After the age of 30, holding on means everything

01

I like the words of Austrian poet Rilke very much: there is no victory, holding on means everything.

Indeed, after the age of 30, there are not many victories to speak of.

Because when you get through this moment, there will always be a more difficult moment waiting for you.

Only if you hold on, it means that all the early efforts have not been in vain.

In addition to holding on, what I silently look forward to is that when the next more difficult time comes, I hope it is just a false alarm.

02

Recently I read a short story in which there are two protagonists who haunt the same building, but one is Ajie, the owner of the company upstairs, and the other is Qiangzi, the small owner of the convenience store downstairs.

It looks like one is in a tall building and the other is in the bottom bunk. But in fact, they all have their own troubles to face.

Ajie has to deal with customers who don't know when to reply at any time, and his wife even works harder than himself, so that the two are too busy to have children.

In addition to earning enough rent for convenience stores every month, Qiangzi also has to save money to welcome her second child.

When they get together to take a short break for a cigarette, it is almost the same time for each to pull out a mud leg to take a nap from the torrent of life.

This intersection of the same pressure also makes them sympathize with each other in the occasional moment of heart-to-heart communication.

It can be said that although these two people live in different classes, they are actually influencing and even accomplishing each other.

At the end of the film, it is written that when one reaches middle age, holding on means everything. We are all the same, the same hard life.

03

Read an article about middle-aged men, he wrote: middle-aged, not only to win the favor of the elderly, but also to set a good example for children, but also always pay attention to the face of his wife, constantly cater to the boss's mind.

Middle-aged people keep messing around for a living, face, house, car tickets, and later found that passion is a waste for middle-aged people.

Middle-aged men are in such a unique stage: a person begins to think about life at this time, only to find that this is the furthest time from his true self.

When a man is middle-aged, some problems can be figured out. When a man is middle-aged, some things can be seen through.

In fact, we do not know how much pain there is in our hearts, and everyone's situation is different. What we need to be clear is that no matter what age we are in, today is the youngest day, and we should make good use of the present.

As the saying goes: do not wait, white juvenile head, empty sorrowful.

In that case, I can only motivate myself: hang on, everyone has to get through an awkward time.