THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
北卡罗莱纳大学教堂山分校(The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Atul Gawande, doctor and writer
阿图尔·葛文德(Atul Gawande), 医生,作家
“Ultimately, it turns out we all have an intrinsic need to pursue purposes larger than ourselves, purposes worth making sacrifices for. People often say, ‘Find your passion.’ But there’s more to it than that. Not all passions are enough. Just existing for your desires feels empty and insufficient, because our desires are fleeting and insatiable. You need a loyalty. The only way life is not meaningless is to see yourself as part of something greater: a family, a community, a society. And that is the best part of what college has allowed you to do. College made it easy. It gave you an automatic place in the world where you could feel part of something greater. The supposedly ‘real world’ you are joining does not. ...
“说到底,我们都有一种内在的需要去追求比我们自身更重要的目的,值得为之牺牲的目的。人们常说,‘寻找你的激情。’但人生并非如此简单。光靠满腔激情是不够的。仅仅为欲望而存在会让你感到空虚,没有充实感,因为我们的欲望转瞬即逝,而且无法满足。你需要一种归属感。让人生不再缺乏意义的唯一方式,就是把你自己视为某个更大事物的组成部分,比如家庭、社区或社会。这是通过大学教育你能够做的最好的事情。大学让这样做变得容易。它让你自动在这个世界获得一个让你体验归属感的位置。你即将加入的所谓‘现实世界’做不到这一点。”
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