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.
待你長大成人,這個世界將會想盡一切辦法讓你意識到——你并不是獨一無二的。你為了生存拼命掙扎,而如今悄無聲息地從這個世界上消失。
This is the story people will often tell you:
老生常談的故事版本是這樣的:
你來到這個世界
焚膏繼晷努力學習,學有所成
找一份好工作
結婚
安家
生子
成為一部處理各種壓力和責任的機器
等到自己的孩子長大成人,你已慢慢變老
孩子們離你遠去,修學,工作,剩下你們孤零零的兩個人
你離開這個世界
The end?
就這樣結束了?
What’s the meaning of life, you may ask if every single one of us has to follow this pattern of slipping into oblivion?
生命的意義是什么,你可能會問,我們每個人都要遵循這個模式被人遺忘嗎?
This is the story no one’s going to tell you, but you will experience for sure: