今天读到一个“WHY ME?” 的故事:“Arthur is the legendary Wimbledon Player who was dying of AIDS, which he got due to Infected Blood he received during a Heart Surgery in 1983!
He received letters from his fans, one of which conveyed: "Why did God have to select you for such a bad disease?"
To this Arthur Ashe replied:
50 Million children started playing Tennis,
5 Million learnt to play Tennis,
500 000 learnt Professional Tennis,
50 Thousand came to Circuit,
5 Thousand reached Grand Slam,
50 reached Wimbledon,
4 reached the Semifinals,
2 reached the Finals and when I was holding the cup in my hand, I never asked God "Why Me?"
So now that I'm in pain how can I ask God "Why Me?"
Sometimes you are not satisfied with your life, while many people in this world are dreaming of living your life. A child on a farm sees a plane fly overhead dreams of flying. But, a pilot on the plane sees the farm house & dreams of returning home……
Strong minds suffer without Complaining and weak minds complain without suffering. ”
管理学家柯林斯的2个比喻:照镜子和看窗外”和上面的故事异曲同工。他研究了数以万计的企业,试图从中寻找伟大企业家的共同点,最后他发现了几个规律,其中有一条“优秀的企业家,在一切顺风顺水的时候,习惯归结为运气等外在因素,也就是“看窗外”。而当遭遇困难的时候,会从自己身上找原因,也就说“照镜子”。而很多最终失败的企业家则恰恰相反,他们在成功的时候照镜子,认为是自己的能力强。他们在不顺的时候看窗外,认为是运气差。”
每个人在生活和工作中有高潮也有低谷,有些在意料之中,而很多突如其来。在未能如愿时我们经常会问“Why not me”,而在要接受未期待情形时我们经常会问“Why me”。要冷静客观地想清楚“Why me”和“Why not me”的确不容易,拥有强大内心才能面对最真实的自己,需要不断修炼…