Future cannot be predicted. You may win lottery, you may die tomorrow, the sky may collapse. What you can do to embrace the future era of changes and uncertainties? You can do it with you own direction, determination and diligence. Why are they so important? What would you be, if you without them?

To begin with, direction is the most important. It will control your determination and diligence. If you don’t have it, no matter how smart you are, you will not be able to confront the problems. Take for an example, there is no car without the steering wheel. What is the steering wheel in your body is your mind. As if you were inside a dark tunnel, not knowing where you are and when you will reach the end. A life without direction is a life that leads you to nowhere.

Have you ever thought of your directions? Some of you, I believe, are eager to excel in your academic pursuit, to obtain flying colours in your examinations, win a trillion dollars, buy beautiful clothes, houses, car, etc. This strong sense of victory always leads to comparison among yourselves. Ironically, you feel not contented even with a silver medal for outstanding performance because the others have won the gold. For these people, their life is an ongoing process of repeated competitions marked by either success or failure. Do you like this kind of life? There is another group of people who think differently. After repeated failures in obstacles or difficulties, they gradually lose their self-esteem and remain skeptical about the purpose of living. For them, life has become a meaningless thing. Being at crossroads in search of their identities, they always feel depressed and helpless. To these two types of people, my advice is: try to think of your life from more positive perspectives. Surely, the aims of life are not restricted to the mere pursuit for somethings that you want. It is more important to enjoy your life and learn from mistakes.

Secondly, determination comes to second among the three. Once you have your direction, e.g. wanted to become a lawyer, then you should have determination. You won’t change your idea because of small difficulties. You may read lots of books and newspaper to widen your horizon. In addition, you should do it not just one day, you should do this thing every day. And if you can do your work every day, without resting all the time. This is what I mean — Determination.

Last but not least, it is about the diligence. It is believed that diligence is the most important part and so do I. Have you ever heard of “Practise makes Perfect” and “Rome wasn’t built in one day”? Diligence does not only mean working hard, but it also talks about how serious do you take the work. Studying can be a good example. If you just look at the book, you will know nothing from the book. But if you study your book every part conscientiously, you will success one day. How much you have paid for today, how much you will receive in the future!

For me, my direction is studying but no money. Study is one of the way to increase my competitive. And it is the only way to make myself more outstanding. However, I should have determination. I won’t give up because of the difficulties. On the contrary, I will solve them by asking teacher’s advice. For diligence, if I cannot answer the questions correctly in the first time, then I will try the second time, until I success one day. There is nothing that can’t be solved!

After reading my article, do you change your point of view? What is your direction now? If not, why don’t you think of something you interested in it?