19. Short Story (2)

Some say this story actually reflects our lives: Before the age of 20, we live under the expectations of family and teachers, carrying many pressures and burdens. We are not mature enough and lack the ability, so our steps are inevitably unsteady. After the age of 20, we leave the pressure of others, shed our burdens, and begin to pursue our dreams with all our might. We spend 20 happy years like this. But by the age of 40, we realize that youth has passed, and inevitably feel much regret and remorse. So we start regretting this, lamenting that, complaining about this, resenting that... and spend 20 years in complaints. By the age of 60, we realize that not much of life is left, so we tell ourselves not to complain anymore and to cherish the remaining days! And so we quietly walk through the rest of our lives. Only when we reach the end of our lives do we remember that we haven't accomplished something... It turns out that all our dreams remained in our youthful years at 20, and we never got a chance to fulfill them...