Infographic: The water of Basongcuo Lake is as green as emerald, clear and translucent, and the snow-capped mountains and trees are reflected in it, which is beautiful. China News Service reporter Ran Wenjuan photographed
Beijing, April 24 (Reporter Xing Rui) There is a long-standing line in the movie "Forrest Gump": "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what the next piece will taste." ”
This sentence is classic because it speaks to the vagaries of life. As people often say, accident or tomorrow, you don't know which one comes first.
The long journey of life is destined to have too many unevenness and dissatisfaction. But life is not only full of bitterness and helplessness, some unexpected surprises, always around the corner with you unexpectedly.
Data map: Jiangsu Yangzhou Slender West Lake Scenic Area peach red willow green, peach blossoms, plum blossoms and other early spring flowers in the spring rain moisturizing competition to open, constitute a "rain run flowers blossom" early spring beauty map. Image source: ICphoto
Gain without joy, lose without worry
As early as 2,000 years ago, Zhuangzi had already realized the highest state of life. "Zhuangzi Autumn Water" has clouds: "Gain without joy, lose without worry." In just eight words, it is said that gains and losses are the norm of life.
Su Shi, the great poet of the Northern Song Dynasty, spent his life in the sea of officials, upside down and displaced, and suffered the pain of life.
In his early 20s, he entered high school and became famous in one fell swoop. Ben was proud of the spring breeze, eager to shine on the lintel, how to expect the death of relatives one after another, and then framed by others, the career fell sharply.
In the face of this succession of blows, Su Shi did not complain about the world. He let the painful past scatter with the wind, and everywhere he left the capital, there were flowers blooming for him and the breeze coming for him.
Infographic: Actors chant Tang poems and Song poems in front of an artificial moon. Photo by Yang Huafeng
Degraded to Mizhou, he led the people to fight drought and locusts and build water conservancy. In his spare time, he traveled all over the mountains and rivers of Mizhou and left a heroic chapter of "old man talking about juvenile madness". Because of his arrival, the deserted town is also full of poetry.
Degraded to Huangzhou, he reclaimed wasteland, cultivated the land and planted rice, and called himself a "resident of Dongpo". Far from the strife of the world, Su Shi placed his love on the landscape and lived freely. Drunk by the rain, you can also sing a song: "Bamboo sticks and shoes are lighter than horses, who is afraid?" A cloud of smoke and rain is a life of peace. ”
The old man was exiled to Hainan, where he ran a school and introduced the style of study, cultivated the proud disciple Jiang Tangzuo, and left a good story of teachers and students who "the vicissitudes of the sea have broken the vein, and the pearl cliff has since broken the sky".
Life is not satisfactory nine times out of ten, success or failure, prosperity ends, often in an instant. Since it is impossible to predict gains and losses, we may as well learn from Su Dongpo, learn to let go, learn to look down, and not take gains as joy and not worry about losses.
If you are wonderful, the sky is at your own disposal
Mao Buyi sang in the song "Don't Make Trouble Anymore": "Live, don't be too anxious, life will slowly give you the answer; live, take a little patience, you will meet a better self." 」 ”
Sometimes, we always complain about the unfairness of life, but we forget to strive to be better selves. Life is really hard, only self-help. When a person grits his teeth and walks through the days of suffering, beauty will inevitably come as promised.
Last month, Chinese race walker QieYangshi finally waited for her own Olympic gold medal at the age of 32.
Data chart: Liu Hong (center), Qieyang Shijie (left) and Yang Liujing (right) holding the national flag to celebrate. China News Service reporter Yang Bo photographed
At the 2012 London Olympics, the fledgling Cheyangshi sister won the bronze medal with a record-breaking Asian record. In the decade since, her quest for the top podium has never changed.
The growing age and the onslaught of injuries did not overwhelm her. But from the age of 22 to 32, she repeatedly passed the gold medal of the competition.
The fifth place at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the runner-up at the 2017 National Games, and the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta were overtaken with the lead, and once again missed the gold medal.
After the Asian Games, Sister Cheyangshi cried on the railing for a long time...
However, fate will not fail those who work hard, it should be hers after all. In 2015, the silver medalist of the Women's Race Walk at the London Olympics was cancelled due to doping violations, and Cheyangsh sister won the silver medal in return; in 2022, London Olympic gold medalist Yelena Rushmanova was also cancelled due to doping problems.
Sister Cheyangshi, who has been working the track and field field for many years, finally waited for the late gold medal.
Infographic: A great view of the Seine. Image source: icphoto
The past is not in love, the future is not welcome
Zeng Guofan has such a sentence in his collection of essays: "Things come to conform, the future is not welcomed, the time is not complicated, and there is no love." ”
In the TV series "Yang Guang's Happy Life", the protagonist Yang Guang and his father live in an old two-story building, and he originally worked in a pencil factory, but he was suddenly laid off. Without a job, Yang Guang and his girlfriend Xia Li's relationship has cracked, and the originally beautiful marriage prospects have also cast a shadow.
After experiencing successive blows, Yang Guang still maintains an optimistic philosophy of life: "If you don't have money, you can enjoy it." ”
He is content with the status quo, but optimistic and kind, he has achieved nothing, but he does not complain about the world. He was neither anxious nor expectant of what was not going to happen in the future.
Some people say that he is a "middle-aged waste of firewood", but instead of worrying and restless all day, it is better to give up unrealistic fantasies and focus on living a good life now.
Life is always accompanied by joys and sorrows, and we are willing to rely on each other. In the face of the unknown tomorrow, perhaps only by looking down on gains and losses, focusing on the present, and maintaining a positive attitude can we embrace surprises more calmly. (End)