"The Man in the Condom" is an article written by Chekhov. Ok, here's one for you.

A man wearing a condom

It's hard to change the world, but it's easy to change yourself. Only by removing the condom that binds the soul can we rotate with the earth.

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Scene. Lights. Scene. Dialogue. Besides, he's playing.

On the stage, he danced with the wind and cloud, invited the sun and the moon to sing together, or tragic or heroic, and all kinds of feelings led heaven and earth to move back and forth, following her movements.

I am as plain as water under the stage, watching the mountains and rivers shake and the stars change color. I let him show in my heart and let him dance in front of me, but I kept silent.

But I can clearly see that under the gorgeous clothes, his expression is complex and diverse, as if wrapped in a rigid shell, and he can't tell whether he is happy or sad.

Lucky? Sad? I don't know why and I don't want to ask. This is just a scene.

In the play, he is the protagonist, the supporting roles are all others, and the audience is only me.

The name of the play is History.

one

Jindian jade steps, pearls and jade. At first, he played the role of the emperor who dominated his life in that distant feudal era. Long live the three calls and the unification of the four seas, all of which are his exclusive. Looking down on the world, he looks dashing.

However, the myth of the emperor through the ages is his art and the grave he dug himself. Singing and dancing are peaceful, the sea is peaceful, and there is a scene of prosperity, but there are hidden dangers everywhere. He saw the peace of the country and people and the abundance of food, but he couldn't hide any darkness or cracks. The perfect condom imprisoned his ambition to create another hegemony, but he never wanted to break free. Finally, the rock-solid foundation collapsed, but he was unable to save the doomed defeat.

When the curtain fell and the play ended, all I left was his back.

He sighs, he is sad, and he complains that God is unfair! But he just forgot that he was used to pretending to be successful, and even deceived himself with false perfection. Failure to make progress is the most fatal blow.

Maybe he won't understand until he dies. If he wants to change the world, he must change himself first.

two

I still remember that on the long road of heartbroken, his helplessness, his bitterness, the lingering autumn rain, the sad winter snow and the prosaic poems were all sung into immortal poems.

He yearns for the flourishing age and the truest and purest soul. So he sneered at the ugliness that can be seen everywhere in the world and hated it. He showed his lofty aspirations with the most authentic actions. However, after all, it is confusing and the world is troubled. How can the world be whipped by his expression? He was born isolated and excluded.

Therefore, he chose to settle his mind on death, hoping to sound the alarm for the laity with his own flesh and blood, fantasizing about sacrificing himself for the peace of his life, and firmly believing that the literati would not die. But since then, there has been less cynic in the world, but not many people with lofty ideals.

Stubborn, he will always be put in a perfect and beautiful condom. Maybe he never wanted to look at the reality and discover the real beauty in life, so he became an ideal prisoner, and there was nowhere to escape except death.

I wonder if he knows that only by changing himself can the world be changed.

three

A hundred years ago, he was an extra actor.

When he was ignorant, he lived a monotonous life, like 40 million people, very satisfied, even undisguised pride. He is glad that he was born in a prosperous time, and he is glad that he is the subject of "de-China". So he was born to despise "barbarians" and "grass people" with blond hair and eagle eyes, and sneered at their "simple tools".

However, when the western powers' ships and guns knocked on the locked door and his dreams broke through the turbid fog, he suddenly realized that the nation in the condom was doomed to perish. Only by getting rid of the shackles can we be invincible forever.

So he was determined to save the nation, break the trap and save the declining national fortune with his own strength. The beacon smoke is rising again, but it is the light of change that shines on the land of China.

He broke away from the condom and took a step from the old times to the new era.

He changed himself, changed his country and changed the world.

………

The drama of history has ended, but the drama of reality has been staged, and each of us is the protagonist.

So are we too much like him in the play?

In the face of all kinds of constraints, do we choose to be the people in the condom, or break free from the constraints and change ourselves to make life more meaningful?

I hope you and I choose the latter, because you and I will both become history. Once the play is over, we will never get back on the stage.

So, take off the condom that imprisons the soul and don't let it hold you and me back. We will certainly change ourselves, change the world and create a miracle of life.