Catching Fallen Leaves

This book can be read several times, it has a deep meaning. In a person's life, there are many things to pursue, many things to love, and many things to make people suffer. But we should not give up on ourselves whenever we encounter something that makes us uncomfortable. If you just keep staring at a place that makes you uncomfortable, it will definitely be very painful. Obviously there are many other beautiful things worth pursuing! If your love is not going well, then let yourself feel uncomfortable for a while, because after all, you still have to vent your emotions, but don't be immersed in sadness all the time! If you are immersed in it all the time, you will really miss many other beautiful things! Think about it, although you have lost your love, you still have good friends! You still have family members who love you! "Allow yourself to be sad for a while, but don't wallow in it forever." In fact, it doesn't matter what is lost or not lost at all, because you came to this world naked, you only brought yourself and nothing else, so you just keep getting it. If you lose something, it is just a loss of one of the many things you have gained. From beginning to end, what you gain is obviously much more than what you lose. So, be open-minded, there are no obstacles in life that you can't overcome. What is the meaning? There is no meaning. In fact, everything is meaningless. The meaning is given by you, me and everyone. "As long as you think something is meaningful, then do it! You don't care what other people think of you. This time, be brave and live for yourself."

What a delicate writing style and a philosophical novel. I especially like the future story line. Suicide is a complex philosophical issue. "Hamlet" says "To be or not to be, This is a question." Regardless of whether you love this world or not, please try to live the most wonderful moment in your life. "If you're lucky, others will love you the way they know how." "The best they can do is settle for dissatisfaction."

I will not know anything before I enter the "Door of Miracles". Even if I know that there may be too much pain, too many unsatisfied desires, and too much love in this life, no matter whether this journey is long or short, thin or thick, it is worth being grateful. Like the dewdrops shining in the sun in the morning, the red clouds when I return home in the evening, and the stars that still have a soft light at midnight, they are all the scenery of the journey.

We grow, experience, remain silent, and dissolve. I suppress my emotions. I pretend to be happy. I'm afraid of separation. I'm tired of fakeness. I try hard to get rid of it, but I always get dragged into it. The article says that it is always good to have pain, but what if it is always painful? He only saw my indifference, but not the fear behind my indifference. I am selfish, cold-blooded, and always keep a certain distance from others. I don't like to be sociable, but I have to fit in with the group. A person is an island, but no one can be an island. The connection between people is very strange. While we talk about being deeply in love, we try our best to convince ourselves to be rational. We talk about love, but we don't seem to understand love at all. Love is too grand. We always get lost in love and then sink. Later, I couldn't tell whether I was unwilling or really in love.

I am twenty years old this year, and after reading this book, some of my doubts were answered. I feel like Eliot, who thought about committing suicide. I don't know the meaning of life or human desires, but I really don't want to fight now. It turns out that reading can really lead to dialogue with people.

"If you're lucky, people will love you the way they know they'll love you; if you're really, really lucky, people will love you exactly the way you want them to be loved." Eliot's thoughts have a decadent beauty. Everyone is inexplicable. In fact, people are inexplicable. Moods, words, and actions all appear strange and natural. On the whole, it would be an insult to say that it is a healing little fable that encourages people to live. It's like an essay written by someone in his spare time, casual but revealing his thoughts. I don't want to analyze this book with rigid things. Gently, but not that lightly. Like a murmur, a whisper. The confusion is real, the sense of meaninglessness is real, the wistfulness is real. We have never seen through the worldly people around us. This old man who lived to be eighty-two is so sad, beautiful and charming in literature. Living is just living, living with head tilted and confused. Day by day, life goes on. This is the moment.

When someone is right next to you, but there seems to be a universe so far between you, this is a special kind of pain. This feeling of loneliness is neither fish nor fowl, because you are not alone.

This will definitely become a classic in future generations

It's beautiful and dreamy, just like the cover... Interspersed with reality and fiction, the romantic fantasy of children in the first section "snaps" like a crushed branch after falling, and is replaced by a gray young man... Fortunately, there is Sasha, and fortunately there is Sasha. It is quite romantic and contains the thoughts and philosophy of life. "Desire is the way forward, the 'why' is up to you."

There are always some expressions that touch the soul, and there are always some words that make people tear up.

1. I'm not planning to drown myself. I want to swim until all my strength is exhausted and then sink - which is not the same thing. 2. "Don't you understand? Nothing works. This hole will always be there. No matter how they try to fill it, we will never give them what they want." "What do they want?" "More." 3. We have created such a beautiful world for them that I am afraid they will never want to leave. So I left a hole in their hearts, making sure they would come home. 4. You look at your body. It felt perfect one moment, but now it's nothing new. The pride you had for protecting yourself turned into regret for not being able to embrace your own life. 5. Traces are created by those who work hard to live, not those who work hard to give up. 6. Sometimes people imagine one thing but soon realize the reality is something else. 7. "If you're lucky, people will love you the way they know they'll love you; if you're really, really lucky, people will love you exactly the way you want them to be loved." "What if it's not what I expected?" "I think you have to be content. You're lucky enough to be loved." 8. How many blows can a heart take before it is broken? …I don't know how many times a person can withstand it in his life, maybe it's unlimited, maybe at some point people will stop trying. 9. We're too obsessed with endings. There are so many great lives and beautiful loves in this world to witness and experience, but as long as the ending is unsatisfactory, we immediately feel that it is a tragedy. Or on the contrary, as long as there is a moment of redemption at the end, a lifetime of injustice and pain can be ignored. 10. In general, people tend to actively pursue essential traits. After all, life is difficult, and sometimes it is not an exaggeration to say it is a battle. It would be foolish not to arm yourself. 11. "The dice of life have been thrown. Everyone has their own journey. You can't change anything. Everything is a foregone conclusion." "Yes, but don't you want to be prepared?" "You can never be ready, the only way to train is to live once." "That's irrational." "Really? Life is also irrational." 12. When you leave, leave this world a little better than when you came. 13. Pity is dangerous. When all you are left with is an empty vessel, a black hole, immune to life's blows - loneliness, confusion, profound disappointment, anger - then a kind word can tip the balance, tear your heart apart, and force you to bear the hammer blows of existence all over again. 14. "Why did you stop taking the pill? Do you like feeling sad? Do you like being angry?" "No, of course not." "Then why do you choose to experience these things?" "Because we're no longer afraid of experiencing these emotions." 15. Desire is the way forward, the why is up to you.

This book is very meaningful. I wonder if all foreign literature is like this? [Think]

"If you're lucky, others will love you the way they know how." "We created such a beautiful world for them that I was afraid they would never want to leave. So I left a hole in their hearts to make sure they would come home." I really feel like I don't understand the whole book, maybe because I am not old enough and have insufficient experience. In short, it is good to be able to get some strength from this book, and there are words worthy of careful reading. This book is worth reading.

After reading the third part, I still felt a little uninterested, and it felt like a relatively negative story. When the plot started to reverse in the fourth part, I realized that the life of the protagonist Elliot was so exciting. It is difficult to judge the quality of this story before it ends. Of course, there are many worthwhile things in life.

"We created such a beautiful world for them that I was afraid they would never want to leave. So I left a hole in their hearts to make sure they would come home." "If you're lucky, people will love you the way they know they will love you; if you're really lucky, people will love you just the way you expect." "What if it's not what I expected?" "I guess you have to be content, you're lucky enough to be loved." "Traces are created by people who work hard to live, not by people who work hard to give up."

Look at the world from a different angle and look at yourself from the third person perspective. People's spiritual power is sometimes very strong. Even if they know their fate, they still move forward without hesitation. But sometimes we are weak, and the suffering and negative emotions we experience can make people lose themselves. Perhaps all this stems from your own choice. When the fallen leaves on the tree fall one after another, each one reveals the pattern of fate. Which fallen leaf do you want to grab? In other words, what kind of life do you want to live.

In fact, I was a little confused after reading the book, and I felt like I didn't understand it. Eliot wanted to commit suicide countless times, but he survived in the end. It's a difficult book to understand, but it has quite a philosophy of life.

I didn't understand it at the end 😂😂 One moment they were "aliens" and then they came to Earth 😂 If you understand it, it's really not bad.

"If you are lucky, people will love you the way they know how; if you are really lucky, people will love you just the way you expect." The philosophy of life is actually very simple. Desire keeps us moving forward, and the hole in our heart needs a lot of love to fill.

"If you're lucky, people will love you the way they know they'll love you; if you're really, really lucky, people will love you exactly the way you want them to be loved." "What if it's not what I expected?" "I think you have to be content. You're lucky enough to be loved."

After reading this book, I feel a little confused, a little heavy, and a little enlightened. It tells us that the pain in life can be overcome by doing a simple thing to get through the critical point of no longer suffering, and then slowly enjoy the pain and use the pain to perceive other emotions in every moment.

I watched it on and off for a long time and finally finished it. It feels like a novel that integrates science fiction, philosophy, story, psychology, etc. The narrative technique and the way of organizing the timeline bring together all the seemingly ordinary but critical time nodes that the protagonist encounters in his life. The ideas about the past and the future are like science fiction, and also like the protagonist's thinking process about philosophical issues such as the origin, end, and meaning of life. Near the end of the long narrative preparation, the author's purpose finally slowly emerges. I hope that even if we all encounter twists and turns, or even enter a situation where we doubt life, we can still find ourselves and our own path with the support of family, friends, and lovers.

A philosophy book disguised as a novel

What does the future hold? Technology is highly prosperous, intelligent robots are scarce, the earth's resources are scarce, and alien creatures are invading. Will we, like travelers, look for an eternal realm and fill our endless desires like black holes? The past cannot be undone and the future cannot be known. Maybe we will be confused and at a loss on this difficult road of life. We should cherish the present moment and feel the ups and downs of life with our heart!

After watching it for the second time, I was really a bit confused at first and it became intermittent, but it became more and more exciting as I went on. Many points that I couldn't understand at the time were well explained later. For example, why did Merriam design a hole next to the heart. It's really worth a visit

✨It is full of fantasy, science fiction, and philosophical elements. The male protagonist may be a patient with depression. Maybe depression is not a disease, but a different way of looking at the world, but he is not understood or tolerated by others. Eliot's slightly dull and depressing, but rich life, in the end, he may have finally let go of himself. He is still full of desire for life. Perhaps this state of mind is his eternal state. He found it. Life is full of joys and sorrows, do you still want to be brave again? Yes. The book's view on knowing one's own life before life coincides with my thoughts. I also believe that life may have a script, and it may be arranged by us early, but we forget the intention and purpose of this trip, but we will eventually understand what we want in the experience of life bit by bit. Believe in yourself, as long as you try your best to live, whether it is joy or sadness, anger or pain, it is an experience, and we will never come here in vain. The happiness, pain, and various emotions in life are intertwined and inseparable. I don't hate other emotions except happiness and joy. I accept all emotions and feelings, and I accept all experiences. Maybe this is the beauty of this journey. I understand what the past is, the present and the future are like a moment, and time is just a parameter. Whether it is the so-called past, present or future, its tense is the present continuous tense. All our thoughts, our changes, our growth, etc., Constitute a unique self, this irreplaceable self. Maybe the next life and the next life will be the superposition of ours, just like the three candles in the hands of the monk. Just calm down and enjoy the journey now. Dear traveler. ❤️

You must believe that hundreds of years are just a dream. The world is vast and you can wander around.

"Because there's a hole in it!" He yelled. "They're going to find it sooner or later, Merriam, they can feel it, and they're going to keep looking for things to fill the hole in their chests. They're going to keep eating, falling in love with people they shouldn't be in love with, making money like crazy, watching TV day and night, and buying a bunch of useless junk during the holidays—like potato mitts or spoons and spatulas."

Maybe my understanding of life is not enough, and the road I have traveled is too short. I didn't understand many parts of the article, so I finished the book in a daze. But this is indeed a good book.

After watching Lili, there are some sad parts that are particularly resonant and feel very healing! It guides readers to explore life spontaneously, and the settings of human engineers and travelers particularly touched me. Life is a journey. How will you face it?