A very good story that I think will not waste your time when you read it.

13 years ago, I was a freshman.

One weekend, some classmates and I met to go hiking. When I was researching how to catch the bus there, a classmate said: "Don't check anymore, wait a minute and my dad's driver will come pick us up."

A moment later, a black Mercedes stopped at the dormitory, and the classmate warmly called us to get in the car. Her expression was naturally happy, not ostentatious or boastful.

19 years old – For the first time in my life I sat in a Mercedes. At that moment, for the first time, I realized the difference between people.

My hometown is a remote land. We often say the name of the district because the district is larger and more known.

In 2005, we didn't have a car. From our village to the town, I had to walk more than 20 minutes. From the town to the district, it costs 5 thousand by car. From the district to the city, by bus, about 25 thousand.

When I went to the city to study at university, I often traveled by bus. I never dared to call a taxi, even though taxi prices were quite cheap back then.

After hiking, the car took us shopping for clothes. They were very familiar with famous brands, but I felt lost in a vast forest, confused and embarrassed.

My classmate called me in to try on clothes, I quickly waved my hand: "Go ahead and try it on, I'll hold your bag for you."

After that, we went to KFC again. You guys bought french fries, egg tarts, fried chicken, coke... And I didn't buy anything, quietly took out a piece of bread I bought in the morning.

The things sold here are too expensive, I only have 300 thousand for living expenses a month, so I have to save money.

My classmate saw me taking out bread to eat, she took out a bottle of soft drink and quietly gave it to me.

When students in the dormitory practice listening to English using MP3 players, I can only take advantage of the time when there are no classes to go to the computer room to practice. Because if buying an MP3 costs 200 thousand, I will be hungry that month.

When my classmates planned their summer vacation to go to English training classes, IELTS test preparation and practice soft skills, I quietly packed my bags and took two buses to the restaurant to work part-time. Although my monthly salary is only 600 thousand, for me it is enough for 2 months of living expenses.

While students actively participate in different clubs to expand their knowledge, practice presentation skills, and accumulate personal experience, I use that time to prepare for the final exam. Every semester, I have to try my best to become valedictorian, because only this way can I receive a scholarship so I don't have to worry about my tuition next year.

8 million, for some city kids, it might just be a trip abroad, a laptop, but for me, it's a few tons of rice, a few hundred bags of peanuts, an extremely, extremely large amount of money.

Recently, I heard a rumor that a student at the school borrowed tens of millions of money at high interest. After the school found out, he was forced to drop out of school and was forced by the creditor to flee the country.

This story shocked me and also made me think again. When a person is a teenager, how should the value of money be formed to avoid being tempted by external material things?

When I was young, I asked my father why our family was in such difficulty, growing a lot of rice, but still poor, while the neighbors didn't seem to grow crops, relying on gambling, doing some "light" jobs. "light", but there is often meat to eat.

My father replied that each person has a unique path.

Everyone has the ability to make money, I can't make easy money out there, I can only work hard farming, work as much as I can and earn as much as I can. As long as we work hard, we won't be poor forever.

More than 20 years have passed, my father's words are deeply embedded in my mind and have shaped my values: "You must work properly, you cannot speculate for profit."

Why have so many people recently fallen into tragedy when borrowing at high interest rates, gambling, drinking... Perhaps some people had problems with the value of money when they were young.

Usually the 7x and 8x generations endure more hardships than the 9x and 2000 generations.

In the past, hardships shaped our qualities of perseverance, resilience, the ability to endure difficulties, and not being afraid of dirt and fatigue. It also gave us weaknesses such as low self-esteem and self-esteem. Defensive, afraid to communicate.

Even though we weren't rich at that time, the difference with the people around us wasn't big. And now, someone who drank beer with you yesterday can become rich overnight.

The day before, he and his friend wrote a post on social networks. Today, maybe because the article added 100,000 likes, they started business cooperation, signed and published many volumes;

Not long ago, I borrowed money from a friend to go out to eat, and in the blink of an eye, I found a rich, handsome guy who proposed not only a big diamond ring, but also a dream honeymoon in the Maldives...

It seems that everyone has the opportunity to become rich and famous overnight.

Big differences gradually cause children's souls to not mature and their values to become unstable

Sometimes, we work hard all our lives just to reach a new level, but sometimes it is the starting point for others.

While your classmates are having fun and enjoying themselves in 15 European countries, you are bitterly sitting in your office crying because you are not paid overtime.

When your family and friends gather together to go to a concert, you have to work like a boss, cooking and taking care of the children after a hard day's work;

While your girlfriend talks about projects and orders from all over the world, you're editing page after page of dispatch.

When your brothers got an apartment in the city, you were still secretly happy that you could finally use your savings to mortgage the house that belonged to you on the outskirts of the city.

Everyone's starting point is different, some people have to work diligently and do hundreds of thousands of jobs to get to Rome, while some people were born in Rome.

But what's the problem? I always believe that living better than others is not noble, true nobility is one's own advantages in the past.

13 years ago, I secretly took a nap at KFC. 13 years later, I can freely take my children to eat at KFC.

13 years ago, I saw my classmates spend more than 8 million to buy a laptop, and my mind was calculating how many bags of rice, how many kilograms of peanuts, how many other things... 13 Next year, I can be at the Apple store buying the latest laptops and cell phones;

13 years ago, I was alone and had nothing on me. I saved money to go to the city to study at university. 13 years later, I lived in a spacious, bright house and had a job that I loved. never imagined;

13 years ago, I used my savings to buy a favorite book. 13 years later, I have a room that can hold more than 1,000 books and can basically fulfill my dream of freely buying books.

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We cannot choose where we are born, but we can use our own efforts to decide the starting point for the next generation.

This can be the meaning that each of us strives for throughout our lives.

According to Tri Thuc Tre