A healthy state of mind and a brilliant life

In the Wenfeng community activity room on Xinchengqiao Street, I see such an old woman on time at 07:30 every day, gently turning on the music, humming happily, busy cleaning the activity room with a broom, and then boiling water. When everything is done, she dances beautifully to the graceful music alone. She is waiting for everyone to do ballroom dancing together. Watching her so devoted and dancing, who would have thought that she was a rectal cancer patient? she was the proud, fragrant and tough aunt Zhang Yici, the backbone of Wenfeng community.

Since the social dance team was set up in the community activity room, Aunt Zhang Yici, 71, has actively participated in community cultural activities and organized and mobilized the elderly in the community to learn to dance together. For many years, she opened the door at 07:30 every morning, then cleaned the activity room, boiled water, adjusted the stereo, and when everything was ready, she waited for the neighbors to sing and dance and entertain themselves. Each old man comes, she is as enthusiastic as to welcome her own guests, considerate service, nodding hello, and then she will take the beginners to try a dance to give them confidence and encouragement. She told each partner that we had to unleash our enthusiasm so that the steps would be easy.

In June 2012, a diagnosis of rectal cancer seemed to sentence her to death, almost giving the kind old man a nervous breakdown. If you choose surgery, then the risk is greater, if conservative treatment, and can not be cured, maybe one day will have a relapse. Maybe time is running out, and she chose surgery, no matter how risky it is, but she must gamble with her fate. Finally, the operation park was full of success, and Aunt Zhang Yici finally came back from the death line, and now she is jumping lively and back on the stage.

As soon as I stepped into the activity room, when I heard that Aunt Zhang had come back, the residents of the neighborhood gathered around to ask questions. For a while, the activity room booed and asked questions, laughed noisily, and held a unique celebration ball for Aunt Zhang.

Aunt Zhang looks very relaxed and does not shy away from the topic of cancer. Rectal cancer is a common cancer. It is no problem for hold to live in it.

After experiencing the disaster of life, Aunt Zhang is even stronger. She has been encouraging everyone with her own vivid examples. If you are alive, you have to let your life shine.

Therefore, all the residents who come will be impressed by her strength and optimism. no matter whether they can jump or not, whether they can dance well or not, they will be in a very good mood. It turned out that everyone was a little shy and embarrassed when they did ballroom dancing. Under her practice, she has now generously joined the ballroom dance team, so the activity room is full every day.

Aunt Zhang Yici often said, "it is a kind of fate that we neighbors can get to know each other here. It is the good policy of the Communist Party that makes us come together. We should love each other and cherish each other's happy time together!"

(Ma Dingqi / tr. by Robert Taylor)