Chapter 5 Willing to be a screw

A world-renowned symphony orchestra on the east coast of the United States is recruiting a cellist. This is a job that everyone in the music industry envies. Not only does it have a high status, a high salary, and the ability to travel around the world, but it is also a job for life. All of a sudden, 500 cello masters came to apply.After being eliminated one after another, a boy who was only 23 years old was unanimously favored by the judges. It was about to announce that he was selected, and the person in charge of the symphony orchestra found out the young man's professor's recommendation letter, and passed it to the judges after reading it.

Then it was announced that the winner was not the young man, but the musician who had been ranked second. The reason is that although the young man’s university professor’s recommendation letter highly praised his piano skills, he said at the end: “The only pity is that he is often late for practice and is dressed sloppily.” I tell you this true story because I heard that you were planning to quit because you weren't good enough for a seat in the symphony orchestra. The symphony orchestra is composed of experts recommended by each school every year, and after interviews, the seats are determined.Since there are more than 160 people in the whole group, each person only has 30 seconds, and with this half-minute impression, it is up to the judge to decide whether to sit in the front or the back.

You went there full of confidence, thinking that you had just passed the devil training at the Grass Mountain Summer Camp, and you were the number one student in the school, so you would surely stand out from the crowd easily. It's just that, to your great surprise, it turned out that instead of sitting at the front, you were placed in the middle. Last night, you cried as soon as you walked in the door, saying that the judging was unfair, and they obviously knew some students well, so they ranked them all at the top. "They are racist." You cried while talking, saying that the white classmates who were much worse than you all sat in the front, which made you lose face, and then stamped your feet, saying that you are not going today.

I didn't say much at the time, but just asked lightly, would other students also feel that it was unfair? "Of course!" you say, "Many people are dissatisfied with their seats, except for the few people who got to the front." Boy! That's right! You know it's the top of the school that goes there, and everyone thinks they should be at the top.Those who got the tenth place thought they should be in the top five, and even those who got the second place thought that the first place was worse than him, let alone the thirty or so people.There must also be many geniuses who have been considered geniuses since childhood, and masters who have always been top-notch.If everyone in the whole country thinks the judging is unfair and is as angry as you, except for the few people who sit at the head, and they don’t go the next day, isn’t there only a few people left in this orchestra?

First of all, you have to think about why you are going to participate. If you participate, you will accept the selection.If the results of the selection are not good, they will withdraw.Isn't it like someone who flips the board when he loses in chess? You may not participate at the beginning, but since you have joined, you should respect that group, accept the results of the selection, and complete the task from beginning to end. Children! What is growth and what is maturity? Growth and maturity is step by step from the parents to the outside world, from the little princess at home, the talented girl at school, into the society, integrated into it, and become a screw or a cog in the big social machine.

Think about it, if you leave the orchestra in anger, you carry the piano, and walk out of the concert hall alone, will the symphony orchestra in the hall continue to practice, when you hear the music coming from behind, the truly lonely Are people "they" or "you"? This morning, when you went out, I said, "It's up to you to decide whether to go or not. If you decide not to go, go home after school." So, at three o'clock in the afternoon, I kept listening to the door for your footsteps.Time passed minute by minute, everything was quiet outside the door, and my heart changed from nervousness to excitement.

My child! Congratulations, you have succeeded! You have overcome your narrow self and gained a broad mind.