As long as you are better than your peers

One day in high school, just as she walked silently outside the school, she suddenly heard someone behind with a sneer voice: "Hey, that's the 'grey mouse' of our class, the most boring girl in the class!"

She turned her head and saw that the two boys in the class were whispering to the girls in the other classes, and they laughed from time to time. She knew that they were talking about her, and her cheeks immediately became red, and I wanted to get out of the eyes like aliens as soon as possible, but the harsh words came from behind: "You see the clothes she wears, it’s really terrible. How do I think that she does not belong to this era, I think she should not be a human being, haha!" "Do you know that even the worst boys in the class will not look at her!"

Her heart was deeply hurt, and tears burst out. She ran out of school, got on the bus, then went home, rushed into her room, and slammed into the bed, and burst into tears.

At this time, her father, a Protestant pastor, came in and asked her kindly about what happened.

She whimpered and told her father about the ridicule of her classmates.

The father listened, silenced for a while, then stroked her head and said, "Child, you have to know that the glowing things don't lose their luster because they are covered with a gray cloth. It is only temporarily ignored. And this is not a taste." It's not a good thing, because it's not eye-catching, it's less subject to some interference, less damage, and you can concentrate your strength with one heart and one mind, and grow up unconsciously. Once the right opportunity comes, cover it up. The gray cloth on the body will be uncovered, and its dazzling light will surely surprise the whole world!"

She carefully tasted the words of her father. Yes, being ignored and being underestimated, this is not a good thing. As long as you are hiding in the corner, it is not frustration, not depression, but effort, but struggle. Then one day, you will become a sparkling gold. !

She nodded to her father and said with confidence: "I understand, Dad. You can rest assured that I will never care about the ridicule and ridicule of others. They love to say these boring things. They say Let's go."

The father smiled and said, "Well, what you have to do is not to respond to other people's ridicule, but to be better than their peers."

After the father walked out of the room, she wrote the phrase "better than her peers" that her father said on a card, stuck it on his bed, and determined to use this sentence as the motto of his life, motivate himself to struggle. Endless.

Since then, she has been studying harder. Her grades have always been so good, and she won her Ph.D. in physics in later days.

On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall collapsed. At this time, she was dull and decided to devote herself to politics.

In just a short decade, she was elected as the chairman of the CDU with a high vote of 95%, becoming the first female party leader who has always been dominated by men and has a conservative mind.

When she first entered her career, she left the impression of being reserved and unspoken, sometimes even seemingly cautious and embarrassing. When she took over the CDU's Great Seal, many people were not optimistic about her. She thought that she was just a "political vase" that relied on others to carry on the peak of power, or a transitional figure who temporarily packed up the "bad mess". In particular, the ambitious new generation of politicians in the party are privately arbitrarily calculating their wishful thinking. However, she is more and more mature, more sophisticated, and firmly in control of the situation, those arrogant politicians are gradually convinced by her political charm.

On November 22, 2005, she defeated Schroeder in the election and became the first female prime minister in German history; on October 28, 2019, she won again and was re-elected as German Chancellor; September 22, 2019, She won the election again and became the prime minister for the third time – she created history.

She is Angela Merkel.

The "grey mouse" on the campus of the year finally opened the "grey cloth" that was hidden on himself, and appeared in front of the world with radiance. She walked out confidently from the neglected corner and accomplished the transformation of her role.

When others were curious to explore Merkel’s “winning magic weapon”, old colleague Sinde Holm, who had a deep understanding of Merkel, said: “A woman who has appeared in the federal political arena with different roles for 15 years is not really Know her. Therefore, she is often underestimated by her opponent. Her success has a very important factor - because of her 'unknown'." However, once she has her own stage, she will be the perfect self. Shown to the world.