Chapter 3 glass emerald

The cost of participating in a pen meeting was sponsored by a materials company. The general manager of the company was a middle-aged woman who loved literature. Most of the participating writers did not know what materials were before, so she took out two tall glasses. For example, let me tell you that when a large hotel is completed, in addition to furniture and other large items, it must be equipped with some small things before it is put into use. Our company is specialized in supplying these daily necessities and consumable materials to them in batches..." After introducing her company, she announced that she would give each of us a box of such glasses, eight in each box, made of tempered glass Products, not afraid of falling and bumping.Demonstrate after speaking, move your left and right hands

The glasses held by each of them collided with force, but they all broke when they hit each other. She was very embarrassed while laughing, and hurriedly took out a few more glasses, knocking and falling, this time it really showed the extraordinary of tempered glass Quality, no damage, she said to everyone: "No matter how toughened, glass is still glass. When you use it, don't deliberately smash it like me to show off!" The first time I saw tempered glass was the early stage of reform and opening up.An acquaintance returned from a visit to Japan and brought back one. Not only did he often deliberately let go of it and drop it to the ground, but he was also particularly willing to stuff it into other people's hands and encourage it to be broken.I remember that when he ordered me to "complete the free fall" of the cup, I was really flustered. After all, it was a glass cup instead of a manganese steel cup. After hesitating for a few minutes, I let go tremblingly and the cup fell There was a bang, I closed my eyes and opened them again, and the cup that was still spinning on the ground was unscathed!Later, when acquaintances saw his cup, some of them would take it as a novelty for fun.Unexpectedly, once an acquaintance just gently pushed the glass from the table to the ground, and the glass shattered into a piece of glass in front of us as soon as it hit the ground, and everyone was stunned.The owner of the cup took a deep breath, and then said mockingly: "Steel soldiers will still age and die!"

If people are compared to glass, then tempered glass is like an individual with advantages.Either have a high degree of education and have studied abroad; or have a prominent status and reputation; or have a great reputation and popularity;Such people are of course more able to withstand shocks than ordinary people and will not break easily.In the process of tempering themselves, these people have experienced hardships and are full of pride. However, the qualities obtained through tempering should be used to benefit the society, care for others, and improve themselves. They should not have a superior mentality and feel that they have advantages anyway. Therefore, he became indifferent, flaunting himself deliberately, relying on academic qualifications to embezzle flowers and trees, pretending to be an official and neglecting his duties, keeping his old roots and even stopping farming and weaving but boasting of his own name, exaggerating and showing off his wealth and arrogance to carry out the plan of swallowing elephants with snakes... such Even if the "toughened glass" does not intend to violate morality, discipline, or law subjectively, objectively it will inevitably attract all kinds of embarrassing criticisms, investigations and punishments, and even ruin its reputation, and eventually turn into a pile of broken glass that is useless.

In fact, for each of us ordinary people, there may be elements similar to tempered glass in our personality.A word we often say is vulnerable.If you think about it carefully, fragility is more terrifying than weakness.Weakness often makes others and oneself more vigilant from the external form. Therefore, once the weakness is revealed, it is easier to pay attention to overcome it, and it can be low-key in dealing with others, and the harm will be reduced.Brittle, like glass, is hard and transparent in appearance. Most people have this kind of "brittleness" psychologically, and many "brittleness" are also "hardened" by themselves, such as thinking that they are "strong people" and "hearts". It is inevitable to succeed", "Never say never", or feel that "I have a clear conscience anyway", "Others can do nothing to me".Therefore, don’t hold back when you should hold back, don’t give up when you should give up, don’t compromise when you should compromise, don’t be soft-hearted when you should be soft-hearted, and insist on being top-notch when you should be second-best. Being high-profile and demanding is like always deliberately tempering glass. The cup was thrown to the ground, thinking that his "steel determination" could withstand strong shocks no matter what.As a result, with a bang, it broke and shattered, and I regretted it too late.In fact, I should have realized earlier that what I thought was hard as steel is actually glass brittle, and even if it is as hard as steel, it will age when it ages, so I should always think of "brittleness" as "hardness", consciously overcome the "brittleness", and seek truth from facts. Treat society, others and yourself.

There is a kind of grass flower called glass emerald. The leaves of the plant are translucent like light green glass, and the red flowers that bloom are like lips of silence.This flower is easy to grow. It is recommended that all friends who are interested in discovering and overcoming their own "brittleness" grow a pot.Not only because of the sound of "glass brittle" in the name of glass emerald, but if you observe carefully, you can find that the stems and leaves of this flower are as solid and crystal-clear as glass on the one hand, and on the other hand reveal the fragile characteristics that will break if you pinch it.Its growth is a combination of self-esteem, self-improvement, self-esteem, self-love, self-discipline, self-prudence, self-examination, and self-vigilance. Often facing such a pot of grass and flowers, you can gain more life than drinking from a tempered glass. Inspiration.