◎Wang Xiuhong
has watched many plays. After the performance, the audience will stand up and walk out. But the actors on the stage were still taking their bows seriously. Once I noticed an elderly actor. His bowing movements were standard, and his posture and expression looked serious and pious. But at this time, no one should have noticed the curtain call actors. But regardless of whether others saw it or not, they still completed the action and seemed to regard the curtain call as part of the performance.
The curtain call is beautiful, just like the flowers and leaves falling. The flowers wither, the leaves fall, and after sliding along the graceful curve, they gracefully complete the movements of life, drawing a perfect end to their own lives. There is no regret in this complete process.
remembers that many years ago I went to remote areas outside the province to organize trial lectures for job applications. I need to prepare company information, arrange company personnel to serve as presenters and interviewers, and prepare verbal answers in advance. There are candidates and judges under the podium, and the introduction time for each person is 30 minutes. Most candidates leave in a hurry after finishing their speech. There was only one girl who applied for the job. After speaking, she bowed deeply, cleaned up her things, and erased all the writing on them. Later, I became colleagues with this applicant and found that she was very organized and well-organized. There are many things that she must accomplish perfectly regardless of whether anyone pays attention to them or not. Her way of giving thanks is very ceremonial, and she stands up solemnly every time, just like the curtain call after a performance.
Later I got to know other colleagues, and an old colleague also liked the ceremonial feeling of curtain call. His final call came when he was about to retire. Although his employer arranged for him to do some easy things, he did not work half-heartedly for a day and never arrived late or left early. Even in the most unimportant tasks, he was meticulous. Talking about his work attitude, he said with emotion: "I have been serious all my life, and I have to be more serious about myself before retiring." Until the day of retirement, he was as usual, as if it was his first day at work. The beauty of the curtain call requires not only responsibility to the audience, but also to oneself.
