To the generation after 70 who are getting old

In Maugham's novel The Moon and Sixpence, strickland, the hero, once said:

"Sometimes I want to go to a lonely island in the middle of a vast ocean. I could live in a valley that no one knows, surrounded by unknown trees and silent. There, I think I can find what I'm really looking for."Strickland is a person with very low requirements for material life. What he pursues is spiritual enjoyment. Just because his worldly desires become less, his life will become more and more relaxed and happy.Write to gradually old 70 hind: one twinkling of an eye, quick retired, the rest of life live soIn the French writer Defoe's novel "Robinson Crusoe", the hero Robinson is so.He was accidentally stranded on a lonely island during a voyage, but he didn't feel hard. On the contrary, he had no worldly desires, got up early and went to bed early every day, watched the sunrise and sunset, and lived a life of contentment.In his opinion, what really troubles a person and makes a person live an extremely depressed and painful life is not the lack of money itself, but too much desire and vanity. If we could realize earlier that the world is our own and has nothing to do with others, maybe we would not live in comparison with others and make ourselves more and more tired.After reaching middle age, gradually approaching retirement, at this time we should be a little more rational and sober, a little less confused and confused, as far as possible to let oneself live happy, live happy.If you have reached middle age, you should have a specific plan for the rest of your life.British writer Rachel Joyce's novel The Pilgrimage of A Man is worth reading again and again. The novel has a calming power. No matter where you are in your life, you will have a new way of thinking about yourself.At the same time, it is also the novel that let us know how to live a worthwhile life after middle age.The hero of the novel, Harry, is a nearly seventy year old retired man, his life had no waves until one day, suddenly received a letter, is this letter, completely changed the direction of his life.Harry had thought nothing of the incident, but as memories poured in, he suddenly decided to walk to see her. It was a belief that sprang from deep inside him that queenie would heal if he just took one step at a time.It was this solo journey that changed his life.Originally, he and his wife Maureen's feelings have come to an end, two people separated for more than 20 years, gradually became the most familiar stranger. But this separation made them realize how important each other was to them. So they made up.Harry realized that he was no longer young, there was no need to spend every day of the rest of his life in cold violence with each other, since he really loved her, he should cherish every day with her.When you are old, you are happy and lucky to have a companion. If the companion is suddenly gone, the regret and emptiness in your heart may no longer be filled.A typical example is his neighbor, who is in his seventies. After his wife left, he realized what she meant to him. Unfortunately, I never got a chance to say SORRY to her.The wife loved clean, two people often conflict and quarrel, who refused to let who. His wife left, no one quarreled with him, but he felt very difficult.So he chose to miss her in his own way, according to the way she wanted to live, every day on time to get up, wash bedding, cleaning, clean the house spotless.Many people did not expect this change in him. When the neighbor asked about it, he said:"My wife is very clean and if she were alive she would be very happy to see the house like this. Besides, if I clean up my house a little, I'll feel like she's still there. After all, she doesn't allow it to be messy."Every time I read these words will feel very sad, why do we always have to lose, just know how to cherish it?What is the best way to live one's old age? It's about loving life from the bottom of your heart, being true to yourself, and trying to make each day of the rest of your life extremely meaningful.