These past few days, a thank-you article for a doctoral thesis has gone viral. In the article, he describes himself as coming from a small mountain village. At the age of 12, he went to a small coal mine with his father to dig coal. After two college entrance exams, he was admitted to a vocational college. Later, he went on to pursue a bachelor's degree, a master's degree, and a doctoral degree. Through many ups and downs, he has come this far. Now, he has obtained his doctoral degree as he wished, found his desired job, and borrowed popular words to successfully "land". In this acknowledgement, the author candidly lists the temporary work he has done during the winter and summer seasons, and sincerely thanks the people who appeared in his life and gave him warmth, such as the lathe workers at Shanghai Electronics Factory, the steel bars tied at Jiaozuo Chemical Plant construction site, the asphalt paved on Handan Expressway, and the explosives carried on Jincheng Coal Mine. There are no fancy words or cheap sentimentality, only quiet but slightly painful narratives. As some netizens have said, 'Every stroke of blood, every word, every tear'. His first half of life touched the heartstrings of too many people and shed many hot tears. Many people have succinctly summarized his life as' The Coal Digger's Counterattack '. That's right, this comeback not only refers to him achieving a leap in education, but also to him breaking free from the quagmire of growth, breaking free from the shackles of poverty, and carving out a glimmer of light in the cracks of fate, forging his own path. The counterattack may sound satisfying, but it is never a fairy tale that can be achieved overnight. Instead, it is a combination of countless persevering days and nights. How many people fail halfway, only a few lucky ones make it to the end. This summer, people seem to have a special "preference" for such "lucky ones". From Pang Zhongwang, a noble son from a humble family studying at Tsinghua University, to the "shoulder pole girl", and then to the "coal digging doctor" in this news, their stories always evoke strong empathy and receive many sincere blessings. People's preference for these stories is driven by a call to truth. When most people are accustomed to packaging their lives with filters and putting in a lot of effort to "decorate" on their social media, they expose their "original ecology" of life to the sunlight, slowly but powerfully dissecting the texture of life. People abandon the monotonous delicacy and embrace the diverse yet rough reality. People gradually realize that success is never just one thing. Compared to achieving success by "reaching the peak of life", the greater success may be the resilience to persevere through hardships and grow upwards. True struggle does not require packaging, and only true stories, not floating ones, can touch another soul and propel another cloud. People prefer such stories, which is also a solemn watch on the faith of struggle. In this era full of uncertainty, the simple belief that "hard work leads to success" was once questioned, and the argument that "it is difficult for a poor family to produce a noble child" occasionally hurts people's hearts. Some even choose to "lie flat" under the pressure of reality. But the stories of people around them, such as "Doctor Coal Digger," have given ordinary people a sense of certainty through self questioning and confusion. These stories highly restore the essence of struggle, like a mirror that reflects the unextinguished flame of struggle in our hearts, and our yearning for a better life. It is a shot in the arm that makes us firmly believe that the value of struggle has never failed. As long as we maintain the perseverance of not giving up and moving forward, ordinary people can also write miracles in life. The heat of the news will fade one day, and 'Doctor Coal Digger' will eventually return to a peaceful life. But the things that were stirred up and settled by his narration will be engraved in the hearts of every 'co reader' for a long time. (New Society)