"The Last 822 Days" - The deceased has passed away, may the living be safe!

Yesterday, my circle of friends was flooded with "The Last 822 Days". The article contained a nearly 30-minute video about an ordinary Communist Party member who took root at the grassroots and stayed true to his original aspiration. story. The protagonist of the story, Xu Buzhong, worked continuously, was overworked, suddenly fell ill, and died in the line of duty.

Many people in the circle of friends are Communist Party members or grassroots service workers, and everyone actively forwarded it and expressed their emotions. One of my friends who also works at the grassroots level said that he received a call from the leader before six o'clock in the morning to arrange work tasks. He said that Secretary Xu is the epitome and a typical example of a loyal, clean and responsible grassroots cadre.

This colleague’s long working hours and heavy tasks highlight the intensity and enthusiasm of grassroots cadres.

"The Last 822 Days" is touching but also distressing. I want to know why I have to wait until the person is gone before I take another look at this person.

Some time ago, a friend gave me a painting I made. I joked: "I have to keep it well, maybe it will be worth a fortune one day." The friend smiled and said: "Wait. When I leave this world. "Although it is a joke, it is not funny. I feel a little bit sad. I remembered that many famous painters were poor during their lifetimes, and their value was recognized by the public only after their death. A posthumous name may not mean much to me. No matter how many names you have after death, the person is no longer there.

I am also a Communist Party member, but I feel that I am not a qualified Communist Party member, and I don’t want to use so-called working hours to measure my efforts. My thoughts are still relatively narrow, and I still have a strong sense of self, and I don’t have that kind of awareness of everyone. At least now, I can't put my body aside for work. In my opinion, the body is the capital of revolution. No matter what, your body comes first. There are many grassroots cadres like Secretary Xu who are firm in faith, loyal to the party, committed to their duties, and dedicated to hard work. However, most of them are unknown, and many are known because they died at work.

I think that for Secretary Xu’s family, all they need is a father who often reads storybooks with them, a husband who comes home early, and a son who listens to his nagging. For them, all these are good memories of the past, and there will never be such a scene again.

In the past year of working, I have learned that many cadres who died in the line of duty in the fight against poverty were young in their twenties and the older ones were only in their forties. Different sorrows, different reasons, all are overwork. In recent years, the Party Central Committee has repeatedly emphasized reducing the burden on the grassroots, and has indeed implemented some measures. However, at the grassroots level, there are still endless forms to submit, endless data to record, and endless extra classes.

If you use working hours to measure a person's work attitude, I would rather be the person who doesn't work hard. Although it is a supreme honor to be recognized by society, the honor gained with life has no meaning to the deceased.

I think that instead of praising the glorious deeds of the deceased, it is better to deeply reflect on which link went wrong and made those honest people who were loyal to the party and the people leave us forever.

No one likes to work overtime, but many times there is no way and they have to work overtime. At the grassroots level, working overtime is the norm; getting off work on time is a luxury. Let me ask, is all overtime work beneficial to the people? Is all overtime necessary?

The deceased has passed away, may the living be safe!

(2019.10.19 Rural Home)