One's Pilgrimage
by N
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1 person, 87 days, 627 miles. About the return of love, self-discovery, faith in daily life, and the beauty of all things. It was shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize, the best-selling novel in Europe in 2013, and was highly recommended by the New York Times and other major media. Harold Fry, sixty years old, retired quietly after working as a sales representative in a brewery for forty years. He had no promotion, no friends, and no enemies. The company did not even hold a farewell party when he retired. He lives in the British countryside with his deeply estranged wife, living a peaceful life with the couple estranged day after day. One morning, he received a letter from his old friend Queenie, whom he had not seen for twenty years. She had cancer and wrote goodbye. Shocked and grieved, Harold wrote a reply. On the way to send the letter, he thought about his life from Queenie. He passed one mailbox after another and walked farther and farther. Finally, he walked from the southwest to the northeast, spanning the entire England. 87 Days, 627 miles, with only one belief: as long as he leaves, my old friend will live! This is the story of Harold's journey of thousands of miles. From the moment he stepped forward, parallel to his journey of more than 600 miles, was another journey through the time tunnel.
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If everyone understands you, you have to be ordinary.
Sometimes you really need to go on the road alone, which may make you calm down and think about what went wrong in your unchanging life, and think about your relationship with the people around you, such as family, friends or lovers. Maybe on the way you will try to get out of your thinking inertia, look at problems better, and gain new energy to face life.
Pilgrimage is actually about thinking and reviewing the past. No matter how heartbreaking things we have experienced and what unspeakable hurt we have suffered. I can finally let go of the past and let myself go. Live bravely and peacefully. This is the ultimate goal of pilgrimage and faith. The road of faith is extremely difficult, and the road of pilgrimage is equally difficult. Only those who are brave and believe in themselves can accomplish it. Victory belongs to the brave, to those who believe in love. I hope I can face the past bravely, believe in love bravely, learn to love, get love, and finally love all beautiful things bravely and peacefully, and live strong.
We have to think about a question, that is why it is a person's pilgrimage. Pilgrimage is more willing to understand it as a pure soul separated from all complicated religions and simple faith. When a person walks on a lonely journey, he will reflect and pursue the lost beauty. In the end, he will know how to cherish the people and things in front of him. Pilgrimage cannot save seriously ill patients. What can be saved is his own soul.
Moving forward lightly requires faith, but also persistence and encouragement.
This novel mainly tells the story of an old man, Hader, who received a letter from his old friend Guinnie telling him that he had cancer. On the way to reply to the letter and walk to the post office to mail the letter, the old man suddenly came up with the absurd idea of walking from here to the northernmost point in England, Guinie's sanatorium. He always believed that his old friend would be strong and wait for him to arrive. In this way, the old man embarked on this distant road unprepared. On the road, Hader recalled his life His mother ran away from home when he was a child. His father was a retired soldier, but he always drank and brought women home from time to time. Finally, he was kicked out of the house when he was 16 years old. He had never been loved and could not learn how to express love. He and his wife Maureen met at a dance and later they gave birth to a child, Harvey. The birth of Harvey was the beginning of a cold relationship between their husband and wife. In the end, it evolved into a separation, and the communication only stayed on the surface. His relationship with his son Harvey is more of a stranger and a distance: Harder didn't dare hug Harvey when he was little He fell into the sea and Harder was actually tying his shoes. Passers-by rescued the child. When Harvey helplessly asked Hader for help because he was afraid to go to school, Hader just let him in and drove away. Hader also laughed when Harvey's awkward and awkward dance on stage to accept the award was laughed at by the audience. The most outrageous thing is that on the day of Harvey's suicide funeral, he didn't say a word or cry, he just smoked All these things have become a barrier between his wife and him. His wife blames him and resents him. On the road, Hader's memories were accompanied by inner conflicts. He had the desire to hug the child, but in the end he mustered up the courage to hold the child's hand. His fear that he would fall into the sea and not be able to save the child controlled his behavior. He wanted to give the child a hug and a smile, but he hid in the car introvertedly. He didn't know how to resolve the embarrassment of the child's dance, so he could only smile awkwardly. Later, on the road, he danced wildly, and a passerby stopped to dance with him, which made him feel ashamed of himself. On the day the child committed suicide, he wanted to say a lot, but everything was stuck in his throat and he could only smoke and swallow. He loves his children, but he is so lacking in love, so introverted, and inexpressive. He regrets that he has missed many loving actions or words. At home, his wife Maureen went from incredulity to anger to jealousy to longing for Harder's behavior, and finally to understanding and encouragement. She calmly thought about the time she spent with Harder at home. What exactly caused the breakdown between them? In the photo she accidentally saw again, she saw the love in her husband Hard's eyes for their son. She saw Hard holding his son's hand, and she began to think about that drowning. If Hader really couldn't save her son, a stream of fear came to her. She thought of Hader's concern being blocked by her own duplicity, and thought of herself always shutting Hader out... She cried. She finally knew why she did not choose to divorce. It was not because of her son, but because life without him was only black and white without color. In the end, the wife drove with her neighbor to find Hader to persuade him to go home. Maureen finally confessed to her husband that she missed him, but Hader wanted to continue on that road because of the promise with Guinea and the belief in her heart. On the road, Hader met many people There are people who laugh at him that hiking is simply a fantasy. Someone who encouraged him to keep going There are also people walking with him More people to help him No matter what kind of people he met, they seemed to appear and disappear at the right time. When he suffered from blisters on the soles of his feet, scuffed shoes, rain, and hunger, it was those loving people who helped him. When he wanted to give up, it was the spread of the media that encouraged more people to encourage him and even join him on the journey, although in the end they were separated. He learned love among the crowd, learned to give and receive Finally, Harder saw Guinee. She survived, but she soon died again. Harder and Maureen relaxed, forgiven and reconciled during a long period of calm. A person's pilgrimage tells not only Harder's pilgrimage but also the lives of most people. There will be goals, there will be ridicule, there will be persistence and giving up, and there will be separation. But in the end, this road requires us to keep moving forward alone. If you want to reach a distant place, don't give up easily If you want to embrace love, you can't hold your hands tightly Accept love but also pass on love. Be a good person who loves more. Let yourself move forward lightly. You need love. I hope that when I want to give up, I can think of Harvey, an old man who lived on the street with worn out feet and endured hunger and rain or shine, to support me and keep going.
Self-discovery, the return of love!
Not everyone has his own pilgrimage, but everyone has his own pilgrimage. People are unique but the same. Life is a long road, and we will always encounter many ups and downs and setbacks, as well as many regrets and regrets. But as long as we can constantly examine ourselves, be less rational and have more faith to achieve our own achievements and salvation, feel the people and things around us with our heart, and persevere until the end, there will always be a bright future! From being small to being great, all you have to do is persist, and all you have to do is let go of pain and happiness!
Pilgrimage is actually a process of thinking, remembering, and repenting. Be happy that Harold and Maureen are finally opening up and unblocking the knots they've held for years. Similarly, we should also calm down and think about how we treat our relatives and friends around us. Please cherish the people around us who love us and help us, and always be grateful, so that we will not regret the loss.
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Life is actually a journey forward again and again. In this journey, there must be many pitfalls that prevent you from moving forward. Maybe the tunnel is small and you can easily step over it, or maybe it's big and you finally climb over it after all the hard work. But when you stand up, you see that there are still many tunnels, big and small, ahead. Maybe you will choose to continue climbing forward; maybe you will choose to rest where you are; maybe you will choose to retreat. But no matter what, always look behind you - the tunnel you have crossed. Since we have worked so hard, we should not choose to give up at this moment but continue to move forward - the road ahead is still difficult. But one day, the road will become relatively smooth, because these tunnels are no longer a big problem for you, and you may just bite the bullet and get over it. Just like Harold, he wanted to give up and even doubt himself countless times along the way, but he persisted with hope countless times. At the last moment, he also had the idea of giving up, but didn't he still see Queenie in the end? Although Queenie was not saved in the end, Queenie still left with a smile. Harold's family could not come back except for Harvey, wouldn't it have become happy again? Maybe there will still be conflicts between them in the future. Thinking about the pilgrimage, memory, and introspection, can't these just be overcome by gritting one's teeth?
Repent for the sake of love, family affection, and friendship, dare to face the past, dare to look directly at the mistakes you have made, and redeem yourself. I am a person with low self-esteem and easy to retreat, but I am very kind in my heart. Thank you for letting me read this book at such an age. Everything is in time, come on!
One person's pilgrimage, two people's salvation. In fact, the protagonist in the book is lucky. Although it was a little late, he got out of the darkness in his heart and the shackles of the past. But in reality, many of us watch life bury us unconsciously.
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If everyone understands you, you have to be ordinary.
Sometimes you really need to go on the road alone, which may make you calm down and think about what went wrong in your unchanging life, and think about your relationship with the people around you, such as family, friends or lovers. Maybe on the way you will try to get out of your thinking inertia, look at problems better, and gain new energy to face life.
Pilgrimage is actually about thinking and reviewing the past. No matter how heartbreaking things we have experienced and what unspeakable hurt we have suffered. I can finally let go of the past and let myself go. Live bravely and peacefully. This is the ultimate goal of pilgrimage and faith. The road of faith is extremely difficult, and the road of pilgrimage is equally difficult. Only those who are brave and believe in themselves can accomplish it. Victory belongs to the brave, to those who believe in love. I hope I can face the past bravely, believe in love bravely, learn to love, get love, and finally love all beautiful things bravely and peacefully, and live strong.
We have to think about a question, that is why it is a person's pilgrimage. Pilgrimage is more willing to understand it as a pure soul separated from all complicated religions and simple faith. When a person walks on a lonely journey, he will reflect and pursue the lost beauty. In the end, he will know how to cherish the people and things in front of him. Pilgrimage cannot save seriously ill patients. What can be saved is his own soul.
Moving forward lightly requires faith, but also persistence and encouragement.
This novel mainly tells the story of an old man, Hader, who received a letter from his old friend Guinnie telling him that he had cancer. On the way to reply to the letter and walk to the post office to mail the letter, the old man suddenly came up with the absurd idea of walking from here to the northernmost point in England, Guinie's sanatorium. He always believed that his old friend would be strong and wait for him to arrive. In this way, the old man embarked on this distant road unprepared. On the road, Hader recalled his life His mother ran away from home when he was a child. His father was a retired soldier, but he always drank and brought women home from time to time. Finally, he was kicked out of the house when he was 16 years old. He had never been loved and could not learn how to express love. He and his wife Maureen met at a dance and later they gave birth to a child, Harvey. The birth of Harvey was the beginning of a cold relationship between their husband and wife. In the end, it evolved into a separation, and the communication only stayed on the surface. His relationship with his son Harvey is more of a stranger and a distance: Harder didn't dare hug Harvey when he was little He fell into the sea and Harder was actually tying his shoes. Passers-by rescued the child. When Harvey helplessly asked Hader for help because he was afraid to go to school, Hader just let him in and drove away. Hader also laughed when Harvey's awkward and awkward dance on stage to accept the award was laughed at by the audience. The most outrageous thing is that on the day of Harvey's suicide funeral, he didn't say a word or cry, he just smoked All these things have become a barrier between his wife and him. His wife blames him and resents him. On the road, Hader's memories were accompanied by inner conflicts. He had the desire to hug the child, but in the end he mustered up the courage to hold the child's hand. His fear that he would fall into the sea and not be able to save the child controlled his behavior. He wanted to give the child a hug and a smile, but he hid in the car introvertedly. He didn't know how to resolve the embarrassment of the child's dance, so he could only smile awkwardly. Later, on the road, he danced wildly, and a passerby stopped to dance with him, which made him feel ashamed of himself. On the day the child committed suicide, he wanted to say a lot, but everything was stuck in his throat and he could only smoke and swallow. He loves his children, but he is so lacking in love, so introverted, and inexpressive. He regrets that he has missed many loving actions or words. At home, his wife Maureen went from incredulity to anger to jealousy to longing for Harder's behavior, and finally to understanding and encouragement. She calmly thought about the time she spent with Harder at home. What exactly caused the breakdown between them? In the photo she accidentally saw again, she saw the love in her husband Hard's eyes for their son. She saw Hard holding his son's hand, and she began to think about that drowning. If Hader really couldn't save her son, a stream of fear came to her. She thought of Hader's concern being blocked by her own duplicity, and thought of herself always shutting Hader out... She cried. She finally knew why she did not choose to divorce. It was not because of her son, but because life without him was only black and white without color. In the end, the wife drove with her neighbor to find Hader to persuade him to go home. Maureen finally confessed to her husband that she missed him, but Hader wanted to continue on that road because of the promise with Guinea and the belief in her heart. On the road, Hader met many people There are people who laugh at him that hiking is simply a fantasy. Someone who encouraged him to keep going There are also people walking with him More people to help him No matter what kind of people he met, they seemed to appear and disappear at the right time. When he suffered from blisters on the soles of his feet, scuffed shoes, rain, and hunger, it was those loving people who helped him. When he wanted to give up, it was the spread of the media that encouraged more people to encourage him and even join him on the journey, although in the end they were separated. He learned love among the crowd, learned to give and receive Finally, Harder saw Guinee. She survived, but she soon died again. Harder and Maureen relaxed, forgiven and reconciled during a long period of calm. A person's pilgrimage tells not only Harder's pilgrimage but also the lives of most people. There will be goals, there will be ridicule, there will be persistence and giving up, and there will be separation. But in the end, this road requires us to keep moving forward alone. If you want to reach a distant place, don't give up easily If you want to embrace love, you can't hold your hands tightly Accept love but also pass on love. Be a good person who loves more. Let yourself move forward lightly. You need love. I hope that when I want to give up, I can think of Harvey, an old man who lived on the street with worn out feet and endured hunger and rain or shine, to support me and keep going.
Self-discovery, the return of love!
Not everyone has his own pilgrimage, but everyone has his own pilgrimage. People are unique but the same. Life is a long road, and we will always encounter many ups and downs and setbacks, as well as many regrets and regrets. But as long as we can constantly examine ourselves, be less rational and have more faith to achieve our own achievements and salvation, feel the people and things around us with our heart, and persevere until the end, there will always be a bright future! From being small to being great, all you have to do is persist, and all you have to do is let go of pain and happiness!
Pilgrimage is actually a process of thinking, remembering, and repenting. Be happy that Harold and Maureen are finally opening up and unblocking the knots they've held for years. Similarly, we should also calm down and think about how we treat our relatives and friends around us. Please cherish the people around us who love us and help us, and always be grateful, so that we will not regret the loss.
book review
Life is actually a journey forward again and again. In this journey, there must be many pitfalls that prevent you from moving forward. Maybe the tunnel is small and you can easily step over it, or maybe it's big and you finally climb over it after all the hard work. But when you stand up, you see that there are still many tunnels, big and small, ahead. Maybe you will choose to continue climbing forward; maybe you will choose to rest where you are; maybe you will choose to retreat. But no matter what, always look behind you - the tunnel you have crossed. Since we have worked so hard, we should not choose to give up at this moment but continue to move forward - the road ahead is still difficult. But one day, the road will become relatively smooth, because these tunnels are no longer a big problem for you, and you may just bite the bullet and get over it. Just like Harold, he wanted to give up and even doubt himself countless times along the way, but he persisted with hope countless times. At the last moment, he also had the idea of giving up, but didn't he still see Queenie in the end? Although Queenie was not saved in the end, Queenie still left with a smile. Harold's family could not come back except for Harvey, wouldn't it have become happy again? Maybe there will still be conflicts between them in the future. Thinking about the pilgrimage, memory, and introspection, can't these just be overcome by gritting one's teeth?
Repent for the sake of love, family affection, and friendship, dare to face the past, dare to look directly at the mistakes you have made, and redeem yourself. I am a person with low self-esteem and easy to retreat, but I am very kind in my heart. Thank you for letting me read this book at such an age. Everything is in time, come on!
One person's pilgrimage, two people's salvation. In fact, the protagonist in the book is lucky. Although it was a little late, he got out of the darkness in his heart and the shackles of the past. But in reality, many of us watch life bury us unconsciously.
