《不要在不断的优秀里走向平庸》—— William Deresiewicz
作者简介:
William
Deresiewicz is a contributing writer for The Nation and a
contributing editor at The New Republic. His next book, A Jane
Austen Education, will be published next year by Penguin
Press.
威廉·德莱塞维茨(William
Deresiewicz)是《国家》杂志撰稿人和《新共和》杂志编辑。他的新书《简•奥斯汀教育》明年将由企鹅出版社出版。”
本文是威廉•德莱塞维茨(William
Deresiewicz)在斯坦福大学的演讲,标题也叫:勇气挣脱身上的网。
Most people learn over time, but often learning comes too late
to be fully useful. There are certainly many things that I know now
that would have been extremely useful to me earlier in my life;
things that could have saved me from many of the mistakes and hurts
I suffered over the years—and most of those that I inflicted on
others too.
I don’t buy the romantic notion that my life has been somehow
richer or more interesting because of all the times I screwed up;
nor that the mistakes were “put” there to help me learn. I made
them myself—through ignorance, fear, and a dumb wish to have
everyone like me—and life and work would have been less stressful
and more enjoyable (and certainly more successful) without them. So
here are some of the things I wish I had learned long ago. I hope
they may help a few of you avoid the mistakes that I made back
then.
1. Most of it doesn’t matter.So much of what I got excited
about, anxious about, or wasted my time and energy on, t
要记录的有很多,可是写出来的文字常常抓不住想要表达的。
所以忘记就成了习惯,久而久之。
路上的影子总会保持一长一短,消失又出现。
马的石像依然矗立在那,朝着夕阳又迈了一步。
无病呻吟的人少了,装B的人多了。
同情心依然还是一比一。
可恶的还是太阳,总让人躲着它。
电梯上的漂亮的女生多了,感觉却少了。
馒头大汉不是热的,坐车坐出来的。
警醒的看着门的另一边,我的卡不能给你。
blue,blue,blue
逃不出这种调调
这是一种慢性病。
1。一个人总要走陌生的路,看陌生的风景,听陌生的歌,然后在某个不经意的瞬间,你会发现,原本是费尽心机想要忘记的事情真的就那么忘记了。
1.One is always on a strange road, watching strange
scenery and listening to strange music. Then one day, you will find
that the things you try hard to forget are already gone.
2。幸福,不是长生不老,不是大鱼大肉,不是权倾朝野。幸福是每一个微小的生活愿望达成。当你想吃的时候有得吃,想被爱的时候有人来爱你。
2.Happiness is not about being immortal nor having food
or rights in one's hand. It’s about having each tiny wish come
true, or having something to eat when you are hungry or having
someone's love when you need love.
3。爱情是灯,友情是影子,当灯灭了,你会发现你的周围都是影子。朋友,是在最后可以给你力量的人。
3.Love is a lamp, while friendship is the shadow. When
the lamp is off,you will find the shadow everywhere. Friend is who
can giv