It’s so radiant, but it’s not shameful to be in the shadows

Cyril 2022-01-22 08:01:39

Hope was born on the Independence Day of the United States and has shown outstanding talent in gymnastics since he was a child. However, at the 2004 Rome Olympics, a technical accident caused her to miss the gold medal. Although she insisted on playing with injuries and became the most shining bronze star of the year, she has never been able to chase the gold medal ever since.

Having an innate talent, but no physical conditions that can match it, has become the heaviest burden on Hope's life. His own light is too dazzling, and it is easy for people to lose sight of the way forward and struggle. Hope fell into the blind zone of his own value perception and became a rose in the mud.

Unchanging huge sportswear, full of swear words, endless high-calorie foods. There is no trace of the gymnastics star in Hope now. She responded to everything in the outside world with extreme harshness and negativity, and lived a life of day after day that could meet the future in all sorts of talks.

Until the news of the former coach's suicide came, Hopp's out-of-control life train encountered a fork in the road and turned the track. In the coach's will, it is proposed that Hope will be given 500,000 US dollars. The requirement is that she must become the new coach of the new generation of gymnastics stars in town, and assist her in participating in the international qualifying competitions and hit the gold medal.

When the lack of objective factors causes the destruction of subjective ideals, the blow to people's spiritual world is devastating. Hope's life beliefs came to an abrupt end after receiving the bronze medal, and leading others to the top of her dream that she could not reach in this life was undoubtedly the biggest life test for her.

After experiencing self-struggle, reshaping personal consciousness, completely shattering inherent beliefs and rebuilding, after the throes of life, Hope realized self-salvation, completely stepped out of the nightmare of gold medals, and became a warrior who magnified self-worth.

In a person's life, there are no lack of shining moments, but more of the darkness before reaching the center. Where the sun shines, there must be shadows. Appreciating light and heat from the outside makes it easy to forget that it is located in the center of the light, and you can't see anything.

The closer it is to the light, the darker it is. Whether it can break through the complete darkness is the key to a bright future.

[The article was first published on the public account DING (DING0612_), declined to reprint]

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  • Stan: Hello?

    Hope: Hey, it's me. Guess who the new team coordinator is. Lance The Fucker Tucker.

    Stan: Who?

    Hope: The guy who popped my cherry.

    Stan: Don't give him that power, honey. Remember, you're a gymnast and your hymen broke without the help of a man.

    Hope: Fine. The one who was the first to fuck me. He said he's gonna take Maggie away from me 'cause the little cunt blew her routine.

    Stan: No. What? Why did she blow her routine?

    Hope: Because she sucks!

  • Dominique Moceanu: So, Coach, Maggie's heading into her final signature event. And although it's a tight race, it appears as if a spot on the podium is Maggie's to lose.

    Hope: Yep.

    Dominique Moceanu: Well, it was 12 years ago when you yourself were here. Both of you from the same small town, it looks as if Amherst, Ohio, will have a new hometown hero. How do you feel about sharing that legacy? Coach?

    Hope: We share a few things, right, Dominique? Right? Like that Brazilian javelin thrower? He knew how to throw a javelin. You were an animal that night.

    Dominique Moceanu: Um well...