Desire's ostrich

Author: Zhang Xiaoxian
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Publish Date: 2003-02-01
Features: This book is one of Zhang Xiaoxian's prose collections. In the face of love, who hasn't humbly begged for a little mercy! She believes in promises and loves everything beautiful: pretty clothes, delicious food, and men's promises. She seeks happiness, then discovers that disappointment can sometimes also be a form of happiness. Because there is something to expect, there will be disappointment. Regret is also a form of happiness. Because there are still things that make you regret. She pursues love, then realizes that love has always been a winding and complicated matter. Zhang Xiaoxian: She believes in promises and loves everything beautiful: pretty clothes, delicious food, and men's promises. She seeks happiness, then discovers that disappointment can sometimes also be a form of happiness. Because there is something to expect, there will be disappointment. Regret is also a form of happiness. Because there are still things that make you regret. She pursues love, then realizes that love has always been a winding and complicated matter. In the face of love, who hasn't humbly begged for a little mercy? In our lives, don't we often turn ourselves into ostriches? When we lack the courage to face things, the only option is to escape, almost thinking that this will bring sunshine after the rain. Burial one's head in the sand is perhaps no choice but to do so. Ostriches can no longer fly. If they could, their desire might be to fly to the sky and leave everything behind. That would indeed be better than burying one's head in the sand. I thought I had no more desires left. Then I realized that I am just an ostrich of desires, burying my head in the sand to escape my own desires. I know too well that desires are unstoppable once they begin.