Vanity Fair and City II (43)

The acid rain yesterday really threw us into panic. Ivy and PP got wet when the acid rain poured down heavily from the cloudy, gloomy sky. Luckily I was able to stand in front of the window, witnessing the crazy spectacle down in the street created by the April rain through the bright, transparent glass.

And today it sprang out a piece of news that the rain yesterday was heavily acid rain… Many cities in Guangdong province suffered from such kind of heavily acid rain… Then Ivy and PP screamed, for fear that they would lose their black, long hair and get skin cancer…

We live in panic. Catastrophes always make us realize how valuable to live in this world, and fear always make us cherish things we have luckily had.

I know I breathe polluted air, drink polluted water, and eat polluted food. I know I will get ill someday, but I can not avoid it.

I used to like walking or riding my bike in the drizzle when I was much younger. Maybe at 13 or 14. At that time I walked in the street, I rode my bike, and did not hold an umbrella. I quite liked the drizzle kissing my skin, and felt cool, wet and sweet. I just thought I would grow up as wild and strong as the weed in the wild.

But later people told me I had better hold an umbrella. The rain was acid rain… Now I have already forgotten how it felt when the drizzle splashed to my skin.

How I wish I could live in the world 300 years ago. Yea, at that time life was much harsher, but I don’t really care. I don’t like buses or cars as it makes me feel sick or faint inside them. I don’t like facing the screen as it makes me tired. I don’t like air-condition as it only makes my skin dry. I don’t like complicated things…

And no electricity was ok too. When the sun goes down, I could light a candle. And later I would go to sleep. And when the sun rises, I woke up. It is always the best to follow the sun…

At that time, the air was fresh. The water was clear. The sky was blue. The earth was clean. So I could live healthily --- Health means many things. Only when you are healthy can you feel how warm the sunshine is, how nice the breeze is, and how beautiful your life is.

And if I could have lived in 300 years ago, I would have gone to learn some martial arts. Then buy a horse to travel around the world, from town to town, from village to village, from mountain to mountain, from river to river, how free life would have been. And then at last I would have settled down in the countryside, to be near some water, some grassland, some animals, living a simple, peaceful life…

Daydreaming…

Years will only go forward and forward, 2011, 2012, 2013… endless, limitless, without any pity. In this long, endless, limitless, running-forward river, we are just a slight drop, coming out occasionally, and then vanishing occasionally. History will never remember us.

Only some other slight drops will remember. They are those who make our life worth living. Yea, time and history are endless and limitless while life is short and limited. But during this short and limited life, we can find something that makes our life worth living.

There must be something that can make our life worth living.