The meaning of life
The life of a bolt of lightning is only a short moment, so short that it cannot even be calculated in seconds. But in a flash, the whole world lit up.
Before the rain, the heavy ink clouds filled the sky with haze, and the energy that had been accumulated for a long time finally exploded at this moment, creating such a spectacular and majestic scene.
Isn’t this the meaning of life?
Aren’t we accumulating the power of life just to wait for the dark clouds to cover the sky and shine with the most dazzling brilliance in the storm? The value and meaning of life are realized in this shine.
When the silkworm spins out snow silk, it binds itself in the thick and tight cocoon. Everyone laughed at it in confusion, and it persisted into a chaos where the sky was dark and the earth was dark, and the sun and moon lacked light. A gloomy mood enveloped it.
Mencius took the bamboo scroll and read about Shun, Baili Xi, Guan Zhong and others. I can't help but sigh: "When Heaven is about to give a great responsibility to a man, he must first strain his mind, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, deplete his body, and mess up his actions, so he can move his heart and forbearance to gain what he can't do." < /p>
And the silkworm struggled in the cocoon. It dreams of one day being able to spread its wings and fly. It dreams of looking down at those who have laughed at it. It wants to show them who is so stupid! Gradually, it felt a pair of thin things grow on its waist and slowly expanded. It felt that its body was deforming.
Mencius took out his carving knife and carved on the bamboo slips "Born in sorrow, died in happiness". His mind and spirit began to transcend.
Finally, something struggled desperately in the cocoon. After a while, a crack appeared in the cocoon, and the silkworm broke free. It emerged from the cocoon bit by bit and completed a wonderful transformation.
The life of the silkworm gained its own meaning, and Mencius realized the meaning of life. Transformation in accumulation, explosion in silence, and sublimation in time are not exactly what we pursue throughout our lives - the meaning of life.