."

　　Without speaking, the professor picked up the piece of paper, tore it in half, threw it on the ground, and then, calmly, asked the student to answer the same question once again. We were confused by the professor's action and wondered what he was going to say.

　　The student was also confused, and he answered with a red face, "This is now purely a scrap of paper."

　　Without moving, the professor picked up the paper torn in half and soon drew a galloping horse on it, while the footprints he had just stepped on became the field under the horse's hooves. The stallion was full of fortitude, determination, and tension, and filled people with reverie. Finally, the professor held up the painting and asked the student, "Now, please answer, what is the fate of this piece of paper?"

　　The student's face brightened and he replied crisply, "You have given hope to a scrap of paper and made it valuable." A small smile appeared on the professor's face. Soon, he pulled out his lighter again and lit the picture, and in the blink of an eye, the paper turned to ashes.

　　Finally, the professor said, "As you can see, a piece of paper that is not insignificant at first, when we look at it negatively, we make it worthless. If we subject it to more bad luck, it will be worth even less. If we give up hope to make it destroyed, it is obvious that it will not have any beauty and value at all, but if we treat it with a positive attitude and give it some hope and strength, the piece of paper will come back to life. A piece of paper is like that, and so is a person."

　　 A piece of paper can be turned into waste paper and thrown on the ground, trampled around by us, or it can be painted and written, or it can be folded into a paper airplane and fly very high for us to look up to.

　　 A piece of paper still has a variety of fates, let alone us? Fate is like a palm print, curved, but no matter how it changes, it is always in our own hands.

　　 Let us master our destiny, do not let the interference and temptation of others, and do not let fame and fortune, knock over the wine of our long-established destiny! In the journey of life, we will inevitably encounter how much joy and sorrow, how much sweet and sour and bitter, how much success and setbacks. Perhaps we have also been crazy about this, this disappointment, this lament. But in this madness, disappointment, lamentation, you choose to catch up, or will not be able to hit it?

　　We have too many difficulties and trials in our life, they are certainly terrible. But at the same time, there is a saying that will inspire us to face them squarely: Do you know that there are many difficulties and more ways to solve them?

　　 There are also too many successes and joys in our lives, which are indeed joyful, but at the same time, there is a saying that will warn us that we should not indulge in the joy and should continue to work hard. Take control of your destiny. Maybe you may not necessarily succeed if you try, but you can never succeed if you don't try.

　　 There are many twists and turns, ups and downs in a person's life. This is the only way to make life tasty. If you are in the muddle through life, then you will come to this world in vain. Because the twists and turns, ups and downs are the tests of their test. If you master your fate and persevere, you will overcome it. If you give up, you become its slave.

　　 A drop of water is enough to penetrate a stone. Every day of your efforts, even if it is just a small action, perseverance, will be the basis of tomorrow's success. All the efforts, all the little by little plowing, in the hourglass of time after the drop of passing, the extracted results will be the sound, the envy of all the "fruit of success".

　　 Life is a road with no end, do not linger on the passing dream, the fate is in their own hands, the difficult way forward in life will be full of hope and success!

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