There are three periods of the New Year in life: the young look forward to the New Year, and celebrate the new; Middle-aged people are tired of the New Year; The old age is worried about the New Year, and the old people return to the west.
When we were young, we always looked forward to the Chinese New Year, which was a good time for family reunions, visiting relatives and friends, setting off fireworks, and taking red envelopes. Year after year, we have grown up in countless expectations, and slowly understood the warmth and coldness of society, the weakness of human feelings, and in the face of reality, there is no longer so much joy in the New Year, but there is more heaviness.
When people reach middle age, the New Year has become a burden. We have to be busy for the New Year, purchasing New Year's goods, showing up for the world, and dealing with all kinds of entertainment. After a busy year, the body is exhausted because of the Chinese New Year, and we are eager to rest, but we have to drag our tired body on.
When we are old and frail, the New Year becomes a worry. The parents are old, the children are older, relatives and friends are far away one by one, and the Chinese New Year has become deserted. As the years push us to grow old, we begin to worry about which year the Chinese New Year will be the last, and we begin to be afraid of leaving this world, and the New Year has become our worry about the countdown to life.
In fact, the Chinese New Year is not just three periods, but a microcosm of life. When we are young, we are full of anticipation for the future, in middle age we are tired of life, and in old age we sigh in our memories. No matter what time it is, the Chinese New Year is a kind of expectation for our life, allowing us to stop in our busy lives and cherish the present. Let us forget our troubles, put aside our heavy burdens, rekindle the joy in our hearts, and let life continue in the cycle of reincarnation year after year.