We see panic and anxiety in this cruelty.
Mao Mu said, walking in this dark and mysterious world, reading is a shelter that can be carried at any time.
Therefore, there must be something for us to forget and expect for the time being.
For a while, I might be ashamed of reading too little. I made up my mind to study hard. As a result, the proportion of spending on books has greatly increased. In fact, many books have been left there since they were bought, and I haven't read them for several years.
Why don't you read the book you bought?
Because the speed of reading can't keep up with the speed of buying books, on the other hand, sometimes I buy several similar books because I like one book. I may only read one book, then there are other books I am interested in, and the rest are put in a corner.
Women regard shopping as a pastime, Zhang Ailing said. Maybe I also regard buying books as a pastime.
When I find that books are bought like clothes, reading seems to be a decoration, which can hardly bring inner richness.
One day, I looked for a book on the shelf. When I saw so many familiar but unfamiliar books, I suddenly felt embarrassed. In order to seek some superficial comfort, I didn't even go deep into the innocence of the son.
Shouldn't we read modestly over and over again in the small moment, just like taking life seriously?
Shouldn't it be like seeing a piece of green grass and a bird walking lightly on the roof and feeling the direction of the wind?
If you don't feel it with an open mind, you won't have a deep understanding.
Zhang Ailing wrote The Record of the Embers. In wartime Hong Kong, she studied at the University of Hong Kong. There is a classmate, a rich overseas Chinese, who has different clothes on different occasions.
"What should I do? There is no suitable clothes to wear! "
The war started and we had to borrow clothes to wear.
There are also female students who pack the clothes of dignitaries and drag a box of clothes to carry.
It's a pity to squat on the ground in a brocade robe and chop wood for a fire. During the fire, some students were still looking for confidence in their clothes, while Zhang Ailing was reading "Officialdom in the Sky" and looking for comfort in the book.
For Jane Austen, reading is more than just a refuge.
In 20 17, the bicentennial of her death, the Bank of England issued a 10 banknote with Jane Austen's head printed on it, and a famous saying in her masterpiece Pride and Prejudice:
"As far as I am concerned, nothing is more enjoyable than reading."
More than 200 years ago, in Britain, where entertainment was scarce and conservative, it seemed that there were not many things that could make people feel free and happy, especially for women.
Jane Austen is unmarried for life. Reading and writing, in a sense, are like her partners.
So, what about today after more than 200 years?
Today, on the one hand, the rapid development of society, everyone is chasing the world, and we and our lives are constantly being rolled up; On the other hand, entertainment variety shows are everywhere.
At the same time, appearance anxiety, emotional anxiety and security anxiety are constantly emerging everywhere. Only through continuous efforts can the flustered heart be relieved a little.
So many people may have tried to plan their lives while watching TV, and taste the eyes of their loved ones looking forward to your rise while playing games.
Therefore, we may be entertaining, but at the same time, it is inevitable that people will feel a little ashamed of their years. But reading is not good. It allows us to get something else at the same time. What are these things? Different people may feel different.
Of course, I believe that reading brings more than happiness.
In the book, you will find that even on the other side of the world, there are people like you, who are sometimes impetuous and sometimes bored; You read albert camus, and when he said "plague is life", you have a deep understanding of reality; Seeing Zhang Ailing describing the miserable feeling at four o'clock in the morning during the war, you are deeply aware that accidents and impermanence may happen to everyone, and it is not always lucky. ...
Whether reading is a refuge or can create happiness is just an intuitive functional expression, or the reason why people are willing to accept reading, such as bold characters on yellow paper when doing activities in supermarkets.
It will certainly cause trouble and distress, but compared with observation and growth and the pleasure it brings, these are insignificant, just like enjoying a trip, we must be able to endure the hardships of the journey.
So, a book is like a city where you don't live. You travel with curious eyes and thoughts. Every time you walk in, you will find something different and feel different.
Moreover, you may learn about another city through this city.
Of course, what you see is not only a dazzling array of works of art and magnificent buildings. You know it, like other cities, must have its sewers and garbage dumps, but you still have expectations.
Every time we pick up a book, it's like meeting a stranger for the first time. This stranger may come from hundreds of years ago or from the other side of the world. They come from their own study, with the most sincere wisdom and talent for so many years, and may also be mixed with the pain of being destroyed. They meet you through time and space.
This is enough for you to explore the infinite possibilities in him with an expectation and curiosity.
Along with his scars.
Through this possibility, we can have a broader vision, have more courage to recognize and accept ourselves and others, resist all kinds of complexities in life, grow branches and leaves again, and grow into a more lush self.