We are born as human beings, busy with work and life every day.
Can we who spin like a top stop and think about what kind of life we want to live when we come into this world? What kind of life is right for you?
What exactly should we pursue in our lives? Is it the great wealth and great wealth of success; the earth-shattering of making a lot of money and doing great things? Or is it the abundance of the heart, the simplicity and tranquility of life?
Edward. Barnard's Fall unfolds a different picture of life for us, and maybe you can get something out of it.
BATEMAN: I want to live a life of success
Born into a wealthy family in Chicago, Bateman was long, well-proportioned, and handsome.
His family lived in a palatial villa, his father started a company that produced cars, and Bateman is now a partner.
Recently, my father intended to set up offices abroad. Bateman took the place of the manager he had already sent to run a trip to these foreign locations.
In fact, he went not only to do things as a partner, but also to have his selfish intentions: to find his fiancé Edward for his sweetheart Isabel. To these places, pass by Tahiti, the small island where Edward lived.
Isabelle sensed from her fiancé's letter that Edward had been a little averse lately, much to her dismay. Bateman wanted to find out.
Tahiti is a remote, backward island that can't be compared to bustling Chicago. Bateman stayed there for a day and a night, and it was unbearable.
But to his surprise, Edward was living happily on the island, which he could feel in his words and deeds. Even Edward bluntly said, "I don't want to live the soulless life of Chicago anymore."
Bateman was puzzled that even if Edward did not want to return to bustling Chicago, he could do something on the island. It's very backward there and there are a lot of opportunities for development.
Backward industry and cheap labor are the best opportunities to build factories. If you move the Chicago industry a little bit, you can make a lot of money. It wasn't that Edward didn't see these opportunities, it was that he didn't want to.
Bateman didn't understand how Edward didn't do this kind of thing that could make money and power. He didn't let go of the Sunshine Avenue, he had to go to the canoe bridge.
He wasn't like Edward, who wanted his car company to grow bigger and more influential. The company covers hundreds of acres and produces millions of cars.
He collected a large number of famous paintings and antiques, and the collection was so rich that the big collectors in New York were beyond their reach.
As Zhang Xiaoxian said:
"You're just doing what you love to do, living the life you enjoy, and if someone gets sick and makes fun of you because of what you like to do, that's their business."
Everyone has everyone's way of life, you like to be rich and noble to pursue, like is the best.
Isabelle: Marry a rich and powerful man and live a good life
Delicate face, noble like a small upper lip, thick yellowish hair. He is tall and tall, with a slightly proud head.
She has a sincere personality, a meticulous sense of honor and a fearless outlook on life, which is Isabel.
She was a perfect goddess, elegant and unique, with two handsome and handsome men madly in love with her, they were Bateman and Edward.
These two equally good men, she was more devoted to Edward. In Bateman's envy, they got engaged and prepared to marry in the winter of the following year.
Heaven and man are unpredictable, and people have misfortunes and blessings.
Just as they were about to get married, the collapse of a large bank bank bankrupted Edward's father. One day after dinner, he went into his study and shot himself.
Edward went from being a rich man to being a poor man. Knowing that his situation was no longer worthy of his fiancée, he proposed to withdraw from marriage.
Before retiring, he talked to Isabel about his plans for the future: "A relative invited me to his company and learned to do business with the best manager, which allowed me to learn a lot from the complicated business. Two years later, I was able to get a good position in Chicago. ”
Isabelle smiled when she heard this, and she said she loved him and would wait for him to come back.
They communicate monthly, never stopping. My heart is filled with sweet words, comparable to love letters.
At first, Edward often mentioned the return to Chicago, but as time went on, Edward did not mention it anymore.
The clever Isabel seems to sense that something is wrong and often tells Bateman, who accompanies him. Bateman was also curious, so he took the opportunity to find Edward on a business trip.
Unsurprisingly, Edward fell. He didn't want to go back to Chicago, but he fell in love with the remote and backward island.
When Isabelle learned of her fiancé's thoughts, she felt from the bottom of her heart that Edward was spineless and depraved.
She wanted a life in a palatial mansion filled with antique furniture. She hosts concerts, dances, and dinners attended only by the upper class at home. Her husband, on the other hand, was supposed to wear a pair of tortoiseshell glasses.
Apparently fiancé Edef could not give her such a life, while Bateman could.
After all, a woman's choice of marriage is tantamount to a second reincarnation. Not to mention that Isabel's first reincarnation is good, how can she choose a partner who is not worthy of herself the second time?
Edward: I want to live a quiet life
Edward was a classmate of Bateman's, and they played together, grew up together, and later went to college together.
They met their mutual friend Isabelle at an early age. Edward was luckier than Bateman, and Isabelle fell deeply in love with him.
They are male and female, and their family status is not bad, they are so door-to-door.
After Edward's father went bankrupt and committed suicide, everything changed. Edward had to go to a remote island far away to learn to do business.
People's minds change with the changes in the environment, and when Edward comes to the island, everything changes.
He stopped thinking about returning to Chicago and began to like this remote and quiet island. It is comfortable and comfortable, the scenery is beautiful, the people are simple and kind, gentle and always have a happy smile on their faces.
He began to think, to contrast.
In Chicago, I hurried to work every day, hurried off work, then had dinner, went to the theater, and slept. It was rushed and boring.
Is this how life should be? Hour after hour, day after day of work, youth is spent on this until it grows old.
There is no harm without comparison, and after coming to the island, Edward felt that there could be another way of life.
The weather here is very warm, the air is filled with the fragrance of flowers, and the blue sky is cloudless. At night, a full moon glides slowly, illuminating a path of light on the vast expanse of the sea, leading to the vast and eternal country.
He began to read, not for exams or for the sake of rhetoric and upbringing, but for the sake of interest; he had learned to make small talk, and he liked this life of having leisure time to chat, rather than having to live the days of hecticism and perseverance.
He said that he had never known that he still had a soul, but only found out that he had found a soul after he arrived here. If he were still a rich man, he might lose his soul forever.
To his fiancée, he felt that he was adored, and she was the best girl.
But he had no desire to protect her, and he felt that she didn't need protection. The fiancée is more like loving him not in his present self, but in his future.
He is now a poor man, and he is willing to be poor, so he feels even more unworthy of her.
Bateman thought Edward was crazy. He especially felt sorry for him, bluntly saying that he was wasting his talent, wasting his youth, and wasting opportunities here, and he was bitter about this.
Edward felt that he had found his spiritual home, and this simple, quiet life was exactly what he wanted.
Yes, choosing how to live is always your own business, and it will always be the truest thought in your heart. The life you think may not be worth mentioning in others.
Write at the end:
There is a wonderful statement on the Internet that agrees:
"It seems that we live in the same world, but it is not, some people stare at flower pots, some people stare at trash cans, some people stare at the sky full of stars, some people stare at the weeds on the ground, some people live in their own paradise, some people are building their own hell, everyone is passing by the world, living differently, what we don't believe, there are always people who live happily." 」
In fact, there is no better life in the world, only a life that you are willing to live. Great wealth and nobility are naturally glorious ancestors, but the peace of mind and the submission of the soul are not a kind of self-fulfilling salvation.
As the saying goes, go your own way and let others say it.
Which kind of life is good depends on how you choose.