Mardi 6 Septembre 2022
在我準備托福考的時候，托福聽力有一篇Emerson's self relience.很是意外外國人有這樣的一篇文章，感覺很東方的，很東方的意思是很哲學的，很心靈的，而不是冷冰冰沒有靈魂的。
我打字打完了全文，有一些篇幅，我沒有放在這裡，有考慮到智財權的問題，可是，摘錄其中幾句應該還可以。
這是很touch我的句子。
Now, we already said that Emerson really emphasized
nonconformity, right? As a way to sort of not lose your own self and identity
in the world? To have your own truth and not be afraid to listen to it? Well,
he takes it a step further. Not conforming also means, ah, not conforming with
yourself, or your past.
What does that mean? Well, if you’ve always
been a certain way, or done a certain thing, but it’s not working for you anymore,
or you’re not content—Emerson says that it’d be foolish to be consistent even
with our own past. Focus on the future, he says: that’s what matters more. Inconsistency
is good！
Inconsistency is good！這是一件好事。
He talks about a ship’s voyage---and this is one of the most famous bits of the essay—how the best voyage is made up of zigzag lines. Up close, it seems a little all over the place, but from farther away the true path shows, and in the end it justifies all the turns along the way. So, don’t worry if you’re not sure where you’re headed or what your long term goals are—
Stay true to yourself and it’ll make sense
in the end. I mean, I can attest to that. Before I was a literature professor,
I was an accountant. Before that, I was a newspaper reporter. My life has taken
some pretty interesting turns, and here I am, very happy with my experiences
and where they’ve brought me. If you rely on yourself and trust your own
talents, your own interests, don’t worry. Your path will make sense in the end.
我很喜歡，可能因為我也是這樣的吧！
我很期待我的放飛我自己，我期待看到結果。