An inspirational story that is neither too long nor too short.

A Frenchman named Roddy lost a month's hard-earned money at the gambling table. He wandered in the street dejectedly, and his sick old mother was waiting for him at home. At this time, he even had the idea of robbing people's wallets.

A fortune teller muttered something to himself on the street corner. When he passed by, the fortune teller stopped him. "I have no money anyway." Roddy thought like this and walked to the fortune teller. He wants to plan his future. As a result, the fortune teller told him, "Do you know that you are the reincarnation of Napoleon? You will be very painful in the future, but you will not be afraid of pain, because there is success waiting for you." Napoleon is the idol of the French public, and Roddy thinks that if he is really Napoleon alive, he should make great achievements. So he bought a lot of books about Napoleon and became fascinated by Napoleon's biography. Then, he borrowed some money and started a business. Difficulties came unexpectedly when starting a business, but Roddy was not brought back, because the fortune teller said that there would be many hardships in the future, and as long as he was not afraid of hardships, there would be success waiting for him. So Roddy is optimistic and tries to do everything well. He is indomitable in the face of setbacks. A few years later, Roddy became a famous entrepreneur in France, and his assets ranked among the top French monopoly.

When someone interviewed him, he told the reporter the fortune-telling story. After he finished his story, he said flatly, I believe the fortune teller can't remember what he once said to a young man, because the fortune teller just saw my depression and wanted to help me. But his words inadvertently outlined a more perfect image of himself. For so many years, I have been imitating another perfect self imagined by fortune tellers, and finally I succeeded.

Faith is a seed.

One year, a British expedition entered a certain area of the Sahara desert and trudged through the vast sand sea. In the sun, the wind and sand flying all over the sky hit the faces of the expedition members like red-hot iron sand. Thirsty and anxious-everyone's water is gone. At this time, the expedition leader took out a kettle and said, "There is still a kettle of water here, but no one can drink it before crossing the desert."

A pot of water has become the source of faith and the goal of survival in crossing the desert. The kettle was passed in the hands of the players, and the heavy feeling made the players' faces on the verge of despair, showing a firm look. Finally, the expedition stubbornly walked out of the desert and broke free from the hand of death. Everyone wept with joy and unscrewed the pot of water that supported their spirit with trembling hands-slowly flowing out, but it was full of sand!

The scorching sun and the vast desert, where is the jar of sand that really saved them? Their persistent belief, like a seed, took root in their hearts and eventually led them out of the "desperate situation."

In fact, life has never really been desperate. No matter how much you suffer, no matter how many hardships you have experienced, as long as there is a seed of faith in a person's heart, then one day, he will be able to get out of the predicament and let life blossom and bear fruit again.

Life is like this. As long as the seeds are still there, there is hope.