Chapter 153: 244 chapters, suddenly I thought of that country person

244 chapters, suddenly I thought of that country person.....

244 chapters, suddenly I thought of that country person……

——Liu Guozong

Makesi once gave this evaluation of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States: "He is a person who will not be overwhelmed by difficulties nor confused by success; he advances toward his great goal with unwavering determination, without acting rashly, stepping forward, and never retreating…"

In short, he is a rare individual who has reached a lofty state while preserving his fine qualities. This morally exalted, outstanding person was so humble that only after he fell as a martyr did the world recognize him as a 'hero'.

Who would have thought that this hero, once praised by Makesi, was originally just a country person.

On February 12, 18o9, Abraham Lincoln was born into a pioneer family in the western United States. As a boy, to survive, he did all kinds of hard and dirty work, just like other immigrant children—felling trees, splitting firewood, building fences, sawing logs, and mastering every sort of farm labor.

In his youth, Lincoln never attended any formal school; all his knowledge came from self-study. Whether he was working at home or elsewhere, he always had a book at hand. As a young man, he worked as a laborer, sailor, shop clerk, mail carrier, and land surveyor.

It is precisely these hardships that made Lincoln become "a person who will not be overwhelmed by difficulties nor confused by success," causing him to persistently pursue his great goal and become an outstanding hero of the world.

No wonder some say that the hardships endured in youth are an inexhaustible wealth of life.

The Buddha said? That greed, anger, sorrow, vexation, and other great sufferings arise, and it is our mind that accumulates them into a deluded world.

Yes, some people in our lives often become deluded by immediate hardships and cannot escape the inferiority complex of a "country person."

The Buddha also said: We are our own masters; no one else can be our master.

Lincoln, this country person, set an example for all those worldwide who feel inferior as "country persons."

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