Recently, Milla's "Teenager" has been all over the Internet, and various short video layers with vibrato have emerged one after another. The topic of youth has always been the most emotional and moving topic for everyone.
"I advise you not to cherish gold clothes, and advise you to cherish youth."
For me, youth is either an opportunity or a hesitation, and everyone will have their own unique views on youth. In the process of our growth, the song of youth always lingers in our ears. In my opinion, our best tribute to youth is to be the best of ourselves.
Only in a materialistic society, it is no longer a simple matter to be the best of yourself.
For a large part of people, our youth is spent in comparison with others. We have lived in the shadow of "other people's children" since childhood. The children of Aunt Wang, the next-door neighbor, grew up with you forever. From learning piano and other hobbies as a child, to getting 100 in every exam in primary school, to being in the top ten of a certain grade in middle school, being admitted to a key university in the college entrance examination, and how much monthly salary after work, etc. Other people's children are like a "ghost", which has been affecting our little things.
It's always comparison, and it's always better in other people's homes. In this case, where can we have the confidence to do our best?
"The stars are wrong, and people should not be conceited."
Looking at myself with gray hair in the mirror, I regret the lost time. People didn't fail to live up to spring, it was spring that failed themselves! I know a friend who graduated from a famous university. He majored in bioengineering in 985 University. He has done well in school since he was a child and has been playing the role of a neighbor's child.
But what I didn't expect was that he didn't develop as expected. He graduated from a famous university and got a well-paid and decent job according to his major. When he was in college, he liked to make desserts. When he graduated from college, he gave up the offer he had already got and resolutely entered a bakery as an apprentice. From a famous university student to a baker in a small bakery, such a big gap makes some of our friends sigh when talking about him behind his back: what a pity.
I believe many people will feel pity. Generally speaking, in terms of social knowledge, a college graduate from a famous university should be a senior technical or senior management talent, not a baker in a bakery. This is a great waste of talents. This is social knowledge, and what kind of people should be like this.
At a friend's party, we drank some wine and talked about the recent situation of our work and life. Almost everyone of us feels unhappy because of the pressure of work or life. The most surprising thing, however, is that my friend Fu, a baker, can't see any signs of the stress of life on his face. On the contrary, his face is full of what I want to live. He talked about his job, the fatigue of being an apprentice in a bakery, the excitement of inventing a new type of bread, and the satisfaction of customers accepting his new product. He talked a lot and was very excited. At this moment, I deeply feel that this is the real youth.
I didn't ask him in detail what obstacles he encountered in making such a choice, the incomprehension of his family, the surprise of his friends, and the ridicule of strangers. I believe the above will definitely happen. Perhaps because of his own choice, there is one less bioengineer in the world, but there is one more excellent baker who lives wonderfully. Seeing his satisfaction with his career, I really understood the true meaning of youth: to be the best of myself.
There is a passage in Lu Yao's Ordinary World:
"Life can't wait for others to arrange it, but you have to fight for it yourself; No matter whether the result is happy or sad, it can be comforted that you have been living in this world. "
In today's society, we live too much in the expectation of others, and gradually we lose our true self and live only for the expectation of others. When we put away these expectations, ignore the outside gossip and do what we like, maybe this is the real life.
Life is not arranged for you by others. It is the best tribute to youth to have your own ideas and be your best self.
-I want to commemorate the 7th1May 4th Youth Day with this article.