When you look back on yourself in the past – 10, 20, 30 or more years ago – it’s surprising to see how much you have changed over time. Your experiences, your friends, your family and your work have all shaped who you are right now. But where will you be in another few years? How will you have changed? Reflective writing in your journal is an excellent way to think about what you want out of the future.
当你10年、20年或更多年后回顾过去时,你会吃惊地发现,随着时光的流逝,你也发生了很大的变化。你的经历、朋友、家庭和工作造就了现在的你。但是再过几年你会在哪里呢?你会如何变化呢?这样反思性的写作,会是思考未来你想要什么的一种好的方式。
You may have already written a letter to your younger self before, conveying all the wisdom and perspective you wish you had had at the time. Now consider the opposite end of the spectrum; what would you say if you wrote your future self a letter?
你也许以前试过给过去的自己写信,向年轻时的自己传授一些人生的智慧和观点,你希望那时候的自己就能知道这些。现在我们换个角度看问题,如果让你给未来的自己写封信,你会写点什么?
Just imagine writing a letter to your future self 5 years from now, then opening it at that exact moment 5 years down the road to see how much of it resonated with you. It is a useful supplementary tool to be used in goal achievement, because when you write the letter to your future self, it helps crystallize exactly how you anticipate yourself to become at that specific moment down the road.
想象一下,给5年后的\'自己写一封信,当5年后你打开那封信时,你会产生多少共鸣。这是实现目标的一种有用的辅助工具,因为当你给未来的自己写信时,你会慢慢理清希望自己在人生旅途的那个特定时刻变成什么样子。
As you read the letter in the future, you can assess how many things match up (or not vs. your expectations in the past and think about why that’s the case. Often times, the goals we set and our goal achievement process are subjected to a lot of changes along the way, due to varying obstacles, unanticipated circumstances and changing priorities. The letter gives you a macro-view of your initial vision and lets you recognize how your current vision differs from the past.
当你在未来读这封信时,你可以看看有多少事情是像你过去期望的那样,你也会思考为什么会这样。很多时候,我们设定目标在实现的过程中会受到沿途中各种因素的影响,因为会遇到各种各样的困难、各种意外情况并需要不断调整优先级。这封信能让你从宏观的角度上去看自己最初的愿景,让你意识到自己现在的想法和过去相比有多么不同。
When you open the letter in the future, you as your future self gets to compare how you used to be in the past and compare with how you are currently. This lets you see in totality how much things have changed since then – and this can be a really intriguingexperience. It’s interesting to just see how much you have grown/changed since you wrote the letter.
当你以后看信时,你会把过去的自己和现在的自己进行比较。这会让你看清从写信时起你发生了哪些变化,这种体验是非常有趣的。光看看从你写信开始发生了哪些变化就很有趣了。
笛卡尔的想法不错,具体工作却做得不太好。斯宾诺莎则完美实现了这个想法。
斯宾诺莎最有影响的著作叫《伦理学》,在他去世后才发表。这本书的全称是《按几何顺序证明的伦理学》。
看明白了吗,用几何去论证伦理学(伦理学也是哲学研究的一部分),这不完全就是笛卡尔设计的路数嘛。等翻开这书,你肯定就崩溃了。
第一步,要找到公设对吧。
笛卡尔把一切都怀疑了,我们就必须找到一个绝对存在的、不可能被怀疑的东西作为公设。
既然这个东西绝对存在,那么它肯定不能依赖别的物体存在
斯宾诺莎把这种东西称作“实体”。
实体的特征是,这东西自己就是自己存在的原因,不依赖外物存在。这意味着,外物也不可能摧毁实体。否则的话,实体的存在就要依赖于“外物不去摧毁实体”,等于还是依赖于外物了,对吧。
既然实体自己是自己存在的原因,外物也不能摧毁它,那么实体肯定是永远存在的。用类似的方法,我们也可以证明出,实体是无限的,是唯一的,是不可分的,是善的。
如果实体是无限的,是唯一的,那么这就等于在说,世间万物,我们每一个人都是实体的一部分。因为只是一部分,所以是不完美的一部分。
这么一个永恒的、无限的、唯一的、不可分的\'东西,你想到了什么?就是上帝嘛。
如果上帝不是实体,上帝又无所不能,上帝不就可以改变实体了吗?又和实体的定义不符了。
所以,斯宾诺莎承认上帝,但他心目中的上帝不是基督教或者犹太教中人格化的上帝,而是无所不在的实体。
简单地说,世间万物皆为上帝,我自己也为上帝的一部分,那么我与上帝同在,自然充满无限的力量。其他人即便与我作对,他们也是上帝的一部分,他们的行为也都是上帝的意志(这点和基督教是相同的)。所以无论外人如何对我,我都应该坦然接受。
复杂地说,实体永远存在,我属于实体,那么我也可以永远存在。即便肉体消失了,我也是实体的一部分。而且我和世间万物都是一体的。从这个设想中,我们可以感受到无限的力量和安全感,也就什么都不怕了。
再者,实体是善的,作为实体一部分的事物,即便单独看是邪恶的,它本身也是为了善的目的而存在,也是善的一部分。因此无论多么丑恶的现象,我们都应该宽容接受。
斯宾诺莎的学说大致如此。
顺便一说,这种人和万物一体的观点在中国哲学里很常见。中国很多学派都追求“天人合一”。比如庄子讲“天地与我并生,而万物与我为一”。北宋儒学家张载更认为宇宙万物都是一体的,所以我们侍奉父母,友爱别人,就相当于爱整个宇宙了。
佛教也有类似的观点。大乘佛教认为我们感官所见到的万物之间的区别,都是一种虚假的幻象。世间万物的本质是一样的,都叫“空”。这也可以近似地理解成万物之间没有区别,是一体的。
By the time you read this you will be 30. At the age of 18 I had so many hopes and dreams about where you'd be, what you'd be doing and with whom you'd spend your life with.
Right now I hope that you have traveled and seen everything you've always wanted to, both in Canada and overseas, and maybe even settled down somewhere in Australia doing some research in the field of biology (genetics.
I hope you're married to the man of your dreams. The man of mine is Gwynn. He is originally from South Africa (another place I wish to visit.
You'll probably have two children of your own – a girl(Michaela Anne and a boy (name yet to be decided.If everything goes according to plan you'll be living in Australia in a big house in a small town outside of a big city with a lot of land, a dog, Gwynn and your two beautiful children. Hopefully you have a career in the medical field, maybe doing research in genetics. Gwynn will be a computer programmer and you will be doing alright for yourselves.
However, if things don't go according to plan for you, I wish you all the love, happiness and joy in the world and don't settle for anything less than the best since that is absolutely what you deserve.
Live long, be happy and live life to it's fullest.
Love Sherri "18″
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