I believe that everyone has thought about such a question: what is the purpose of human life?
Yu Hua's ** "Alive" once said:"Man lives for the sake of being alive, not for anything other than living. ”
This quote may seem obscure at first glance, but it is indeed a true sentence for those who have experienced life and death.
On April 19, 2011, Yu Juan, a female doctor from Fudan who had been battling cancer for more than a year, passed away.
At that time, she was only 32 years old and was at the peak of her life, but she only left a copy of "Unfinished in This Life" to say goodbye to this world.
In the last period of Yu Juan's life, she had a new understanding of life and a stronger desire for life
"At the critical point of life and death, you will find that any overtime, too much pressure on yourself, the need to buy a house and a car, these are floating clouds.
If you have time, spend time with your children, buy a pair of shoes for your parents with the money you need to buy a car, don't try to change to a big house, and be with the people you love, and live warmly. ”
This passage of hers is similar to Yu Hua's interpretation of "living".
It can't help but make us start to think, what is the most important thing in life?
From her short life experience, we must all find the answers we want.
In Jining City, Shandong Province in 1978, Yu Juan was born in an ordinary family, her father was a chef, and her mother was a civil servant.
Since she was a child, she has been known as "someone else's child" by outsiders, and she can always be praised for her excellent academic Xi results.
Although she is the only daughter in the family and is loved by her family, she has never relaxed her requirements for herself.
In her class, she has always been at the top of her class, and she is still the same until the college entrance examination.
With excellent results, she was admitted to the industrial foreign trade major of Shanghai Jiaotong University, and gained love here.
Zhao Binyuan, a senior who was a few years older than her at the time, fell in love at first sight when she saw her for the first time, and she quickly fell in love.
Excellent people are always attracted to each other, and after the two confirm their relationship, they are in love while encouraging each other to learn and Xi.
After graduating with a master's degree, Zhao Binyuan chose to continue to study for a doctorate, so the two could continue to be together.
By the time Yu Juan graduated from university, Zhao Binyuan had also successfully obtained a doctorate, and he continued to work in the school.
In the same year, the two also successfully obtained the certificate, officially became husband and wife, and began to strive for a happy life in the future.
Compared with Zhao Binyuan, who likes to be comfortable, Yu Juan has always had a regret in her heart that she could not complete:Apply to Fudan University.
When she took the college entrance examination, she originally wanted to go to Fudan University, but she failed to do so because of her major.
This time, she wants to work hard for her dream again and become a real Fudan graduate student.
In the first year, because Yu Juan was on the job to take the postgraduate examination, she was not fully prepared, and the final result was not ideal.
In the second year, Yu Juan, who adjusted her mentality and strategy, rented a small house next to Fudan, prepared for the exam seriously, and was finally admitted to Fudan University as she wished, and successfully obtained a master's degree.
In this year, the two also bought a house in Shanghai as they wished, although it cost a lot, but finally settled down.
In 2004, because of her excellent grades, Yu Juan got the opportunity to go to Norway to study Xi and obtained a master's degree in economics from Norway.
But even so, Yu Juan's desire to learn Xi has not weakened in the slightest, and she will soon have the next goal.
A master's degree didn't satisfy her, and she wanted to go one step further and pursue a doctorate.
In the next few years, she spent almost the day in the library and Xi room, as crazy as ever.
Thanks to her efforts, she received her Ph.D. degree and stayed at Fudan University to teach.
In September 2008, Yu Juan and Zhao Binyuan's son was born, and they named the child Little Potato.
It can be said that by this time, Yu Juan's life was almost as successful as a hanging, and it was difficult for ordinary people to reproduce.
At this moment, God played a joke on her, and her efforts in the first half of her life were burned.
In October 2009, Yu Juan began to have frequent low back pain, but she didn't take it too seriously.
But the pain lasted for a long time, and it didn't go away, until one time she fell to the ground in pain.
was rushed to the hospital for 60 hours before Yu Juan was out of danger.
But even more desperate news followed:Yu Juan was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer.
Hearing the news, Zhao Binyuan and Yu Juan were like a bolt from the blue, stunned in place.
It's already late, it's already over.
After examination, Yu Juan's cancer was at an advanced stage, and the CT report showed that the bones of her whole body were black and her spine was curved.
Since the cancer had spread throughout her body, she had no chance of having her breasts and ovaries removed.
The operation was to no avail, and Yu Juan's life could only be barely maintained through drugs and chemotherapy.
Doctors estimate that Yu Juan's life will last up to two years.
Yu Juan, who had just reached the pinnacle of her life, fell to the bottom in an instant like a roller coaster.
She didn't even have much time to grieve because the countdown to her life had already begun.
Yu Juan couldn't figure out why she was so seriously ill at such a young age.
But in fact, from the time she began to work hard regardless of her body, she had actually laid the groundwork for the decay of her body.
For more than ten years, she has never stopped being busy, either busy with exams or preparing for topics.
She is like a high-speed machine, just constantly running, but never stopping to take good care of herself.
Yu Juan herself said in the book:"Before each exam, I had to fight for more than 20 hours. ”
Almost all she has now is obtained through overdrafting, and her whole life is also seriously compressed.
The glorious life she once had was not worth mentioning in the face of illness, and she also felt weak and helpless for the first time.
Like other cancer patients, she needed bone marrow aspiration twice a day and 14 chemotherapy treatments.
Vomiting dozens of times a day, countless times of pain to the point of fainting, Yu Juan survived all of them.
In addition to this, there are 2...A needle of 50,000 yuan needs to be injected every 21 days, and more than 10,000 yuan of imported medicine is only enough to take a course of treatment for 14 days.
In order to help her see a doctor, Zhao Binyuan and Yu Juan's parents sold their houses and could only live in a rented house.
Yu Juan's family took turns to accompany her, encouraging her to overcome her illness and regain her life and health.
But the reality is far more ruthless than fairy tales, and she has succeeded in her life, but she still failed to defeat the disease.
On April 19, 2011, Yu Juan left this world forever.
And her story doesn't really seem to be over, and it continues to be played out on countless people.
How many people are busy all their lives, but they have no time to take care of the scenery around them, just pursuing fame and fortune.
But in the end, I found that no matter how much I got in my lifetime, it was just a passing cloud and would eventually dissipate.
As Yu Juan herself said, people should see through two things in their lives:Love yourself and your family.
The fact that people are alive is the most important thing in itself, and only by living can we talk about life extravagantly.
There is nothing wrong with pursuing fame and fortune, there is nothing wrong with pursuing dreams, and there is nothing wrong with working hard.
The premise of all this is that we should live in good health, otherwise there is no point in all of this.
I hope that everyone will no longer experience the regret of "unfinished in this life", and do not repeat her mistakes, this is Yu Juan's original intention and her last wish.