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"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best in the world, and good things never pass away."
Author | Time King--Shuanggi
Source | Slow Time (manshiguang3)
Zhihushang There is a question: which movie has moved you the most so far.
"Shawshank's Redemption" ranked first.
Since Frank Delratt put it on the screen in 1994, it is still difficult to surpass in people's hearts after 26 years, occupying the first place in the Top 250 Douban movies.
Someone commented that "Shawshank's Redemption" allows the pessimist to move on, the helpless gain strength, the arrogant awe, the desperate see hope, and the confused begin to think. The extraordinary thing about
is that when you revisit each stage of life, you will be shocked and moved in different ways: hope, freedom, belief, courage, persistence, friendship, strength...
and after reading it 10 times, I found 6 life essences.
01
Calmly accept that now, can maintain the ability to think independently.
story began in 1948, Andy's wife and his lover were killed, Andy became the biggest suspect.
He was 30 years old that year and was the vice president of the trust department of a large bank, at the age of bright prospects.
Despite insufficient evidence, Andy was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Andy walked among the people in prison, with brown hair, white and white, with neatly trimmed nails, looking clean and weak in writing.
Prisoners are happy with the new prisoners, guessing who will cry on the night of imprisonment.
Reid guessed it must be Andy, and bet ten cigarettes with the cellmate.
But Reid lost.
When the newly imprisoned inmates were crying wrong all night, Andy quietly accepted everything here all night.
When a person is alive, it is inevitable to encounter unfair treatment, perhaps without warning, suddenly suffer a ruthless crit from fate.
is like there is a saying: you never know, which comes first tomorrow or the accident.
In the face of disaster, the only thing we can do is not to cry, but to accept it.
Things are unpredictable, so you have to do your best to make tomorrow better than today.
Accepting the present can maintain the ability of independent thinking and calmly analyze your own reality. Prepare for the worst, do your best, and do your best.
02
People with faith, will not succumb to reality
One day, Andy chatted with Reid and talked about his dreams.
Andy hopes that one day, regain his freedom, to Zivatani in southern MexicoOpen a hotel in the small town of Holland, drink beer against the sea breeze, and breathe free air.
In Rhett's view, Andy is a foolish dream. A person sentenced to life imprisonment can't do it.
However, some birds are inherently unable to shut down because their desire to fly has never been extinguished.
is like Andy, no matter what the status quo, he always has an unshakable faith in his heart.
Most prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment will have a gloomy and hopeless look on their faces after a while, but Andy's face has never appeared.
Therefore, even though he was wronged and imprisoned, humiliated and ridiculed by inmates, and targeted by the gay "three sisters", despite his scars, he still exercised his plan calmly, always preparing for prison escape.
Andy has always guarded carefully and firmly adhered to his beliefs.
No matter how strong the ability is, how strong the idea of wanting to be successful, and without strong enough conviction, nothing will be accomplished.
The most terrifying power in the world is faith, and the most precious wealth in the world is also faith.
What really saves oneself is also faith.
03
Master the scarce skills, is the key to breaking the game
During a roof renovation, Andy overheard the prison guard Hari complaining to his colleagues:
He inherited an inheritance, but the inheritance tax that needs to be paid is almost enough to buy A new car, too many.
Andy put down the paint brush in his hand, ignoring the persuasion of the inmates, walked carefully towards Hari, and tentatively asked: "Do you trust your wife?"
Hari turned around and saw Andy, alert Pull out the gun.
Reid and the others looked at everything in front of them nervously. They calculated that Andy might be shot, or beaten, or pushed off the roof.
But Andy still seized the opportunity to calmly tell the guards how to avoid taxes:
"Each of us can give a gift to our spouse once in our life, the amount can be up to 60,000 yuan, and a penny of tax is not required. "
Andy was the vice president of the bank before, and such a trivial matter is a piece of cake for him.
Prison guards put down their vigilance and gladly accepted Andy's tax evasion help.
is the accidental arrangement that allows Andy to obtain the enjoyment of three cans of beer for each companion.
At that moment, the sun shines on his shoulders, and all the inmates are like free men.
And, because of his outstanding ability, Andy obtained the asylum of the prison guard, not only ended the harassment of the "three sisters", but also won the opportunity to work in the prison library.
Shawshank, a seemingly unbreakable game.
The key to Andy's success is that he has mastered skills that are scarce in prison.
The warden’s first round of ward rounds did not open his bible with the hummus because he really knows how to recite the bible
He can have relative freedom in prison because he helps all, even other prisons’ prison warning taxes;
, he can dig through walls and climb 500 yards of underground pipes because he understands geology and weather;
he finally He was able to live a stable life on a small island in the Pacific because he understood the household registration policy and used the warden to recreate an identity.
Every seemingly humble skill will help save lives at critical times.
Every skill, regardless of size, as long as you are proficient, it is your tool for walking in the world.
04
The greatest miracle in life is long-termism
"We tend to overestimate the changes in one year and underestimate the achievements of ten years."
When Andy asked Reid to get a mattock, Reid Never thought he would use it to dig a hole to escape from prison.
"It will take at least 600 years to dig a hole with this", Reid laughed.
But in the end, Andy only used 19 years. The moment
ripped the poster, everyone was dumbfounded.
Andy once said:
"If a person knows how to use time, even if there is only a little time each time, bit by bit, how many things can be done."
digging a hole, this is the most stupid A jailbreak method, everyone in Shawshank can think of, but they all only wanted to use other seemingly simple and efficient methods, but in the end they all failed.
is the same in reality. There are many smart people in the world, and others can think of what you can think of.
In the end, you can win among smart people because you are more determined than others. The world of
is so strange:
wanted to take shortcuts, but in the end all took detours. Those who wanted to speculate eventually fell into the trap.
The finalists are all long-termists.
The long-term successful people are all long-termists.
05
Your comfort zone is your prison
Shawshank education and a prisoner, which is impressive.
is Lao Bu, the librarian, who has served his sentence in prison for 50 years. But just before he was released on parole and seen again, Lao Bu hijacked his inmates in an attempt to commit a crime.
Because he doesn't want to go out, he doesn't want to enter society again, he just wants to spend his life in prison.
But he did not succeed and was eventually released from prison.
left the familiar environment and people and returned to the new society after 50 years. Faced with the changes that have come, Lao Bu lives in fear every day.
In Shawshank, he is an important person, an educated person;
, but after going out, he is nothing but a prisoner released on parole.
I was afraid of seeing cars ramming on the street. I was scolded for sluggish work in the supermarket, and I didn’t even know I was sleeping.Where are you?
The new life outside, like a scourge, made him panic.
Finally, the old cloth hanging beam ended his life.
As the saying in the movie:
"When you first went to prison, you hated the high walls around you; slowly, you get used to living in it; eventually you will find that you have to rely on it to survive. This It's called institutionalization." Although Lao Bu got his personal freedom, his spiritual freedom had already been stifled in prison.
For us, life is the same.
There was a piece of news in 2018 that I still remember.
The Tangshan City Government of Hebei Province decided to cancel the road and bridge toll gates. An elder sister was plausible in front of the reporter’s camera:
“I’m 36 this year, my youth is paid for tolls. I don’t know anything now, and no one likes us, I I can’t learn anything.” Adults in ordinary days travel back and forth between home and work, numb at two points and one line, day after day, year after year.
After a long time, people feel at peace and enjoy it.
But as long as there is a small change, I find myself a weak chicken, unable to resist in the face of the torrent of times.
So, don't be a frog in warm water that has died unknowingly without knowing it.
06
Hope if there is, everything is possible
At the end of the film, when Reid was about to give up his yearning for the free world outside, he was released on parole.
But after spending most of his life in prison, he suffered from the same symptoms as Lao Bu-unable to connect with the outside world.
Just when he was about to give up himself, he thought of what Andy had said to him before.
Following the instructions, he finally found a letter that Andy left him under the stone wall next to the big tree.
So he got in the car going far away to fulfill his promise with Andy.
"Of course I remember the name of that town, Ziva Tanejo, this name is so beautiful and unforgettable.
I hope Andy is there, I hope to see my friend, shake hands with him, I I hope the Pacific Ocean is as blue as what I saw in my dreams.
I hope..."
Two long-lost friends, finally hugged each other tightly.
Hope is always a bright light for you in the dark night.
Why can this film be regarded as a standard by so many people?
I think it is probably that it has accompanied countless people through the sad and even desperate days of their lives, so that everyone living in the cage still has hope.
is like what Andy said in a letter to Rhett:
"Hope is a good thing, perhaps the best in the world, and good things never die."
In our hearts, there is a place that cannot be locked, and that is hope.
Hope is like a seed in the heart. Although it is very small, it has extremely powerful power.
Although life is difficult, as long as there is hope in our hearts, we still have choices.
07
2020, we will all have a very difficult life.
Many of us are unemployed, some are bankrupt, and some have even lost their relatives.
hopes that friends who are encountering misfortune will find a quiet night and relive "Shawshank's Redemption".
because although it breaks through the cruel truth of life, it can make you rethink life; although
cuts open the dull and boring life for you, it will also tell you:
somewhere in life, there is a The warm beach is waiting for you, we can all get there, but sometimes, it takes a while.
As long as you have hope, everything is possible.
-THE END-
Author: Time Jun - double wooden, 90, columnist slow time, like cooking, love to travel. Think seriously with reason and live quietly with an attitude. Half of it falls in the shade and half is bathed in sunlight. Personal WeChat ID: shiguangjun33. This article is selected from the official account: Slow Time (id: manshiguang3). Insights are released with authorization.
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