31/08/2025
Mindfulness and preparation for the last days of life
In the last years of our lives, we must be aware of and accept six kinds of "scenes" so that we can enter the night peacefully.
Night falls very slowly.
This article may change the angle of your thinking about life and help you face it with cheerfulness and optimism.
This article is by the famous writer Zhou Daxin, who is the recipient of the Mao Dun Literature Prize. In his latest work, he describes old age in a very profound and touching way. Every sentence is the heart of an elderly person.
Every word seems to be true.
Thank you for sharing ~
After the age of sixty, we enter the last stage of life.
Before the night completely falls, we should remember some "scenes". If we remember them, we will be mentally prepared and not panic.
Scenario 1: The number of people living with you will decrease
Most of your elders—your parents and grandparents—will have passed away.
Your peers will be preoccupied with their own problems. The new generation will be busy with their own lives. Even your spouse may pass away before you.
You will have long and lonely days.
You will have to learn to live alone and cope with loneliness.
Scenario 2: Society will lose its attention
No matter how brilliant your career has been or how famous you have been, old age turns everyone into an ordinary old man or woman.
The tower of light will not fall on you.
You will have to learn to stand quietly in the corner and watch the successes and joys of the new generation—without envy or bitterness.
Scenario Three: The dangers of the road will increase
Broken bones, heart disease, mental illness, cancer—all of these can knock on your door, whether you want them to or not.
You will have to learn to live with the disease. You will have to accept the disease as your companion. You will have to give up dreams of perfect health.
Adopting a good attitude and getting proper exercise will become your mission.
You will have to motivate yourself to move forward.
Scenario Four: You can return to bed, like when you were a child
When we were born, our mothers cared for us in bed.
After a long struggle and hard work, we return to where we are—in bed—waiting to be served by others.
But this time, our loving mother may not be there. If there is one, she will not care so deeply. Often, this responsibility falls on a paid caregiver, who smiles on the outside but is impatient at heart.
You will have to learn humility and gratitude.
Scenario Five: Many People Will Try to Scam You Along the Way
Fraday knows that old people have some savings. They will use every trick—calls, texts, emails, free samples, miracle cures, “blessed” items, longevity pills—just to empty your pockets.
You have to be careful.
Protect your money. Spend wisely.
Scenario Six: Be gentle with your spouse (or close friend)
Speak softly, be considerate, especially your husband or wife.
They are your real “life savings.”
After sixty, children cannot be trusted—they have their own families.
In the end, this old couple becomes each other’s support.
At this age, no one goes astray—there is only the fear of losing each other.
Before night falls completely, the last part of life gradually fades, and the path becomes more difficult to walk.
So after sixty we should look at life clearly. We should manage it and enjoy it.
Do not try to run the society or interfere in the affairs of our children.
Do not boast or belittle others—such behavior hurts others as well as ourselves.
We have to learn to respect ourselves in old age.
We have to accept this last stage of life with wisdom, peace and spiritual preparation.
We have to go with the flow of nature and be calm.
“Night descends slowly” truly describes the spirit of old age, every word touches the heart.
Dear colleagues, friends and comrades—let us all prepare for the last stage of life with gentleness and wisdom… 🌅🙏🙏
