2024-02-22 08:44 Guangzhou.
Original creator: Thriving Sun.
I have been living in Guangzhou for six years, and my emotions and soul have gradually integrated into the city. Be at peace with what happens, and the years will be quiet. When people are at ease, they are "my hometown".
I haven't been back to my hometown for the Spring Festival for three years, and this year I decided to go back to my hometown for the Chinese New Year. After getting off the high-speed train and getting on the bus home, the scene outside the window had a strange feeling. Déjà vu? I can't remember the exact location and name. I felt a little sad in my heart: I had been away for too long? Still no more thoughts?
After my parents left, I had no worries and no spiritual sustenance. After retirement, I feel that my life is boring, empty and lonely. It just so happened that my daughter gave birth to a baby, so I started a free nanny for five years. During this period, I went back to my hometown in a hurry, and I only came home for a few days, and the rest of the time was spent in Guangzhou.
When I first arrived, I was unfamiliar with the place, I was not accustomed to the water and soil, and my eating habits were different. Often sick, the person is so thin that he is out of phase. The mood is very irritable and anxious, the heart is floating, and I feel panic and anxiety every day. Fortunately, my granddaughter is getting more and more cute, which adds a lot of fun to me. The days are busy and fulfilling, and I forget about those discomforts.
In order to reassure me, my daughter would take me to the streets and alleys of Guangzhou every weekend. Experience the local customs, living customs, and food culture. I usually take my granddaughter for a walk and chat with the locals. Although Xiangpu is very confused when he meets Yuepu, he can understand the general meaning by using both hands and mouth.
Slowly, I stopped being anxious and irritable. Where the children are, there is home. My daughter encouraged me to socialize and fully integrate my daily life into the local community. Go to the library to study, go to the Cantonese Opera to watch a play, go for a walk in the park, go to the hospital, make friends, learn Cantonese .........Enjoy the cheapness and surprises that the city brings to me.
Guangzhou is a very tolerant city. I've never had anything unpleasant in a few years, and I feel that the city is warm and friendly, and it gives me a sense of security. It continues to present me with prosperity and development that I have never experienced, which has improved my knowledge and vision, changed many of my outdated and old-fashioned ideas, and allowed me to have spiritual transformation and growth. I deeply realized that the outside world is not only wonderful, but also beautiful!
As time went by, I became more and more familiar with the atmosphere of the city, and unconsciously fell in love with it, and my heart returned to its original place, feeling more grounded. People are at ease! The mind is at peace, and everything is beautiful. With a sense of belonging, this is "my hometown". "No matter the ends of the world or the cape, peace of mind is home. ”
With nothing to do in Guangzhou, I found a hobby that I loved. The metropolis provided me with a great learning environment and activated my dull inner world. I found the spiritual sustenance of simplicity and happiness, immersed in the lifestyle I loved every day, and my mental outlook was renewed. Life is full and happy!
In fact, if you think about it, as long as you keep your heart calm, firm and confident, you can find your place and value at any time and wherever you are. "My hometown" is not far away, it is in my heart. The only thing that is truly worthy of dependence in life is your own heart, and everything else is floating clouds. With the destination of the soul, you are free, you can be your own master, and the days will become light.
Su Dongpo has a poem: "Let me ask if Lingnan should be good?"
But he said, this place of peace is my hometown."
Be at peace with what happens, calm and calm, please yourself, and grow old gracefully. That's the direction of my life!