什么是吃苦?
What Does It Mean to Endure Hardship?
I came across a thought-provoking passage:
'Most people have an overly shallow understanding of what it means to endure hardship. Poverty is by no means hardship — poverty is simply poverty, nothing more.
Enduring hardship is not about the ability to live in destitution. Its true essence lies in the capacity to stay focused on one goal for an extended period, along with the willingness to give up recreational activities, futile social interactions, and meaningless consumption in the process. It also entails bearing loneliness and being misunderstood. At its core, it is a combination of self-discipline, self-control, perseverance, and deep thinking.
To a large extent, those who achieve wealth through their own efforts are often more capable of enduring hardship than the poor.Otherwise, they could never have risen from rags to riches on their own.You will notice that even after attaining wealth, they remain more diligent than you, better at enduring solitude, and more driven by lofty ideals.
This, indeed, is what it means to endure hardship.
看到一段发人深省的话：
大多数人对吃苦的含义理解得太浅了。穷根本不是吃苦，穷就是穷，不是吃苦。吃苦不是受穷的能力。吃苦的本质是长时间专注一件事的能力, 以及为了长时间专注做一件事的过程中，所放弃的娱乐生活、所放弃的无效社交、所放弃的无意义的消费生活，这还意味着在这个过程中要承受孤独和被误解。其核心是一种自控、自制和坚持的能力，以及深度思考。
很大程度上，靠自己成功的富人，往往比穷人能吃苦，否则他就不能靠自己白手起家。你会发现他富裕了以后做事情还是比你勤奋、还是比你能忍受孤独、还是比你更有理想。
的确，这才是吃苦!
《晴江秋望》
唐·崔季卿
八月长江万里晴，
千帆一道带风轻。
尽日不分天水色，
洞庭南是岳阳城。