While watching the movie "Amour", I couldn't help but think of this old man a lot. The film, and the old man, mercilessly pointed to my deepest fears—it's OK to be poor, to be lonely, to die, but not to be without dignity.
But what can every self-respecting life save for itself in the end? When Annie came on stage, she was such a temperamental old lady who loved music, reading, being respected, and possessing a sense of humor. Unfortunately, she was unable to stand, eat, play the piano she liked, and go to the toilet by herself. , at the end, being stripped naked like a baby and being washed by someone... Even more sad, when my husband George tried to comfort her and encourage her to live, saying, this kind of thing can happen to me too... …
Things like this can happen to each of us as well.
No one can live forever in the frivolity of twenty and the complacency of thirty. The design of life is like a cruel joke. People all come and walk weakly, but in the middle they have to experience the climax of being unfamiliar and thinking that they are omnipotent, and then, regardless of emotion, will or physical strength, the collective deteriorates. The decline of the body is the most helpless, especially for those souls who pursue dignity, their characters are maturing and their realms are expanding, but they cannot resist the invasion of disease and aging. Before the age of 20, I was in the hospital for two consecutive summer vacations, and I saw some people who were sick and looking forward to recovery, and some people who were sick and never got better... Even if we can live like Benjamin Button's rejuvenation , the ending is similar: always with a vicissitudes of life mature heart gradually die in powerless limbs. And this kind of "gradually" may be the most cruel part.
This kind of life design may not be the original intention of the creator. Had Adam and Eve not sinned, mankind might not have faced death. Yet we have to deal with a fallen world, living this way today and aging like that tomorrow, from which few can escape. By contrast, Anne's fate was not the most tragic. The movie is named "Love". Although the whole story is sad, it is filled with the warmth of mutual affection between old couples. Compared with the usual empty-nest elders in the news who were abused by cruel babysitters, Annie seemed to be luckier. Her worst encounter was a nurse who forcibly combed her hair and forced her to look in the mirror; Annie's suffering lies in her Sensitivity and self-respect is that although she foresees her own destiny, it is difficult to escape.
Humans are fragile animals, and the more sensitive they are, the more vulnerable they are.
So husbands can only respond to a senseless nurse like this: I hope that when you are old, someone will treat you as you treat patients.
How much life requires perception. Perception allows us to put ourselves in the shoes of others to be considerate and compassionate, and to see in their situation that we are also weak and needy. And every person with a little sense of perception, in the face of such a life trajectory, can no longer stiffen his neck and say: I am my own God, and I can control my own destiny.
A few weeks after my awkward encounter with the incontinent old man, I plucked up the courage to share my deepest fears in church: Will God age my noble man? So my pastor pointed me to the scripture that had so deeply comforted him, Psalm 91:15: "If he calls upon me, I will answer him. I will be with him in his distress. I will Deliver him and honor him."
- No, I'm not preaching prosperity, I'm not saying that Christians can escape cancer, hemiplegia, and dementia, not at all, it's the same thing that happens to everyone. I'm just saying that in trouble, in fear, I can look to God; since I will inevitably become as weak as a baby one day, I can only let my mind gradually return to that of a baby, Give him all my troubles and fears, trust him, and ask him to honor me.
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