Wang Jicai, from the age of 26 to 58, spent 11,680 days doing only one thing: defending the island. Protecting an island located at the outpost of my country's Yellow Sea, in Guanyun County, Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, with an area of ??only 0.013 square kilometers, no one, no electricity, no fresh water, overgrown with weeds, and howling sea winds.
The movie "Island Keeper" reproduces the ordinary and great life of such an ordinary outpost guardian. The plot of the film is simple, the characters are simple, and the actors' acting skills are online. It can be said that there is no point in the whole process.
After watching "The Island Keeper", I am full of respect for Wang Jicai and his wife.
During the 32 years of guarding the island, I have overcome various difficulties in the natural environment and various difficulties in the human environment. I have worked hard and do not need to organize extra care and subsidies. I can solve my own problems by myself.
One of the words that Wang Jicai often talks about is: If you do one thing well in your life, you will never regret it. If you don’t feel bad, your life will not be in vain.
For 32 years, there were only two people on the island, Wang Jicai and his wife Wang Shihua. On this isolated island where no one expected any extravagant living facilities or safety, they had to complete the tasks repeatedly every day on the simple and difficult island. Doing almost the same thing for 11,680 days is not something ordinary people can do, nor is it something ordinary people can persist in. This is the perseverance of a person with true faith.
Wang Jicai’s belief comes from the experience of his father’s generation’s dedication to the motherland, and from everything he has seen and heard on the island. In one sentence, this belief is: defending the island means guarding the home, and only when the country is safe can the family be safe.
Wang Jicai’s wife, Wang Shihua, was an outstanding primary school teacher 32 years ago. She originally wanted to go to the island to persuade her husband to go home, but she quit her job as a primary school teacher and stayed with her husband on the island for 32 years. . Her only persistence is a simple belief: you guard the island, and I will guard you.
While watching the movie, I burst into tears and was filled with emotions. To use today’s fashionable words to describe Wang Jicai and Wang Shihua, they are people who truly live out their destiny.
I am grateful for their wonderful life presentation. Through them, I also see how difficult it is to live out your destiny.
In 32 years, I have been unable to take care of my children's life and study. I have never attended a parent-teacher meeting or attended my child's wedding. There is no way to honor one's parents, and one cannot even give them a happy ending. How can ordinary people understand the inner suffering, guilt, self-blame, and helplessness involved in this?
When Wang Jicai watched his daughter give up her studies and work in the seafood market in order to take care of her younger brother and support his education. The thorns that hurt his daughter's hand were like knives piercing Wang Jicai's heart. As a father, how painful was his heart?
However, he still did not give up guarding the island, nor did he use it to organize any care. He just quietly took care of the children through the couple frugally saving money. Just to practice: "I will always stay on Kaishan Island until I can't stand anymore."
Everyone has destiny. Many times we are all walking on the same path of destiny, but when we encounter Difficulty, so we turned back or took a sidetrack. Only those with real courage, perseverance, and patience can go on firmly and fulfill their destiny in life.
Just like a passage in the book "The Fantastic Journey of the Shepherd Boy": "The closer you are to your dream, the more difficult things become... What is needed now is perseverance and courage. This It is a test for a person who pursues his destiny. ”
May everyone live a life that is true to his heart, and may everyone with a dream realize his or her destiny.
Pay tribute to the island guards Wang Jicai, Wang Shihua and his wife!