The 128 most classic philosophical essays in the world

Chapter 34
[French] Montaigne
I want to seize the time quickly to retain the fleeting days, and I want to use the effective use of time to make up for the hastily passing time.The shorter the remaining life, the more I want to live it to the fullest.

I often assign special meanings to certain words.Take "spending the day" as an example. When the weather is bad and unpleasant, "sending the day" is undoubtedly "killing the time" for me, but I don't want to "spend the day" when the weather is sunny. "At this time, I am slowly enjoying and enjoying the good time.

On bad days, you have to go quickly to "get over"; on good days, you have to stop and savor them carefully. The common expressions of "living the day" and "killing the time" recall the habits of those "sages."In the eyes of these people, the use of life seems to be a chore, a cheap thing, nothing more than sending it away, killing it, avoiding it as much as possible, and ignoring its existence.For me, I don't think life is like that, I find it admirable and enjoyable, even in my own old age.Nature has gifted us with life, so our life is superior, and if we feel overwhelmed or if it is wasted, we have only ourselves to blame.

"A foolish person's life is boring and restless, but he pins all his hopes on the afterlife."

However, I am always ready to say goodbye to my life without regret.This is not caused by the hardships or troubles of life, but because I clearly know that people are destined to die.Therefore, only those who enjoy life can truly feel no distress about death.

To enjoy life, we must pay attention to the method, and the size of the joy of life is directly proportional to the degree of concern for our life.I care about life twice as much as others, so I enjoy life twice as much as others.Especially at this moment, I see that the time of my life is running out, and I want to increase the weight of my life.I want to seize the time quickly to retain the fleeting days, and I want to use the effective use of time to make up for the hastily passing time.The shorter the remaining life, the more I want to live it to the fullest.

Heart mark notes
Love life, don't think about things you don't need to think about, and don't add extra load to life; love life, don't let it be stained with utilitarian dust, it doesn't matter if you can't ask for the future, what matters is the quality of life itself; Learn to be grateful for life, don't complain, don't worry about gains and losses, don't worry about everything... love life, just like what Wang Guozhen wrote:

"I don't think about whether I can succeed. Since I chose a distant place, I only care about the wind and rain. I don't think about whether I can win love. Since I love roses, I bravely tell the truth. I don't think about whether there will be a storm behind me. Rain, since the goal is the horizon, the only thing left to the world is the back. I don’t think about whether the future is flat or muddy, as long as I love life, everything is expected.”

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