按照惯例,世界各地的高校毕业典礼都会请来各界精英为毕业生发表演讲,为他们开启成功人生的大门。在斯坦福大学2005年毕业典礼上,苹果公司总裁斯蒂夫 乔布斯应邀为主讲嘉宾,在演讲中,他谈到自己得病、与死亡接近的经历,探讨他对人生的感悟,并以此来告诫年轻一代要珍惜时光,活出更加精彩、灿烂的人生!回味经典,品味人生,让我们一起分享乔布斯毕业寄语的精彩片段!
[1]This was the closest I`ve been to facing death,and I hope it`s the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it , I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept:
[1]这是我最接近死神的一次经历,我希望这还是我未来数十年内最接近的一次。经过这次重生,比起以前死亡是个有用但纯粹是认知上的概念,我现在有更确切的体会:
[2]No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don`t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever eacaped it . And is Life`s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you , but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic,but it is quite true.
[2]没有人想死,即使是那些希望去天堂的人们,也想活着上天堂。死亡是我们每个人共同归宿。没有人能逃避死神的降临。这是注定的,因为死神几乎是生命中最出色的发明。它是生命更替的媒介,送走老的,迎接新生。此刻,你们是“新生”中的一群。然而不久将来的某一天,你们会逐渐老去,最终被“送走”。很抱歉我这么悲观,但这是事实。
[3]Your time is limited,so don't waste it living someone else's life.Don't be trapped by dogma--which is living with the results of other people's thinking.Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out inner voice,and most important have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.They somehow already know what you truly want to become.Everything else is secondary.
[3] 你们的时间有限,因此不要浪费时间纠缠在别人的生活之中。不要受限于各种条条框框—这是纠缠在别人的思想成果之中。不要让别人的意见左右你内心的声音。最重要的是,要有勇气去追求你内心的渴望与直觉。通过它们,你才知道你真正要成为一个什么样的人。其他的都是次要的。