最近到東吳大學城中校區分享時,剛好有提到一首詩,裡頭的觀點,或許能夠點破時下年輕人們對未來的困惑與迷惘,我承諾學生們會把這首詩放上我的blog,現在我把它放上來了。
我常告訴年輕人們 “be the change”,要勇於做改變、挑戰現況,並且“Replace fear of the unknown with curiosity”–以好奇心來取代對未知的恐懼。唯有如此,你才能從中蛻變成一個更好的自己。
Do you have a dream?
If YES, just go ahead.
Only a person who risks is FREE.
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On Becoming a Risk Taker
Risk taking is Free
To laugh is to risk appearing the fool,
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental,
To reach out for another is to risk involvement,
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self,
To place your ideas, your dreams before the crowd is to risk their loss,
To love is to risk not being loved in return,
To live is to risk dying,
To hope is to risk despair,
To try is to risk failure,
But risk must be taken,
because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing does nothing, has nothing and is nothing.
He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, live.
Chained by his certitudes, he is a slave, he has forfeited freedom
Only a person who risks is free.
-Author Unknown-