2121 is an extraordinary year, a year full of tears.
At one time, many people expected to say loudly in this year: Love you in 2121!
but it's finally here, but we hope it will leave soon.
Because this year, we have experienced too much darkness and sorrow, depression and blows.
Since the beginning of 2121, the whole world has been experiencing a "war of death". Behind those death figures are families that have been broken since then. The epidemic broke out, Kobe's plane crashed, and Wuxi Tianqiao suddenly collapsed ...
There was one less person walking.
where will you go, this is the normal life, but when death comes so suddenly and is so close to us, we find that life is so fragile that many people suddenly leave us before we can say goodbye.
But we still have so much to say, so many dreams to come true, so many things to do, but there is no chance! ......
We never know which comes first, tomorrow or the accident.
Life is fragile, and there is nothing important in the world except life and death.
Life is short, and death doesn't stop us because we are afraid, and it often takes us off guard.
in the face of the unknown, how should we deal with it?
The Other Side of the Sky Blue is one of the most famous works by Alex Shearer, a contemporary British writer. It is recommended by UNESCO as "the greatest fable of human nature in the 21th century", and its enlightenment to life is not only suitable for children to read, but also suitable for us as adults.
Although this book is about death, it is full of warmth, love and longing for life. It is told in a child's tone, full of childlike interest and thought-provoking.
This book can not only help us to eliminate the fear and anxiety of death, but also make us cherish and love life more.
what is the other world like on the other side of the sky blue?
There are also streets and cinemas, and there are all kinds of people, but their appearance is fixed before their death. There is also the sun, but it never sets.
The story of the novel is simple:
Harry, a little boy, ran out of the house after quarreling with his sister one day and was unfortunately in a car accident. He is dead, but he still has unfinished wishes. He wants to go back to earth to make peace with his sister and say goodbye to everyone.
At last, with Arthur's help, his soul returned to the world. After all kinds of experiences, he accepted the fact of his death, fulfilled his last wish, and finally walked calmly to the other side of the sky blue.
11 | Speak well to our dear people
She lost a younger brother with such an angry remark that came out of her mouth! As Harry's sister, what a shock and pain it should be, which will make her feel guilty all her life: < P > God, what have I done? It's all my fault! Why should I say such vicious words to him? ..... I will never forgive myself! I really love Harry, he has always been my dearest brother!
Harry is the same. He also loves his sister A Dan. He feels sorry for her. He doesn't want her to live with guilt and pain. He is eager to apologize to her. He wants to say goodbye to her, A Dan, forgive me. I love you!
In the end, Harry manipulated the pencil with his mind and wrote what he wanted to say to his sister, thus fulfilling his wish.
But in reality, can we have such an opportunity?
In our life, we are always annoyed, angry and complaining about all kinds of things. It seems that we can never escape the curse of bad mood. We have to greet our boss and customers with a smile, but in front of our relatives, we indulge our emotions and vent freely. In fact, this is particularly stupid!
Some angry words, an unintentional mistake, the pain that this kind of language stings in people's hearts is often more difficult to heal than the physical pain. Although the trauma of the mind is invisible, it can affect people's life.
Don't hurt those who really care about us because of your quick talk, because you may lie down tonight and never get up tomorrow morning, and this pain will never be compensated.
12 | Cherish every moment in life
Harry's ghost stood on the original school playground. He said,
Cherish every moment in life, cherish the feeling of the wind blowing on your face, and cherish the warmth that you can touch around you, a grass, a flower, a smile and a little touch.
Only when we are alive can we taste our favorite food, meet our favorite people, watch all kinds of interesting plants and animals in nature, listen to all kinds of pleasant sounds in the world, enjoy love and love those who want to love ... These can only be enjoyed if we are alive, and once we die, all the beauty will have nothing to do with us.
In fact, happiness is as simple as that, and this is the meaning of life.
13 | Don't take yourself too seriously
Harry used to be the man of the hour in the team and class, but he's gone, which hasn't changed much.
He thought that the team would be in a mess without him. There would be a small vase with red roses on his desk every day, and his classmates would wear black gauze to commemorate him. His girlfriend looked at the Valentine's card he sent every day and missed him deeply ...
But in fact? Someone succeeded him as the main force of the team and still won this season. His desk, clothes hook and even his girlfriend soon got new owners, which was quite different from his imagination!
The world has not changed because of his departure, and the students' lives remain the same.
Harry was a little disappointed, and Arthur reminded him:
This is the truth.
Everyone is nothing more than a speck of dust in the world. When a life disappears, the earth will not change much. Even a great man's influence is only temporary, not to mention us ordinary people.
the sun will rise as usual, and the streets will still be full of traffic.
14 | the meaning of life-love
Just when Harry was disappointed and lonely, he turned around and found a wall, which belonged to Harry completely, and it was this wall that moved Harry.
The huge wall is a gift from the students to Harry. There are poems, pictures, paintings and articles here, which are the true feelings of the students who miss Harry. Even those who don't like Harry have written touching sentences!
In addition, the students specially planted a tree behind the teaching building for him, with a metal sign hanging on it, which read:
Harry was moved by the friendship of his classmates. He found that although everyone's life went on, he actually loved him, and he was happy and satisfied when he thought that he would be remembered by everyone for many years.
Yes, in this world, as long as you really live, love and have fun, you will always leave your mark. At your relatives, at your friends, at people you once knew.
When a person dies, it becomes history, and the wheel of time rolls forward, but a person who once existed and bloomed his own light of life deserves to be remembered.
15 | Accept the inevitable death
Like Harry, Arthur, who found his mother to fulfill his wish, also calmly walked to the other side of the sky blue.
On the contrary, there are still some ghosts wandering in the streets or sitting in the cinema to kill time. Some of them have not fulfilled their wishes, and some are still dissatisfied. They are sad about the past, full of complaints about life, afraid to face reality, and have no goal, and are reluctant to leave this empty world, thus hesitating and refusing to go to the next stop.
People can't cry for the overturned milk. Since the past can't be redeemed, what we have to do is to look forward, face up to and accept the status quo, so that we can start better and rush to a new journey.
The book uses Arthur's mother's words to convey such a view of death and life:
That is to say, there is nothing to be afraid of after death, just entering the next cycle of life.
Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of life. It is precisely because of death that living is particularly precious.
"Life and death, heaven also."
"It's the same as the four seasons in summer in spring, autumn and winter."
When Zhuang's wife died, Zhuangzi sang in drums because Zhuangzi knew that life and death were natural phenomena.
This change from birth to death is as natural as the alternation of four seasons in summer.
Conclusion:
The impermanence of life is an eternal truth. We don't know what will happen in the next second, and we can only grasp the present.
Only when you live calmly, live up to your conscience, truly love, live vigorously, enjoy, cherish, never waste your time, have no regrets to repair, have no sorry people, and have nothing to let go, this should be a life with a clear conscience!
therefore, I am not afraid of the future, and I am not worried about the past, so I will * * * encourage you.