the word wealth always reminds people of money and the sayings or concepts related to money. for example, “money talks”; “money makes the ghosts turn the mill”; “as birds die for food, so men die for wealth”; “the poor have no friends even though they live in the noisy downtown, while the rich have remote kinsfolk even if they live in the deep mountains”; “poverty chills ambition” “one cent short may put a hero in an awkward situation” etc, etc..
in the 1980’ s, all shops were state-owned with marked prices. you couldn’t buy what you wanted with even one cent short, so one cent could indeed embarrass a hero. a popular song at that time started “i picked up one cent at the roadside, and i handed it over to the policeman…” but now no one cares to pick it up even if it were ten cents.
people’s reverence for money is expressed in varied ways. the names of companies or stores are often “beer of wealth and honor”, “restaurant of wealth and rank” “store of the aristocrats” “hotel of fame and prestige” etc. (even some people’s names have the meanings of “full of gold” or “great fortune”). at new year’s time, the god of wealth is worshiped and the picture of the god is covered with signs of money. when a millionaire is walking in the street, people will show their profound respect even though they know very well that they can not get a cent from him. the english film “the million-pound note” makes a most vivid revelation of this situation. with the million pound note in hand, the hero has the privilege to buy on credit, or on loan and is even presented money from others. it’s an idealized end of the story that the hero is still loved by his girl friend even after he lost his million-pound note. however, without the million-pound note, they couldn’t have known each other. it’s very difficult for people to make friends directly with beggars.
the song of “all good things must end” in a dream of the red mansions attacks the money worshipers by saying:
“all men long to be immortals
yet silver and gold they prize
and grub for money all their lives
till death seals up their eyes”
but when chen shih-yin tries to expound this song by analyzing the inconstancy of human relationships and the incomprehensible human heart, he has to say:
“while men with gold and silver by the chest
turn beggars, scorned by all and dispossessed”
the conclusion is that it doesn’t work without money.
in spite of the human civilizations over thousands of years, people can not deny the function of money. this shows how important money is. money plays a decisive role to individuals, to families and even to countries or nationalities. otherwise, why is everyone, from doorkeepers to presidents, trying to earn as much as possible? why does every country need chancellors of the exchequer, who keep formulating and revising financial laws and regulations? how different it is to be a creditor nation and a debtor nation! the united states is playing the tyrant just because it is wealthy enough. a poor man may cherish lofty aspirations, but will probably be beaten because of his poverty. the afghanistan may have won a lot of sympathy, but how difficult it would be to live solely on charity.
of all ages and in every country, all kinds of corruption stem from money. no matter how rough the man is, and in what despicable way he earned the money, he can grease the palms of or buy over some very decent officials or even intellectuals. can you see how crucial a role money is playing? (a case in point is the bankrupt of the company)
some people or organizations like some religious groups claim that they have seen through the human vanity and can take money lightly, but to people’s puzzlement, they are also accumulating money, either to renovate the temples, or to regild buddha’s statues, in whatever pretexts. they are not engaged in production, so they can only depend on the donations from the devout believers. sometimes your sincerity relies on whether you donate and how much you donate. do the monks care about money? the answer is affirmative. what’s more, many monks are already provided with a salary.
we are living in a material world, and it’s really difficult to deny the function of money or wealth. we need money for food, clothes, education, hospital, housing and transportation, etc. there’s rarely anything that doesn’t need money. what we can discuss now is not the importance of money, but whether money is almighty and whether more wealth can bring us more happiness.
we must say that money is not almighty, and there are many things which money can’t do. for example, many emperors like qin shihuang longed for elixirs. as wealthy as they were, and as mighty as they were to take every measure to search for long life medicine, they still could not avoid the sad denouement that “their graves are a covered with weeds”.
many great men suffered from fatal illness. even though they were treated with the best medical means, they had to suffer as much as the ordinary people, and met with the same inescapable fate. rich or poor, great or ordinary, we come and go with nothing belonging to us.
huang shiren, the cruel hearted landlord, was rich but xi’er would rather hid in the deep mountains and turn into a white-hired girl than marrying him;
wang baochuan wouldn’t give up her marriage with xue pinggui even though she had to live in the cold cave for over ten years;
emperor shunzhi of the qing dynasty owned the whole country, but just because of the death his beloved concubine, he eventually became disillusioned with this world and spent the rest of life in the temple as a monk (it’s all right even if it is a legend).
many love stories can never be bought with money. the ever-lasting folktale of liang shanbo and zhu yingtai shows people’s identification with this point of view.
wealthy men also have a lot of worries: afraid of being stolen or kidnapped, they may have to hire a bodyguard; they’re concerned about their spoiling the children, or worry about the family discord because of the legacy disputes after their death; fearing devaluation if they don’t invest, while fearing of bankrupt if they invest; where is their happiness?
how much is enough? no limitation. as poor as beggars without a penny, they can make a living by begging. it’s said that some have become millionaires through begging. as wealthy as a billionair
對於個人而言，再也沒有比生命更重要的東西了。有了生命，才能學會生存的本領；學會了生存的本領，就影響著人們的生活方式和生活質量；生活的方式又直接決定著生命的價值。這三者是互為條件，相互依存的。
生命是寶貴的，是美好的，也是脆弱的。尤其是“獨生子女”時代，生命對於一個家庭而言，是希望，是未來，是譜寫幸福生活的音符。
生命，其實就是過程，是從誕生到消亡的生存過程。生命的意義，在於過程的質量，在於生存的價值，在於生活的品位。
生命對每個人來說並不是永恆的，生命中的每一時刻都在向死亡移動。12年的雪災和千年難遇的汶川5 .12地震，12年的豬流感，還有的旱災和青海玉樹的4.14大地震。這一切的一切，對很多人來說，生命是一個會戛然而止的不確定狀態，所以我們一定要抓住生命的每一瞬間，利用好生命中的每一天。
很多人一輩子忙忙碌碌，要說他不努力吧，他比誰都努力，起早貪黑，拚命工作，然而努力了半輩子，卻沒有看到他有什麼結果，無論在經濟上還是在時間上，他都沒有獲得什麼成就，更談不上對生活的享受和感悟，唯一能看見的只是他每日為生存而忙碌的身影，終於有一天，他發現了自己最大的悲哀---他自己只是為了生存而象牛一樣活著。
仔細想想，人生真的是一場旅程。有的碌碌無為、無所事事、一事無成；有的是為了別人眼裡的社會形象而活著，終其一生沒有為自己的感受而活過；有的渡過的是放浪形骸（hai）、玩世不恭的一生；當然也有大徹大悟，視俗世、名利如糞土的大悟之人……
不論我們選擇什麼樣的生活方式，我們都應該為自己的選擇無怨無悔。記得有 這樣一句話“生活比生存更廣闊”。是的，我們的生活真的不應該僅僅只是為了生存，不論我們在什麼樣的生存狀態，我們在謀求生存的同時，還應學會體味生活，學會感悟生命；學會欣賞人生旅途靚麗的風景，感受宇宙萬物自然的奧秘；在春華秋實的四季交替中，體味這人生旅途中的百味變化。
生命、生存、生活的意義就是活著。
生命是根本，生存是橋樑，生活是目的，最後的責任是發展社會，繁榮祖國。
生命是生存和生活之根本；生存著才能使生命得以延續，才能繼續生活；生活是為了生存，生存是為了生命的延續。所以，為了來之不易的生命，我們必須好好生活，使自己很好地生存下去。
生命是我們得以生存和活下去的基礎，活著，真好！然而，人不可能永遠活著，生命從它誕生的那一天就開始走向死亡，就開始與死亡做一生的搏鬥。所以活著，真的不是一件容易的事。
我們這一代青少年，生在幸福里，長在紅旗下，正處於人生的黃金時代。在這美好的環境裡，我們更應該去珍惜時間、珍愛生命、學會生存、熱愛生活和學習，在科學的道路上不斷地探索、前進，為祖國未來的繁榮昌盛貢獻出自己的力量！
親愛的同學們：
大家好！今天我演講的題目是“磨難也是一種財富”。
在高考中有位考生寫過這樣一段話：我曾經埋怨過，腳底發黃的布鞋，踏不出青春的活力，直到我發覺霍金轉動的輪椅，嵌出深深的歷史痕跡；我曾咒罵過，臉邊黝黑的胎記，映不出美麗的臉龐，直到我看見全身黝黑的黑人，露出甜甜的美麗微笑……
也許你曾抱怨過上帝是捉弄人的，他對你吝嗇幸福，卻讓痛苦折磨著你，日日夜夜，疲憊不堪，換來的只是滾燙的淚珠。但苦盡甘來後，當你揭開那沉重的幕紗，你會看清，上帝其實是公平的，磨難也是一種財富。
曾經有人做了這樣一個試驗。他點清了一座山林中的紅羊後，把山中的狼全部捕捉起來，讓紅羊沒有敵人。照理說，紅羊應該是悠閒自得、快樂地生活了，但事與願違，紅羊為了爭奪一小片土地、甚至一棵青草而搏鬥，由原來一支整齊的隊伍變為一盤散沙。
經過搏鬥的紅羊一隻只疲憊不堪，過去那種矯健、奔跑如飛的紅羊在這座山林中再未曾出現過，而且，紅羊的數量也在逐漸減少。是什麼原因呢？
因為人們捕獲了狼，紅羊沒有了給它們造成生命威脅的動物，而自相殘殺直至消亡，失去了危機。同時也失去了生機。可見，在生態環境中，沒有磨難就不會有生態平衡的系統。
張海迪胸部以下失去知覺，但這些困難沒有打倒她，反而使她有了更為遠大的目標，學習掌握了德語、日語、英語。她為什麼能取得常人都不容易取得的成就呢？因為她在承受巨大挫折的同時，也將挫折化為了動力，讓挫折成為自己的奴隸，再一次戰勝了磨難。
人生如一塊璞玉，這是上帝賜予你最大的財富，這塊璞玉中有著酸甜苦辣，也許痛苦過後便是幸福，這是上帝給予你最大的機遇。只有自己努力來雕琢這塊璞玉，才能使它成為完美無瑕的藝術品。
同學們，當你遇到挫折、困難時，不妨想想，上帝是公平的，有時磨難也是一種財富。
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86年前爆發的五四運動，是一場徹底反帝反封建的偉大愛國革命運動、一場偉大的思想解放運動和新文化運動。五四運動促進了馬克思主義在中國的傳播，為中國共產黨的成立準備了條件，從而拉開了中國新民主主義革命的序幕。五四運動也是現代中國青年運動的發端，正是在五四運動中，中國青年作為一支新生的社會力量登上歷史舞台。中國共產黨成立後，中國青年運動確立了正確的方向，在革命、建設和改革的各個歷史時期，一代又一代先進青年在黨的領導下，為爭取民族獨立和人民解放，為實現國家富強和人民幸福，進行了不懈奮鬥，建立了卓越功勳。
五四運動給我們留下了一筆寶貴的精神財富，這就是愛國、進步、民主、科學的五四精神。五四精神始終激勵著一代又一代中國青年，中國青年運動又豐富和發展了五四精神。黨領導全國人民的奮鬥實踐，使五四精神不斷升華到新的境界。五四運動86年來，中國社會發生了翻天覆地的變化，五四先驅們追求的理想和目標正在變成現實。當前，我國已進入全面建設小康社會、加快推進社會主義現代化的新階段。在新的歷史條件下發揚五四精神，就要堅持以鄧小平理論和“三個代表”重要思想為指導，在全面建設小康社會的偉大實踐中譜寫青年運動的嶄新篇章。
勇於承擔歷史責任，是五四以來中國青年運動的光榮傳統。我們今天要進一步發揚這一光榮傳統，肩負起歷史賦予當代青年的使命。實現全面建設小康社會的奮鬥目標，進而實現中華民族的偉大復興，把我國建設成為富強、民主、文明的社會主義國家，是全國各族人民的共同理想，也是當代青年的歷史使命和當代青年運動的主題。青年一代要牢記黨和人民的重託，牢記自己肩負的歷史使命，以昂揚的姿態和飽滿的熱情投身全面建設小康社會的偉大實踐，為實現黨的xx大確定的各項任務貢獻青春、智慧和力量。
當代青年要肩負起歷史使命，就要勤於學習。在科技進步日新月異的當今世界，更加需要發揚五四先驅們倡導的科學精神。全面建設小康社會的實踐離不開科學理論的指引，現代化建設離不開科學文化的武裝。要懂得馬克思列寧主義、毛澤東思想、鄧小平理論和“三個代表”重要思想，掌握豐富的科學文化知識，具有適應社會發展需要的技能和本領，都需要下苦功夫學習。青年一代也要與時俱進，跟上時代和社會前進的步伐，為此就要樹立終身學習的觀念，學習學習再學習。青年處在學習的關鍵時期，一定要珍惜大好時光，發憤學習，刻苦鑽研，打牢人生成長進步的根基。
當代青年要肩負起歷史使命，就要善於創造。全面建設小康社會是前無古人的事業，在這一偉大實踐中，有大量新情況需要去認識，有大量新課題需要去解決，有大量新任務需要去完成。只有不斷創造，不斷開拓，事業才能發展，社會才能進步。青年時期是最富有創造力的時期，青年是最具有創造熱情和創造潛力的群體。青年一代要努力培養自己的創造能力，充分發揮自身的創造潛能，緊密結合全面建設小康社會的偉大實踐，在不斷認識和把握客觀規律的基礎上，勇於創造，善於創造，不斷地有所發現、有所發明、有所創造、有所前進。
當代青年要肩負起歷史使命，就要甘於奉獻。同人民緊密結合、為祖國奉獻青春，是總結中國青年運動的必然結論，也是當代青年運動的正確方向。奉獻是崇高的精神境界，美好的人生追求，也是成就事業的前提。青年只有在為祖國和人民做出奉獻時，青春才更加亮麗，自身價值才能更好地實現。要把個人的命運同祖國的命運緊密聯繫在一起，把個人的追求融入全民族的共同理想之中，自覺服務祖國和人民，無私奉獻社會，艱苦奮鬥，不懈進取，在火熱的社會實踐中創造出無悔的青春、永恆的青春。
五四以來的中國青年運動史，是中國社會偉大變革的歷史篇章中一部絢麗的青春史詩，是中華民族偉大復興的交響樂中一部雄渾的青春樂章。在全面建設小康社會的歷史進程中，中國青年運動必將譜寫更加光輝燦爛的篇章。讓我們緊密團結在以******同志為總書記的黨中央周圍，高舉鄧小平理論和“三個代表”重要思想偉大旗幟，堅定不移跟黨走，在建設中國特色社會主義的奮鬥中，唱響新時期的青春之歌!
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