Sunlight is reflected once in the afternoon.
Human touch, food, housing and transportation
Smart days reduce life and light enjoyment.
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Last Thursday was a sunny and warm afternoon. I went to a friend's restaurant for dinner. The afternoon sun was warm and fell on my shoulders through the sparse leaves overhead. In winter, lonely leaves are scattered on the dining table in front of me, or on the plates and stools. I was eating slowly with my colleagues, chatting and looking at the exquisite food in front of me, and suddenly I felt a little sad. I can't help but think of me and the trivia of eating.
Since I was a child, I have been very picky in my bones, so I am very particular about all external things. Especially in terms of food and shelter. Many times, if my family doesn't arrange food carefully enough, I get angry easily. I used to stubbornly believe that eating should be related to life attitude, not just daily life. Therefore, I attach great importance to eating.
When I was a child, I also liked to cook occasionally and make various rules with some fresh vegetables and meat. Later, I often went to the canteen outside the door to play 20 cents of loose wine and put it in a white porcelain bowl. Light it with white paper and watch the light blue flame burn slowly, as if you saw a gorgeous fireworks.
I am a person who likes to get along with myself, but I regard eating, living and traveling as a happy thing. Because I like the human touch in these ordinary things. In the past, when grandparents were alive, it was a pleasure for the whole family to get together whenever they ate and went out to play. Grandpa often shares all kinds of historical stories and tells all kinds of self-feelings at the dinner table. Between stories, people often recall all kinds of interesting things in the past. Eating seems to be the most unforgettable focus of happiness in ordinary life.
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Later, I pursued the quality of food, shelter and transportation more strongly and excessively. The usual savings are also spent on these things. In addition to pursuing all kinds of enjoyment of color, sound, fragrance and touch, we also pursue the wonderful things contained in these ordinary things.
But I began to reflect, excessive pursuit of the quality of food, housing and transportation, can it really meet my needs? By chance, I began to realize that if I saved the money for going out to eat or watching movies, I could set up several knowledge columns for a year, or buy a lot of favorite things piled up in Amazon's wish list.
In a trance, I was obsessed with all kinds of expenses of eating, drinking and having fun, which made me miss a lot of really beautiful things. It also made me lose the possibility of becoming a better self.
I am getting smarter and smarter, and I have accomplished nothing in my studies, which is enough to sum up my muddled past.
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Let yourself learn to tolerate the shortcomings of some basic elements of life, don't indulge in the pursuit of light enjoyment of life, but focus on getting inner progress. Maybe this kind of life will be more vivid.
However, this kind of life is hard to be affirmed by China society today. In the popular evaluation criteria, material income always ranks first.
However, if you like this lifestyle, stick to it and look for the positive meaning inside.
Title: "A few steaks"
Photography: Ma Sisi
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