# lifelong search

By [raindrop](https://paragraph.com/@raindrop) · 2022-07-27

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We work hard, work hard, and spend our entire lives searching for what we don't have or lack in our lives.

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Some people will think: "What are we missing? What is it that we should be looking for all our lives?" Unfortunately, even if you think hard, you may not get the answer.

More people aimlessly, simply following the crowd, constantly expanding their own territory materially, constantly chasing after fame and power, and even unscrupulous. Some people have always thought that money and fame are the most lacking things in life, and they end up being employed by money and power unconsciously all their lives. Poor people have never understood that "life is rare", and they don't know how many precious things they have missed in their lives.

Picasso said, "I spent my whole life learning how to draw like a child."

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"I pray every day that God will let me get up in the morning and see the world like a baby," Corot said.

The two painters agree that what needs to be found is the heart of a child who has been away for a long time.

As we get older and older, we gradually forget the beautiful, childish heart we once had. Once we realize it, we are horrified.

Since time has passed and can never come back, I cherish time more and more like the water in the desert. However, what are we looking for, are we looking for the old people and things of the past, or the pure innocence of young people, or is it the whole good years that have passed away?

This is a quest to trace the composition of good memories, but it should not be the whole meaning of life.

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*Originally published on [raindrop](https://paragraph.com/@raindrop/lifelong-search)*