Old Walter once thought that he was the person who knew life and death best because he practiced it. He also knew very well that what the nerdy priest knew was only the classics, and what he knew was only the outline in the thick fog. In the face of Walt's rebuttal, the priest's orientation to Walt was to "know more about death than life." , the contempt in the words is so outrageous for an elder. This elder, even if he is stubborn, even if he is not understood by any group, even if he has the appearance of "childishness". The gap between the young and the old cannot be kept up with how many books on the philosophy of life have been read. So from that moment on, the discussion about life and death, the pastor lost. Although I used to think that the pastor was stubborn and persistent, in the end, I realized that he was just a childish stubbornness.
Walt knew what it was like to die, so his troubles for most of his life were the inability to get out of the fear of death. This is because he understands the greatness of life. However, after bathing in the holy water of life, he became detached, and he was no longer afraid of death, because he finally realized how to make death greater than life.
When he chooses to use his few remaining lives in exchange for the peace of valuable people, I think he is more like a cowboy, because a cowboy not only has to be bloody, but also knows how to balance. (This is foreign language)
In fact, when this modern old cowboy gave his life, the audience will believe that he is calm. Because at the moment when the gun rang, if the "life" he cultivated was like a young "son", and the "death" he dedicated was of course more like a kind "mother"!
Therefore, I believe that there is no absolute thing. People are often confused by common experience, and sometimes they have to wait for the desired result to appear before giving up. This is actually no different from the stubbornness of the little priest and the stubbornness of the old cowboy.
Therefore, when encountering difficulties, thinking of these may really be calm.
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