【正文】 7 / 7。”我總是希望自己能夠那樣,現(xiàn)在, 在你們即將畢業(yè)，開(kāi)始新的旅程的時(shí)候, 我也希望你們能這樣：Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.保持饑餓，保持愚蠢。”這是他們停止了發(fā)刊的告別語(yǔ)。那是在七十年代的中期, 你們的時(shí)代。有點(diǎn)像用軟皮包裝的google, 在google出現(xiàn)三十五年之前：這是理想主義的， 其中有許多靈巧的工具和偉大的想法。它是一個(gè)叫Stewart Brand的家伙在離這里不遠(yuǎn)的Menlo Park書寫的, 他象詩(shī)一般神奇地將這本書帶到了這個(gè)世界。When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 196039。不要被其他人喧囂的觀點(diǎn)掩蓋你真正的內(nèi)心的聲音。s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to bee. Everything else is secondary.你們的時(shí)間很有限, 所以不要將他們浪費(fèi)在重復(fù)其他人的生活上。s thinking. Don39。s life. Don39。Your time is limited, so don39。你們現(xiàn)在是新的, 但是從現(xiàn)在開(kāi)始不久以后, 你們將會(huì)逐漸的變成舊的然后被清除。 因?yàn)樗劳鼍褪巧凶詈玫囊粋€(gè)發(fā)明。從來(lái)沒(méi)有人能夠逃脫它。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 bee the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.沒(méi)有人愿意死, 即使人們想上天堂, 人們也不會(huì)為了去那里而死。從死亡線上又活了過(guò)來(lái), 死亡對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)，只是一個(gè)有用但是純粹是知識(shí)上的概念的時(shí)候，我可以更肯定一點(diǎn)地對(duì)你們說(shuō)：No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don39。This was the closest I39。但是我的妻子在那里, 后來(lái)告訴我，當(dāng)醫(yī)生在顯微鏡地下觀察這些細(xì)胞的時(shí)候他們開(kāi)始尖叫, 因?yàn)檫@些細(xì)胞最后竟然是一種非常罕見(jiàn)的可以用手術(shù)治愈的胰腺癌癥。后來(lái)有一天早上我作了一個(gè)活切片檢查，醫(yī)生將一個(gè)內(nèi)窺鏡從我的喉嚨伸進(jìn)去,通過(guò)我的胃, 然后進(jìn)入我的腸子, 用一根針在我的胰腺上的腫瘤上取了幾個(gè)細(xì)胞。I(yíng) lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I39。我的醫(yī)生叫我回家, 然后整理好我的一切, 那就是醫(yī)生準(zhǔn)備死亡的程序。我當(dāng)時(shí)都不知道胰腺是什么東西。d have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes.大概一年以前, 我被診斷出癌癥。t even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor39。你已經(jīng)赤身裸體了, 你沒(méi)有理由不去跟隨自己的心一起跳動(dòng)。我看到的是留下的真正重要的東西。它幫我指明了生命中重要的選擇。ll be dead soon is the most important tool I39。從那時(shí)開(kāi)始,過(guò)了33年,我在每天早晨都會(huì)對(duì)著鏡子問(wèn)自己:“如果今天是我生命中的最后一天, 你會(huì)不會(huì)完成你今天想做的事情呢？”當(dāng)答案連續(xù)很多次被給予“不是”的時(shí)候, 我知道自己需要改變某些事情了。ll most certainly be right. It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today? And whenever the answer has been No for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.當(dāng)我十七歲的時(shí)候, 我讀到了一句話:“如果你把每一天都當(dāng)作生命中最后一天去生活的話,那么有一天你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)你是正確的。所以繼續(xù)找，直到你找到它，不要停下來(lái)！My third story is about death.我的第三個(gè)故事是關(guān)于死亡的。如果你現(xiàn)在還沒(méi)有找到, 那么繼續(xù)找、不要停下來(lái)、全心全意的去找, 當(dāng)你找到的時(shí)候你就會(huì)知道的。你的工作將會(huì)占據(jù)生活中很大的一部分。你需要去找到你所愛(ài)的東西。不要失去信心。這個(gè)良藥的味道實(shí)在是太苦了,但是我想病人需要這個(gè)藥。ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and bet