Summer flowers bloom in the sunniest season, interpreting the most splendid appearance of life. However, the four seasons cycle, time flies, it is difficult to stay in summer, and summer will eventually be replaced by autumn harvest. As Lin Qingxuan said, "Everything has a boundary. No matter how high the mountain is, there is always a vertex. No matter how long the river is, it can always find its source. No matter how long people live, it is impossible to live forever. "
Yes, this is our life. Innocent childhood, green youth, vigorous prime of life, accidentally turned around and entered old age.
At the moment I stepped into retirement, I once wrote an essay to express my feelings. Today, we don't turn over. The past, the good and the bad, are all in the past. The past is like smoke, so let it go.
Some people say that 20 years is a generation, and some people say that 30 years is a generation. Anyway, retirement is a watershed in life.
Some people think that this should be the beginning of the second spring of life. Because at this age, life has rich experience, and you have more understanding and sentiment about life. As long as you want to do it, you can start a more meaningful life.
There are also some people who feel that they are old, and even have begun to enter the mode that the elderly should have in their later years.
In fact, you can live an ordinary life, or you can live an ordinary to brilliant life. There is no right or wrong, just your personal preference, and there is nothing wrong with it.
I have found that at a critical step in life, there is always someone who can teach you something and give you the power to make choices.
When I came to Sanya that year, I met such a newly retired university professor. She is a friend of a friend. Before she retired, she had renovated another idle house in her family into an independent office and named it "Han Meixuan" with the homonym of her name.
From the day of retirement, she still insisted on going to work at Han Meixuan at eight o'clock in the morning, reading books, reading newspapers and writing in the morning; Make your own lunch in the kitchen at noon; Have a bedroom lunch break; Receive guests in the living room in the afternoon, consult materials and write. Get off work at six o'clock in the evening and exercise in the morning and evening.
It can be said that her life after retirement is still rich and colorful, and her works emerge one after another.
I wanted to consult this strong woman, but I didn't meet her because I was doing research in Beijing. But I read a collection of stories that she just published at my friend's house.
It is such a lady's retirement arrangement that touched my soul. So, I rearranged the original study at home, made a list of things I wanted to do with dignity, made a plan and made a timetable. Then adjust according to the actual situation in the implementation process. So after retirement, my life is full and happy, and I feel good about myself.
First of all, put continuing learning in the first place.
Zhuangzi said: "My life is limited, but so is my knowledge." In the Warring States Period, Zhuangzi already lamented that knowledge was limited. If we put it aside until now, the amount of information will be overwhelming or even more.
In today's society, science and technology are developing with each passing day, and society is making continuous progress. No matter how old you are, if you stop studying, you will be eliminated by society sooner or later. Therefore, when you retire, you should read more books, keep up with the times and enrich your life. Join the reading club and write reading notes, that is, exercise your brain cells, and don't let young people fall too far.
Do something meaningful.
Everyone has different hobbies and interests. When you are full of energy, helpless, and still have the ambition of not being old, take the time to do what you want and don't leave any regrets for yourself.
Keep a good mood
This is more important. Although we have experienced many vicissitudes, we still have that romance in our bones, and we still have more expectations, and we still expect a colorful life.
Master Hongyi once suggested to people: "It is necessary to bring the spring breeze to the world, and most successful people do so."
Life will inevitably have a trough, but you can't let your mood have a trough. You should be able to have a mind like the sea, hold all the storms, and hold eternal grievances.
How free and easy and happy it is to feel the most essential things in life, not indulge in yesterday's beauty, not complain about today's disappointment, do today's things well and enjoy every day with peace of mind.
Remember, today is the youngest day of the rest of your life. If you have a dream, realize it now, because you will never be younger than you are now. Transparent people never entangle themselves, and it is the wisest way to make their lives more exciting. When you become your best self and everything goes well, you will look down on many things.
Remember, a person's life is as fleeting as lightning, and the greatest success and happiness is not afraid of people's words, the secular world, the illusory things, firm your choice, and walk through life peacefully in your own way.
Remember, pure happiness can only be obtained when doing good. Sharing happiness with others will expand its connotation infinitely, and for everyone, the greatest happiness is to send roses to others and add fragrance to themselves.
Remember, in this era of accelerated desire, we always tell ourselves to be faster and faster. Even if you retire, it's not good to be a top player from morning till night.
Enough is enough. Don't forget to enjoy the sunshine God has given us. See the sun every day, exercise regularly and pay attention to health.
Finally, I want to encourage you with Tao Yuanming's poem "Poem in a Shadow".
In the process of surfing, I don't like it or fear it. I've done what I have to do, don't worry about it.