I'm a very athletic person, and in my free time I go running, playing ball, hiking, etc. Of all the various sports, my favorite is swimming. I spend every summer in the swimming pool, and even in the winter, I still enjoy it, and I even join our city's winter swimming interest team.
Although I am a strong swimmer now, I was a landlubber when I was a child. Not to mention swimming, I need to pluck up courage to even get into the water. At that time, I was a little boy who gave up when he encountered difficulties, and I had no fighting spirit at all, and in today's words, I was "mourned".
My father's experience of teaching me to swim made me understand what is the spirit of hard work, and love to work hard to win.
It was the summer vacation of my elementary school graduation, and I was about to turn 12. Unlike other boys, I am introverted by nature and do not want to go up the mountain or water, I prefer to stay at home and hold a book and read quietly.
And I'm a little thinner than my peers.
It was also for this reason that my father decided to take me for a swim and exercise my spirit.
As soon as I arrived at the pool, I was frightened by the depth of the water, and I hesitated to go into the water, but under my father's kind words, I reluctantly entered the pool, lying next to it, and did not dare to go to the middle.
My father told me that the most important thing in swimming is not to be afraid of water, to learn to hold your breath, and let me bury my head in the water. But I couldn't do anything, I kept choking on water, coughing so much that my tears were about to come out.
It was so uncomfortable that after choking on water for the first time, I didn't want to learn anymore, so I just sat by the pool and said that I wouldn't go into the water again.
I can't get the hang of it! I'm a natural landlubber! I said dejectedly.
The father said, "It's only been a long time since I studied, so why did I give up so easily?" Hold on a little longer, how can a man casually say that he gives up. ”
In this way, I gradually learned to hold my breath under my father's exercise, and I was gradually able to move forward steadily.
It's just that I'm very tired easily, and I can't swim after only a few meters. No matter how hard I tried, I could barely swim more than 10 meters.
I was satisfied, I felt like I had learned how to swim.
On the last day of the summer vacation, my father inspected my studies and let me swim from one end of the pool to the other.
OMG! This is a 25-metre swimming pool! I waved my hand again and again: "It's too far, I can't swim so far!" ”
My father said, "Thinking you can't do it before you start? Give it a try and unleash your potential! Fight for it! ”
I had no choice but to get into the water.
I was so tired that I wanted to stop, but my father cheered me on: "Work harder!" Almost there! Don't give up, try harder! ”
Encouraged by my father's powerful words, I gritted my teeth and swam forward step by step.
Every step was so difficult that I could barely move my arms, but I survived.
Finally, I swam to the other end. When I touched the shore, I could hardly believe that I really did it!
The father smiled approvingly next to him: "You see, there is nothing that cannot be done, as long as you are willing to fight!" ”
I rubbed my sore arm, thoughtful.
Later, when I grew up, I also encountered a lot of ups and downs in the process, and when I habitually wanted to escape and give up, I would always think of that summer, when I tried my best to swim to the other side.
This is the spirit of hard work, which has always inspired me to move forward.