In our hometown, there is a plant that people call "can't die". Why do people call it undead? I remember when I was a child, there were many such plants on the side of the road in my hometown, and when we children met them, we liked to use a thin stick to beat its leaves. Because its leaves are thick and juicy, there are many fragments in the ground after a beating. When you leave, you think that these leavesless plants will soon die. But what you can't imagine is that the leaf fragments that have been knocked to the ground can only receive a little bit of ground gas or after a storm, within a few days, they will not die and grow out madly.
In fact, this plant is called "ground rooting". As the name suggests, whether it is a leaf or a rhizome, as long as there is soil, it can take root and grow. No matter what it is called, "falling to the ground" or "not dying", it all points to its tenacious vitality.
Landing on the ground is not only tenacious in vitality, but also has certain medicinal value. I remember when I was a child, who accidentally broke his foot, the adult would use the undead leaves plus the little boy's urine to fry the heat, and then add some medicine to the package. There are also nameless swelling and poison and the like, which will also be wrapped up with undead. It can be seen that the external use of the undead can play a role in anti-inflammatory, pain-relieving, swelling and detoxification.
The hometown is only the first home on the road of personal growth, which needs to be temporarily or away for a while. Since I grew up, I left my hometown to go on a rampage, and with the continuous development and change of my hometown construction, with the full line of cement roads in my hometown, it is rare to die on the side of the road.
Yes, as long as a piece of debris falls to the ground, it can take root and sprout and thrive, which is "landing and rooting", which is "not dead"! The road of life, as long as there is a spirit of "not dying", it will never be knocked down by wind and rain.
Returning to my hometown many times and going out of my hometown many times, life is constantly walking on the road. Whenever I see this "falling to the ground", I will think of the "can't die" in my hometown. In fact, life is like this "can't die", no matter what kind of setbacks you have experienced, no matter how broken by life you fall to the ground, as long as you can still smell a little earth, you can get rebirth. Every setback is a rebirth, and every rebirth is a season of harvest!
(January 19, 2022 at The Cottage)