Here is a story: A man sees a butterfly. The butterfly tries to getout of its chrysalis(蛹).Feeling sorry for it, the mandecides to help. He cuts the chrysalis and the butterfly comes out easily.Surprisingly enough, the butterfly is unable to fly. If the butterfly doesn'tstruggle(挣扎) to leave the chrysalis, it can't fly! Thestruggle develops the energy in the butterfly which makes it fly. Similarly,the challenges of life bring out the best in young people and make the fly.
When people are young, meeting and overcoming challenges will makethem strong and ready to face life. When we look at successful people, we seethat the most successful of them are people who have had to struggle. Onefamous businessman, who now owns many big supermarkets, used to carry clotheson his back and sell them from door to door when he was young. Anothersuccessful man is Dennis. His father died when he was only twenty. His father'sdeath forced him tomature fast. He had to bring up a family of ninepeople. He faced the challenges and overcame(克服) them.Today his brothers and sisters are leading successful lives.
Sometimes challenges do not appear to us because we keep away fromthem. So some parents and teachers actively encourage young people to facechallenges. They might organize some activities for young people which providethem with challenges, like rock-climbing, camping, volunteer work and so on.However, just passing exams will not prepare a person for life. We must meetand overcome challenges. The young people of today will become the leaders oftomorrow. For countries to continue to become successful, it is important thatthe young people learn to meet challenges and overcome them.
