2015.11.11

 

 

 

為自己創造一個精彩故事

  有天你會明白，成為善良的人，比成為聰明的人更難。

  這就是天賦和選擇的差異，聰明是天賦，善良是一種選擇。天賦輕易就能獲得，畢竟他與生俱來。選擇則非易事，如果不小心，將因天賦而誤入歧途，如果遇到這種情況，或許會對你的選擇造成傷害。身為文明世界的一份子，我們擁有如此多的天賦，將如何運用這些天賦，將為自己的天賦感到驕傲，或是為自己的選擇感到驕傲？

  我認為自己不會因嘗試失敗而後悔，我會因不曾嘗試過而飽受煎熬，深思熟慮後，我選擇那條較不安全的道路，追隨心中的熱情。今天，毫無疑問的，生命將又是一個新的開始。

一. 你將如何運用自己的天賦，將做出何種選擇？

二. 你將接受慣性的引導，還是追隨自己的熱情？

三. 你將墨守陳規，還是勇於創新？

四. 你將選擇安逸的生活，還是奉獻與冒險的人生？

五. 你將屈服於批評，還是追隨自己的信念？

六. 犯錯時，你試圖掩飾，還是勇於道歉？

七. 你會因害怕遭受拒絕而掩飾心意，還是勇敢採取行動？

八. 你會穩紮穩打，還是稍微冒險一試？

九. 遇到困難時，你會放棄或是堅持到底？

十. 你是一個憤世嫉俗者或是積極的建設者？

十一. 你會犧牲他人展示聰明，還是展現善良品格？

  我大膽預測，當我們80歲時，在某個安靜的時刻自省，獨自陳述自己的人生故事，其中最充實、最有意義的片段，將是自己所做的種種決定。最終，我們的選擇塑造了我們本身 - 選擇成就我們。

Build yourself a great story

  One day you'll understand that it's harder to be kind than clever.

  This is the difference between gifts and choices. Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy -- they're given after all. Choices can be hard. You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you're not careful, and if you do, it'll probably be to the detriment of your choices. As a civilization, we will have so many gifts. How will you use these gifts? And will you take pride in your gifts or pride in your choices?

  I didn't think I'd regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all. After much consideration, I took the less safe path to follow my passion. Today, in a very real sense, life -- the life is a new begins.

 

1 .How will you use your gifts? What choices will you make?

2. Will inertia be your guide, or will you follow your passions?

3. Will you follow dogma, or will you be original?

4. Will you choose a life of ease, or a life of service and adventure?

5. Will you wilt under criticism, or will you follow your convictions?

6. Will you bluff it out when you're wrong, or will you apologize?

7. Will you guard your heart against rejection, or will you act when you fall in choice?

8. Will you play it safe, or will you be a little bit swashbuckling?

9. When it's tough, will you give up, or will you be relentless?

10. Will you be a cynic, or will you be a builder?

11. Will you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind?

  I will hazard a prediction. When we are 80 years old, and in a quiet moment of reflection narrating for only ourselves the most personal version of our life story, the telling that will be most compact and meaningful will be the series of choices we have made. In the end, we are our choices. - We are What We Choose.