Chapter 48: Essay "Forty-Eight"
I don't know why, every once in a while, when I walk alone or sit in front of a computer, I ask myself if I have what it takes to live the life I want. Are you really satisfied with your life now? But I didn't give an answer that I was satisfied with or dissatisfied. Now I feel that if you want to define your life, you have to wait at least until you really grow old and go through decades of ups and downs before you can make a final conclusion on the life you have gone through.
But now, turning up the music to the maximum, I'm confused by these questions again. I asked some of my friends, I said, is your life what you once wanted? Or are you satisfied with your current situation? Some friends laughed at me for being hypocritical, saying that literary and artistic young people just like to dig into the root and think about problems. Some friends also said that they are content and happy, and their ancestors have lived like this from generation to generation, and they have to get by. Another friend said that even if you are not satisfied with your current life, you can only do this, otherwise what else can you do? Hearing this, I don't know whether to be satisfied or not satisfied.
Yes, I have been asking myself whether I can live the life I want, whether my current life is what I like, in fact, in the final analysis, it is all about memoralism. What others don't have, I have obtained, and what others have, I will envy, but between people is nothing more than living in a state where you look at me and I look at you. Instead of thinking too much, it is better to take action and work hard, because I have always believed that the effort after the effort can be rewarded, if you can't get it, then change the angle and start again, if you can't get it, then I accept my fate. Choosing to accept my fate is not a compromise for me, but I can't take this path, and if time permits, I will take another path.
If you choose to live the life you want, you need capital, and since you don't have this capital, you have to earn capital, so why should I always worry too much about it when I should earn capital? Many things may be obtained a little later and slower than others, but I believe that it doesn't matter, it belongs to you, and sooner or later it will be your own through hard work.
In fact, to truly live the life you want is to live countless todays well, and these todays are what you want to live today. Some people say that youth should be dancing its teeth and claws, going where it wants to go and becoming the person it wants to be. As a result, too many people have the naked excuse of saying go, squandering their deposits in advance, and asking their parents for money to satisfy their vanity of swaggering through the market. It's just that they forget that the real courage and ability is to live a good day and live a colorful life in a well-behaved life.
I re-understand that living a life that I am satisfied with is to live a good day. It means not letting down or wasting time, looking at the world in a different position, because being able to live today well is also a part of the life I love to live. When we look back after countless todays, we may see that everything that happened was the way we liked.
The most painful thing is not that the dream is lost or dies in reality, but that when I look back at the passionate dream of my youth, it is difficult to talk about it now. Also, the most terrible thing is not living an ordinary life, but living a mediocre life and taking it for granted. If you want to go step by step and see the life little by little, you must not rush to see it through, if you see it all, it will be boring.