folks, it's long past time to cut the middle class back into the deal, so they can benefit from the economic growth they helped create. folks, there used to be a bargain in this country supported by democrats6 and republicans, business and labor7. the bargain was simple. if an employee contributed to the growth and profitability of the company, they got to share in the profits and the benefits as well. that's what built the middle class. it's time to restore the bargain, to deal the middle class back in. because, folks, when the middle class does well, everybody does well-the wealthy get wealthier and the poor have a way up.
you know, the middle class is not a number. it's a value set. it means being able to own your home; raise your children in a safe neighborhood; send them to a good school where if they do well they can qualify to go to college and if they get accepted you'd be able to find a way to be able to send them to college. and in the meantime, if your parents need help, being able to take care of them, and hope to put aside enough money so that your children will not have to take care of you.
that's the american dream. that's what this country was built on. and that's what we'redetermined8 to restore.
in order to do that, it's time to have a fair tax structure, one that values paychecks as much as unearned income and inherited wealth, to take some of the burden off of the middle class. it's time to close tax loopholes so we can reduce the deficit9, and invest in rebuilding america - our bridges, our ports, our highways, rails, providing good jobs.
with corporate10 profits at near record highs, we should encourage corporations to invest more in research and development and the salaries of their employees. it's time for us to invest in educational opportunity to guarantee that we have the most highly skilledworkforce11 in the world, for 6 out of every 10 jobs in the near term is going to require some education beyond high school. folks, it's long past due to increase the minimum wage that will lift millions of hardworking families out of poverty target poverty and in the process produce a ripple12 effect that boosts wages for the middle class and spurs economic growth for the united states of america. economists13 acknowledge that if we do these and other things, wages will go up and we'll increase the gross domestic product of the united states.
“山东及时雨，孝义黑三郎”，“仗义疏财，忠肝义胆”，“梁山呼保义，郓城宋公明”，这一切的声音，都在共同呼喊着一个名字———宋江。一个父兄眼中“孝字为先”的孝子，一个朝廷眼中“水泊草寇”的顽劣之徒，一个由“忠”和“义”交织而成的历史碑文。 施耐庵笔下的宋江是《水浒》中矛盾的中心，在报效朝廷和建设梁山中，在尽孝道和上梁山中，他始终处于矛盾之中。但最核心的是他在“忠君”与“仁义”间的选择。
宋江是“仁义”的，“及时雨”的称谓非他人能及，“救晁盖”、“济武松”、“杀阎婆”、“三打祝家庄”，这一幕幕至今仍然历历在目。“生死之交一碗酒”是他的人生信条，“急人之所急”是他的做事准则，这一切，都树立了他在一百零八将中的地位，位列天罡，执掌地煞，何等的荣耀;大块吃肉，大碗喝酒，何等的畅快;劫富济贫，攻城略地，何等的威风。
但这恰恰是施耐庵为宋江吹响挽歌前的空响，宋江毕竟还是一个郓城小吏，在他的骨子里，透着的是对大宋王朝忠贞报国的志向。“敢笑黄巢不丈夫”是宋江留在望江楼的诗，看似轻视朝廷，实为他因报国无门而空自叹息。不论是晁盖打曾头市后的私见宿太尉，还是水淹高太尉后的盛情款待，亦或是晁盖死后，替换“聚义厅”为“忠义堂”大匾，处处透着他对朝廷招安的渴望。然而他却忘了，在腐朽的赵宋王朝里，哪有他一个郓城小吏的生存空间。可悲呀，可叹!可怜梁山一百单八将盛极一时，最后却落得死散凋零。
纵然面对这些，宋江在忠与义之中放下了曾经紧握的刀枪，在忠与义中作出了最后的选择，对于宋朝的毒酒，他一饮而尽，想以死“表明忠义”，更令人惋叹的是，为防止李逵再反朝廷，也让他服毒酒随他而去。留下的只有“茫茫乾坤方圆几何，成大任，重大义，男儿本色……”的悲歌。
宋江在施耐庵的笔下完成了他的使命，他在忠与义的交织中，迷失了自己，最终只能淹没在宋王朝的浪花之中，在“忠君”与“仁义”之中，他选择了忠君，选择了一条看似美丽却永无出头之日的道路。他走了，或许他依然会笑对朝廷，依然毫无怨恨，留给我们的只有无尽的感慨。
如果可以重来，我愿看到那个真正“笑黄巢”的宋江，那个水泊里“替天行道”的宋江。听，他又唱起了那首歌，在芦苇水道中飘得很远，很远：“生死至交一碗酒……”
ladies and gentlemen, this is joe biden, i'm filling in for president obama, while he addresses the nato summit in wales.
when the president and i took office in january of , this nation was in the midst of the greatest economic crisis since the great depression. our economy had plummeted1 at a rate of 8% in a single quarter-part of the fastest economic decline any time in the last half century. millions of families were falling underwater on their homes and threatened with foreclosure. the iconic american automobile2 industry was under siege.
but yesterday's jobs report was another reminder3 of how far we've come. we've had 54 straight months of job creation. and that's the longest streak4 of uninterrupted job growth in the united states' history.
we've gone from losing 9 million jobs during the financial crisis to creating 10 million jobs. we've reduced the unemployment rate from 10% in october of to 6.1% today. and for the first time since the 1990s, american manufacturing is steadily5 adding jobs-over 700,000 since . and surveys of both american and foreign business leaders confirm that america once again is viewed as the best place in the world to build and invest.
that's all good news.
but an awful lot of middle class americans are still not feeling the effects of this recovery. since the year , gross domestic product-our gdp - has risen by 25%. and productivity in america is up by 30%. but middle class wages during that same time period have gone up by only fourteen cents.
folks, it's long past time to cut the middle class back into the deal, so they can benefit from the economic growth they helped create. folks, there used to be a bargain in this country supported by democrats6 and republicans, business and labor7. the bargain was simple. if an employee contributed to the growth and profitability of the company, they got to share in the profits and the benefits as well. that's what built the middle class. it's time to restore the bargain, to deal the middle class back in. because, folks, when the middle class does well, everybody does well-the wealthy get wealthier and the poor have a way up.
人之初，性本善，每个人的心中都埋藏着一颗充满善意的种子，每个人都是愿意向善的，但在成长的过程中我们都渐渐忘了善良的本性，而这个社会缺少的正是这种人性的温暖。
善良并不是一个抽象的概念，而是每个瞬间、每个念头所展现的最真的选择。
请用你的善良，为这世界添上一抹阳光，驱散寒冷。天上的太阳早已疲惫，它的光热已无法融化人与人之间冷漠的坚冰。那就让我们化作一个个太阳，用善良的光热驱 散寒冷，融化冷漠。我相信一个人再冷漠也不会如同雪域高原那般寒冷，而如今雪域高原也已开始被温暖抚摸。还记得那个悄然逝去的最美新娘吗，那个怀胎四月随 同腹中儿子一同沉睡在雪域高原的深处，只为当初一念之间的善良，她无悔。如今，她离去了，却化作亘古挂在冰峰上的骄阳，用她的善良为这雪域高原带去温暖。
再怎么故作冷漠都只是不堪一击的笑话，唯有纯真的善良才是这世间永恒的主题。
请用你的善良，为这世界荡开一条平坦的路，让人们一路平安。当面对需要救助的人，救，还是不救，这已不再是一个简单的选择题，而是善良的拷问。我们原本想要 伸出援助之手，人与人之间的欺骗与不信任却一次又一次冲击着我们的善良，我们犹豫了，但最后我们都会选择去救，只因我们问心无愧。“马路天使”宋立明的车 还在马路上来回穿梭，他依旧选择义无反顾地信任他人，伸出援助之手。谁也不知道他的车还能开多久，谁也不知道他还能救多少人，但他的善良却为人们荡平了一 条安全的路，他永远是这条路上最虔诚的护道者。一念之间的信任，让他坚守了40年。
猜疑是一瞬间的事，而信任却是会永远传递下去的。
请用你的善良将爱心传递，让世界春暖花开。我无法忘记高淑珍女士那颗金子般的善心。尽管负债累累，她却依旧努力让孩子们过得好一些，粗糙的手支起了课桌宽厚的背，挡住了风雨，她的善良完美地诠释了奉献的含义，比起她的无私奉献，那些一味索取的人难道不知道羞愧吗?
善良之心是人人都有的，最朴素的感情是这个世界所需要的人性的温暖，心怀善意并不需要你有什么惊天动地的改变，只是希望你在平凡的生活中伸出援助之手，多一点关心，多一点爱护，便足矣。只要你心中还有善良，一念之间，你完全可让它放出应有的光芒，从而照亮整个世界。
那辉煌的盛唐早已过去，但诗歌仍千百年来在人们心间流淌;古希腊的城邦早已覆亡，而那自由民主的星火却依旧蔓延，在更深广的土地上，燃烧了几千年。
犹太王大卫在戒指上刻有一句铭文“一切都会过去”。是的，没有什么可以永存，最宏伟的大厦最终也不过化作历史风尘中的一把碎土，但我们创造过的思想与美，却在它们的载体与躯壳湮灭后，化作历史风沙中的一抹余香，缠绕亘古，永不逝去。
当年左光斗被魏忠贤杀害后，他的喉骨被命令磨成粉，随后魏忠贤一饮而下。连喉骨也彻底地碎了，魏忠贤才彻底放心了，如此，你还如何再上书、进言?他却不知，自己饮下的，是一生的恐惧。那东林党人的傲骨不灭，他们的灵魂成为奸恶之人永远的噩梦，也幻化成为历史一曲永恒悲壮的绝响。
是的，一切都不会过去。形式的过去预言着内涵的永存。
而今，在这个身边风景迅速变化的时代里，你是否曾闻到，那风中的余香?古龙曾说，有人的地方就有江湖。而有生活的地方，有人的地方就有传承与遗留。有那么多人感慨的无非物质文化遗产的丧失，于是他们迫切地想重建，想发扬光大。如此并没有错，只是有许多的文化，它随着历史的云烟，早已很难在当今世界坐上一把辉煌的交椅。它们的位置，应当成为风中的淡淡香气，人们精神家园的盆景，在无声中滋养与温润我们的感情。那些遗忘是必然的啊，传统的审美，或是略带迷信色彩的习俗，它们其实从未在我们身边消散，只是硬性地想换回轰轰烈烈的纪念形式，我们才反会感到它们逝去的姿态。
并且一切都能，都值得成为那风中的余香。逝与留的辩证正是自然与历史最智慧的斟酌。当表面随着风沙渐渐融化，那内核也正缓缓显露它的精华。时光逝留的沙漏，更能让我们看清一样事物它真正的价值。大西北的敦煌，曾经的飞天完整而清晰，但对画上它的人，它只是壁画;如今的它虽干涸百孔，却更能承担历史的厚重，真正的杰作，必是经过历史风霜的淘洗，然后逝去了一些，却更余留了真和美。
我们这个时代，是否想让后世回望的时候能找寻到如此一些不灭的精魂?那就让文学的泡沫，让市场的包装淡去些吧，它们，只会在风中逸散。
一直难忘的一次画展，是新兴的画家自办的，朋友看到一幅画问我，那究竟是传统画风还是后现代的?我看着那幅画，很温暖。
那一刻，我仿佛闻到了风中的余香。
尊敬的老师，亲爱的同学：
你们好!
大家早上好!在这个世界上，在成功者的队伍里面，很多人并不见得很聪明，在失败者的队伍里面很多人并不见得愚笨。其实，有一样东西比聪明的脑袋更重要，那就是人的心灵和意志，一个人的贫穷，很大的程度是心灵的贫穷;一个人的成功，很大程度是意志的成功。
对一个刚生下来的孩子来说，将来的一切都未知数，没有谁知道也不可能知道他将来会成为什么样的人。然而，随着时间的推移，环境的改变，学习的艰难，世道的艰辛，人情的冷暖，人们的心灵和意志就会慢慢地发生改变，这样的改变将会导致人与人之间的差距，于是，有些人很成功，有些人很失败;有些人很出色，有些人很平庸;有些人很幸福，有些人很痛苦。你想在这个激烈竞争的社会成为一个很成功、很出色、很幸福的人，关键在于你有没有一颗永远不冷不死的心!有没有一股不管是主观因素还是客观因素都打不垮的意志!
人活世上，谁不希望能有作为于社会，回报于家庭，慰藉于自己?
所以我们每天都应该想一想，你的每一步都留下什么脚印?你有没有努力过?你有没有成功过?你做过哪几件事情最让你感到骄傲和自豪?你小时候那些美好的梦想现在还剩下多少?你对自己还有多少信心?你对将来还抱多大的希望?每一天都在充实都在进步中度过吗?在做人、读书和做事上，你都尽力了吗?你还敢说自己很想说的话吗?你还敢做自己喜欢做的事吗?你的父母还能为你感到骄傲吗?你是否能理直气壮地说：爸爸妈妈，你的儿子很用功!你的女儿很优秀!你的独生子不会让你们白生白养的!你的女儿不会给你们丢脸的!你的儿子不会让你们失望的!你的女儿一定会让你们幸福的!
一时的感动容易做到，把激情留住几天也不难，但是，你要把感动和激情植入你的心田烙进你的骨头，化成你一生向上的信念，变成你永远源源不断追求成功的动力却决非易事!
让我们把握生命中的每一分钟每一次感动，全力以赴我们心中的梦!在不久的将来在一个都让我们感到骄傲感到自豪的地方相逢!
我今天的演讲就讲到这里，谢谢大家!
everyone has his ownunderstanding of young,it is a period of time of beauty and wonders,only after you have
experienced the sour ,sweet ,bitter and salty can you really become a person of significance.thre time of young is limitted,it may paby without your attention,and when you discover what has happened ,it is always too late.grasping the young well means a better time is waiting for you in the near future,or the situation may be opposite .
having a view on these great men in the history of hunmanbeing,they all made full use of their youth time ,to do things that are useful to society,to the whole mankind,and as a cosquencyanjianggao/e ,they are remembered by later
generations,admired by everyone.so do something in the time of young,although you may not get achievements as these greatmen did ,though not for the whole word,just for youeself,for those around!
the young is just like blooming flowers,they are so beautiful when blooming,they make people feel happy,but with time passing by,after they withers ,moet people think they are ugly.and so it is the same with young,we are enthusiastic when we are young,then we may lose our passion when getting older and older.so we must treasure it ,don't let the limitted time paby ,leaving nothing of significance.
as you slowly open your eyes, look around, notice where the light comes into your room; listen carefully, see if there are new sounds you can recognize; feel with your body and spirit, and see if you can sense the freshnein the air.
yes, yes, yes, it’s a new day, it’s a different day, and it’s a bright day! and most importantly, it’s a new beginning for your life, a beginning where you are going to make new decisions, take new actions, make new friends, and take your life to a totally unprecedented(空前的) level.
in your mind’s eye, you can see clearly the things you want to have, the paces you intend to go, the relationships you desire to develop, and the positions you aspire(励志) to reach.
you can hear your laughters of joy and happineon the day when everything happens as you dream. you can see the smiles on the people around you when the magic moment strikes. you can feel your face is getting red, your heart is beating fast, and your blood is rushing all over your body, to every single corner of your being!
you know all this is real as long as you are confident, passionate and committed!(效忠的) and you are confident, you are passionate, you are committed!
you know, the middle class is not a number. it's a value set. it means being able to own your home; raise your children in a safe neighborhood; send them to a good school where if they do well they can qualify to go to college and if they get accepted you'd be able to find a way to be able to send them to college. and in the meantime, if your parents need help, being able to take care of them, and hope to put aside enough money so that your children will not have to take care of you.
that's the american dream. that's what this country was built on. and that's what we'redetermined8 to restore.
in order to do that, it's time to have a fair tax structure, one that values paychecks as much as unearned income and inherited wealth, to take some of the burden off of the middle class. it's time to close tax loopholes so we can reduce the deficit9, and invest in rebuilding america - our bridges, our ports, our highways, rails, providing good jobs.
with corporate10 profits at near record highs, we should encourage corporations to invest more in research and development and the salaries of their employees. it's time for us to invest in educational opportunity to guarantee that we have the most highly skilledworkforce11 in the world, for 6 out of every 10 jobs in the near term is going to require some education beyond high school. folks, it's long past due to increase the minimum wage that will lift millions of hardworking families out of poverty target poverty and in the process produce a ripple12 effect that boosts wages for the middle class and spurs economic growth for the united states of america. economists13 acknowledge that if we do these and other things, wages will go up and we'll increase the gross domestic product of the united states.
my fellow americans, we know how to do this. we've done it before. it's the way we used to do business and we can do it that way again. all the middle class in this country want is a chance. no guarantee, just a chance.
americans want to work. and when given a fair shot, the american worker has never, ever, ever, let his country down. folks, it's never a good bet to bet against the american people.
thanks for listening.
feeling of youth
no young man believes he shall ever die. it was a saying of my brother's, and a fine one. there is a feeling of eternity in youth, which makes us amend for everything. to be young is to be as one of the immortal gods. one half of time indeed is flown-the other half remains in store for us with all its countletreasures; for there is no line drawn, and we see no limit to our hopes and wishes. we make the coming age our own-
the vast, the unbounded prospect lies before us.
death. old age. are words without a meaning. that paby us like the idea air which we regard not. others may have undergone, or may still be liable to them-we "bear a charmed life“, which laughs to scorn all such sickly fancies. as in setting out on delightful journey, we strain our eager gaze forward-
bidding the lovely scenes at distance hail!
and see no end to the landscape, new objects presenting themselves as we advance; so, in the commencement of life, we set no bounds to our inclinations. nor to the unrestricted opportunities of gratifying them. we have as yet found no obstacle, no disposition to flag; and it seems that we can go on so forever. we look round in a new world, full of life, and motion, and ceaseleprogress; and feel in ourselves all the vigor and spirit to keep pace with it, and do not foresee from any present symptoms how we shall be left behind in the natural course of things, decline into old age, and drop into the grave. it is the simplicity, and as it were abstractedneof our feelings in youth, that (so to speak) identifies us with nature, and (our experience being slight and our passions strong) deludes us into a belief of being immortal like it. our short-lives connection with existence we fondly flatter ourselves, is an indissoluble and lasting union-a honeymoon that knows neither coldness, jar, nor separation. as infants smile and sleep, we are rocked in the cradle of our wayward fancies, and lulled into security by the roar of the universe around us0we quaff the cup of life with eager haste without draining it, instead of which it only overflows the more-objects prearound us, filling the mind with their magnitude and with the strong of desires that wait upon them, so that we have no room for the thoughts of death.
孟子云：“天将降大任于是人也，必先苦其心志，劳其筋骨，饿其体肤，空乏其身，行拂乱其所为，所以动心忍性，曾益其所不能。”可见，要想成就一番大事业，就必须敢于超越极限。?
海伦?凯勒被马克?吐温誉为19世纪最伟大的两个人之一。她儿时因患一场大病丧失了视觉和听觉，但她并没有向命运低头，挑战了生命的极限，学会了英语、德语、希腊语、拉丁语等多种语言，最终以优异的成绩考入哈佛大学。她用亲身的经历告诉我们要敢于超越人生的艰难险阻，披荆斩棘地闯出一条自己的路来。
“宝剑锋从磨砺出，梅花香自苦寒来。”愈是艰难的绝境，愈能促进人发挥潜力，超越看似不可征服的极限。红军的长征，在当今世界被誉为奇迹，在漫漫的二万五千里路途中，红军战士忍受着“烽火连三月，家书抵万金”的孤独，挑战了忠孝的极限;爬雪山，过草地，饥寒交加，为了灾难深重的民族的解放，红军战士们挑战了生理的极限。正是有了许许多多像红军长征精神一样的超越，我们才有了不断的攀登与进步。
刚刚过去的汶川大地震又给了我们许多对于人生极限的思考。温说的最让人难忘的一句话：“只要有一线希望，我们就决不放弃。”武警官兵们不顾自己的安危，在随时可能到来的余震中奋力救人，表现出对使命和人民的无限忠诚;医务工作者不分昼夜抢救灾民，给“救死扶伤”一个最大限度的诠释;我们平常总说母爱是伟大的，地震中那个用自己的身体保护孩子的母亲用行动再次诠释了什么是母爱的大境界，突破了爱的极限;在超过72小时生命存活极限之后，仍有许多的灾民被救活，这不仅是生命的奇迹，更是对生死极限的顽强跨越。试想，人类连生死极限都能跨越，还有什么我们不能超越的“极限”呢?
吉尼斯纪录，就可以说是对极限的考验。但随着时间的推移，纪录被不断打破更新，可见极限不过是个具有时效性的字眼。就像那个实验中，桶中看似已装满了石块，但却又可以倒“满”沙子，甚至倒“满”水。很赞同那个学生的观点，“很多事情看起来达到了极限，实际上还存在很大空间”。
也许现在我们还没有“捐躯赴国难，视死忽如归”的气概，没有“人生自古谁无死，留取丹心照汗青”的胸怀，没有“举世皆浊我独清，众人皆醉我独醒”的睿智，但只要我们心中有理想、有勇气、有毅力，定能超越自己的极限，创造一切的可能!
《阿凡达》的光芒照射整个地球村。我国一名导演陆川曾经说过一句话，审视国内电影与卡梅隆的大作间的距离，我们不禁要问自己缺乏的到底是资金、技术，还是真诚的心?
丹麦人有自己独到的智慧，尺寸不够的鱼把它们放生不是更好吗?我国先贤孟子在冥冥之中，也将智慧的火光迸发于此。我宁愿相信，让小鱼长大不只是单纯的智慧，更是一种气度和心胸。
余秋雨撰写《文化苦旅》时耗费了诸多日夜。但那不是空洞的时光。背起行囊，徜徉于江南水乡的旖旎温婉抑或是行走于丝绸之路的大漠孤烟，都是文化人必不可少的生命体验。
喜爱文学的我常常有这样的体会，锱铢必较想精心斟酌每个字时，文章已于无形中失色，因为计较投入与产出比率的心思太多。当与自然为伴与生活为友，信手拈来有感而发，那种畅快才是无与伦比的。不难理解近年来网络写手层出不穷，又如昙花一现般迅速沉寂是为什么?兴许我们的鼠标会短暂青睐无厘头的文字，但我们的心不会长久接纳文字背后的浮华与短视。
你有勇气像卡梅隆一样拍完令世人惊艳的 《泰坦尼克号》，花十几年光阴去打磨一部巨作吗?你有决心像余秋雨带着一颗深味人世沧桑的心，踏上旅途边走边记吗?不用细密渔网在池塘里捕捞小鱼，折射出的是一份安然、平和的心境。
我们常说人的欲望是无限的，要会舍才会得。但我想这当中除了舍得的辩证，更需要的要有一颗甘于等待的心。敢于放弃这一刻的光华，等待整个太阳的普照，甘于让青柿子待在树上挂着秋霜，等待下一季满枝盈盈的硕果。对于每一个人，这种等待的方式有所不同，对于文化人来说，这份宁静的守候尤为关键。不要做只为一首歌脍炙人口的歌手，要做让音乐渗透几代人心灵的歌手;不要做只为票房而浪费胶片的导演，要做让唯美画面永驻人心的制作人。
文化创办的起因动念繁多，但归宿只有一个，让文化滋养人心，润物无声地抚摸我们的灵魂。陆川对卡梅隆的崇拜不如说是对丹麦人和孟子的崇拜。每个文化人担负起圣洁的文化使命，整个民族的华丽转身就不难看到。
把网撒开吧，只默默等待鱼儿长大，用这样的情怀不仅拥抱艺术，更要拥抱生活的每个片段。唯有为那些大美、大爱和大求预设空间，鱼儿才得到活水的滋养。到那时闲看花开花落，做观云卷云舒，一拉钓竿，一切尽在不言之中……
如果我仅能成为一只毛毛虫，那么我会选择蜕变，让自己的生命在蝶群中绽放光彩;如果我只能成为一粒沙，那么我会选择在蚌壳中接受磨练，成为耀眼珍珠中闪亮的一颗;如果我只能成为一棵树，那么我会选择成为胡杨，让自己在沙漠中接受风暴的洗礼，创造不平庸的一生。
我不去想磨练这个过程有多么艰难，是成功还是失败，这是我自己的选择。我不会后悔，追求完美人生，拒绝平庸。
“没有任何借口”这是西点军校的一贯宗旨。正因如此，西点军校为美国培育了三名总统，五位五星上将，三千七百名将军和众多商界精英。“如果你有系鞋带的能力，那么你便有上天摘星的机会，没有任何借口阻止你成功。”西点军校正是要求学员以自己最大的能力去完成任务，而不是去为完不成任务寻找借口。“拒绝平庸，追求完美”正是西点学子心中的目标。
我不会去为自己的失败寻找任何借口，哪怕是看似正确的借口，我知道这只会让自己更加依赖，为下一次的失败找更多的理由。只有经历挫折的人生才会更加灿烂夺目，既然选择了拒绝平庸就不会因为通向成功路上的艰辛而停止脚步。
悠悠历史的车轮回转，我看到了那个男子在政治仕途中屡屡碰壁，最后他终于明白了自己的心，于是他选择了周游列国，选择了“面朝大海，春暖花开”的心境。庄子，他守候心灵的那轮明月，拒绝世俗，拒绝平庸，成为一棵守候心灵的树。“采菊东篱下，悠然见南山。”这便是陶潜渴望宁静生活的愿望。官场太复杂他无心从事，他也不甘于平庸，成为一个世俗的人。于是他选择了退隐，去寻找内心的那一片田园，拥有了旷达的心境。他们都是拒绝平庸的人，拒绝平庸做官，拒绝平庸生活，最终他们找到了内心的归属，他们的精神得以升华。
拒绝平庸意味着奋发向上，自强不息的进取精神。天行健，君子以自强不息。拒绝平庸，追求卓越。或有屈原“朝饮木兰之坠露兮，夕餐秋菊之落英”，或有班超弃笔从戎，纵横疆场，保家卫国。拒绝平庸是一种自强的品质，却更是刚正不落世俗的精神。
保尔拒绝平庸，成就了自己壮丽的生命;霍金拒绝平庸，成就了思维的自由翱翔;海伦拒绝平庸，让她感受到了别人无法感受的世界。
拒绝平庸，追求完美人生，让我们精神自由飞翔，让我们的生活更加绚丽多彩。