Did anyone ask you this question when you were a child? Needless to answer, I know that no one can escape this question, and it may be difficult to decide for a while, but if you say it, you will either spy on the faces of adults or bite your head off at the composition book, and eventually you will have some beautiful ideals-scientists, doctors, astronauts, teachers, big bosses ...
I got together with some primary school classmates the other day. During this period, CoCo Lee, who had been secretly competing with her, turned to take part in the primary school ideal speech contest because she talked about her respective careers. But she is very vivid. "You were wearing a purple dress and said that your greatest ideal was to be a traveler like Xu Xiake, and you also said that you would write a travel book like Xu Xiake's travel notes!" I was very happy and asked her, "How do you remember it so clearly?" She replied piteously, "Because you won the first prize and I was the second!" " "Scratching my head, really, I'm ashamed of being the first in this nonsense. In fact, my real ideal at that time was-the candy counter salesperson of the first food store in Hongweiqiao, the county.
When things are scarce, ideals will revolve around things. Adults dream of working in a butcher shop in a grain depot. Why can't I be a clerk at the dream candy counter? I thought about it. I can't stare at the jar and touch the candy. I want it to be soaked in rain and dew before everyone eats it.
After the material problems were solved, they became old. On second thought, I found that my spirit was still lacking, and my ideal changed from a candy counter salesman to a bookstore. There is only one Xinhua Bookstore in my hometown. If I want to get a book, I must ask the clerk blankly in the bookstore. As soon as I renovated the book, I heard the sound of impatiently knocking on the glass counter, and there was a reprimand, "Don't look if you don't buy it!" No one would have thought that 30 years later, paper books would meet the internet and the river would go downhill.
What do you want to be when you grow up? Actually, no one knows. Taiwan Province poet Yu Guangzhong said in his poem To You in the Future, "My child, I hope you will always be an idealist". It can be seen that the so-called children's ideal has nothing to do with career and idealism of daily necessities, which is the most beautiful and ever-changing dream. Because this is a dream, it should be kept secret, not made public.
When the baby attended a friend's wedding at an early age, the host asked her, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" What I got was a milky answer, "doctor!" " Some people applauded the seat, and many flatterers gave her father a thumbs-up. Only my mother understood that during that time, she was just addicted to the game of doctors' injections and had countless things to do. Besides, doctors have become a dangerous industry now, and they want to wear helmets and armor to work. Who would have thought? The baby grew up gradually, and I never heard her say that she wanted to be a doctor in the future and asked her what her ideal was. She always shakes her head and asks me, "Mom, can I have no ideal?" Children, there must always be one or several ideals, even if you don't want to say it. Later, she finally had an ideal, called "seclusion". Later, her ideal became "poetry and distance". Yu Guangzhong added, "Ideal is not an affordable thing, and it often can't bring you earthly enjoyment. Therefore, you must get used to not being appreciated, learn to enjoy the spirit, and learn to be different. " This reminds me of Teacher Shi's daughter, who worked hard again and again for the ideal of "poetry and distance", running around again and again, searching up and down again and again. Obviously, it is still not easy to realize the ideal. It's really hard and lonely, but it must be full of regret and enjoyment. It is completely your own secret enjoyment, different from others.
So, does the ideal only belong to children? When every adult runs around the workplace all the year round, living a life of almost two points and one line, is there any ideal? Ideal can't be eaten or drunk, as if it really has no use value. It seems to be the product of an affair and idleness. Unfortunately, it is not. When the material and spirit are rich, my ideal has changed again. This time it is so simple, but it is also full of challenges, that is, I want to be myself. Just as the master of humanistic psychology advocated: "be yourself", at that moment, I deeply understood that life should live according to my own wishes, fully develop my life, and finally "be myself". At this time, I am full of vitality and creativity, at the same time, I am compassionate and socially responsible. It's not too late to go for a walk, is it?
I hope everyone can have their own ideals, no matter how incredible or hard to say, ideals are ideals. A small flame, if not extinguished, will give people unlimited motivation and courage. I still like listening to children talk about their ideals. The younger the child, the cuter the ideal. Therefore, I fell in love with the childlike poem written by Canadian poet dennis lee, entitled "What will I do?
"What would you do?"
Adults keep asking questions.
"Be a dancer? Being a doctor? Still a diver? "
"What would you do?"
Adults are always pestering questions,
It's like asking me not to be myself,
Who to be.
I grew up to be the king of sneezing,
Fight the bacteria on the enemy.
I grow into a toad,
Gaga asks silly questions!
When I grow up to be a child,
Being naughty all day makes them angry!
Completed on February 20, 20 17.