Youth in my eyes

"What does youth mean?" This is a question I saw on the Internet a few years ago. Until now, this issue is still being discussed fiercely on the Internet. And I think the reason why this issue can trigger a large-scale discussion is because every young person has a different interpretation of the word "youth", just like if there are 1,000 readers, there will be 1,000 Hamlets. I suddenly became curious, how is such a word that is so easily associated with personal subjectivity explained in the dictionary?

Regarding the word "youth", the explanation in the "Modern Chinese Dictionary" is "refers to the stage of people between the ages of fifteen and sixteen to thirty years old" and "people between the ages of fifteen and sixteen to thirty years old". It is obvious that these two Explain, the former highlights the time period, while the latter highlights the people in this time period. And the explanation I personally prefer is not in the dictionary. In my opinion, youth represents a positive mental state that refuses to accept old age or defeat.

Most of the young people in my impression have the self-confidence of "Looking up to the sky and laughing and going out, how can we be the people of Penghao"; they have the innocence and vigor of "young people don't know the sorrows of the world, and will not change their will to pursue the trend"; there are also the "poor and strong, The determination not to fall into the clouds." In the days to come, young people will have the right pursuit of success and fame. After years of accumulation, they will have the confidence to be as confident as "Peng Beihai, Feng Chaoyang. Carrying books and swords, the road is boundless", and they will also gain "Next year here" The result of "Sunshine is rising in the clouds" naturally shows the mood of "laughing at the world and being busy".

As young people of the new socialist era who are striving for good, we are living in the beautiful era of Haiyanheqing. There are too many boles and horses in this era. If Han Yu, who was called by Su Shi "the decline of eight generations of Wenqi", would have been born in the millennium. The new China of the future will probably not sigh with emotion, "There are always horses with a thousand li, but not always with bole." Nor will they euphemistically express indignation and despair to those in power, "Are there really no horses? There are really no horses." Words.

Mr. Zhong Nanshan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said when he received the Medal of the Republic: "When you are in prosperous times, you should live up to them." Throughout the ages, in Greater China, a fertile land of stars and outstanding people, too many talented young talents have emerged. Wang Bo, who was full of economics, spoke out a scene of talented people and eternal peace. The parallel prose "Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng" that has been sung through the ages was born at a cocktail party.

In this world, there are many talented and talented young people, but there are more young people with relatively ordinary talents and average family backgrounds who are struggling in this society but are still optimistic and positive. Every person among China's hundreds of millions of people is unique and cannot be defined. But it seems that in every era, people use a set of so-called "social norms" to define youth. Whether they are young people with extraordinary talents or relatively ordinary youths, it seems that they cannot completely escape the influence of this "social paradigm".

Most of these norms were set by young people of the previous era for the young people of our generation. The adults took the so-called norms they established and then said to today's young people in a flattering way: "This is the only way to go in life." I'm afraid these people have forgotten it a long time ago, and they also felt disgusted in their youthful years. The social paradigm set by their fathers.

Just like what is written in "The Little Prince", "All adults were once children, although only a few people remember it." So no matter how noisy the outside world is, please follow your heart and just be yourself.