Dear XX:

 

Just found this email. I seldom used this email address so I didnot
see it immediately. Sorry for not communicating for such a long time,
partly because I am busy with my project and preparing with issues related
to backing home the last semester. I will contact you more afterwards.
It is really precious to have such a good friend as u.
  
I understand that life is not easy for you right now, I donot
have any experience in finding jobs but I heard from my classmates
and friends that it is quite hard right now. What I want to say is
that: never lose your heart, never lose your passion to life. Actually,
for my major, it is very hard to find a faculty position in us, usually,
Phds need to spend five and eight years on Postdoc position, and then
to find an assistant professor position,(now matter where you are graduated,
there are several post doctors who are from stanford, cornell in our group),
 they have done on post doctor position for several years). But I never lose
my heart, I love physics, I enjoy doing physics, Now matter how hard it is
to pursue a career in physics research, I will try my hard to pursue this dream,
otherwise, I will regret very much when I am old, definetely, I donot want to
regret anything when it is impossible for me to do anything to save it.
 
Another thing I am learning in recent years is that try you best to
do whatever you can control, for those that you cannot control, just leave it.
You know, I love to play soccer very much! when I was in china, I play it only for fun,so
if the opponent is stronger than us, I will play casaully because I think I can
not win, when the opponent is weaker than us, then I play casaully too because
I think I donot need to play very hard and I will definetly win. When I come to us,
I find that although Americans's playing is really sucks, they play their best
every minutes when they are in the field. I suddenly realized that what I thought
before is not a good attitude towards life, it will undermine your passion to life.

YOU NEED TO DO YOUR BEST RIGHT WHEN YOU ARE IN THE FIELD, no matter who your opponent is.

 

Finally, believe yourselves, You are the best! I undersdand that there are many excellent
guys around your life, and it is hard to establish a belief that you are the best. But I
think it is really, really important! did you still remember the story: when we are the kids,

we are judgeing about the great persons in the history without any fear? I always learn a lot from

your confidence in the younger time. Believe that You will be great
now matter what kind of difficulty you have.

 

The issue I stated above seems of no importance, and some may think it is nonsense.

 but those are some of beliefs that I think very crucial for our life, and I really want to share with you.

 

Best
Dan