Because I like it, I insist on it

My WeChat name is "Qingxiang Lily" because I like the light fragrance of lilies. I don’t have a lot of work experience. I worked in sales in a shopping mall and spent more time working in a factory. Work down-to-earth, diligently and in obscurity. I am such an ordinary, simple ordinary person.

I have a wide range of interests and hobbies. I usually like to write and draw, grow flowers, flowers and plants, and cook delicious food. Food and love are the only things in the world that I cannot live up to. I like photography, selfies, and traveling. My phone is filled with beautiful selfies and landscape photos. But my biggest hobbies are literature and writing. Maybe it can’t be called writing. In short, I am a person who loves life.

Because I like it, I persist. Writing is a joy in my heart. It has always taken root and sprouted in my heart. I hope that one day it can blossom and bear fruit!

Original intention

I don’t have that many achievements, I am just an ordinary person. What I am talking about is just some of my life experiences, my study, work and life from childhood to adulthood, and my hobby and persistence in literature.

I have loved keeping diaries since I was a child. From elementary school to kindergarten to high school graduation, I have experienced a lot. Maybe I observe things too carefully and tend to be sentimental, so I have a box full of diaries. I have persisted in the habit of writing a diary for many years, perhaps because of my hobby, my sincere love for it, my willingness to do so, and my enjoyment of it. Not for fame, not for profit, just for the joy and love deep in my heart.

Today I will tell you something about my childhood. Although I don’t have that much experience in writing, I want to talk about my personal experiences as a child and my true feelings.

You have to work hard to earn respect

Let’s start from when I was in kindergarten and continue until I graduate from high school. When I was promoted to first grade from kindergarten, I scored 67 points, one point shy of failing, and the school refused to let me advance to first grade. At that time, my mother found the school and interceded with the teacher and principal. After a lot of hard work, I was finally allowed to advance to the first grade, on the condition that I bring my own bench and be an auditor. So my mother moved a chair from home for me to attend the class. From then on, I had a belief in my heart that I must study hard and give my mother a sigh of relief. Later, I successfully advanced to the second grade and got third place in the class in the second grade midterm exam. The school gave me a brand new bench. This is just a small thing when I was a child. Through this small thing, I understood a truth: if you want to win the respect of others, you must work hard on your own. ?

? Articles with true feelings are the most touching

When I was in elementary school, I liked Chinese and was a little partial to subjects, so that my academic performance was not satisfactory. I like writing and drawing. I remember my primary school Chinese teacher told me: I should be upright in life and write squarely. Therefore, my writing was big and square, and I wrote very seriously. I had a diary in elementary school.

The junior high school Chinese teacher started asking us to keep diaries. The diary I wrote was highly valued by my teacher, who often read my diary in front of the whole class. In fact, I want to say that what I wrote is nothing special, just my true feelings from the heart. Write about my personal experience, about my parents. Yesterday I read an article "Uncle is a Warm Lamp" by teacher Yang Liming. I was deeply moved. Even when I heard the song "When You Are Old", tears rolled in my eyes. Why did I feel so deeply about this article? Maybe it caused a scream in my heart. When I was in junior high school, I wrote a diary entry called "Hope Supported by Ten Yuan", which I will never forget. When I was a child, my family was very poor. Once the school charged tuition fees, so I went home to get them, but my family didn’t have that much money. My father sold a pile of firewood outside the wall for forty yuan, four for ten yuan, and piled it into a pile. The pile of firewood that exceeded the courtyard wall was exchanged for my tuition. I took a heavy ten yuan to pay the tuition. That was my parents' hope for me. So I wrote the article "Hope Supported by Ten Yuan", which I still remember until now. Although the diary has disappeared, I am very impressed by this incident. This is the diary I wrote in junior high school. I want to say that such an article with true feelings, how can it not move people? It's as touching as the article "Uncle is a Warm Lamp". It's just that this little thing happened to me. It is my perception and my true feelings. It is because of this article that it is worthy of the teacher to share it with the whole class. I understood the teacher’s good intentions. He just wanted to encourage me and stimulate my interest in writing articles and my hobby in literature. From then on, I started to enjoy writing.

Attitude is everything

The Chinese teacher in junior high school has always taken good care of me, not because of how good my grades are. My grades are not good, just average. But the Chinese teacher never gave up on me. The Chinese teacher is our head teacher, and her encouragement has further strengthened my interest in literature. The Chinese teacher in junior high school is a teacher I will never forget. Her sincere teachings are like a beacon, guiding me in the direction of progress.

She once said to me: Attitude determines everything! Whenever I think of these words, I think of my Chinese teacher. A saying that is very applicable to both life and writing. To do anything, you must have an attitude before taking action. A good attitude will affect every step you take in the future. ?I remember clearly the message my junior high school Chinese teacher gave me: People who have seen your words say that you are a square and strong person, and people who have read your articles say that you are a sentimental person. Don't sit and wait for opportunities, learn to create some opportunities for yourself, and you will become a successful person! Indeed, opportunities come to those who are prepared.

When I was in high school, I wrote an essay on "A Letter to the Teacher" and I actually won an award. I was surprised! I wrote about some of the little things I had with my teachers in junior high school, how the teachers took care of me, how they cared about me, and how they encouraged me. This article gave me great encouragement. Later, my high school Chinese teacher often asked me to write speeches and sometimes give some simple speeches. Many years have passed, and the habit of writing a diary has never stopped. I keep on doing it because I like it!

? The process is more important than the result

After graduating from high school, I did not go to college, which is a little regretful. I think this is because everyone has a college dream in their hearts. But some things are often not what people want. Even so, I don't regret it. I understand that it is not easy for my parents. Family conditions did not allow it, so I started working. I worked diligently and down-to-earth for ten years. Although I didn’t have many achievements, I was already satisfied. After I started working, sometimes I felt that my fate was unfair and my talents were not recognized. I felt like I was the one holding the pen, why was it wasted there? The work was hard, boring and tedious, but I did not give up. Although I have never been able to get ahead, I have been silently persisting. If you want to get ahead, you must keep your head down. I thought about the growth of bamboo. It takes many years for bamboo to take root, but its growth rate in the later period is amazing. Maybe I am still in the stage of taking root. Perhaps it is enough that I have this persistence and love for literature in my heart. The result is not important, but the process. I remember reading an article when I was in high school. There is a passage in it that I still remember vividly: In a stormy life, maybe what I am pursuing is just a flash of brilliant neon, or maybe it is just a misty dream of spring. It doesn’t matter. , the important thing is that I have paid for it, and all of it. To this day, I can recite it word for word. This passage has always been deeply imprinted in my mind and will last forever... and will continue to influence my future life.

? Dreams and Reality

I didn’t read too many books when I was in school, but I loved reading. I remember the classical Chinese texts in Chinese textbooks very clearly, and I especially like to read them aloud. My hobby for literature can be considered an obsession. I bought some books after I started working, and the one that impressed me most was "The Most Beautiful Life Is Pure Joy" by Lin Qingxuan. The content of that book amazed me. I like to read some articles. I remember reading an article before. There was a sentence in it: Life is boring, starting from the moment the hobby fades away. With my own hobbies, I discovered that life is not always boring.

Life is not just the ordinary things in front of you, but also poetry and distant fields. By chance, I attended a city literary club with my friends and listened to a lecture by the Baoding Writers Association. I only remember the essence of this sentence: What I write about is the world in my eyes and my feelings about the world. Next to me sat an ordinary middle-aged man, a working poet. Later, I searched the Internet and found his profile. He was an ordinary migrant worker. He insisted on writing poems while working. He wrote poems on cigarette boxes and wrote many poems. With perseverance, he finally succeeded. There are results. This man's deeds deeply touched the chord in my heart. A man who worked on a construction site insisted on writing poetry and published his first collection of poems, "Happiness is the Little Lightning in the Heart." This man was sitting next to me. He deeply infected me and touched me. It turns out that ordinary people can still become poets and writers. I think my conditions are better than his. If he can do it, why can’t I? Dreams always have to be had, what if they come true? Although I am still a blank piece of paper without any achievements, writing is a hobby of mine and an important part of my life. It adds color to my life and makes me love life even more. Because I like it, I persist!

I don’t know if you have ever heard of the song "Alive". There is this sentence in the lyrics: In a hurry, in a hurry, why is life always like this? In our busy life, I hope each of us can find our own interests and hobbies and find inner peace. Slow down, let your footsteps wait for your soul, forget the hustle and bustle of the world, and retain a piece of joy in your heart. There is no blank space anywhere in life, leave a little gap for yourself, and let some sunshine penetrate into your life. I think the meaning of all our efforts should be family happiness and a happy life. Because of love, life in this world becomes more beautiful.

? The meaning of writing

? Don’t write simply for the sake of writing, as there is a saying: Art comes from life, but is higher than life. Writing originally comes from life, and the meaning of writing is to live a better life.

There will always be ups and downs in life, and there will always be loneliness and helplessness. When you are alone, you often feel lonely. But because I have some interests and hobbies of my own, I feel that life is more meaningful! Read books, listen to songs, write, paint, taste the ups and downs of life, and find your own little happiness. Life is your own, and some roads must be walked alone. Remember to take care of yourself when you are alone, health is the most important thing. Without a healthy body, everything is in vain. We must love ourselves well for the rest of our lives so that we can have the energy to love others. Loving ourselves is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

The power of persistence

For something, it is not enough to just like it, you also need to persist. Persistence is indispensable in anything you do. I don’t know how many things in life are abandoned halfway. Only those who persist to the end are qualified to enjoy the most beautiful scenery. Therefore, when we do things, we cannot look left and right. This mountain looks high and that mountain is high. We should have our own independent thoughts, have our own firm stand, and persevere, and we will definitely achieve the desired results. I believe that opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared, and life secretly rewards those who work hard and persevere quietly. ?

? Flower cultivation and literature

Today a friend asked me to talk about some things about flower cultivation. I want to say that I insist on it because I like it. This is the same as writing. I am a flower lover, and I like flowers very much. Whether they are flowers growing in the soil, flowers in a vase, or scented tea in a tea cup, I like them all. I have raised many flowers and have a special affection for them. Many literati have also written a lot about raising flowers. Tea can be intoxicating, why do you need wine? If the wind is fragrant, you don’t need flowers. You can live in an orchid room for a long time without smelling its fragrance. The grass is bearing its seeds and the wind is shaking its leaves. Standing in nature and not talking is very beautiful. When people live, they should follow their inner feelings, what they like and what they should do. In my heart, I don’t like liveliness, and I don’t like rushing into things. "There are trees in the mountains, and the trees have branches, and the heart is happy for you, but you don't know it." In fact, it is good to be a plant. I like flowers and plants. I often compare my flowers and plants to my friends. Flowers bloom and fall, and fate comes and goes. Growing flowers requires management, dedication, and fate.

Therefore, I feel that growing flowers is the same as writing and cooking. Every flower is like a good friend of mine. I will cherish it when we get together and when we are apart! The state of flowers is the state of my life. I especially hope that my flowers can survive the cold winter safely and not be afraid of the cold. I hope that my cherished friends can always be with me and never leave me.

I hope that what we do is what we like. Writing is a joy deep in our hearts. Because we like it, we persist!