Sina Feelings & Beautiful Prose (Volume 1) - Unable to Forget Thinking of You

Author: Editorial Department of Sina Love and Life Essays
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: Walking in the unreal of the real world, venting truthfully in the virtual world. "Sina Love and Life Essays" is an internet digest publication mainly focused on emotional and life themes, jointly launched by Desayi Culture Institution and Sina Forum Channel. "Sina Love and Life Essays" aims to establish a platform for emotional exchange and free expression for all who love the internet and real life. Here, we can share our feelings, record past stories, listen to others' confessions, and share everyone's experiences. Desayi Culture Company, as a renowned investment institution specializing in best-selling book planning and investment, has combined its long-term success in book planning with Sina's resources and brand advantages through this collaboration. Together, they aim to create a series of books under "Sina Love and Life Essays," hoping to bring readers a brand-new interactive reading experience.
In times of loneliness or happiness, who doesn’t like to share their feelings with everyone? Thus, loneliness fades as it is expressed, while happiness intensifies through sharing. The storms of reality are too harsh, forcing us to hide behind layers of masks to protect our bodies and souls. The faces we show to the world are often masked, with our hearts shrouded in increasingly thick darkness, suffocating us and leaving us with no way out. In such moments, venting becomes the best choice.
Traditional venting usually follows this pattern—finding a suitable place and a suitable person to talk about a suitable topic. However, such venting is highly dependent on the setting and the audience. Without a beautiful environment or a patient listener, the venting loses its charm, becoming melancholic and drawn-out. The listener may become restless and irritable, while the speaker, though eloquent, lacks applause and guidance. In the end, the one venting becomes even more sorrowful, and the one grieving grows deeper in sorrow. Even when sharing happiness and joy, it becomes dull and loses its vibrancy, gradually eroding the sense of happiness and joy. Such venting not only fails to achieve its purpose but even backfires.
When the internet emerged, people who were stifled in their emotions finally found another way to vent, another outlet for their souls. Anyone could freely express themselves, freely vent their emotions. And the listeners were countless, actively responding with words—agreeing or disagreeing, sympathizing or mocking—diverse and genuine, unlike the and hypocrisy of real-world listeners. Stripped of the mask of reality, we put on the cloak of the internet and record our true selves in a virtual world. Under the truth of reality, they had to hide their true selves, but in the virtual world, we can be fearless.
Loved, hurt. Left, thought. Parted, scattered. Done, forgot. Recording love, pain, separation, and using words to vent joy and sorrow. On the internet, no one knows who you are. You can set aside the heavy burdens of reality and express yourself freely. After hitting the last Enter key, take a deep breath and then happily hide behind the screen, pour a cup of rich coffee, and wait for the listeners to make their grand entrance.
Such venting is effortless and natural, without the need for pretense or affectation. Such words need not be beautiful—just expressive, just real. Such feelings, though shared in solitude, are not lonely, nor unbearable. At this moment, you begin to be your true self. You need not care about the opinions or emotions of the listeners—everything belongs to you, whether in joy or sorrow.
As you navigate the internet, you come across others' words that resonate with your own emotions, and naturally, you pause to feel your own existence in their confessions, even taking a turn as a listener. once said: "In a long life, joy always appears and fades away swiftly—the most beautiful moments are always the ones that pass too quickly. Joy is too short, always slipping away unnoticed. Record it on the internet, and when sorrow strikes, reread those long-lost words, relive past joys, and see the friends who once shared them with you. Thus, sorrow fades, and joy flows back into your heart."