Text | Jiang Qingxi
Editor|Jiang Qingxi
●○Preface○●
There are many people in the world who want to live a long life, but have you ever seen someone who regards "death" as their greatest wish?
In 2016, an old man in Indonesia threatened at his birthday banquet that he was tired of living and wanted to die quickly.
For this remark of the old man, many netizens said that he was "Versailles", after all, from ancient times to the present too many people want to live a long life, immortality, this old man is good, got cheap and sold well, said that he is tired of living, which makes netizens angry. But what everyone doesn't know is that the old man is telling his own heart.
This is an old man forgotten by death, he has lived 146 years old, not only survived the death of four wives, but also his children have left him.
In his later years, when someone asked him what his greatest wish was, the old man replied: "I hope to die soon."
So, the world wants to live a long life, why does this old man want to die early? As the longest-living man in the world, what is his secret to longevity?
●○Long life○●
Mba Godot was born in 1870 in a small village in Indonesia, his family conditions were not good, and he had 9 older siblings, and many children made the already poor family even more difficult.
Godot has been in this small village since birth, and like most children in the village, he has been working with the family since he was a child, and when he grows up, he begins to be arranged by the family on blind dates.
Godot remembers very well that in his blind date, there was a girl named Tadolie, and at the first sight of this girl, Godot fell deeply in love with her. Godot said that in the rest of his life, he has never had such a strong heart for anyone.
Soon, the two got married and lived happily. On weekdays, Godot would go to work in the fields during the day, while Tadori stayed at home, preparing delicious meals and waiting for her husband's return.
These days repeated day after day, but Godot did not feel monotonous at all, he loved his wife deeply, and was full of expectations and longing for every day.
Some time later, the couple welcomed their first child, and Godot, a new father, looked at the child in front of him in surprise, immersed in great joy. He rushes home every day after work, and the first thing he does is pick up the baby.
He watched the child grow up day by day, watching the child call his father for the first time, and his heart was full of joy and pride. Originally, the days were lived so peacefully, but the unexpected happened.
That day, Tadoli was about to go home to cook for her husband after shopping for food, when suddenly a car rushed out from the side and directly knocked Tadoli off. Tadolie fell heavily on the ground, but the owner of the car pressed directly on her as if he didn't see it.
Seeing this, the woman who was traveling with Tadoli quickly sent her to the hospital, but because of her serious injuries, she was still unable to recover.
That evening, Godot, who had been tired all day, returned home, but found that the house was quiet, and he was a little flustered. Soon, someone came and told him that something had happened to Tadori. When Godot heard this, the whole person was stunned, he could not accept this fact, and ran to the hospital like crazy.
When he arrived at the hospital and saw Tadorie lying quietly in bed, he finally believed that his wife was really dead. Godot was very sad, it was a very heavy blow for him, and he began to become reticent.
His parents, considering that their young children had no one to take care of, took it upon themselves to bring back a girl and forcefully stuffed her as a wife.
The girl's name is Lani, at first Godot did not accept it, completely ignoring Lani's existence, but under Lani's insistence day after day, Godot was finally moved, and the relationship between the two was getting better and better. After that, the two successfully held a wedding.
After marriage, the two gave birth to two more children and lived a very happy life. But when Godot was almost 70 years old, Lani also died of illness.
The children were worried that Godot would not be able to withstand the blow, so they discussed finding him another wife. In this way, Godot sent away four wives and watched four children die one after another.
As the years passed, Godot seemed to be forgotten by death, he often asked himself why he was still alive, and even tried to commit suicide when he was 122 years old, but fortunately he was discovered by his grandson in time, so he did not succeed in suicide.
On his 146th birthday, he was asked what he wanted, and Godot said that his biggest wish was to die early.
●○The secret of longevity○●
During Godot's long life, the question he was asked the most was "the secret of longevity." Godot also responded to this question, which is to "be patient. This is the secret of longevity that he summed up after more than a hundred years of rotation.
However, everyone is obviously not satisfied with Godot's answer, and many people question it, some people think that the secret of his longevity is hidden in the daily diet, others think that it is because he lives in a good environment, and some people say that he may be made of some strange gene.
So what is the secret of his longevity? In order to clarify this, someone offered to pay him to do research, and in the face of everyone's doubts, Godot did not want to explain too much, he only responded with one sentence: "Do you believe it or not."
With the gradual development of modern technology, studies have proved that negative emotions and mentality can make people more susceptible to various diseases. In other words, if you can maintain a positive mood and an optimistic attitude in your ordinary life, then you can have a healthy body and achieve the effect of longevity.
So, did Godot really live to be 146? Is this number true or false?
●○Age mystery○●
According to official sources, Godot lived a total of 146 years and 5 months in this world, and in Indonesia's official system, Godot was born in 1870, when the mainland was still in the Qing Dynasty.
However, this age is not Godot's real age, but the age recognized by the Indonesian government. Why should Godot's age be determined by the government? The reason is that he has lived so long that he can't remember when he was born.
Indonesian statistics on the birth of children began in 1900, and Godot was born much earlier than that, so there is no direct evidence of his age, but Godot himself always said that he lived a hundred or more years.
In 2010, the media reported on Godot's story and used the word 140 years old, which attracted the attention of the Indonesian government, so it sent people to investigate his real age.
However, despite the guidance of the investigators, Godot still can't remember exactly what year he was born, but he said that the only thing he can remember now is that he once went to a sugar factory as a child, and he can recall the construction of the factory at that time.
Fortunately, there are records of the construction of that factory, which according to records was built in 1880. If Godot's claims are true, then he must have been born before 1880, and he was at least four or five years old at that time, because only after this age can there be deep memories.
After detailed questioning and cross-examination, government officials were able to determine that Godot was telling the truth, and that by 2010, he should be older than 135.
After many visits, government workers finally set his birth date in 1870 and gave him a legal identity document. Of course, we don't know what the specific truth is.
●○Get your wish○●
In fact, when Godot was in his 60s, his physical functions had begun to decline, and his eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of fog, and he could not see clearly. No matter how old he is, his ears are not good, he knows that others are communicating with him, but he can't hear anything.
In this way, Godot lived in this quiet and murky world for so long that he himself did not know how long. It wasn't until his 146th birthday, when his great-grandson brought him hearing aids, that he finally heard the outside world.
But when he finally heard about this noisy world after many years, Godot felt even more lonely.
In 2016, Duoduo's physical condition has become very bad, and he can't even eat independently. In April 2017, he began to go to the hospital for treatment.
His grandchildren were worried about him, but he was full of joy and desperately asked to go home, unwilling to be treated in the hospital. In order to die, the doctor just put on an oxygen mask, and the front foot left his back foot and ripped it off, and at his insistence, the family finally took him home.
After returning home, Godot, who was bent on death, began a hunger strike, and his great-grandchildren went to persuade him to eat, but Godot said that he was tired of living.
Finally, on the third day of the hunger strike, the old man, whose life spanned three centuries, finally left this world in April 2017. Perhaps for him, this is the real relief, because then he does not have to watch his grandchildren die.
●○Epilogue○●
Sometimes, longevity is not a good thing, because it is extremely heart-wrenching and crushing to watch the loved ones around you leave you one by one.
There are so many people in the world who pursue longevity, maybe because there are people they love around, people who want to accompany, and there are good expectations in life. However, when all this is lost, sometimes longevity is not a happy thing, only boundless loneliness.
For us, the most important thing is to cherish the present moment and cherish the people around us. The length of life is different, and instead of pursuing the length of life, it is better to pursue the quality of life and not leave regrets for yourself.
I hope that everyone can live in the moment, enjoy the existing time, and cherish it, which is the best way to live.