The challenge as an adult, once you’ve found your way and settled down, is to undo indifference. We all have that voice in our heads that whispers, “This is cool” or “This is different” or even “Wait—what is this? Let’s see,” but it’s pounded into submission(被驯服) by the rational adult voice we’ve used to get the external things we want so dearly.
I know many people who are fundamentally frustrated with their lives and have been for some time. And they’re surprised they feel this way—after all, they’re successful at work. They expected that fact to be enough to make them happy forever, as that’s the mythical bargain. But we’re never told that success often demands indifference to the wonders of the real, or the magic of the ridiculous.
My life was changed by films like Fight Club and American Beauty, because they show how empty a successful life can be. They expose how we create our own emptiness(空虚) which can only be filled from the inside out, not with expensive material things. It starts by rediscovering what we overlook, including people living their passions, like street musicians, chefs, or craftsmen, people who are not indifferent. They are fully present, and give us a chance to join them in the moment, but only if we stop to listen.
55. Why were the author and his friends not teased in high school?
A. Other students were busy studying then.
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