"People have joys and sorrows, and the moon is cloudy and sunny, and this matter is difficult to complete."

　　When I was in junior high school, I read Su Shi's "Shui Tiao Song Head" in the textbook, and I didn't quite understand what I wanted.

With the growth of age and life experience, I gradually realized the deep meaning expressed in Su Shi's poems, and the aftertaste is endless.

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　　Nine times out of ten, life is unsatisfactory, career, family, appearance... There will be all kinds of imperfections.

Of course no one is perfect, but how you deal with imperfections determines your direction.

　　If you dare to face and accept it calmly, at least it means that you have taken the first step of maturity.

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normal life

　　Ji Xianlin once wrote in the book: "Everyone strives for a perfect life. However, since ancient times, at home and abroad, there is no one hundred percent perfect life, so imperfection is the normal state of life."

　　Toys that were not available in childhood, unsatisfactory test scores; confusion when entering the society after growing up, huge gap between ideal and reality; unsatisfactory career and family pressure after entering middle age; physical decline and loneliness after entering old age...

　　At every stage of life, there are always troubles and disappointments, and it always seems so imperfect.

　　And we always seem to be obsessed with our own imperfections, but ignore the beauty we have and blindly look up to the happiness of others. In fact, looking back, what you have experienced may not be bad.

　　When the moon is full, it is short, and when the water is full, it overflows.

Imperfection is the norm, and it is actually a kind of perfection.

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accept imperfection

　　"The wood of feet must have programs, and the jade of inch must have flaws."

　　This sentence in "Lv's Spring and Autumn Annals, Leaving the Secular" shows that everything in the world has its own shortcomings and cannot be perfect.

　　A foot long wood will have knots; an inch square jade will definitely have flaws.

　　But from another perspective, it is precisely because of the knots that trees are tougher and more able to withstand wind and rain, and jade is also precious because it is fragile.

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　　In the movie "The Pianist at Sea", the protagonist was abandoned on a cruise ship in 1900 and raised by the boilerman on the ship. He has an extraordinary musical talent.

　　He has no family of origin, no parents, no relatives, and no one knows where he came from. He just drifts with a big boat and has never been to the coast, but he is the happiest and has the purest freedom. On the boat, he Also insight into life.

　　The protagonist 1900 could have disembarked to show his musical talent to the world, gain countless fame and fortune, and chase after his beloved girl.

　　But the ending of the story is that 1900 times gave up and got off the ship, and finally died with the ship in the sea.

　　This is not a perfect ending, but it is perfect - 1900 has maintained its purity and did not let itself fall into the quagmire of reality.

　　This "imperfect" plot also made "The Pianist at Sea" a classic masterpiece.

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be braver

　　Romain-Roland once said: "There is only one heroism in the world, and that is to know the truth of life and still love it."

　　In life, mentality is very important.

　　Life can't be perfect, and life can't be satisfactory, and it is precisely because of these unsatisfactory and imperfections that we will pursue something.

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　　Some time ago, Chinese athlete Zhang Mengqiu, who won the championship in the women's super giant slalom-stance competition in alpine skiing at the Beijing Winter Paralympics, suffered from cerebral palsy in children, resulting in certain motor dysfunction.

　　However, she loves sports and eventually became a disabled athlete.

　　At the age of 14, Zhang Mengqiu was exposed to alpine skiing. Due to physical reasons, Zhang Mengqiu's reaction speed was slower than others.

It takes her two or three times as long to master a movement that others can learn in an hour.

　　With an unyielding energy, under the hard training and repeated pondering of technical actions, Zhang Mengqiu was selected for the national team, and has gradually improved since then.

　　Zhang Mengqiu once said that her dream is to stand on the top podium of the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing. It took her 6 years to realize her dream and live out what she wanted.

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　　Facing it calmly is the first step to rise up.

Of course, there will be many difficulties and obstacles in the future, and thorns will be bristling.

But you, who have given up self-defeating and self-pity, and travelled lightly, have already taken the first step in a mature life.

　　May you and I be able to face our imperfections calmly.

They all work hard to live the life they want,

　　Everyone has only one unique life, and you are the protagonist of your life.

　　(Source: China-Singapore Sports Forum WeChat Official Account Author: Bian Liqun)