The spirit of Lei Feng will always stand shoulder to shoulder with the times.
This year marks the 45th anniversary of Mao Zedong's inscription "Learn from Comrade Lei Feng". The commemoration of this day itself shows that after 45 years of ups and downs, Lei Feng still lives in our hearts. In the past half century, great changes have taken place in China's economy, politics, culture and society. However, whether in the period of socialist transformation and building socialism in an all-round way, or in the period of reform and opening up, the people have never forgotten Lei Feng and his spirit, which shows that after nearly half a century of hard work, Lei Feng's spirit has been deeply rooted in people's hearts, infiltrated into people's ideology, embodied in people's actions, and become a universally recognized value concept. Lei Feng's spirit still keeps pace with the times and will continue to carry forward. The spirit of Lei Feng will surely show great vitality in the historical process of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Lei Feng's spirit is consistent with the most advanced morality in history, that is, productive morality. * * * Productive morality is the inheritance and development of all progressive, civilized and valuable moral concepts in human history, so it has eternal universal value. Aristotle, an ancient Greek philosopher, believed that man should live for a lofty cause, and the purpose of life lies in what he is engaged in. He said, "truly noble people will certainly benefit mankind." Marx also believed that young people should choose "the career that can best work for human welfare". * * * Productive morality transcends the class limitations of all morality in history, and is more advanced and sublime than the morality of other classes in the past and in existence. All people who love the truth and have a sense of justice are bound to yearn for the truth. Lei Feng spirit is a vivid interpretation and embodiment of * * * producer morality, and its strong vitality embodies the strong vitality of * * * producer morality.
Lei Feng spirit is the sublimation of Chinese traditional virtues in the new era. In the history of our nation, people have always praised self-denial, diligence and thrift, and fearlessness. "the trip to the avenue is also for the public", "the old man is old, the old man is old; The social ideal of "young people, young people, young people" has long been cherished by the people of China. Confucius said that we should "give alms to others, but help others", Mozi said that we should "promote the benefits of the world and eliminate the harm of the world", Zhuge Liang "died with all his might" and Fan Zhongyan "took pleasure in worrying about the world first" ... There have never been many people who pleaded for the people and worried about them in Chinese history. As Mr. Lu Xun said, they are the Chinese nation. The spirit of Lei Feng comes down in one continuous line with the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, which has distinctive national characteristics and is a valuable moral resource of the Chinese nation.
Lei Feng spirit is the embodiment of the spirit of the times. Lei Feng's spirit has not become an outdated moral symbol, because in different historical periods, people constantly inject new connotations of the spirit of the times. The spirit of the times refers to the sum total of ideas, behaviors, values, mental outlook and social customs formed and developed by a nation under the new historical conditions, which reflect the characteristics of the national spirit and conform to the trend of the times. We should not repeat a historical memory and recite an abstract symbol, but carry forward, activate and develop Lei Feng spirit in the new historical era in combination with the characteristics of the times. Therefore, the spirit of Lei Feng has already surpassed the category of Lei Feng's personal thoughts and behaviors today and has become the spiritual wealth of the whole nation, society and the whole era. We should learn the spirit of Lei Feng, not only to remember the lost Lei Feng at the level of oral history, but also to take actions that can be seen in reality and discover the new Lei Feng in real life. This allows Lei Feng to keep pace with the times and walk with us.
The charm of Lei Feng's spirit lies in the Excellence in the ordinary. Because it is ordinary, it is credible, it is life-oriented, it can be rooted in life, it can have a strong attraction or affinity for people, and it will make everyone feel that it is actually easy to be a good person and live a valuable and meaningful life. Because of the obvious transparency, ordinary life can't be satisfied with triviality and stay at the level of life instinct impulse, but must seek promotion and transcendence, that is to say, a person can't just be satisfied with living, but must pursue a better life. Showing greatness in the ordinary is actually expounding the process of such a life, from the realistic level to the proper level. This kind of life process is the rhythm of real life. Each of us should think about what we should do on the basis of real life. Therefore, the spirit of Lei Feng is actually rooted in the fertile soil of real life, and there are Lei Feng everywhere in life. The flash of Lei Feng's spirit will be found in people who "touched China", moral models, soldiers and civilians who fought against the ice, cleaners, salespeople and volunteers of the Beijing Olympic Games ... you and me.
The vitality of Lei Feng's spirit was gained through practical struggle. The vitality of an idea or spirit is not obtained by exaggerated propaganda or tough indoctrination. The exercise and test of practical struggle is a valuable experience of spiritual growth. The spiritual growth mentioned here is the process that Marx said that the spirit or thought grasps the masses. Lei Feng's spirit can always keep pace with the times, and it is also achieved through constant practical struggle. We know that in the historical process of China's social development, there have been some remarks and thoughts that doubted and denigrated Lei Feng's spirit. Especially in the early stage of developing commodity economy, it was suggested that Lei Feng spirit was out of date and was the product of planned economy era. In the new historical period, when the independence, selectivity, diversity and difference of people's ideological activities are obviously enhanced, some people also have doubts about the necessity of learning Lei Feng's spirit. However, these challenges not only did not fundamentally weaken the spirit of Lei Feng, but enhanced its adaptability and made more people consciously realize its significance. If people realize more clearly that a market economy that does not reflect Lei Feng's spirit can only accelerate its disorderly process, and the evil result of this disorderly process is to pass on the behavior that harms others and consumers to the public. Of course, the development of society needs to enhance the freedom of individual choice, but people always live in society and always deal with others. No individual's choice can develop into the indulgence of subjective will, otherwise the liberation of personality will become a willful flood, which is not beneficial to oneself and harmful to society. Carrying forward the spirit of Lei Feng can greatly enhance social cohesion, which is of great significance to our modernization, and anyone can understand it.
We commemorate Lei Feng and carry forward the spirit of Lei Feng, not only on March 5 every year, we mobilize everyone to go out and take to the streets to do some good things for the benefit of the people, and then we dust off Lei Feng and the spirit of Lei Feng for one year, but also to let people grasp and understand the significance of learning from Lei Feng and carrying forward the spirit of Lei Feng at a deeper level. From the social level, we are carrying forward the spirit of Lei Feng, which is an important historical mission-carrying forward the socialist morality, inheriting the excellent traditional virtues of the Chinese nation and carrying forward the spirit of the times; Personally, I believe that carrying forward the spirit of Lei Feng can enhance the realm of life, experience the happiness of life and appreciate the true meaning of life.
The spirit of Lei Feng is eternal, and the spirit of Lei Feng will always stand shoulder to shoulder with the times.