When I was young, I thought that all roads lead to Rome, and I always chose the road that seemed to be the most transcendent and outstanding. My dream flew off the ground and never landed. It has to be faced at a certain time: most people or most of the time people are just living a mediocre life. As soon as a person is born, there is already a standard template in this world. You can choose to resist or obey, but it is difficult to turn a blind eye. It is time to try to escape from disappointment and pursue the wonderful; or to accept it calmly and accept the mundane. In Long Yingtai's "Dear Andre", "Brushing the Hippo's Teeth", Andre asked: If I am mediocre, should I or the people around me be disappointed? Am I worthy of seeking and gaining understanding? Is it a weakness to accept mediocrity? Is it possible to find meaning in the "ordinary"?
It's a big question, but it's very specific. Miles is going through his midlife crisis: a middle school teacher, divorced, and a novel he's written that's not getting published. To celebrate an old friend's wedding over the weekend, the two of them embarked on a trip, drinking and walking. From the drinking, you can see the attitude of the two of them: whether they drink it all in one gulp, they must be happy in life; or if they taste the slow taste carefully, there is true meaning in the wine, and if you want to distinguish it, you have forgotten the words. The days of walking together are short, and more often we have to face and taste alone, day after day frustration, plain and routine life. In the short but trivial days, what can you expect, what are you looking for, and where can you finally reach? For Miles, the novel was not published in the end, his best friend was getting married, he gave his ex-wife a blessing, and life went on. However, it seems that there is something new in the undercurrent: in the fast food restaurant, he comfortably opened his long-collected wine, drank fast food, and used paper cups; he chose to fly to the soul mate he met, no longer hesitating or not. Hide yourself again.
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