The Journey and Scenery of Life, Zhang Baotong 2018.11.7

No matter how diligent or lazy we are, no matter how optimistic or sad we are, we are all on the journey of life. No matter where you are, no matter what position you hold, whether you are on the podium or in the middle of life, you are walking towards a goal that you cannot see.

As long as we live in the world, we have been walking on the long journey of life. When we are young, the journey of life presents us with many paths, each of which is full of temptations. However, there is only one way to go. So, some people ask us, "Why do you live?" because they have to choose different journeys for people with different ways of living, just like the person who is going to Beijing, he will let you go on the road facing north, if you want to go to Guangzhou, he will let you go to the road facing south, if you want to go to Shanghai, he will let you go to the road facing east, if you want to go to Tibet, he will let you go to the road to the west.

I was young and wanted to be a teacher. So, he pointed me out a tortuous and bright journey. Life is long and so short, and I want to grow up quickly so that I can realize my dreams as soon as possible. However, when I grew up and really walked on the journey of being a teacher, I realized that my dream was not as beautiful as I imagined. The profession of a teacher does not excite me at all and is optimistic.

So, I regret that I didn't follow that path as a writer. There will be a lot of flowers and applause on that road, as well as a good income and envied glory. So, I gave up my journey as a teacher and embarked on a journey as a writer. However, I soon found that the writer's journey was even more lonely, poor, and sad. It turns out that those flowers and applause, those envied glory and income are only owned by gods and celebrities, and ordinary writers and authors can be described as the poorest group of people in the world. In order to survive, I had to go back to the way I started. The experience of life has made me know that every road in life is very bumpy and very difficult.

Some people say that life is a journey, and you don't have to care about the destination, what you care about is the scenery along the way and the mood of seeing the scenery! I used to have similar naivety and simplicity, but after going through a period of life, I realized that life must have a purpose. During the journey, people are not only looking at the scenery, but also living, and they need money and companions. If you just look at the scenery with nothing, then it will be difficult to go on the journey of life.

People should enjoy the scenery during the journey, so that our life will be more abundant, but the journey of life still has to live, and to live must have income. Survival is more important than viewing. Therefore, the journey of life should have a purpose. Goals determine our lives and the scenery of life. In our childhood and teenage years, we would often ask, "What do you want to do when you grow up?" and we would say, "I want to be a teacher," "I want to be a doctor," "I want to fly a plane," or "I want to do science." "These are the ideals and goals of life. And the landscape of life is your experience in the process of achieving this goal.

Everyone will walk in the journey of their own choice because of different ideas and pursuits, and different journeys will have different experiences and scenery, but no matter what you gain, as long as you feel fulfilled and satisfied, you deserve it, so you get it. People should not have a distinction between high and low in the journey, but the path chosen is different, the rain, snow, wind and frost encountered and the hardships and ups and downs experienced are different, and the spring and autumn moon and summer lotus and winter plum are also different. Some people may have been walking in the wind and sunshine and the stars, and some people may have walked in the cold wind and rain and swamp mud all year round. But every struggle and experience gives people a different personality and quality. And this kind of personality and quality is the most respected and admired.

The moon will always leave tonight, and the sun will rise tomorrow, but there is no return to our life's journey. Except for the purpose of our life, everything else is a landscape. It doesn't matter if we have a lot of money or a group of wives and concubines, whether we are poor or have nothing. At the end of our lives, some of them will disappear into nothing. So, no matter how ambitious your goals are and how magnificent your scenery is, there is no need to be complacent and dazzling. Even if you choose the wrong path, lose your life, and experience too much sorrow and confusion, there is no need to grieve and regret. Because that's what you wanted.

Every day of life is gaining and losing, and in the process of gaining and losing, we see many landscapes, which is what we really have. Life is like a picture scroll, which needs to be embellished in the journey of life. The scenery of the journey will make our life colorful, and our life will also make the scenery of the journey vivid and beautiful. Therefore, we are reluctant to leave this world, not because we are not willing to give up everything, but because we are nostalgic for this charming scenery.

In this scenery, there are flowers and willows, thousands of purples and thousands of reds, thousands of trees, thousands of sails sailing, and hurried passers-by. They came quietly and left quietly, with indifferent expressions and hurried expressions. From their sincere and sinister faces, we see the warmth and coldness of the world and the various states of the world, and also make us feel lonely and lonely. As a result, we met a lover who was willing to join us hand in hand, and we began to have a heartfelt love and a desire to share.

We have a goal in life, we want to be a teacher, a doctor, a pilot or a scientist, but that's just how we make a living. Our real goal is to be happy in life, to do what we want to do, such as listening to songs, playing ball, playing chess, fishing, watching movies and games, or smelling the wind, listening to the rain, enjoying the flowers, watching the scenery, or climbing mountains and traveling. It will allow us to get a leisure, a state of mind, a kind of comfort and a kind of happiness. It can enrich our hearts and make us feel the richness and beauty of life. Therefore, the practice of giving up happiness in pursuit of money is a kind of sadness.

Life is short, the past days are hard, the green mountains are still there, and the sunset is almost red. We must see the goal in the journey of life, go all the way forward, go through the wind and rain, and enjoy a better life.