There’s an old saying: “Those who are determined will succeed.”
In the past, there was a humble couple who had a very ordinary son. He grew up and joined the army, but nobody promoted him, so he remained unknown.
When others looked down on him, he got up at 4:00 a.m. every morning to practice sword fighting. Although he faced many setbacks, he overcame them one by one, and eventually became a famous general.
After he succeeded, he said, “If I had given up, I wouldn’t be where I am today.”
Life is not always smooth sailing, as the famous host, Tu Lei, once said: “You’ll encounter many setbacks, but some people will get through them, while others won’t.”
The famous writer, Yu Qiuyu, also said: “I’ve been looked down on by others at least ten times, but what does it matter?”
When people look down on you, don’t get discouraged. Just quietly do the following three things.
Seek Opportunities
In love, there’s a saying: “Fate is predetermined, but happiness is your own.”
It’s crucial to grasp your own happiness. If you don’t have fate on your side, two people can’t even start, and there’s no chance to grasp happiness.
So, when others look down on you, you must believe in yourself, understand how to seek opportunities, and change yourself.
In this world, it’s not that you’re not talented, nor is it that you’re born to be looked down on. Sometimes, others look down on you because you don’t know how to seek opportunities, and you’ll just drift through life.
During college, a classmate couldn’t find a job after graduation, while others had already found work. This classmate had excellent grades, but still couldn’t find a job, and was ostracized by their peers.
When everyone looked down on this classmate, they went to a large company to apply for a job. Although the company didn’t have any open positions, they kept searching and eventually found a job.
So, you must think of a way out. Sometimes, it’s not that there’s no road ahead, as a poem says: “When you’re stuck, there’s always another village ahead.”
Take a look around, seek more opportunities, and you’ll discover that the future is still bright.
Strive to Improve Yourself
Helen Keller said, “When you face the sun, the shadow will always fall behind you.”
Helen Keller, a blind person, sought light in her heart.
Perhaps, to others, a blind person is inconvenient, but Helen Keller didn’t give up. She strived to improve herself.
Maybe, in the eyes of many children, Helen Keller is different from them. They have bright eyes that can see the world, while Helen Keller, as a blind person, can’t.
But Helen Keller didn’t give up. She wrote many books, learned to do many things, and became a famous person.
So, when you’re not as good as others, don’t get discouraged. Strive to improve yourself, use your strengths to make up for your weaknesses.
A blind person can still strive to improve themselves. What about healthy people?
In this world, only by striving to improve yourself can you get what you want, and be respected by others.
If you’re looked down on by others, don’t know how to improve yourself, and think that good things will fall from the sky, then you’ll live a life without accomplishments, always living in the eyes of others.
Others’ opinions of you are partly because of yourself. If you improve yourself, others will change their opinions.
Know Why You’re Looked Down On
As the saying goes, “Failure is the mother of success.”
Why do people fail? You must find the reason for failure and then treat the symptoms to find the road to success.
If you think you’ve failed once, you’ll succeed the second time. That’s wrong. Success is not about how many times you fail, but about how many lessons you learn from failure.
In failure, you’ll realize the essence of things. When you recognize these, you’ll treat the symptoms and do things well.
In life, some people fail once and succeed the second time, while others fail repeatedly and remain penniless.
It’s because some people learn from their mistakes, like someone who does a math problem wrong, but learns from it and won’t make the same mistake again.
However, some people never change, always stuck in their mistakes, and wander in error.
So, as a human being, you must find the root of the problem and understand why you fail.
When people look down on you, don’t get discouraged. Just quietly do these three things, and you’ll find that life will become brighter.
If you waste your time on what others think of you, you’ll only waste more time and ruin your mood.
Smart people never care about what others say. They quietly do their own things, make themselves different, and let others look at them with new eyes.