Inspirational story: crisis is a turning point

Inspirational story: crisis is a turning point

Inspirational sentiment: No one is willing to encounter a crisis, but the crisis is often not invited. We have thought about it, and the crisis also includes a turning point. “Crisis” includes “danger” and “opportunity”, but we habitually only see “danger” and not “opportunity”.

There is a tall monument standing on the public square in the town of Ente Zengying, Alabama, USA. There is such a golden line on the front of the monument: I am deeply grateful for the contribution of the weevil in the prosperity economy. What is the weevil? It is a pest in cotton fields in North America. Why do Alabama want to make a monument to pests? This starts with a disaster.

In 1910, a special elephant larvae disaster swept through the cotton fields of Alabama. Wherever the worms went, the cotton was destroyed. It was a terrible and terrifying misery, and the farmers were crying. Of course, it is necessary to rebuild after the disaster. Alabama is the main cotton-producing region in the United States, where people have been producing cotton for generations. But now, the weevil disaster has made people realize that it is impossible to grow cotton alone. If only cotton is planted, a weevil disaster will erupt, and the harvest for one year will be gone.

So, began to grow corn, soybeans, tobacco and other crops in the cotton field. Although there are weevils in the cotton fields, they are not enough at all, and a small amount of pesticides can destroy them. The growth of cotton and other crops is very good. As a result, the harvest shows that the economic benefits of growing multiple crops are four times higher than those of pure cotton. The Alabama economy has since embarked on a path of prosperity, and people's lives are getting better and better.

People in Alabama believe that the economic boom should be attributed to the weevil disaster, which is that the elephants have learned to plant other crops in the cotton fields. To this end, the Alabama State Government decided to establish a monument at the beginning of the weevil disaster to thank the weevil for its contribution to the prosperity of the economy.

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