On our values, Zhang Baotong 2016.3.27

Zhang Hua, a 24-year-old third-year student of the Air Force Medical Department of the Fourth Military Medical University, jumped into a dung pit to rescue a 69-year-old farmer, and sacrificed his young and precious life. In the early 80s, there was a big debate about the values of life.

At that time, many people thought that this was "gold for stones" and that it was too unworthy, but the mainstream media represented by Guangming Daily believed that Zhang Hua's sacrifice to save people was a noble quality of society. They say, "The value of life has never been in equivalent exchange." On the balance of life, is it true that the elite is heavier than the old peasants? How can a society and a nation be so snobbish?" Some people even said, "In an era when faith was lacking, Zhang Hua's spirit of sacrificing his life has influenced our generation." ”

Today, I saw on the news that a 63-year-old mother jumped off a building in Liantang, Luohu District, Shenzhen, hoping to get 300,000 yuan in compensation from the insurance company by committing suicide to treat her son's ankylosing spondylitis. My mother didn't expect that suicide would not be covered by accident insurance, and the insurance had expired last year. The mother's death pushed an already difficult family to the brink of despair. This incident shows that the mother values her son's life more than herself, so she wants to use her 63-year-old life to win 300,000 yuan in compensation for her son. Many people may think that this is stupid, but this mother did just that.

We think that the value of life should be higher than one qiē, but the other day, I witnessed a young girl jumping from the sixth floor because of a broken love. I have also seen the deeds of "Living Lei Feng" Guo Mingyi. At a time when people are trying to get as much as they can for themselves, he has been giving his strength, money, and blood to others for decades, and even his future body. What people think is a "stupid" act is a kind of happiness for him.

It can be seen that different people will have different understandings of life values. What some people think is valuable, others may not recognize, and what some people think is worthless, others will value it.

For example, we men like to pay attention to the country's military strength and military spending, but women don't think so, and will say, "You don't even care what you have to buy at home every day, and you still have that idleness." "As everyone knows, we men really regard what we have to buy at home every day as a trivial matter.

If you work in an organization, you may find that in those relatively simple and laborious work environments, people with low education are always full of enthusiasm for their work, while those with high education are lazy and unmotivated. Because those with low educational qualifications think that it is good enough to be able to do this kind of job. And those who are highly educated think that they are college graduates, and doing this kind of simple and laborious work is too condescending and boring. In fact, the more educated a person is, the more he will despise physical labor.

Many people go to the store to buy clothes, both wanting to spend less money and buying well. Think it's a wisdom of life. Actually, it's just a good wish. Every time we want to spend less, we are disappointed and annoyed by what we buy. Because cheap things are often not good. As long as you calculate the cost of it, you can almost estimate its quality. Those bargains are actually sold to the poor, and the poor are not so particular. However, there are also people who like to go to the rich shops of the "century" and "golden flowers" to buy items that are ridiculously expensive. It's not just about spending money on clothes, it's about showing the identity of "I'm rich". People's consumption concepts also reflect their values the most.

Snails, shark fin and abalone have become the world's four famous dishes, and it is a high-protein, low-fat, low-cholesterol food, as well as high medicinal and health value, and is the national dish of France. However, if we were to eat snails in China, it would probably be unthinkable. Because the snail is a small animal that lives in a dark, damp and humus-rich loose environment, it can make us feel sick to our stomach and nauseous. Therefore, the impression of snails and our living habits determine that we will not eat snails. Just as Americans eat oysters but not snails, the French eat snails but not locusts, the Zulus eat locusts but not fish, Jews eat fish but not pork, Indians eat pork but not beef, and Russians eat beef but not snakes. Different cultural practices determine people's values.

The perception and value orientation of books are also diverse. Because the poor are busy with food and clothing all day long, no good book is as realistic as a piece of bread in their eyes. But books can make the poor rich, so the smart poor will read desperately. Rich people don't value books, but they don't dare to despise culture because it makes them look snobbish and rustic. I remember a secretary I knew well, and the jokes of life were said one after another at the wine table, but when I heard us talk about literature, I was very disgusted. However, once he used his unit's 20,000 yuan to buy himself two large cartons of books, all of which were classics and masterpieces from ancient and modern China and abroad. He may never be interested in reading these books, but the large row of bookcases in his new house needs cultural decoration.

Culture and art have a great impact on people's values, but culture and art are constrained by economic development. When China's economy took off in the 80s, newspapers, magazines and literary groups sprung up. After the economic crisis in the late 90s, a large number of newspapers, magazines and cultural groups closed down. This has led to the depression of Chinese culture, so that many young people now prefer to play games rather than read books. This should be the sorrow of our nation.

It can be said that the understanding and concept of education affects thousands of families. There was a time when people hyped "Don't let your child lose at the starting line." But how much can the children who have not lost at the starting line grow up to be able to grow up? The seeds of life are slowly growing in the ground in winter, accumulating energy, and only in the spring will they flourish. If we put the seeds directly in the spring and don't let them "waste time" in the winter, what will be the result of the growth and development of the seeds? Without a relaxed and happy childhood, children will not have rich imagination and creative energy, and will not have too much happiness and enterprising spirit. We are now only interested in artificially "filling" our children with too much knowledge, and depriving them of many good times of natural development. In fact, what our children lack is not knowledge, but good temperament and character. There is a saying in China that "what is lost is harvested", and the metaphor begins to fail in this aspect and finally succeeds in another. If you want to change the process, then you will definitely change the result as well.

There is another phenomenon that can also make us wonderful. For example****** it would take a lot of money and energy to travel long distances to make a pilgrimage to Mecca. There are also those Tibetans, who are thousands of miles away, walking all the way in the blizzard, while constantly punishing in the snow and worshipping, marching towards the goal in their hearts. Because this is the most important life practice in their lives, it is hoped that the pilgrimage and worship through guò will bring them peace and good fortune. However, for many of us Han Chinese, there is no religious belief, and our secular behavior is bound by moral norms. Therefore, we cannot deeply understand the significance of their pilgrimage and worship.

We like to say that a person is lazy, but we don't see the contempt he takes for it, and if he likes it, he can't help but immerse himself in it. Everyone takes some things very seriously and some things very lightly, but there are also some things that make us feel helpless. Many of our young people who have just stepped out of college should have recited poetry and romantic life, but looking for a job, talking about marriage, buying a car and a house, they seem to have entered middle age in an instant. And the values of middle-aged people are obviously different. They are more focused on their families and careers than they are looking forward to the future and enjoying life. Without this romantic and beautiful time, people will lack optimism, and this emotion will affect their attitude and perception.

Put simply, our values are how we judge something. For example, "Is it useful?", "Is it beneficial?", or "Is it worth it?", different outlooks on life reflect different attitudes towards life, and different attitudes towards life will have different choices about things, and different choices will bring us different joys and pains.

We live among our families, friends, teachers, and colleagues, and we live in the environment around us, and the people and things around us will affect our values. But we should have a positive and optimistic attitude, make honest and honest friends, pursue noble and elegant character, create a beautiful life with the ultimate value of health and beauty, optimize life, and be a pure and noble person.