Bi Shumin: Travel is a medicine that can cure the bitterness of life.

In 2008, a 55-year-old middle-aged woman took 1 14 days and traveled 55,284 kilometers, becoming the first person in Chinese mainland to sail around the world. She is Bi Shumin.

Yes, it's the writer we know well-Bi Shumin.

As the saying goes, "Read thousands of books, travel Wan Li Road", and Bi Shumin can be said to be one of the best practitioners of this sentence.

Today, she has traveled to more than 80 countries around the world, covering seven continents and eight oceans.

She said:

Travel makes Bi Shumin grow constantly, and also makes her bring us sincere and warm words.

However, Bi Shumin's life journey was not so smooth, from military doctors stationed in Tibet to psychological counselors to famous writers.

Fortunately, the medicine of travel cured the bitterness of life.

Although Bi Shumin was born in Yining, Xinjiang and grew up in Beijing, she can't adapt to the northern Tibet Plateau, which is more than 5,000 meters above sea level.

As the first batch of female soldiers in northern Tibet, 16-year-old was at a loss in the case of extreme hypoxia and lack of materials.

But after calming down, she realized that what she had to do now was to accept the status quo and adapt to the environment here as soon as possible.

"If you come, you will be safe." Bi Shumin kept comforting herself.

She knows that the road to growth will not be smooth sailing, just as life has honed herself.

One of the marching trainings made her unforgettable. In the coldest time of the year, each person carries 60 kilograms and walks for one month.

The troops camp on the ice and snow almost every night. On the way to March, the terrain is dangerous and the rain and snow weather is frequent. On the steep mountain road, they will slip down the abyss if they are not careful.

Even the male soldiers are complaining, which is an extreme challenge for Bi Shumin.

Since three o'clock in the morning, I have been walking continuously for 12 hours, and Bi Shumin's hat and eyebrows are frozen by the exhaled white gas. The water in the kettle froze to ice, and my throat was dry and sore. If I throw up, I will definitely vomit blood.

The weight of 60 kilograms on her back is even more unbearable, and the shoulder strap has been pulled into the clavicle. She really doesn't want to move another step. "I can't reach my destination anyway, so I'll just die," Bi Shumin thought.

On the verge of collapse, she stood on the edge of the cliff, trying to end it all.

"Must persist", at that moment, she pulled herself back from the death line.

Sometimes, growth is so quiet.

When she constantly overcame herself and walked through the most severe and difficult times in her life, she had unconsciously moved to a higher level.

As a war doctor, Bi Shumin saved many lives and witnessed the departure of young comrades around him. ...

The impermanence of life and death makes her more pious to nature and life, have a deeper understanding of life, and can face life more clearly.

She often encourages herself:

During Ali's 1 1 year, she was always tested by fate. The snow-capped mountains have shaped Bi Shumin's tenacious character and given her the courage to keep growing.

1980, Bi Shumin returned to Beijing and continued to heal the wounded and rescue the dying.

But the top of the mountain, the snow-capped mountain that bears all her youth, is an indelible past, which will always remind her of worrying memories.

Suddenly, she had an exciting idea: why not write down all those unforgettable stories?

Since I had this idea, when there are no patients at night, she will lie under the lamp.

At the top of the mountain, the unforgettable experience poured out in her pen and spread slowly. ...

She works during the day and writes at night. It's hard to imagine, but she never gave up and spent many sleepless nights.

1987, after eight years of painstaking efforts, the funeral of Kunlun was finally published. This first novel shocked the literary world.

Overnight, everyone knew this woman with a unique life experience, but I didn't know that behind her, it was a day-to-day struggle and protracted efforts.

All overnight fame is only the result of wealth accumulation.

In this world, no one wants to be mediocre, but few people can constantly strive for self-growth.

Bi Shumin did it.

After the successful publication of Kunlun Decision, she began to explore and study the literary road and created her own growth path.

Later, her novels "The Covenant of Death" and "The Red Prescription" were published one after another, which caused great repercussions in the society and the corresponding honors followed.

1988 Joined Beijing Writers Association.

1989 Joined the Chinese Writers Association.

1990, he was awarded the title of first-class writer. ...

Her experience reminds me of a sentence by writer Chen Dali:

Successful people are not born with some extraordinary ability.

If you study the reasons carefully, you will find that people who are often successful, they dare to try and break through themselves, and they all have the ability to keep growing.

Under the aura, Bi Shumin didn't lose himself.

She didn't go to a professional school. Knowing that she had a weak basic knowledge and had a lot to learn, she enrolled in a professional class at Night University. The place where she goes to class needs to cross five blocks after work.

Every day, she goes back and forth between work and night school. Even so, she never missed class.

How hard does she work in class?

One night, a typhoon blew and it rained heavily.

Because there was no mobile phone at that time, she was not sure whether the teacher would go that night. After a little hesitation, she left in the rain.

It was raining hard and there was no one in the street. Of course, umbrellas are useless.

When she was soaked to the skin and almost crawled to school, the old janitor told him that neither the teacher nor the students came except her.

She was depressed and wronged. The old man let her into the house and said to him:

Life is never wasted, and every step is important.

Your efforts for your dreams now will turn into a beam of light to illuminate the way forward.

Bi Shumin always has its own goals and directions. She knows where her gap is, so she is more willing to work hard to grow up.

At the age of 40, she obtained a master's degree in literature from the Chinese Department of the Graduate School of Beijing Normal University, and then studied for a master's degree and a doctor's degree in psychology at Beijing Normal University. She became a national registered psychological consultant and opened a psychological consultation room to help people solve psychological problems.

In the field of knowledge, she has made continuous progress and surpassed herself again and again.

In the end, she overcame herself and achieved herself through continuous growth.

Her experience also made us understand a truth:

Growth is the energy and motivation of a person's continuous growth, and it is also the original motivation within a person.

When he was nearly 50 years old, Bi Shumin resolutely abandoned medicine and went into literature. Since then, she has been writing continuously, writing more than 4 million words and winning more than 30 awards.

She depicts real emotional stories with delicate brushstrokes, which makes readers linger in the book; Her warm, philosophical and wise words have benefited many people.

Bi Shumin never stopped on the road of literature, constantly inspiring himself to explore the unknown world. In 20 16, she even took out her half-life savings and traveled around the world on the "Mir" cruise.

According to the experience of traveling, he has published books such as Travel to Reach the Heart and Distance, Three Wan Li in Africa and so on. On the way forward, her steps have never stopped, and she has been experiencing and growing. ...

There is no shortcut to growth, and every effort you make for growth will give you a surprise gift at some point in the future.

Although the current epidemic can't let us go out of the house, we might as well pick up books and take a spiritual journey.

May we all find our inner direction, forge ahead and keep growing!

Student Author: Bing Ling