A collection of sincere and spiritual stories

Akibot is just an ordinary employee of Standard Oil Company of the United States, but no matter where he signs, he never forgets to attach the company's slogan "Standard Oil is $4 per barrel". After a long time, colleagues and friends simply nicknamed him "4 dollars per barrel", but his real name was no longer called.

When Rockefeller, the chairman of the company, heard about it, he called Akibert and asked him, "Why don't you get angry when people call you' 4 dollars a barrel'?" Akibot replied, "Isn't' $4 a barrel' the slogan of our company? When someone called me, it was a free publicity for the company. Why should I be angry? Rockefeller sighed: "We will never forget to promote the company. This is the employee we want. "

Five years later, Rockefeller stepped down as chairman, and Akibot became the next chairman of Standard Oil Company. The important reason for his promotion is his persistent publicity for the company.

Akibert said: I succeeded because I noticed the little things that others ignored. Therefore, don't be depressed because there is nothing earth-shattering to make yourself perfect. Treat every little thing you encounter positively, and maybe your future success will start from them.

Stand outside the door on snowy days and wait for Cheng Yi (Cheng Yi) to wake up and give instructions-respect the teacher and his teaching.

The story of "Cheng Menxue Pear" tells the story of Song Dynasty scholars Shi Yang and You Zuo asking their teachers for advice. Shi Yang and Youzuo studied under Cheng Hao. After Cheng Hao's death, they were all in their forties, and they were all admitted to Jinshi. However, they still have to go to Cheng Yi to continue their studies. The story happened on the day when they first visited Cheng Yi in Songyang Academy.

When they greeted Cheng Yi outside the courtyard of Dacheng Yi's house, the boy in the yard heard it and quickly opened the door and said to them, "Mr. Wang is taking a nap." They explained their purpose to the young man, who asked them to wait in the study. They were afraid to wake the teacher, so they thanked the boy and stood outside the door waiting respectfully.

It was the middle of winter, and it suddenly snowed heavily on a gloomy day. Soon, a thick layer of snow accumulated on their faces and bodies. From a distance, they look like two snowmen, but neither of them wants to leave. When Yi woke up from his nap, the boy brought hot tea and said that two students had come to visit, but he didn't dare to disturb his nap. He was still waiting outside the door. Cheng Yi was surprised and asked the boy to invite them in. Cheng Yi was deeply moved by the two men's learning spirit and respect for teachers, and taught them wholeheartedly from then on. Finally, Shi Yang learned all the knowledge of the teacher. Later, he returned to the south to spread Cheng Zhu's Neo-Confucianism and formed a unique school, known as "Mr. Kameyama".

Later generations will use the allusion of "Chengmen Sydney" to praise those students who sincerely ask for advice and respect their teachers. This hard-working spirit and moral character of respecting teachers and respecting morality are still worth learning today.

Redemption of childhood dreams

2002128, three days before Thanksgiving, a middle-aged man named Sene Smith in Chicago filed a complaint with the local court, demanding to redeem his right to travel to Egypt. Such demands should be said to be very common in American society. However, this case caused an uproar.

The facts of this case are simple. It happened 40 years ago, when Sani Smith was 6 years old and was in the first grade of primary school in Wellington. One day, Miss Mary Ann, the character teacher, asked them to tell their dreams. The 24 students in the class are very enthusiastic, especially Saini. He told them both in one breath: one had his own heifer and the other was to travel to Egypt. But when Miss Marianne asked about a boy named Jamie, I didn't know why he suddenly lost his dream. In order to let Jamie have a dream, she suggested that Jamie buy one from his classmates. So under the witness of Miss Mary Ann, Jamie spent 3 cents to buy one from Sani, who has two dreams. Because Sene wanted a calf very much, he gave up his second dream-a trip to Egypt.

Forty years later, Sani Smith has reached middle age and made small achievements in business. In the past 40 years, I have also been to many places-Sweden, Denmark, Greece, Saudi Arabia, China and Japan. However, he never set foot in Egypt. Doesn't he want to go to Egypt? He said that he never forgot his dream of going to Egypt after selling it. However, as a devout Christian and an honest businessman, he can't go to Egypt because he sold this behavior with that dream.

On the eve of Thanksgiving in 2002, he and his wife planned to travel to Africa. When designing the travel route, his wife took the pyramids of Egypt as one of the sightseeing projects. Sene Smith decided to realize this dream, because he felt that only in this way could he set foot on that land peacefully.

Sene Smith failed to redeem the dream because it was approved by the federal court and was worth $30 million. If Sene Smith wants to redeem it, he will have to go bankrupt.

Jamie's defense said: When I received a copy of Mr. Smith's lawyer, I was packing my bags and preparing to go to Egypt with my family. This seems to be the reason why I flatly refused Mr. Smith's request to redeem that dream.

In fact, the real reason is not that we are going to Egypt, but the value of this dream. I was a poor child when I was a child. I am too poor to have my own dreams. However, since I bought a dream from Mr. Smith for 3 cents with Miss Mary's encouragement, I have completely changed and become rich. I am no longer rambling, and I have made great progress in my study. I think I was admitted to Washington University because of this dream. Because I want to go to Egypt.

Because of this dream, I met my beautiful and virtuous wife. She is a person who is crazy about Egypt. If I hadn't bought that dream, we would never have met in the library, let alone had a romantic and charming love. My son is studying at Stanford University now, and I think he also benefits from this dream. Because I told him from an early age: "I have a dream, and that is to go to Egypt. If you can get good grades, I will take you to that beautiful place. " I think he entered Stanford University at the call of Egypt.

Now, I own six supermarkets in Chicago with a total value of about $25 million. I think, if I didn't dream of traveling to Egypt, I would never have this wealth. Dear judges, I think if this dream is yours, you will think that this dream has been integrated into your life, and it has been closely linked with your life and your destiny. I will definitely think that this dream is your priceless treasure.

It costs $30 million to redeem a dream for 3 cents. In our opinion, this may not be necessary, or it is not worth it at all. However, Sani Smith has appealed to the federal court, saying that even if he spends 300 million yuan to sue his great-grandchildren, he will redeem his childhood dream at any cost.