fire, please take down this poem and
read it slowly, recalling the softness of your eyes, and the
heavy shadows of their former days;
how many people loved your youthful and cheerful Hour,
adoring your beauty, false or true,
but one loves your pilgrim soul,
the wrinkled wrinkle of your aging face;
bows her head, and
whispers sadly beside the glowing red stove The disappearance of that love,
walking slowly on the mountain overhead,
hiding its face among a group of stars."
Whenever talking about old age, many people will think of this poem to demonstrate the romance of old age. However, you may rarely find out how old the poet Yeats who wrote this poem was at that time. At that time, Yeats was only 28 years old, and his goddess Maut Gangni Fang was 27 years old. This is a confession poem, written by the poet in order to express to the goddess how strong the endurance of his love is.
Some people will say that such wonderful poetry is all imagination, how can there be such a romantic thing in reality? Look, even the poet's deity, after chasing after the goddess for decades, failed to catch up. When he was in his fifties, he finally couldn't stand it and married a 28-year-old beautiful girl.
Who would love an old man with a folded face like a Shar Pei, his eyes cloudy like a pot of water, and his walking trembling like a spring? The Master once said, "I have never seen someone who is as good as lustful." The most holy teachers have said so, and I naturally believe it.
The life of the elderly is like taking a nap with a Shar Pei in leisure time, and acting like a tumbler drinking water. In addition to looking up at the sunset at a forty-five degree angle every day and waiting for the dog belt, is there any fresh and wonderful romantic life waiting to be enjoyed? Is there such a life, is there?
I believe there is, because it appeared in the British film "Quartet".
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"Quartet" tells the story of a nursing home where former opera singers Villefort, Reggie and Sissy invite Jane, another big-name singer, to participate in a performance to raise funds for the nursing home.
There is love in the story. Reggie is Jane's ex-husband. The two have been separated for many years due to misunderstanding, but he has never let go of Jane, and when they meet again in the nursing home, he is still full of emotions. Look, on Jane's first night at the nursing home, Reggie watched her from the balcony of the room next to her. Jane greeted Reggie, and Reggie turned around and left, like an eighteen-year-old half-hearted and distraught after hearing his goddess casually say hello to him. When Jane told Qian Qian about the impermanence of life, Reggie, who understood the goddess' intention, firmly proposed to her.
That's how love is. When you think about it, there will be a spring breeze, no matter how old you are.
Of course there is an equally wonderful friendship in the story. Villefort, who is still flirting with girls in his 70s and 80s, the elegant gentleman Reggie, the vicious tyrant Xedric, the timid white rabbit Sissi, and the arrogant queen Jane, such a group of artists with strong professional skills live together, even if they are a group of old people , the joke is still lively, the bar is still dazzling, the life is still full of vitality, and their friendship is more innocent, like a teenager, or even better than a teenager.
We live together, not for love, but for friendship, and when we're old, that's how it should be, purely for that, isn't it?
Also, there are breathtaking scenery in the story. The green hills are winding and rolling, the tidy courtyards are sparsely decorated with flowers and trees, the classical houses are brightly lit, the grass is covered with green grass, the streams are clear and gurgling, and the ancient trees are towering in the sky. Everything is the British version of "Peach Blossom Land".
Like-minded cooperation, mutual respect and love support, fresh and beautiful scenery, even if it happens in a nursing home, isn't this kind of life romantic and unnecessary? .
Three
people say that this is a movie, and the movie is a lie. However, what kind of life do you want to live?
Go to the park every morning to hit trees to train your body, and roar with birds to train your lungs? Every afternoon on the mahjong table, touch a big four happy bar to bloom? Every night in front of the palace drama mother-in-law drama, weeping and scolding the green tea bitch on TV? Use a free senior bus card to go to a vegetable market 30 miles away to buy tofu for two cents a pound? By the way, slap a young man who refuses to give up his seat on the bus? Or teach the next generation of the next generation who will not marry in their 30s and 40s without having children anytime, anywhere?
This style is the style of painting for many of us after retirement. Compared with "Quartet", I quickly erased and repainted.
It is said that the years are not forgiving, the years you are awesome. Well, if you don't spare me, I will spare you. Instead of "the mountains and rivers are melancholy and the years are empty", it is better to be "cool and unrestrained with the world", do what you want to do most in your life, and spare the years gracefully, for example:
people who have dreams don't give up their dreams, continue to inspire and work hard for TA , Struggle for TA...
People who have love don't give up love, continue to be close to TA, accompany TA, move TA...
Those who have feelings don't give up their feelings, continue to refine TA, promote TA, and realize TA ......
The value of life is not in the eternal youth, wealth and longevity, but in whether your life conforms to the original design.
The Quartet presents an elegant specimen for retirement. With all your efforts, the innocence of life will be more vividly reflected in the last stop of life!
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