[ZZ] It's Easy to Destroy But Hard to Build# WmGame - 未名游戏
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An old Chinese proverb goes something like this: "Any fool can throw a stone
down a well, but it takes a wise man to get it out!" Which is one way of
saying that anybody can tear down, but it's difficult to build up.
Not many years ago this happened: A small boy of four wanted to ride his
older sister's tricycle. He had taken his turn, but he wanted another, and
before the others had had their turns.
Because he couldn't have his way, he got very, very peevish and angry. And
he plotted revenge, real revenge.
He sat quietly on the ground right near where his sister would ride next.
Down the hill she came, pumping the pedals as fast as she could. Suddenly
her small brother pulled a stick from behind his back and thrust it through
the front wheel spokes.
Tear, crash, pop! And in two seconds the front wheel was ruined forever,
half the spokes ripped out. What had been a nice, new tricycle seconds
before was now just useless junk. Needless to say, this boy got what he
needed.
But no amount of punishment could bring back the tricycle. All the great
skill which went into its construction was nothing compared to the angry
thrust of one four-year-old boy. All the risk and daring of the coal miners
who dug coal to melt the iron going into the tricycle. All the skill of
steelworkers, the great experience of men who made the rubber tires, the
education of men who designed the machine—its seat, springs, handlebars,
wheels, and other parts. This four-year-old kid tore up their work in a
split second.
The old nursery rhyme about Humpty Dumpty illustrates this lesson so well.
All the king's horses and all the king's men literally can't put an egg back
together again.
So many things in this life are hard to build and easy to destroy. For
example, reputation and character.
You may work hard to be known as honest and reliable. Yet, somebody can
destroy or seriously damage your reputation by a few careless or spiteful
remarks. The tongue, if unwisely used, is a most dangerous weapon. Never use
it to destroy anybody's character.
Will you be a builder or destroyer in your life?
Will you help build up your church, your school, your scout troop, your
community? Or, will you help tear them down by plain laziness or the wrong
kind of talk?
The world needs builders. Not only builders of buildings, highways,
factories, and bridges, but it also needs character-builders. It needs men
and women who'll plan and put up great lives—their own and others.
Make up your mind now. Will you tear down or build up? History's great
people are those who built.
An old Chinese proverb goes something like this: "Any fool can throw a stone
down a well, but it takes a wise man to get it out!" Which is one way of
saying that anybody can tear down, but it's difficult to build up.
Not many years ago this happened: A small boy of four wanted to ride his
older sister's tricycle. He had taken his turn, but he wanted another, and
before the others had had their turns.
Because he couldn't have his way, he got very, very peevish and angry. And
he plotted revenge, real revenge.
He sat quietly on the ground right near where his sister would ride next.
Down the hill she came, pumping the pedals as fast as she could. Suddenly
her small brother pulled a stick from behind his back and thrust it through
the front wheel spokes.
Tear, crash, pop! And in two seconds the front wheel was ruined forever,
half the spokes ripped out. What had been a nice, new tricycle seconds
before was now just useless junk. Needless to say, this boy got what he
needed.
But no amount of punishment could bring back the tricycle. All the great
skill which went into its construction was nothing compared to the angry
thrust of one four-year-old boy. All the risk and daring of the coal miners
who dug coal to melt the iron going into the tricycle. All the skill of
steelworkers, the great experience of men who made the rubber tires, the
education of men who designed the machine—its seat, springs, handlebars,
wheels, and other parts. This four-year-old kid tore up their work in a
split second.
The old nursery rhyme about Humpty Dumpty illustrates this lesson so well.
All the king's horses and all the king's men literally can't put an egg back
together again.
So many things in this life are hard to build and easy to destroy. For
example, reputation and character.
You may work hard to be known as honest and reliable. Yet, somebody can
destroy or seriously damage your reputation by a few careless or spiteful
remarks. The tongue, if unwisely used, is a most dangerous weapon. Never use
it to destroy anybody's character.
Will you be a builder or destroyer in your life?
Will you help build up your church, your school, your scout troop, your
community? Or, will you help tear them down by plain laziness or the wrong
kind of talk?
The world needs builders. Not only builders of buildings, highways,
factories, and bridges, but it also needs character-builders. It needs men
and women who'll plan and put up great lives—their own and others.
Make up your mind now. Will you tear down or build up? History's great
people are those who built.
