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            <title><![CDATA[Inferiority complex is a stumbling block in life.]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 15:43:13 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[What should we do if we are poor or lowly? Van Gogh was a poor man who couldn't even marry. His paintings were only recognized by the world many years after he died in poverty and illness. Hans Christian Andersen was the son of a shoemaker. His childhood was difficult, but his heart was full of beautiful imaginations. He wrote these beautiful imaginations into fairy tales, allowing many poor children to experience the happiness of life. The lives of these two artists tell us that God does not...]]></description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What should we do if we are poor or lowly?</p><p>Van Gogh was a poor man who couldn't even marry. His paintings were only recognized by the world many years after he died in poverty and illness. Hans Christian Andersen was the son of a shoemaker. His childhood was difficult, but his heart was full of beautiful imaginations. He wrote these beautiful imaginations into fairy tales, allowing many poor children to experience the happiness of life. The lives of these two artists tell us that God does not despise a poor person because of their humble origins, nor does He withhold wealth and status from them. No matter what our shortcomings are, we should first accept and acknowledge ourselves; only then can our hearts find balance. No one says that the poor cannot change their lives through hard work. As long as you shed your inferiority complex, miracles are possible.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Pleasures of Alexandre Dumas]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 15:41:11 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Alexandre Dumas was a renowned and prolific writer. His creative life was intense yet structured, sometimes allowing him time for drinks and conversation with friends. One day, a friend asked him, "Don't you suffer from writing all these years?" Dumas calmly replied, "I write incessantly, racking my brains, but I don't feel pain." He considered writing a pleasure in life, a normal job, so he didn't see it as arduous writing. Whatever you do, whatever setbacks and hardships you experience, tel...]]></description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Alexandre Dumas was a renowned and prolific writer. His creative life was intense yet structured, sometimes allowing him time for drinks and conversation with friends. One day, a friend asked him, "Don't you suffer from writing all these years?" Dumas calmly replied, "I write incessantly, racking my brains, but I don't feel pain." He considered writing a pleasure in life, a normal job, so he didn't see it as arduous writing. Whatever you do, whatever setbacks and hardships you experience, tell yourself that it's a pleasure. Face it naturally, and when you finally reach your destination, you'll discover that it truly is the pleasure of success.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Chisel away the stone chips of life]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 15:38:42 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Confucius had a neighbor who was a stonemason. One day, Confucius visited him and saw the stonemason carving an inscription for a deceased official of the State of Lu. The old stonemason skillfully wielded his hammer and chisel, stone chips flying across the stone as characters appeared. In no time, the inscription was finished. Reading the inscription, Confucius sighed, "Why do some people die unnoticed, while others are remembered? The latter's lives are not wasted!" Confucius later told hi...]]></description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Confucius had a neighbor who was a stonemason. One day, Confucius visited him and saw the stonemason carving an inscription for a deceased official of the State of Lu. The old stonemason skillfully wielded his hammer and chisel, stone chips flying across the stone as characters appeared. In no time, the inscription was finished. Reading the inscription, Confucius sighed, "Why do some people die unnoticed, while others are remembered? The latter's lives are not wasted!"</p><p>Confucius later told his students: "Carving requires removing many stone chips to reveal the text; otherwise, it's just ordinary stone. Life is the same. You must do something for future generations to remember you. 'Without enduring the bitter cold, how can the plum blossom give off its fragrant scent?' Only those who dare to chisel away their own shortcomings can create a life that highlights its true quality."</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Open the Heart Lock]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 15:36:03 GMT</pubDate>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A legendary magician possessed unparalleled lock-picking skills; no matter how complex the lock, he could open it in a very short time. The residents of a small town decided to challenge the great magician. They specially built a sturdy iron cell and installed an extremely complex-looking lock, inviting the magician to perform live. The magician readily accepted. On the day of the challenge, the people put the magician in the iron cell and locked the door. The magician worked intensely inside, using all his skills, but he couldn't hear the lock spring open. Half an hour passed, an hour passed, and the lock remained unmoved. He was drenched in sweat and finally, exhausted, announced his failure. In reality, the lock on the cell door wasn't locked; it was merely a decoration.</p><p>The magician was bound by the fixed mindset formed by his past lock-picking experience, complicating a problem that could have been easily solved. When a problem cannot be solved using past experience, we should think from a different perspective. Often, creative thinking is crucial to life.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[University professors with "primary school education"]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 15:33:41 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[There was a Chinese writer who came from an ordinary family in Fenghuang, Xiangxi, and only attended a private primary school. At the age of 15, his family sent him to join the army, and at 20, he went to Beijing alone to seek his fortune. Upon arriving in Beijing, he was determined to attend university. He applied to Peking University and Yenching University, but was rejected both times because of his low academic qualifications. He gave up his dream of attending university and resolved to t...]]></description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There was a Chinese writer who came from an ordinary family in Fenghuang, Xiangxi, and only attended a private primary school. At the age of 15, his family sent him to join the army, and at 20, he went to Beijing alone to seek his fortune. Upon arriving in Beijing, he was determined to attend university. He applied to Peking University and Yenching University, but was rejected both times because of his low academic qualifications. He gave up his dream of attending university and resolved to teach himself writing. Fortunately, he soon received help from Yu Dafu, Xu Zhimo, and others, and became a librarian at Peking University. He wrote tirelessly in his spare time. His body was already weak, and the constant reading and writing caused him frequent nosebleeds. He ignored this and continued writing. His small room was as hot as a sauna in summer and as cold as an icebox in winter, yet he persevered for two years. At the age of 22, he became famous for his writing and was subsequently hired as a teacher by several prestigious universities. At 37, he was appointed a professor at Peking University. Everyone who knows his story can't help but exclaim: Who would have thought that this "elementary school student" who was rejected by Peking University back then would become a professor at Peking University today! He is the famous writer Mr. Shen Congwen.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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