A short story about ideals

First, the Wright brothers' dream of flying

More than 1 years ago, a poor shepherd took two young sons to herd sheep for others to make a living.

one day, they drove the sheep to a hillside, and a flock of wild geese flew over their heads and soon disappeared in the distance. The shepherd's youngest son asked his father, "Where are the geese going?" The shepherd said, "They are going to a warm place, where they will settle down and spend the cold winter." The eldest son blinked and said enviously, "If only I could fly like a wild goose." The youngest son also said, "If only I could be a flying geese!"

The shepherd was silent for a while, and then said to his two sons, "You can fly if you want." The two sons tried, but they couldn't fly. They looked at their father suspiciously. The shepherd said, "Let me fly to you." So he opened his arms, but he couldn't fly. However, the shepherd said firmly, "I can't fly because I am old. You are still young. As long as you keep working hard, you will be able to fly in the future and go where you want to go."

The two sons firmly remembered their father's words and worked hard all the time. When they grew up-when the elder brother was 36 and the younger brother was 32-they really flew because they invented the airplane. These two men are the Wright brothers in America.

second, Helen Keller

Helen Keller is blind and deaf, but she has made great efforts to change from a sympathetic little girl who is unknown to a strong woman who is respected by the whole world. If life is really unfair, then life is unfair to her to the extreme.

She can give up her dream and hide in a dark corner and cry loudly. No one will blame her. She can also lie in bed or sit in a wheelchair and be served like a vegetable. But all this, she didn't do, she just struggled to learn blind language with the help of the teacher, touching things, only by her never-giving-up belief and perseverance. She painted her ideal sky with the brightest color of life.

third, Sima Qian

Sima Qian, following his father's will, is determined to write a history book that can "hide famous mountains and pass them on to future generations". In the seventh year when he started writing this history book, the Li Ling case happened. Li Ling, the general of the Second Division, was defeated and surrendered in a war with the Huns because he was outnumbered. Sima Qian defended Li Ling, angered Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, was arrested and imprisoned, and suffered cruel "corruption".

After accepting the model, I tried to commit suicide because of humiliation and pain, but I can think that my ideal of writing history books has not yet been completed. So I endured humiliation and rose up, and it took 18 years before and after, and finally I wrote Historical Records. This great book has 5265 words. Initiating the general history of biographies in China, with rich and informative historical materials, it has always been respected by people. Lu Xun once spoke highly of Historical Records in a very general language: "The swan song of historians, without rhyme."

Fourth, Liu Gongquan is famous for his arrogance

Liu Gongquan has shown great talent in calligraphy since he was a child, and his handwriting is well known. He is also a little proud of it. However, one day he met an old man with no hands, and found that the handwriting written by the old man with his feet was better than that written by him. Since then, he has always kept "guard against arrogance" in mind, practiced calligraphy diligently and studied humbly, and finally became a generation of calligraphy masters.

v. Kuang Heng steals light from the wall

During the Western Han Dynasty, there was a particularly learned man named Kuang Heng. When Kuang Heng was a child, his family was poor. In order to study, he dug through the wall of his neighbor's illiteracy, and by stealing a candle light, he finally moved his neighbor's illiteracy. With everyone's help, Kuang Heng learned something. At the time of Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty, Kuang Heng was appointed as a doctor and moved to a doctor on the recommendation of Shi Gao, a general of Fu and Che Qi. Extended information

Inspirational quotes about ideals

1. If you are determined to travel far from home, can you achieve nothing in the world? -(Ming) Xu Qian

2. Ideal is the guiding light. Without ideals, there is no firm direction; No direction, no life. -(Russian writer) lev tolstoy

3. Ideal can bring joy to the unfortunate people in the world. -Gorky

4. The dark night is a prelude to the day. -(China's famous poet in modern times) Guo Xiaochuan

5. The ideal figure should be expressed not only in the satisfaction of material needs, but also in the satisfaction of spiritual interests. -(Germany) Hegel

6. Believe in yourself first, and then others will believe you. -(Russia) Turgenev

7. Everyone has certain ideals, which determine the direction of his efforts and judgment. In this sense, I have never regarded ease and happiness as the purpose of life itself-this ethical basis, I call it pigsty ideal. Illuminate my path and constantly give me new courage to face up to the ideal of life happily, which is goodness, beauty and truth. -(American) Einstein

References: Ideal-Baidu Encyclopedia