The two most unavoidable options in life are not to choose life and not to choose death.

If someone asked me: "'What are the two most unavoidable things in life?' I would answer: 'Life and death. Because you can't choose life, and you can't choose death.'"

During the two days I returned home, I heard and saw too many topics about "old age, illness, and death."

First, the news in the circle of friends at noon yesterday: Academician Yuan Longping, the "father of hybrid rice," passed away at the age of 91. Because of his outstanding contributions to the world, the whole country is sad! Changsha is in deep mourning, and WeChat dominates the screen. It can be described as a national mourning! Soon it was reported that Academician Wu Mengchao, the "father of hepatobiliary surgery", passed away at the age of 99. Two stars have fallen, and the country has lost its pillars! No one may necessarily know the life of a great man, but the death of a great man is earth-shattering!

Then last night I heard the news that a five-guaranteed household named Gen'er who was in the same production team suddenly died! He is a well-known honest man, and he didn't marry a wife until he was very old. He said that people were fine yesterday and were sweeping the floor on the street. It seemed that it would not work after a fall. He has a silly wife named Juaner, who is more than ten years younger than him and is over fifty this year! They have no children and rely on government subsidies to live. Brother said that the village committee will arrange for cremation and burial today, and this stupid wife will be sent to the nursing home in the village... Everything can change in one day. Even though it is silly, it is still life. The life of a grasshopper is like a life of an ant, impermanent and helpless, which makes people helpless.

We are five sisters. Except for my brother, the other four of us are fully supporting our natal family. A few years ago, one sister gave up her job and left the family to take care of her parents. Qi, the parents' food and daily life are all arranged appropriately. My trembling mother felt like a burden every day and wished she could return to the West as soon as possible.

My sister’s father-in-law and mother-in-law are both ninety years old, and their brains have become confused. They often cannot distinguish between dreams and reality. Sometimes they are entangled in the past, and sometimes they are talking to people in heaven... Their appetites are not reduced, and their faces are glowing. Someone has to greet you when you urinate or defecate. She has a strong personality and a fat figure. Even though she has had a full-time cook and nanny at home for many years, she still keeps the waiters busy. Several daughters-in-law take turns taking care of the elderly (the eldest daughter is seventy-one years old) to relieve the fatigue of caring for the elderly.

My aunt and uncle came back from Zhengzhou today. My uncle had been taking care of his aunt in a wheelchair, whose hands and feet were deformed due to rheumatism for many years. As a result, her ribs were broken because she worked hard in the fields. After being discharged from the hospital, she was picked up by her children in Zhengzhou. But it was not a long-term solution. The two finally decided to return to their hometown to rest and hire a nanny to cook. My sister and I went to visit them and saw that their home was in disarray, full of tatters and unsightly everywhere. It looked like a temporary residence. Only then did we realize how miserable their lives had been. I helped clean it up, but it still couldn't change. I arranged for my uncle to lie down and watched my aunt climb into bed with great difficulty (she had to solve it by herself and not let others help her)... After returning, my sister looked at the comfortable home and sighed to her mother - "Sisters, your sister Why are you so pitiful?" My mother said, "Mufa'er, I can't change it either"...

My mother always laments, why can't I die quickly? Look at how good and fast this is, you won’t suffer, and others won’t suffer! He also said that it was because I had too many enemies and creditors, and they all came to settle accounts with me, making it so difficult for me to leave? ...and said that no one knows how they will die...

Yes! Just like the recent mountain marathon accident in Gansu. No one thought that running a marathon would lead to death. 21 people were killed. Extremely bad weather, like a devil, suddenly appeared and took away their lives! He loved sports, but he actually lost his life...things in the world are unpredictable!

There are really too many things we cannot grasp in this world - our life is a matter of necessity, not of our own will. Our death is unknown when, where, or how... No matter how great, strong, glorious, or long you live, in the end, you cannot escape death!

Of course, someone might decide to die, which is really brave to think about.

But most people are willing to live and strive to live. Even if they have to live, they must live until the day they can no longer live! But the Sword of Damocles will still fall at any time...

Death is the ultimate proposition for everyone! In a world where impermanence can happen at any time, how should we live toward death? ……