Today’s TED talk video was so impressive, I can feel that Morin has a strong mental strength through her words. She didn’t give up even she lost her mom, the first husband, and the second husband’s father. I can not imagine that if I was under that situation, how can I get through it? Then she told us the ways.
There are three ways that could rob our mental strength, unhealthy beliefs about ourselves, about others, and about the world. So if we want to get the strength, we need good habits and give up some bad habits. We should remember that everyone is special. Morin said, “The only person you should compare with is the person you were yesterday.” That’s true. If you always care about what did others do and how good they are, you will feel bad and lost hope and want to give up. Before watching this video, I was always comparing me with my former classmates who are studying in China now. They are always working so hard, which makes me feel nervous. But after watching this, I change my mind. I am in a different learning environment from them, I should compare with myself or my current classmates. For the last part, I also believe that if I work really hard, the world will give me rewards. But it’s not always right in the real life. You can barely get anything although you work hard day and night. That’s always happening. But we both forgot to look at the small change every day. Like I failed an English Word test, of course, I felt bad. But I remember 30 new words every day, that definitely can help me some days. That’s the thing that I can control and improve myself.
All in all, I think we should be ourselves and work hard for ourselves, We should create our own value. Our lives are in our hands, we must control it instead of letting fate take its course.