When Danroc got out of the elevator and went back to his room, he couldn't help thinking of the happy disabled person. So Roark found him and asked him to tell his story.
"It happened at 1929," he said with a smile. "I went to the mountains to cut hickory trees. I piled the wood in the car and drove home. Suddenly, a piece of wood slipped down. Just as I was turning sharply, the wood got stuck on the axle, and I was immediately bounced to a tree. Spinal injury, paralysis of both legs.
"I was 24 years old at that time. Since then, I have never taken another step. "
A 24-year-old young man was sentenced to a wheelchair for life! Roark asked him how he could face the truth so bravely.
He said, "No!" He said he was angry, rebellious and hated fate for playing tricks on him. But as he grew older, he found that resistance didn't help him, it only made him mean. "I finally realized," he said, "that others are very kind and polite to me, and I should at least respond politely and friendly."
Rock asked him again, after all these years, whether he still felt it was unfortunate. He said, "No! I'm almost glad it happened. " He told me that after experiencing that stage of shock and resentment, he began to live in a completely different world: he began to read and cultivated his interest in literature. From 65438 to 2004, he said that he had read at least 1400 books, which expanded his field and made his life richer than expected. He also began to appreciate music, and the symphony that moved him now used to only make him doze off. However, the most important change is that he has time to think. "For the first time in my life, I really looked at the world with my heart and realized its value. I finally realized that many things I tried to pursue before actually had no real value. " He said.
He became interested in politics because of reading. He studies public issues and gives speeches in a wheelchair! He began to know people, and people began to know him. He was in a wheelchair and became Georgia's Secretary of State.
There are many kinds of victories, but turning defeat into victory is the noblest, because not everyone can win that kind of victory, he needs to be able to summon up the courage to let go!
Sometimes, if you are worried about things the size of sesame seeds, it is better to stand higher and ignore those unimportant troubles. You will find that the sun is shining every day! Disraeli said, "Life is too short to care about trifles."
When Mrs. Roosevelt first got married, she was worried every day because her new chef did a poor job. "But if it happened now," said Mrs. Roosevelt, "I would shrug my shoulders and forget it." Great, that's what adults should do. Even the most autocratic queen, Queen Catherine, usually just smiles when the chef cooks food.