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There is a short video on the Internet that is thought-provoking. The main idea is that if you stay at home all day and play with your mobile phone, doing things that you can do after the age of 80, what do you want to do in your youth?
When the May 4th Youth Day comes, what is youth? Why do you want youth? We need to think about it carefully.
Source: Visual China
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"Youth" was first used to describe the beautiful spring. For example, in Qu Yuan's "Songs of Chu · Da Zhao", "youth is thanked, and the sun shines" means that when spring comes, all things will recover and flourish. Later, The word "youth" has become the pronoun of youth. Wang Wei wrote in "Luoyang Daughter's Trip" that, “ The crazy man is rich in youth, arrogant and extravagant Ji Lun ”。 What is youth? There are many answers.
Youth is poetry and distance. Throughout the ages, youth has always been a synonym for beauty. "Youth is like early spring, like the morning sun, like the sprouting of hundreds of flowers, like the rising of sharp blades, the most precious period of life". Youth is full of vitality, and writing is possible. Li Bai's "young people should be strong and energetic, and they should be strong and energetic" is the determination of youth; Du Mu's "Ping Ping curls up more than 13 years, cardamom shoots in early February" is the innocence of youth. Xin Qiji sighs that "young people don't know how to feel sad "Taste", "for the sake of new words, strong sorrow", Du Qiuniang said bluntly, "I urge you not to cherish gold thread clothes, I urge you to cherish your youth", Liu Guo sighed, "If you want to buy osmanthus flowers and carry wine, it will not be the same in the end. You will travel as a teenager".
Youth is more about spirit. In 1900, at the time of internal and external troubles, Liang Qichao wrote "A Theory of Young China". He firmly believed that the old and young, one country and one person have a mental state. At the 2021 CCTV Online Spring Festival Gala, when the elderly with an average age of 74 sang "I'm still the same young man, and I haven't changed a bit", people could not help but be moved. It can be seen that youth has never been more than youth. It can be a kind of mentality, full of curiosity and thirst for knowledge, trying to explore every "why" and "how to do"; It can also be a gesture, fearless to move forward and run with all strength; It can also be a state full of "deep will, grand imagination and intense feelings".
The youth of every generation is blooming. In the age of awakening, Mao Zedong was impassioned; Scholar's spirit is strong and he is bold ", and resolutely embarked on the path of seeking up and down to save the country and the people. Li Dazhao wrote, "With youth as me, create a youth family, a youth country, a youth nation, and a youth human...", and made a voice of youth to save the nation from extinction. The spring tide of reform and opening up is rolling, and the young generation is throwing themselves into the spring tide. With China's accession to the WTO and the successful hosting of the Beijing Olympic Games, young people have taken the initiative to embrace the times and go out with confidence. Today, Internet natives are seeking answers and leading the trend in the diversified choices of globalization. From "observing the world" to "integrating into the world", from "looking at the world horizontally" to "influencing the world", generations of young people have been carrying on the "Yangtze River waves behind the waves ahead" relay.
"Chinese youth in the new era are born at the right time and shoulder the important task. The stage for them to display their talents is extremely broad, and the prospect of realizing their dreams is extremely bright 。 ”At the conference to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Youth League of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping called on contemporary youth to compete bravely on the track to achieve national rejuvenation.
The former site of the founding site of the Communist Party of China (the editorial department of New Youth) Source: "Xinhua News Agency ” WeChat official account
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At the critical stage of life, youth is the "turning point" where streams surge into the river , with beautiful scenery and constant company With turbulence or even dangerous shoals. When the dilemma between ideal and reality The collision between doctrine and problem, the conflict between self-interest and altruism, the intertwining of ego and ego, and the superposition of nation and the world will inevitably lead young people to encounter various problems and puzzles.
For example, we are both wasting our youth and feeling sad. Youth was originally intended to be wanton. Some young people feel that they will grow old if they are not crazy, so they waste their time wantonly. Some are kidnapped by consumerism, blindly pursuing material pleasure, and overdraft meaning in the hearts of "pseudo refinement" and vanity; Some enjoy themselves and go with the flow, Some suffer from "intermittent exertion", intermittent complacency, continuous "fishing" and "paddling". To these phenomena, the British writer Bernard Shaw has already replied, "Youth is wonderful, and wasting youth is a crime". It has become the status quo for many people to feel sorry for themselves after the wasted time and to beat their chests and beat their feet after the wasted years.
For example, both physically exhausted and mentally fragile. Some time ago, there was a popular saying on the Internet called "Crispy Youth", which generally describes that some people are young but have many problems. A survey shows that 63.0% of the youth interviewed feel that they are in a sub-health state. "In the deepest night, stick the most expensive mask", "I can't afford to sit down without my hands", "three meals are taken out, milk tea is often available", irregular work and rest, poor diet and lack of exercise bring about the weakness of the body. This vulnerability is also reflected in the "glass heart" of the mental state, such as low resistance to setbacks, fear of challenges, self denial, etc.
Another example is "lying on the wrong side" and "not winning". Some young people face frequent overtime work and limited growth channels in their work units, If you want to choose "lying flat", you can say "as long as I lie fast enough, capital will not exploit me". In fact, these words are just jokes of most people, more like the expression of catharsis. Faced with the pressure of work, study and life, many young people are worried If you don't recharge and make progress, you will fall behind and be out, so you are willing to make every effort, "Roll up" in many aspects, but there is always a gap from the expected goal. When I compare with people around me and feel that I am not good enough, I often feel entangled and anxious.
Reflecting on these phenomena, there are objective reasons such as accelerated social rhythm and fierce competition, as well as subjective reasons such as cognition, mentality and action. It requires tolerance and help from all sides of society, and it also requires young people to face up to the question of "what to do with youth".
Many young people will choose to go to night school after work. The picture is the Suona Class of the Spring Public Welfare Course of the National Art School of Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Museum. Source: "CCTV News" WeChat public account
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Ji Xianlin said that the progress of human society is like a relay race on the sports field. The elderly run the first stick, the middle-aged run the second stick, and the young run the third stick. "What do you want to do with your youth" is not only a question of understanding, but also a subject of action.
Life is like a letter, and those with high aspirations can expect the future. If you have no ambition, you will be like a boat without a rudder, drifting and uncertain, or like a horse without a title, running and running. Therefore, it is very important to "buckle the first button in life". Confucius "ten have five and aspire to learn", even if the turbulence of exile also insisted on lobbying countries, even if suffering repeated hardships, but also never return; Sima Qian is determined to "study the world and people, understand the changes of the past and the present, and become a family member", which is the "Historical Records" that has gone through thousands of hardships and has been soaked with lifelong efforts; In his family letter to his eldest son Xiaowei, Zuo Zongtang said that "to study and be a man, one must first aspire" and "one year's ambition must be established at the age of one year". At the age of 23, he himself clearly aspired to "worry about the world without half an acre of body and heart, and make friends with the ancients through thousands of books". Later, in the face of the plight of the late Qing Dynasty, he stepped forward to recover Xinjiang. His sentence "Stand high, sit flat, and walk wide" Later generations regard it as a maxim.
With ideals and responsibilities, we can move forward with direction and youth will shine. Clarify the orientation of the times, anchor the running direction, jump out of the "small joys and sorrows", temper the responsibility in the hot life, and you will be able to constantly surpass yourself and ultimately achieve life.
It's better to win for yourself than to think about everything. Struggle is the deepest background of youth. Lu Xun said, "Where is genius? I spend all my time drinking coffee on work." Someone asked Kobe, the basketball star, what made him successful. He replied: "Have you ever seen Los Angeles at 4am like me? ”
At present, from "Buddhism" to "lying flat" and then to "laying waste", the network catchwords change. It is certainly possible to vent or laugh at oneself for a while, but it is not advisable to fall into the "discourse mud" of "hard work is useless". After all, there is only one youth in life. Struggle is not to compare achievements with others, but to give youth an explanation and give yourself a fulfillment. Just like Leying in the movie Hot and Hot, she only wins for herself once, leaving her own mark on the one-way track of life.
There is no need for success or failure. What you see along the way is scenery. Young people are always new and are the most dynamic and creative group in society. Innovation and creation cannot avoid trial and error, failure, and the greatest wealth of youth is the opportunity to try and make mistakes.
At present, the speed of knowledge updating and technology development is accelerating, and opportunities are endless. The key is who can seize them. It is better to be a maker and a protagonist than a passer-by and a spectator; It is better to move forward boldly than to turn around. Maybe success, maybe failure, but the experience of wrestling with difficulties and resistance will become the driving force for growth, and become the youth memory of "regretless".
"What do you want young people to do?" While young people advocate answers, society should also answer "What to create and provide for young people", think about what young people want and what they need, create a more fair, just, warm and tolerant environment, and stimulate the vitality and creativity of young people. image At the end of last year, Hangzhou launched the "Spring Rain Plan", and college students came to Hangzhou to look for work and live for seven days for free.
"If we choose the occupation that can best work for the welfare of mankind, then the burden cannot overwhelm us, because it is dedication for everyone; At that time, what we felt was not a pitiful, limited and selfish pleasure. Our happiness would belong to millions of people. Our cause would exist silently but forever. In the face of our ashes, noble people would shed tears 。 ”
This is the thinking of young Marx, who spent his whole life answering. And our younger generation will also give their own life answers.
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