A university professor started off his class by picking out of his back pocket a 20-pound note. And in this lecture hall of about 200 people he asked, 'How many of you would like this note?' Naturally, all 200 hands went up.
一位大學教授從他的背口袋裡拿出一張20英鎊的鈔票, 開始了他的課。在這個大約200人的演講廳裡, 他問: 你們中有多少會喜歡這張紙條？ 當然, 所有200隻手都舉起來了。
He then said, 'Before I let you have it, let me ask you this question.' He took the note and folded it in half twice, and then he said, 'How many of you want this note?' Still 200 hands went up. Now he said, 'Let me try something else.' He took the note and he crumpled it.
然後他說: 在我讓你擁有它之前, 讓我問你這個問題。他拿起紙條, 把它對摺了兩次, 然後說: "你們還有多少人想要這張紙條？" ，仍然是200隻手高舉著。他又說, 讓我再試試。他拿著紙條, 把它弄皺。
And he said, 'How many of you want this note now?' Still 200 hands went up. Finally he chucked the note on the floor. He screwed it with his shoe and crumpled it even more, picked it back up, now with dirt, and said, 'How many of you want this note?'
他說: " 你們當中有多少人現在想要這張紙條？" ，仍然是200隻手舉著了。最後他把紙條扔在地板上。他用鞋子把它擰成一團, 把它弄皺了, 再撿起來, 現在它帶著泥土, 教授說: 你們有多少人還想要這張紙條？
All 200 hands were still up. He said, 'Today, you've learnd an important lesson. No matter how much I crumpled that note, how much i scrunched it up, how many times it was trodden on, you still wanted it, because it was still worth 20-pounds.'
200隻手還是舉著。他說: " 今天, 你學到了重要的一課。不管我把那張紙條弄皺了多少, 我揉了多少次, 你還是想要它, 因為它仍然值20英鎊。
In the same way that that 20-pound note held its value, so do you.
以同樣的方式, 那20英鎊的鈔票持有它的價值, 你也一樣。
No matter how many times life will tread on you, life will crumple you, life will scrunch you, and life squeeze you, you will always keep your value, that spark within us all of bliss, knowledge, and eternity that exists, that spark will never be taken away.
不管生活會對你有多少次的踐踏, 將你揉碎, 使你皺起, 擠壓你, 你將永遠保持你的價值, 保有在我們內心的喜悅, 知識和永恆所散發的花火, 將永遠不會熄滅。
Our value is not created by the price of our clothes or our bank balance or the job title that we have. See, we should be building life and not just building our CVs.
我們的價值不是由我們衣服的價格, 或我們的銀行餘額或我們的工作頭銜決定的。我們應該創造自己的生活, 而不僅僅是創造好看的簡歷。
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