By the time you reach adulthood, this world will leave no stone unturned to make you realize that you are not special. You have struggled into existence, and are now slipping silently out of it.
待你长大成人,这个世界将会想尽一切办法让你意识到——你并不是独一无二的。你为了生存拼命挣扎,而如今悄无声息地从这个世界上消失。
This is the story people will often tell you:
老生常谈的故事版本是这样的:
你来到这个世界
焚膏继晷努力学习,学有所成
找一份好工作
结婚
安家
生子
成为一部处理各种压力和责任的机器
等到自己的孩子长大成人,你已慢慢变老
孩子们离你远去,修学,工作,剩下你们孤零零的两个人
你离开这个世界
The end?
就这样结束了?
What’s the meaning of life, you may ask if every single one of us has to follow this pattern of slipping into oblivion?
生命的意义是什么,你可能会问,我们每个人都要遵循这个模式被人遗忘吗?
This is the story no one’s going to tell you, but you will experience for sure: