Let fate be your only intention, for there is nothing more reasonable.
- Marcus Aurelius
What is the spirit of a gladiator? Why did this game of fighting and killing become the glorious footnote of the Roman Empire? It has been talked about by people for thousands of years, because of the gladiator spirit contained in it. I was in the film "Gladiator". Find out what is this spirit
——That is a spirit of indomitable struggle without fear of fate!
Humans will eventually become dead bones, and if life is meaningless, empty and unpredictable like a dream, all we can do is be like gladiators, face it when it plays tricks on us, and fight it with all our strength, because there hide our home.
The great general Maximus has outstanding ability and high morality. He fought east and west and made great achievements. The old emperor (Marcus Aurelius) wanted to pass the throne to him, but he had no intention of politics, and his ideal was simple , I just want to get rid of my armor and return to the field, thinking every day that all my efforts are just living and hugging my wife and children again.
However, how can fate change because of human will? The tree wanted to be quiet but the wind kept blowing. The usurper not only wanted to murder him, but also brutally murdered his wife and children. He wanted to just let them go, but luckily, he was sold into a slave, and later became a gladiator who didn't know if he could survive tomorrow.
His ideal was to get revenge on Commodus.
Everyone's ideal, no matter how trivial, is worth respecting, because it is a little light that guides us forward.
As the gladiator-turned-merchant who was pardoned and freed by the old emperor said: Everyone dies and everything turns to dust. We cannot choose our destiny, but we have the right to decide how to die. Only in this way can we be remembered by others as human beings.
Maximus understands later: death has been smiling at us, and the only thing we can do is laugh at it too.
Even if the ending is pessimistic, it does not prevent us from fighting for and pursuing the glory in life, even though it is only a flash of light.
The old emperor (Marcus Aurelius) who appeared in it was the famous king of philosophers. The "Meditations" he wrote during his ten-year military career accompanied me through a very difficult three-year North drifting career. , he taught me how to examine myself and calm my mind.
"People who live in the world usually complain that the temptation and disobedience of external things cause their inner pain and anxiety. This is inaccurate, even self-deceiving, and an excuse to escape the mission of life. If external things bother you Uneasy, then please note that it is not the things that upset you, but the way you think about them, and you can easily get rid of it if you want.
If life is making you miserable, reflect on and get rid of your own opinions and ideas that make you miserable, not life that makes you unbearable.
Everything is an opinion after all. As long as you like it's your thoughts. So take away your opinion, it's as if you go round some dangerous headland, you have nothing to lose but you gain a safe course, calm seas and calm bays . "
Life is but an opinion, living is an attitude!
—— Feeling at home after watching a movie in the early morning
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