RAKHMANINOV: THREE VICTORIES OVER YOURSELF

Probably many of us made mistakes. The ancient sages said: “It is human nature to make mistakes.” Unfortunately, there are also such serious wrong decisions or actions that can harm our whole future life. We ourselves choose which way to go: the difficult one that leads us to a cherished dream, a wonderful goal, or, on the contrary, we prefer a beautiful and easy road, which often turns out to be false, deadlock. One very talented boy, my neighbor, was not accepted into the aircraft modeling club because of his own laziness. Instead of overcoming this shortcoming, he chose a pleasant cycling section in all respects and even became a champion. After many years it became clear that he has phenomenal mathematical abilities, and airplanes – this is his vocation. It remains only to regret that his talent was not in demand.

Maybe now in the sky would fly completely new types of aircraft? However, laziness defeated talent. Another example. Before the girl, my classmate, with the coefficient of mental development of an extra-talented person, thanks to her well-read and purposefulness, a beautiful road opened to the future. Her grandfather and dad were career diplomats. Continue reading →