Beginning: When laughing becomes a task, can we still believe in love?
This world teaches us a lot of things——
How to be likable, how to fit in, how to smile properly, how to be a “right person”.
But it never teaches us how to truly exist.
Have you ever stood in a crowd, watching others share their "happiness", but suddenly felt sad?
You are not envious, but see through:
That happiness was not pure, it was just a staged performance.
Hua Chenyu sang in "Dust in Fireworks":
"I am the only one who feels emotional when I see other people's happiness."
This is not alienation or depression, but a painful perception from a sober person.
Because we know that those people are not really happy, and we are no longer our true selves.
1. The Remains of Innocence: Our Abandoned Souls as We Grow Up
“There is an old child living in my heart.”
This is not a contradictory metaphor, this is the cruel reality.
That child was originally free. He could cry openly and laugh heartily.
But later, the adults told him:
- Crying is wrong and a sign of weakness;
- If you express too much emotion, people will find you annoying.
- Before loving someone, you need to consider their conditions, status, and suitability;
- As a human being, we should be “like others”.
So he learned to suppress himself, to please others, and to pretend to be "normal".
We all turned into "dust" - after the fireworks faded, we were thrown silently to the ground, and no one looked at us again.
And of that innocence, only remnants were left, remaining in the deepest, loneliest and most untouchable corner of the heart.
2. Laugh heartily and cry openly - emotional freedom is the right we have lost the longest
"Laugh heartily, cry openly, why should expressions be dictated by the world?"
We live like we are acting out a complete script.
The script tells us when to laugh, when to shut up, and when to say "I'm fine."
Laughter must be positive;
If you want to cry, you must hide under the covers;
The breakdown should be done quietly without disturbing others.
But do you know? Real people can lose control, feel sad, and get angry. There is no "arrangement" for real emotions.
It's not that we can't bear the pain, it's that we can't bear it.I have to pretend I'm not in pain.
3. Confession in the mirror: It is not autism, but the spark of freedom
"If the world doesn't understand, confess to your shadow."
When many people hear this, they will think it is a kind of "autism" that is extremely lonely, but you will see it more deeply.
This is not to escape from the world, but——The overthrow of this false world.
In an environment where we are misunderstood, shaped, and labeled, we finally understand:
“Instead of praying for others to understand me, I should let myself shine.”
The mirror is not a substitute for the world's companionship;Return to the channel deep within yourself.
In the mirror, we no longer act, we face the real eyes and whisper to ourselves:
- You're not weird, you're just awake.
- You are not alone, you just haven't learned how to pretend yet.
- You didn't fail, you just didn't learn how to lie.
True love does not come from others recognizing you, relying on you, or falling in love with you, but from the light that naturally overflows from your heart.
It is a pure passion, a power of existence that does not require acquisition or exchange.
That's not narcissism, that's freedom.
4. Restoration of the Soul: We Find Ourselves Again
The term "restoration of the soul" actually refers to the entire process we go through when we understand "Dust in Fireworks" -
From the surface of lyrics and melody,The process of peeling off the labels and norms attached by society step by step and returning to the truest inner self.
In other words, it is:
Let the "original self" that has been suppressed, transformed, and hidden resurface.
Why use the word "restore"?
Because "restore" means to strip away disguises and remove interference, just like:
- Clean a dusty mirror and see the true reflection;
- Or like finding yourself again from a bunch of complicated character settings.
As we grow up, the soul of each of us is wrapped and alienated layer by layer by society, education, family, and labels, and we gradually forget "who I was originally".
Works like "Dust in Fireworks" use music and poetry to remind us:
You are not what others expect you to be. You are the one who can cry openly and laugh heartily.
In the context of this song, "restored soul" is:
- Refuse to disguise your emotions and express your inner thoughts bravely;
- Stop conforming to the socially arranged track and return to your true track;
- After the fireworks, even if you turn into dust, you must land freely.
5. Flowers in the desert: It is not the waiting of love, but the persistence of faith
"I am the only one guarding the quiet desert, waiting for the flowers to bloom."
This flower is not love in the ordinary sense, it is not a relationship, it is not "meeting the right person".
It is your deepestBelief in the existence of true love.
This kind of love cannot be fully given by parents, nor does it belong to the "successful marriage" imagined by mainstream social values.
It is a transparent, pure, role-free and unrequited love between souls.
This kind of love is extremely rare, so you are like a poet, waiting in the desert.
Not out of naivety, but out of determination:
“I don’t want a love that ‘others say is good’, I just want a love that I believe in.”
6. Is it sad? Should it be? People who are clear-headed already know the answer
“Isn’t it sad that the wind has gone and never comes back?
Is it right to become numb so quickly? "
These questions actually already have answers.
Yes, sad.
We mourn for the falsehood of the world: for defined emotions, for set roles, for simplified love.
Yes, it shouldn't.
We should not sacrifice our innocence for "maturity".
We should not deny the truth in order to be accepted.
You shouldn't lose yourself in the crowd.
What we want is not "suitability".
What we want isExist fully and freely.
Ending: When the dust settles, it is a kind of sober freedom
"I am who I am. I am just me, just a speck of dust scattered by fireworks."
This is not self-denial, this is self-restoration.
We don’t need to be fireworks, we don’t need to shine, stand out, be loved, or be recognized.
We just need to be a speck of dust.
Quiet, clean, non-dependent, uncompromising, live like yourself.
You're not weird, you just haven't become numb yet.
You are the one who believes that flowers will bloom in the dust.
And you as such are the rarest and most worthy of preservation in this world.
If this article touches you, it means that your heart has felt this energy.
You are not alone. There are more and more people in the world who, like you, are eager to awaken and create new possibilities.
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