In the rushing train of time, we are about to say goodbye to 2021. In the past year, there have been many large and small social news, and although the heat of many events has been diluted, the deep scars will remain in the hearts of everyone.
To put it another way, you might be content to summarize how much money you saved last year, what you ate, or how many books you read. Especially those that push you to be better, loved and touched in every moment.
Man is a creature. If you do not come near the light, you will be swallowed up by darkness; if you do not grow in love, you will be occupied by hatred. Therefore, we need light and we need the warmth of love.
The list of books brought to you today, like the long-lost spring breeze, is pleasant, warm and melting, and talks about stories related to love. It may be short, it may be simple, but after reading them, you can experience more, believe in love, and build hope.
How long you are in the light determines how much light you will emit. How long you are in love also means how much love you will release.
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The love of affection is a mutual fulfillment
Thinking about the road of life, is it often family affection that gives you and me support and companionship? Just as Wang Guozhen wrote in "Family Affection": "The dewdrops on the grass are round and bright, and that is the light given by the sun." Everyone has their own growth environment, "home" in this field, different relatives tolerate our shortcomings and failures, but also nourish the sweet love. It is better to read the following books today, when love is in the heart, it is not too late to cherish.
Open the book "Grandma's Apology Letter", you will be laughed by the grandmother in the book, and you will silently cry because of the apology letter she left behind.
"Grandma's Apology Letter"
Seven-year-old Aisha has a strange and crazy grandmother who will lie in ambush in the snow to scare neighbors, sneak out of the hospital in the middle of the night with Aisha and flip into the zoo, shoot the salesman with a paintball gun... This troublesome grandmother is Aisha's only friend and her superhero. It's a story of love, forgiveness, and protection, and author Buckman makes us fall in love with this over-the-top grandmother and fall in love with life again.
As Grandma says in the book, every seven-year-old should have a superhero. This is an indisputable fact.
Grandma said that if you can't get rid of bad things, you must cover it with more "good materials".
Grandma said, protect the castle, protect your family, protect your friends!
Grandma said to laugh, to dream, to be different, life is a great adventure.
Grandma said that being special is the best way to be different from others.
Between laughter and crying, this book will make you gradually understand that your family is always the knight standing behind you, they can be like an army or a shield; only by living differently, life is meaningful.
The famous Japanese film director Kore-eda's "Walking Non-Stop" tells readers a simpler story, in which the different values of parents and many generations in blood relations are truly shown.
"Non-Stop Walking"
This semi-autobiographical work, which chronicles kore-eda's upbringing and is based on his personal experiences, depicts the main characters and their mothers in similar to his former life. With the passage of time, in this story, there are various tastes in the human world.
"On the road of life, the pace does not stop, why is it always a slow step" is kore-eda's sigh through his work "Non-stop".
Also between generations, stories that seek understanding include Daniel Wallace's Big Fish, which is also the story of a father's life.
As we grow older, do we become less and less convinced of the "childhood stories" that our parents tell us, or do we feel more and more that our parents do not understand the times much better than we do? Then the experience of the protagonist of the book may also write about the growth feelings and epiphanies of most people.
Big Fish
Father gave us a heart to experience goodness. In the years that have passed, the moments of overcoming ourselves and overcoming obstacles, I once thought that it was only my own courage and determination, and then I realized that it was my father who loved us in his own way. Perhaps, when we can finally understand our father, we will be able to truly understand where we came from and where we will go.
As the inscription on the book cover says: To everyone who tries to get close to their father, you will eventually get to know each other.
Love is varied, but every taste wants to know
First love, love, stay together, time will tell different forms of love. "Some people live in tall buildings, some people are in deep ditches, some people are naked, some people are rusty. If the Scythians are rainbows, they know that there is a party. This golden sentence comes from the novel of Qing Apple Flavor: "Sudden heartbeat".
"Thrilling"
As a small and fresh first love story, in addition to evoking our memories of the green years, the book will also trigger thinking: about love, about growth, about self, about family.
In fact, the most interesting discussion of love in the book is - how do people who are completely different and have jet lag in love come together? If there is no reason to fall in love with someone, then what about falling in love?
There is also the book "The Man Who Stole the Shadow", maybe the title will attract you from the beginning - the shadow and we get along day and night, how can it be stolen? Open this book and you will get touching answers about love.
The Shadow Thief
A thin little boy who is always bullied by his classmates, because he has a special ability and is strong, he can "steal the shadow of others", so he can see the hearts of others, hear the secrets that people do not want to say, he begins to become a spiritual partner of those who need help, and finds a small light that lights up life for each stolen shadow.
From childhood to adulthood, one after another is a trivial matter, shining under the author of this book, Mark, telling the story of family, love, and friendship.
The journey of life is always encountering and losing, please cherish everyone who has given us warmth, at the same time, let us pass this warmth on to everyone who has passed through your life.
"Others say that they want to live every day as the last day, but who will always be so motivated..." This is a monologue by Emma, the heroine of the book "One Day".
"One Day"
Love may not be exactly the theme of this book, in fact, two boys and girls with very different backgrounds, backgrounds, and personalities, but they are attracted to each other, in the twenty years of growth and struggle, show the various beauty to the reader, and let people feel that this is the precipitation of real life.
We always have memories and expectations for "one day", but whether it is "if it was the beginning" or "maybe the future", knowing the present, cherishing the present, and grasping today, then there is no need to regret it.
Of course, if you don't have time to understand old age, you won't understand what we're doing now. Everyone dies, and are we really afraid of death itself?
What is the terrible thing about a person who has no memory? He forgets almost all people and things, he is just a physical being, probably no different from other moving creatures, can you accept that loved ones will forget you? If he can't remember you, do you still love him?
"Love Before Memory Fades" tells the story of a sick old couple who willfully make a trip that they can walk away in the few days left in their lives.
"Love Before Memory Fades"
They drive an old motorhome called "Seeker" to Hemingway's house, and along the way they fight the pain together, reminiscing about decades of time together, showing a different kind of warmth and romance.
Along the way, physical pain inevitably brought them some trouble, but the tacit understanding of a lifetime together made them support each other, and every accident was spent without danger. Memories may be blurred or even faded, but the feeling and ability to love is always there.
Pet Love: Thanks for meeting on this planet
For humans, a pet's life is short; but for a pet, it's just you, and you're its whole world. But occasionally, its world will also have a wonderful thing that you "don't know".
The story of the book "I Wait for You in the Rain" unfolds from the perspective of a dog, in the eyes of the dog Enzo, he takes himself seriously as a person, and he participates in all the important moments in his owner's life, whether it is pride, loss, joy or sorrow...
"I'm Waiting for You in the Rain"
The warmest encounter, the most plain touch, this book shows you the most plain and warm heart, when you are tired, the gentle eyes that look at you, the time when you are lonely, the hairy head that actively approaches you.
The novel "I Am Waiting for You in the Rain" uses the reincarnation of a life to illustrate that companionship is the longest confession of affection. Although it is as plain as water, it tells the sour, sweet and bitter spicy of life, and in the book, it is also a world worth you and me entering into Wang Xingren.
A tramp, an addict, a guy who no one cares for and no one respects, but because of a stray cat changed the trajectory of life, the book he wrote, as soon as it was published, immediately ranked among the best-sellers, and even his story was made into a movie, touching countless people.
In Meet a Cat, James will tell you in more detail how he and Bob the Orange Cat met, how they lived together, how they survived the various crises of street life, and how they became each other's spiritual reliance.
"Meet a Cat"
In the book, there are small people for the bitterness of three meals a day, there are good partners to bring the brilliance of hope to the bleak days, and there are more marginal groups trying to grow up and gradually be re-accepted by the society' exciting experience, those sincere words tell the downturn of the bottom life and the unchanging warmth in life, which will surely touch the heart of every reader and pass this love to you.
If you haven't had a dog, it's hard to understand this special feeling. "I Can Only Spend Your Life with You for a Short Time" tells the life of a dog, and it is also the story of thousands of dogs in the world.
"I can only spend my life with you for a short time"
The author Kailaso opens a dog door for the dog Moer, allowing him to explore the world freely; this door also allows Kailaso to enter Moer's inner world and feel its loyalty, fear and joy, so a person and a dog establish a relationship full of love and friendship, equality and mutual respect.
"I can only accompany you for a short time to live a lifetime" through the record of The Touching Story of 13 years of Dependence on Kailaso and Moer, there is a gentle and profound description of the relationship between man and dog, delicate and sharp brushstrokes are sometimes humorous, sometimes sad and heartbreaking, after reading this book you will never forget, but also prompted everyone to rethink their relationship with animals.
The love shared with you today, although the form and object are very different, but there is no doubt that the focus is on the softest and most intimate part of our hearts, just like the pursuit of the thousands of soft lights in the sunny day, simple, gentle, and as natural as breathing.
And it's worth noting that the way to love anything is to realize that you may be losing it. When we realize this, we may be willing to spend more time with our parents, our children, and all that we cherish.
In this most tender season on earth, what reason is there not to grasp and cherish it?
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