When we look back on the glorious history of mankind, we can always find several outstanding geniuses, which make us awe. Geniuses can generally be divided into two categories. The first kind is like the sun. They are always radiant, masters of the spirit of the times and perfect life ideals in the eyes of the general public. During their lifetime, their great achievements have been praised and worshipped by the world, and their names are always closely linked with many medals of honor. Genius is like the sun, like the stars guiding the continuous sublimation of human spirit.

The second kind is like lightning. They are willing to hide in remote corners, immerse themselves in their favorite careers, ignore the evaluation of the world and not cater to the interests of the times. Because of this, they usually don't get the understanding of the world, but even in loneliness, they are still sincerely involved, climbing higher and further on the road they choose. Unconsciously, I walked alone in the clouds and lived as a bolt of lightning. That light is so gorgeous and dazzling, it penetrates the whole night sky, and then people see eternity through their light.

Today, I'm going to tell you about those lightning-fast geniuses, how they stuck to their own path in loneliness, how they stuck to the purity of live high, and finally the whole human world was shocked, and how we heard the most pertinent and useful voice in the noisy traffic.

You made a decision that everyone thought was not so good, but you were satisfied. You know this is what you want, this is what you seek, and your heart is safe. Such people may not be recognized by society, but at least they can enjoy themselves. Moreover, there are often many wizards in such people. You have made a decision that the society does not agree with, but you feel at ease, enjoy yourself and go on without any distractions. As a result, you succeeded. After such a person comes out, you will find that he is often a lightning genius, and his sword is biased and he wins by surprise.

There are quite a few such people in human history. He didn't take the usual path, but he did create his own extraordinary life. For example, Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard at that time. Many people can't understand it. He made a bad choice, but he had a good time. He walked intently along the road under his feet, and the result was good.

There are many philosophers, such as Nietzsche, one of my favorite philosophers. He is not a man recognized by the public. When Nietzsche was alive, what he said to me was for ears 200 years later. Nietzsche's contemporaries didn't understand him. Nietzsche's mouth was prepared for his ears 200 years later.

In Nietzsche's time, he was a man living in the dark. This kind of darkness is a kind of loneliness for a hundred years, and no one can understand him. And such people are often like lightning, even if it is dark around, his light is enough to pierce the darkness. Not many people can understand the path he chose. Nietzsche spent his later years in the mountains, because he said that when I write philosophical works, when I write philosophical articles, I hope there is soil under my feet and blue sky above my head.

In Nietzsche's life, he wanted to make friends, but not many people could understand him. That Nietzsche often says nothing for two weeks because no one can talk. He wrote down his philosophy in the depths of the forest until one of his few friends went to see him. At that time, he was in poor health, but he would send that friend far away. Over a mountain and over a mountain, why? Because he doesn't know when the next conversation will be. He is so lonely that no one can understand him.

He was so lonely that he was almost crazy that he finally got rid of loneliness in madness. How did Nietzsche go mad? When he arrived in the city, he found a coachman driving his carriage, and then the horse refused to run in the middle. Then the coachman got out of the car and whipped the horse. Nietzsche ran up and hugged the horse's neck like his family, crying his eyes out and fainted. When he woke up, he was crazy.

Later he went to the hospital. The doctor in Germany wrote him a case, which is the best case I have ever seen. He said that the patient's symptom was trying to hug everyone who passed by him. So lonely. But we should not sympathize with him, because we are not qualified. He is the lightning god.

Another one I like very much is Van Gogh. I was drunk when I saw Van Gogh two days ago, because Van Gogh was ugly, then poor and sincere. In Van Gogh's life, no one, no woman said that she loved him, and no one really told him that I love you. Van Gogh loved three women in his life, one was the daughter of his landlady, the other was her cousin named Ji, and the other was a prostitute he invited to be a model. No one said that he loved him, and no one said that he liked Van Gogh.

No one can imagine this kind of life. As a result, the prostitute sympathized with him and told him that I really like you. Wow, Van Gogh is so happy. If there is a day in his life when spring blossoms face the sea, it may be this day. Then van Gogh asked her like a child, what do you like about me? Alas, the prostitute was speechless and then casually said, "Oh, I like your ears." Then Van Gogh came home, cut off his ear with a razor, wrapped it beautifully and gave it to a prostitute with a sincere heart. At that time, the prostitute was shocked. Van Gogh told her like a child, I'm sorry I'm too poor. I can't give you anything. If you like my ears, I can only give you my ears. I couldn't stand the story at that time. I thought he was a saint. How many people can do this?

Many of us are imitating the stars. Van Gogh didn't sell any paintings when he was alive. Later, he gave them to the gallery for free, but the gallery refused to accept them. So the galleries that fire him now are actually galleries that have rejected him. People's fate is so wonderful, and people are sometimes so heartless.

Van Gogh's Starry Sky is very famous. In this starry sky, you will find many things very strange. The tree actually grows taller than the stars, so that the stars are far behind. This is incomprehensible. So at that time, a person was going to visit Van Gogh's studio, and when he saw the starry sky, he said, can you draw? Do you have common sense?

Have you ever seen any tree in life grow taller than the stars? You showed it to me, Van Gogh told him. You don't know. I always felt that it was the desire of the earth that touched the stars with trees.

I can't stand it at once. Just a lot of words can give me goose bumps. He said that I always thought that trees were a longing for the earth to touch the stars, and then he said that it doesn't matter if you don't understand my paintings, because the earth will understand.

He is also a lightning figure. Every time lightning strikes, the darkness fades. Wherever Nietzsche went, everyone in later generations had Nietzsche's shadow. Wherever Van Gogh went, every painter was infused with Van Gogh's blood. These two people actually sacrificed themselves for philosophy and art to some extent. Many times, the public may feel that their choices are wrong, that their choices are really wrong, and that they can live a very moist life by changing their choices.

But they feel at ease and enjoy themselves. They are willing to concentrate on this road and can't blame anyone. Therefore, Nietzsche wrote the spirit of Apollo and Dionysus in his later years. The spirits of Apollo and Dionysus have one thing in common, that is, the choices you make. Whether the public agrees with you or not, you feel that your spirit is highly compatible, your heart yearns for it, and you are willing to focus on the path you choose.

Other people's comments, on the one hand, come from society, on the other hand, from close friends. When I say confidant here, don't just treat him as a friend. This confidant, as long as it is someone who really understands you, can be called a confidant. He may be your mother, your father, your boyfriend and girlfriend. So I just use the word confidant to summarize a kind of people. He knows you best and knows you best.

You know, we live in this world, everyone is the impression of the majority, but everyone is the brand of this minority. Then many people like you because they don't know you. Once they know you, they don't like you.

I also think that many students like me because they don't know me. If you know me, you may not like it. But some people like you because they know you. The more they know, the more they like you. Knowing your ugliest side, worst side and weakest side, he is still willing to like you, he is still willing to help you, and he is still willing to protect you. I call this kind of person a confidant.

"He knows you well enough, your best side, your worst side, the most powerful and beautiful side, the weakest and ugliest side. After knowing the weakest and ugliest you, he is still willing to love you. I call this kind of person a confidant. 』

These people know you, sometimes even better than yourself. He may not have seen you for many years, or he may not talk to you on the phone often, or he may not have grown up since he was a child. He may not know much about your past, his future, or the details of your present, but his soul knows your soul and his heart can recognize your heart. I call this kind of person a confidant. He knows your quality, and he knows what kind of person you are.

So what kind of person is a true confidant? He will encounter some important things, some critical moments, and some crossroads of choice. He will know what you are thinking a lot of times. According to what he knows about you, you don't even know what you can do. He can probably guess what you will do. You may not tell him what you will do, but he probably guessed because he knows you well enough.

Judging whether a person is your close friend is often very simple. Do you feel free when you are with him? Are you yourself when you are with him? Do you feel at ease when you are with him?

When you are really with your good friend, you will find that he is like air. He exists, but he doesn't interfere with you. He is the kind of person you don't often think of but who is everywhere. That's why you don't have to contact many times. Because if you don't think about it, you will never forget it. Why do you keep in touch?

To make a really good friend, to have a real confidant in life, to have someone treat you as a confidant, and to really understand this person, you must really understand him. What does it mean to really know him? You should see his best side, at the same time, you should see his worst side, you should see his strongest side, you should see his weakest side, you should know that he is an angel, you should know that he is a devil. Because this is an idea of mine. If you can't accept his demon, you are not qualified to be his angel. A true good friend is someone who sees the worst in you and wants to hug you. He has seen your weakest side and wants to protect you. He knows how selfish you can be, but he is still willing to understand and love you.

We live in this world and have to face at least two kinds of evaluations. Evaluation from outside, and evaluation from inside. But the strangest thing is that we are so far away from others and so close to ourselves, but we can always hear the outside world better, but often we can't hear our own voice.

We should cherish those close friends in life. It is precisely because many times, they know us more deeply and objectively than ourselves, and know my heart better than me. So when we are at a loss, they can always give us directions.

True bosom friends never make decisions for us, but they can always pull us back from the noisy outside world and let us face our hearts. They may not walk in the celebration team of your success, but when you are lost, they will stand behind you, stare at you and care about you.