You climb over mountains and ridges, but you have no intention of looking at the scenery

You are climbing over mountains and ridges, but you have no intention of looking at the scenery

The trees are here, the mountains are here, the earth is here, the years are here, your wife and children are here, what kind of better world do you want? You spend your whole life climbing over mountains and ridges, but you have no intention of looking at the scenery.

"Whether you see it or not, life is there. Whether you are happy or angry, or sad, the days are there. Whether you are poor or rich, you are just the same. It’s a state of life, and those who are happy after all are those who understand life thoroughly and see all the scenery.” I said to Lao Guo.

Lao Guo joked: "I have lived for 58 years, and only now do I understand that no matter how high your status is, how powerful you are, how much wealth you have, those things are irrelevant and important. What’s more, you can live your life the way you want.”

I met Lao Guo in the travel group. We met by chance the summer before last year and have kept in touch ever since. In the past two years, Lao Guo would send me some of his most proud photography works every time he traveled.

At the end of June, I knew that Lao Guo had gone to Lijiang, so he asked for his works. Unexpectedly, during the video, Lao Guo said to me with a frustrated face: "Little Monkey" , I will take the earliest regular flight to Beijing tomorrow. My brother is seriously ill and hospitalized." One month later, Lao Guo told me: "My brother is gone... …”. Later, Lao Guo told me the story of his younger brother.

He came to work in Beijing in 1992. At that time, Beijing was not too crowded and houses were not expensive. After two years of working, he was appointed as a stock-level officer. In 1994, just in time for the planning of Fengtai District, he asked relatives and friends to buy a house in the Fourth Ring Road. At that time, his relatives and friends all advised him not to work so hard if he was satisfied with his work and life. But he said that life has just begun. In 1998, the country's economic situation was not very good, and housing prices did not seem to have increased much at that time. He then had the foresight to buy a house in the Third Ring Road, saying that he would leave it to his son. In 1999, he was promoted to a section-level cadre. From then on, he regarded work as his life and devoted all his attention to it. In 2002, he was promoted to deputy director level cadre. At that time, based on his position, he was assigned a house in the Second Ring Road. In this way, he has three houses.

Time always seems to pass quickly for those who have never enjoyed life. In 12 years, he has been a cadre at the department and bureau level. House prices in Beijing have also begun to skyrocket. Reconstruction and demolition seemed to be all the rage at that time. He was given more than 10 million yuan and two houses.

In 2015, Lao Guo’s younger brother retired. Of course, many changes occurred during this period. My wife and son were unfortunately killed in a traffic accident in 2010. Many friends advised him that he had retired and it was time to enjoy life. He has tens of millions in fixed assets, but he still doesn't know how to live. I rented a bungalow in the outer suburbs of Beijing and lived a poor life, while all the houses in the city were rented to migrant workers in Beijing. Someone asked him, why are you doing this? He said, I don’t know what the use of so much money is. I seem to have been climbing mountains all my life and never stopped to look at the scenery. You suddenly told me to stop. I always feel that something is missing in my life.

In 2016, he left. The doctor's diagnosis proved that the disease was caused by long-term fatigue and became sick after working for a long time.

When Lao Guo told me about his brother, although he was a little sad, he seemed to be more emotional. In my eyes, Lao Guo and his brother have two completely opposite lives. Lao Guo is an ordinary person. In his eyes, planning for food, drinks and travel is a big deal. Lao Guo often tells me: "I don't worry about money, and I don't make that much money. I like to stop from time to time and enjoy what I should enjoy at every age. I feel this is great."< /p>

Some people say that our generation is the most tired and suffering. We cannot deny all the pressure this fast-paced era has brought to us. However, we cannot deny the truth of knowing how to live and how to live. When an era brings you all the uneasiness, all the suffering, and all the pressure, it should also be able to bring you the fruits of this era for you to enjoy. Don't be stubborn and say that you can't afford it and don't have time to enjoy it. If your instinct is to enjoy material things, you probably won’t survive.

You can go over mountains and ridges, but don’t forget to look at the scenery. This is life.