Beyond the Wall Composition

Part 1 of Selected Compositions Beyond the Wall

I don’t know when, every household in the village began to build walls.

High walls were erected one after another, all with the same tiles, the same lights, and the same doors. With the help of this wall, few people come to disturb me, so I stay inside the wall every day, quiet and at ease.

Occasionally when I go out for a walk, the walls seem to be hiding something. Sometimes I glimpse the beautiful flowers in the courtyard from the door and dare not open the door and go in to enjoy them. So I walked to the house in front of me, turned around and passed this house again. After a quick glance, I still didn't get enough of it, I made another pass. But don't linger around for fear of being seen by others. Suddenly I remembered Ye Shaoweng's words, "The door of the small door will not open for a long time." I must have been as helpless as I was outside the door, so I felt that this trip was "not worth it." Suddenly, I found that the cheerful laughter in the village had gradually faded away, and people were more at a loss. It was difficult to find a suitable place to get together and chat.

The scenery outside the wall is infinitely wonderful. But often you can only see a cold wall at home, except Aunt Xie's house. Standing at her house, the view is broad: the vast fields are sometimes a patch of green reaching to the sky, and sometimes they become a harvest ocean with rolling waves of wheat. A clear pool of water is like an outstanding diamond embedded in the land of changing main colors, attracting groups of egrets to rest and feed. Farmers wearing bamboo hats and hoes walked from the criss-crossing field paths to their fields to work on their fields. Looking from a distance, it is really a wonderful pastoral painting!

When they were tired from the farm work in the fields, three or five farmers came to have a rest in front of Aunt Xie's house. Some were full of hope for a good harvest, and some. Worried about the influence of the weather, some consulted the experience of their predecessors... Whether they were happy or worried, they all turned into pastoral poetry and the peace of the village in the gentle wind. After resting, he rearranged his clothes and went back to work in the fields.

The night gradually fell, and the last ray of sunset gradually lost its dazzling brilliance. People gathered in front of Aunt Xie's house again to talk about this year's crops and what was new in the market. Everyone talks to each other, a few cheerful characters and a few witty words constitute the best way of leisure in the farmhouse. Bursts of laughter came from Aunt Xie's house, how could the people in the wall experience the harmony? Only Aunt Xie who did not build the wall could get the greatest fun.

I suddenly felt that the high wall had turned into a barrier in people's hearts. People from outside could not enter it, and people inside could not break out. It draws the boundaries between people too clearly and inadvertently obliterates countless good things. Is this wall for profit? Is it selfishness? Is it excessive self-protection?

Beyond the wall is the most beautiful scenery. Selected Compositions from Beyond the Wall Part 2

I still remember a familiar sentence in the "Three Character Classic": In the beginning, human beings are inherently good. However, times have changed, things have changed and people have changed, and people regard "everyone sweeps the snow in front of their houses" as the true meaning. As everyone knows, unconsciously, this "truth" has trapped the heart like a wall.

Every New Year and festival, everyone only sweeps the open space in front of their house, and no one wants to sweep an extra inch of ground. Over time, the alleys between two neighboring houses became unsightly. I don’t understand why there was a “Six Feet Alley” in the past, but now no one cleans an alley as big as a palm?

I also saw a news. No one gave up her seat to a pregnant woman in Wuhan when she got on the bus. Another pregnant woman got up and gave way to her. The pregnant woman who gave up her seat said: "I am also a pregnant woman, and I really can't stand it anymore." I was surprised. Is it so difficult to give up your seat? There are people who have given up their lives for a stranger. Why can't they even stand up and give up their seats? There are many such scenes. For example, an old man gets on the bus and no one gives up his seat. The people sitting there all look like they have nothing to do with themselves.

I have experienced it myself. On a night of heavy rain, taxis came and went, but none of them stopped. They all said they were in a hurry to change shifts. But what was the reality? It was just that the rain was heavy and the road was difficult to walk.

Also, who wants to walk on a muddy road in such a dark night with heavy rain?

In fact, if we think about our experiences and look at our lives, there are almost "walls" everywhere. The "walls" everywhere are actually in people's hearts. They are strict and abrupt, blocking our vision of happiness and harmony. They create a cocoon of themselves and imprison people's hearts in them.

The world is deteriorating, and people’s hearts are not as old as they used to be. The ancients pursued "a harmonious society", while Tao Yuanming envisioned a "paradise". Maybe they are all beautiful bubbles. If you poke them gently, you will see the reality. But they will always be the ideal society that the world pursues.

I firmly believe that one day, the "wall" in my heart will collapse, and the sea and sky will be in my sight. Selected Essays Beyond the Wall, Chapter 3

Dependence is An invisible wall. Get rid of dependence and learn to be independent.

In today’s society, dependent people cannot survive, but self-reliance can be found everywhere.

Tao Xingzhi said: "He who sheds his own sweat, eats his own food, and does his own things; relies on heaven, earth, and ancestors is not considered a hero."

In the process of growing up, we may rely on many people, but the one we can most rely on is ourselves. Only by getting rid of dependence and learning to be independent can we achieve real success!

From ancient times to the present, the vast majority of rich people have Wealth management is generally left to future generations. However, in the United States, a new trend has become popular in recent years. Do not leave too much property to future generations, lest they become too happy to live in poverty and become helpless people. Practitioners of this trend include the famous Microsoft founder Bill Gates, investor Warren Buffett, etc.

Indeed, self-reliance and self-improvement are the basic principles of life and doing things nowadays, so we must find our own path in life. Marie Curie once said: "The road must be walked by oneself, so that the road will become wider and wider." In our lives, there will always be such feelings. Our parents always reason with us and tell us what we must do and what we cannot do, but we are always annoyed and unwilling to listen. No matter which road we take, we always have to walk and take a look. No matter what dangers there are, hinder. Perhaps it is through such stumblings that we gradually understand a lot and gradually mature step by step.

In addition, we must be independent in thought. Ba Jin told us with his own personal experience: "It is too dangerous to leave your destiny to others and not use your brain at all. You just believe in others." "Therefore, we must be independent not only in behavior but also in thought.

Being independent in thought means having independent judgment and independent thoughts, rather than transplanting everything, accepting it without analysis, and letting your mind become a racecourse for other people's thoughts.

To be independent in thought means not to follow the crowd, not to catch up with fashion and popularity, but to maintain your own characteristics among thousands of people. In the words of Franklin: "The biggest reason for a person's failure is that he never fully trusts his own abilities, and even thinks that he is bound to fail."

Self-reliance does not mean refusing help from others; Have your own independent thoughts and let yourself be the master of your own actions!