Chapter 151 Answering a reporter from Shaanxi People's Broadcasting Station

Reporter: Thank you very much for accepting our interview.You have worked hard step by step from "The Ordinary World" on the road to ideals. Today I mainly want to ask you to talk about your knowledge and understanding of ideals.Lu Yao: One must have ideals in life.Ideal is tomorrow.If a person has no tomorrow, his life has no meaning in my opinion.Even a society should have its ideals, that is what kind of society this society should be tomorrow.No matter a person or a society, all their practices and efforts are aimed at developing towards a better direction.So I think that if you have ideals, then you can have goals in the process of struggle.It is meaningless for a person to spend his whole life in a daze.

Reporter: But the ideal road is very difficult and bumpy.What do you think is the force that drives a person forward on a difficult road, that is to say, what is the ideal motivation. Lu Yao: People should have a sense of responsibility and a sense of mission in life.We don't come into this world just to eat something, put on some clothes and get ready to leave.In the process of human life, one should seek a more fulfilling life as much as possible.In this way, he will do his best for a certain ideal of his, for a certain purpose of life designed by him.For a young man, there should be a period of enlightenment—the period of enlightenment in life.The earlier this awakening period, the better.This means being aware of who we want to be and how we are going to live.Only after he has a deep understanding of these issues, he will establish a relatively lofty goal in life, and he will mobilize all his strength to strive for this goal.Of course, for young people who are still inexperienced in the world, they often have a lot of fantasies, and even some fantasies.I think there is nothing to blame at this point.This is also characteristic of their age.If you don't have any ideas when you are a teenager, you will become an old man in advance.The usual situation is that when we were young, we had a lot of visions for the future. As time goes by and the environment changes, great changes will occur, and some of them have even disappeared without a trace.However, there should always be something that will play a role in your future life.

Reporter: Just now we talked about setting a goal, such as becoming a writer, or some people want to own a house and a car, and some people want to be a high-ranking official or make a fortune. What are these goals and ideals in life? Different, can you share your opinion. Lu Yao: I think the so-called ideal first contains a sublime nature.Not only does it involve achieving a certain personal goal, but more importantly, it means making some kind of sacrifice and dedication. Ideals cannot be purely limited to trivial personal desires.Don't confuse ideals with trivial desires, because there is an essential difference. For a person with real ideals, all the labor, work and hard work he does are not only to satisfy some personal desires, but to serve the great world he lives in. environment and contribute to society as a whole.In this way, he may feel happier.

Reporter: Now looking back at many people in the society, for example, his dream has been realized, and he feels that he has some very special talents. Do you think that the dream is the patent of such a special talent?What kind of ideals do you think ordinary people, that is, very ordinary people, should have. Lu Yao: Ideals cannot be regarded as a sign of a good or bad career.I think that no matter what job he is in, everyone should have pursuits in every practice, and there is no distinction between high and low in this pursuit.For example, you can be a writer and realize your ideals through hard work, which is very good; but you think that your talent is to be a good carpenter, and finally make beautiful furniture that is loved by everyone, and thousands of households are vying to use it. Seems worse than being a bad writer.Some people make clothing, which is also an ordinary job, but the clothes made by him are liked by everyone, which is also a good realization of their ideals.It seems to me only foolish conclusions to draw to which ideal is the best among the garment-worker, the carpenter, and the writer.Each of them establishes their own life goals and life pursuits according to their own conditions, and can make beneficial contributions to society.

Reporter: The distance between ideal and reality is very far away, so how do you think ideal can become reality? Lu Yao: If a person does not work hard, do not work, do not go through creation, then he is still dreaming, and this kind of "ideal" can only be a fantasy in the end.I think turning ideals into reality is actually what life is all about.People live to turn their countless dreams and ideals into reality.Of course, not all ideals can be realized, but you will always have ideals or dreams throughout your life that should be realized. Reporter: It can be said that there are more and more people in the society who talk about practical benefits, and some people say that there are fewer and fewer people who talk about ideals. Do you think there is a contradiction between ideals and benefits? If you talk about benefits, you don't talk about ideals.

Lu Yao: This is a big article.In today's youth, there is a kind of pursuit of practical benefits, and the light of ideals is somewhat dim.We are now developing economic construction, and this process will inevitably affect people's consciousness.It is understandable that people care about some practical personal problems and pay attention to benefits.But I don't think this is at the expense of my own ideals, especially in the past few years, I always feel that something is missing in our lives.I think it lacks a little romantic spirit.There is too little romanticism among young people nowadays.I even wanted to write a novel specifically to reflect this problem, titled "Looking for Romance".I think there should be something romantic in young people, especially in a society that is too secular and urbanized, romance can bring a kind of passion for life.Think about the war years, what material enjoyment did young men and women have at that time?But they were so young, some took their lives in their twenties.They stir up youth for an ideal and a spirit.This way of living is very exciting and inspiring.If a person has no honor in his spiritual life, even if he has a lot of money, he is still poor--as sad as poverty.

Reporter: Young people from you just now generally lack a romantic spirit, that is to say, they live too realistically.We can also understand the distress of young people from the work we are engaged in, and from the letters and talks of many young people.We would like to ask you, if a young man feels that he is satisfied with the status quo, a little uninspired, has no pursuit, no pursuit, and no ideal, but he comes to you for advice, please give him some advice , how will you tell him. Lu Yao: This question is actually a question that all of us have to think about in our lives.As mentioned earlier, it is actually how we should live, or how to live is meaningful.At any time, from the time of material underdevelopment to the time of material development, there is always the question of whether people should live.Many problems need to be solved by young people themselves.In the final analysis, we need a positive attitude towards life, not a negative attitude towards life and an excessive egoism.In other words, we should not only make ourselves live well, but also find ways to help others.