Facing setbacks

"Be stagnant because of misfortune, and never be depressed by bad luck. A truly strong person is good at finding shadows in good times, finding light in adversity, and always calibrating himself The goal of progress." This wise saying is the motto of the famous Indian writer Rabindranath Tagore. I think, in that incident, I deeply realized...

I like to watch my classmates jump rope, but I always can't learn how to jump, and the chances of successfully jumping are very few. Those skillful figures and delicate movements appear in my mind all the time. I suddenly had the idea of ????learning to skip rope.

The first time I took the rope, I didn’t know how to handle it. The rope seemed to be deliberately against me and did not obey my "command control" at all. Whenever I swing it up, it always "teases" me mercilessly - leaving red marks on my arms. So, I started shouting the slogan "One, two, one..." in my heart that can unify my movements.

I practiced silently, and the red marks on my arms became more and more, and my skipping progress became more and more. Come bigger and bigger. Finally, I stopped the assistance of slogans, closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and started "independent practice" without the assistance of slogans.

I picked up the skipping rope and danced slowly, each one smoother than the last, and each time more coherent and easier. "Haha," I thought to myself, "it turns out that my sports talent is not as bad as I thought!" Just when I was enjoying myself, I was hit hard by the rope and staggered to the ground. However, this time I sat on the ground and laughed loudly, and murmured: "Haha, I learned it..."

Life means challenges, not challenging others, but self. The biggest obstacle on the road of life is personal shortcomings, and never bow to it. Challenging yourself is challenging shortcomings, which also indicates success. Faced with setbacks, I will never stop!