This article is written by Guan Shanyue
Reprinted from: Evolution of Parenting (ID: yuerjinhualun)
25 years later, the real lion version of "The Lion King" re-enacted this story before our eyes.
A lot of people say that they can't stop crying in the theater...
Someone wondered:
After so many years, why do we still praise "The Lion King"?
One of the high-praise comments reads:
"25 years ago, my parents accompanied me to see the Lion King; 25 years later, I took my children to see the Lion King."
The truth that I didn't understand, life has taught me, and I hope to teach my children. Young people do not understand the Lion King, and they understand that they are middle-aged.
Once, we read the Lion King in a daze and knew that there was a brave and strong little lion named Simba.
Now, across the mountains and the sea, but also through the sea of people, through the stumbling, but also encountered regrets and parting, we found that in fact, Simba is each of us.
What I understood 25 years ago was the plot, but what I understood 25 years later was life...
01
When you are weak, the bad guys are the most
When Simba was young, he had no strength and was naïve and reckless.
His uncle deceived him and blamed him; the hyenas tried to eat him.
But when Simba finally returned as king, the hyena was afraid of him, and his uncle begged him to spare himself.
When you are weak, the people who bully you the most because you don't have the ability to fight back. When you are strong, the world will be kind to you.
It's cruel, but that's the law of survival in the real world.
02
Those who are unable to fill their desires will eventually suffer the consequences of their own evil
It's yours, it's yours.
It's not yours, no matter how you fight and grab it, it doesn't belong to you.
Insatiable greed will eventually lead to nothing.
Just like Simba's uncle and hyena.
03
Child, you will always be the weakness of your parents
When his father, Mufasa, rescued Simba from his hyena colony, he said, "I was scared today, I've never been so scared." ”
Simba: "Are you a king, and will you be afraid?" ”
Mufasa: "No matter how strong I am, I am worried that I will not be able to protect you." ”
Children, you must know that no matter how foolproof you are, when you go to your parents, you hope that there is not even a one in ten thousand danger possibilities.
04
Child, it's not scary to make mistakes
The terrible thing is to make mistakes again and again, to repeat the mistakes of the past
Simba has always wanted to prove himself to be the brave little Lion King, and does not heed the advice of adults to go to some dangerous places.
Again and again, he had to rely on the help of friends and father to get through the storm, and in the end Simba paid a heavy price for losing his father.
Bravery does not mean running into trouble everywhere, only courage is meaningful when necessary.
05
Nice words don't have to be "good" words
The uncle seized on Simba's curiosity and kept encouraging him to do something dangerous.
Child, you need to know that the person who flatters you is not necessarily a good person. Some of these words, though hard to hear, are indeed golden words that will benefit you for a lifetime.
The porridge in the morning is better than the wine in the evening, and the person who deceives you will say it more than the person who loves you.
06
All life in the world
It's all about surviving in a delicate balance
It is we who harm animals, destroy the environment, and ultimately eat ourselves.
07
Don't leave the worst of tempers to your loved ones
Simba's dad has always kept the most gentle and patient side to his family, and Simba regards his father as his best friend.
The dearest people, the best hurt. Talk to your family, complain less, and some tragedies won't happen.
The closer the person is, the more eager he is to be treated gently.
08
Rules are rules, and no one can be an exception
Simba: Is it all mine?
Father: All of it.
Simba: Of all the things that sunlight can shine, what about where there are shadows?
Father: You must not go to that place outside of our kingdom.
Simba: I thought the king could do whatever he wanted.
Father: You are wrong, and the king cannot do whatever he wants.
09
There is always someone who loves you like life
In the face of danger, you know who loves you the most.
For parents, those so-called faces, self-esteem, even life is not important.
They have something they want to protect more than they do.
That's you.
10
The past may be hard to look back on
You either escape from that or you benefit from it
After Simba indirectly killed his father, he began a long period of self-exile and escapism.
But there is no regret medicine in the world.
Some people choose to stay in the past and can't get out; some people, even if they wipe their wounds all over their bodies, have to grab their hair and try to get themselves out of the mud.
No matter how hard and long the road ahead is, as long as you go in the right direction, you are closer to happiness than escaping reality.
Growth is a train that only goes, not back.
Don't try to change the past, only the future can be changed.
11
The water does not test, do not know the depth
People don't pay, they don't know good or bad
Time is a good thing.
Witnessing human nature, but also verifying the human heart.
12
If the world ignores you
You can also let the world him
When Simba fell to the bottom, his friend told him "Hakunamata." ”
It's an old African proverb that means "carefree, dreams come true."
When the pain is unbearable, throwing it away is also an option. The good things of the past, the bad things, are all the past.
Don't dwell on it, don't linger, don't miss the old.
Let the years become the years, regrets as regrets, you can miss the past, but you can't stop moving forward.
13
When you feel the loneliest, the most painful
It is also the time to grow the fastest
Simba grew up the fastest when he was abandoned by the world.
There is no such thing as "not doing" in the world. When you lose all your dependence, you will naturally be able to do anything.
14
Learn one more skill, one less time
Constantly update their skills and open up a second battlefield, so that they can have a way back and avoid the risks of unemployment and layoffs.
You can't be free with a fixed salary, and once you make a mistake, life is hopeless.
Have one or two hobbies of their own, no matter how busy they are, how old they are, they still have a love of life and a desire to explore.
15
Don't make yourself unworthy of your original ambitions,
He also lived up to the suffering he had suffered
The so-called success is all bought by hard work.
All the people who opened the hanging have been working hard for a long time, in places where you can't see, and you don't know.
Those hard times that are not humane enough are the real reasons for their success.
16
You accompany me for a ride, I miss you for the rest of your life
It is said that we will meet 8263563 people in our lifetime, but in the end, there are only a few who can stay around.
Many things have not come to Japan for a long time, and many people will only leave the scene suddenly.
But it doesn't matter, no matter who you meet, he is the person who should appear in your life, it is no accident, he will definitely teach you something.
Those who have gone, I wish you a good life, and I wish me a smooth heart. And what is left behind must be cherished more.
Because what leaves is the scenery, and what is left is life.
17
The biggest surprise of the world is to lose and get it back
After many years, the fugitive Simba and Ome Bamboo Manana were finally reunited.
Two people who have gone through countless sufferings have finally understood the true meaning of love.
If it's not yours, just let him go. It's yours and will definitely be back.
People destined to be together. No matter how big a circle you go, you will still come back to each other.
If it's hard to get back, then I wish you all the best you want.
18
Don't give the world to someone you despise
Nana hopes that Simba will regain power and save her homeland.
Simba subconsciously refused: Now his uncle was the king.
Konana told him: Your home has been destroyed by your uncle, your relatives are still in the water, do you want to let it go?
You are the son of Mufasa, are you going to throw away his efforts?
In this world, there are already many people and things that have disappointed you.
And the last thing you should do is that you still disappoint yourself.
It's important to remember:
Society is cruel, you have to live with temperature.
19
This is my land,
I don't fight for her, who does?
In that year, his father expelled hyenas from his own land and laid a peaceful and prosperous world for his family.
Today, Simba has also overcome all kinds of obstacles, defeated the hyenas that turned their homeland into a wasteland, and rebuilt it.
Some people say, I finally understand why parents have to "fight" so much to create better conditions for their children? Because they know that:
The terrible thing is not that the bird bird does not know the ambition of the bird, but that the bird has been forced to die by the bird bird before it can spread its wings.
If the environment becomes a weapon of death, we should fight to the end.
Even if you are tired and full of vicissitudes, you can't stop for the sake of your children and your family.
20
Everyone has their own values and responsibilities,
Even the unknown.
Born as human beings, each of us is in a different position, and we also have different responsibilities.
Simba, for example, has to take on the responsibility of the Lion King, expel the bad guys, and protect the territory.
We also have our own responsibilities.
Support the lover who bears the wind and rain together;
Supporting parents' shaky old age;
Give your child a happy and stable childhood.
No matter how many difficulties there are, we will not slip away halfway.
Don't dare to get sick, don't dare to grow old, don't dare to die.
To be born, easy; to live, to be easy; to live, not to be easy.
But each of us is working on it!
21
Life is a constant goodbye
And the process of endless life
The father said to Simba:
Each of us lives like the sun rises and sets.
One day, we will sink as slowly as the setting sun.
And you will be like a sunrise, breaking the sky.
Someone asked: When did you feel old?
One of the highly positive answers is:
"When parents leave themselves. Parents are a wall between us and death, parents are gone, you face death. ”
Xiao Yueyue broke down and cried on the stage because he did not have time to see his father for the last time during the performance, and later wrote a song to express his remorse for the beginning:
"If there is an elevator to heaven, I will go to see you at all costs; let you see my children, who look like me and like you..."
When people reach middle age, the most feared thing is parting.
Say goodbye and never see you again, and this side may become the last.
The tree wants to be quiet and the wind is not stopping, and the son wants to raise and not to be kissed.
Child, one day, we will also leave.
Don't be afraid, your parents will always guard you.
We are like stars guiding you.
Will not leave, and never leave.
In the blink of an eye for 25 years, the years are green, and we have all embarked on our own lives.
From a child who would cry when he stumbled lightly, he grew into an adult who hit his head and bled but did not say a word.
Whose father to be, and whose mother to be.
Over the years,
We said goodbye to friends,
Send away love,
Farewell to family,
I also waved goodbye to my young self.
On this road,
We've fallen, we've been lost, we've been down
Sometimes I think I can't get through it
But one day I suddenly turned back,
Those hardest times have become a thing of the past.
People who read "The Lion King" with tears finally revealed the story and vulnerability buried in the hearts of every adult.
We tried to find the lost youthful childishness in Simba, and why didn't we say to ourselves:
It must not be easy for people to live like a teenager in middle age, right?
You who are trying to live, you must be very hard, right?
The hardships of life make us scratch all over our bodies.
But the wounds we have suffered, the scars that have formed, make us stronger.
Thank you "The Lion King", witnessing our life that wants to cry and try to laugh...
May we, who have run away for half a lifetime, still have the courage of a young man when we return.
May the child embrace the future, the sea of stars and the magnificent starlight.
A lover whose parents are alive, who knows two or three, and who never abandons them.
May you and I have such a day.
Author | Guan Shan Yue
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