但是如果只是自己成功了,卻沒能幫助別人也走向成功,那不叫真正的成功。真正的成功是通向更高的地方,這是真理,但是你怎么做才能幫助別人也通往更高的地方呢?
So, I spent my life doing that, thinking about how can I help somebody else move to higher ground. How can I help somebody else to get a stronger and better place, because that is success. That's it. That's why we all alive, to use ourselves, our lives, for something bigger than ourselves.
因此我一生都在思考怎么做才能幫助別人通往更高的地方,我該怎樣做才能幫助別人達(dá)到一個(gè)更好更牢固的地方,因?yàn)樵谖铱磥砟遣攀钦嬲某晒?。那的確是真正的成功。我們活著的意義就是為了讓我們的生命發(fā)光發(fā)熱,去服務(wù)于更多的人。
So, graduates, in closing, each of us has to stand in our own shoes, and the real question is how will you stand in your own? Will you stand in them with humility and compassion and integrity and courage? Well, I'm here to tell you, every day and every experience of your life will give you a chance to make that choice. It still happens to me, every day, all the time.
畢業(yè)生們,最后,我們總要穿上自己的鞋子走自己的路,真正的問題是你們會(huì)選擇怎樣走呢?你們會(huì)不會(huì)戴著謙卑、同情、正直和勇氣走呢?今天在這里我要告訴你們,生命中的每一天,每次經(jīng)歷都會(huì)給你選擇的機(jī)會(huì)。我也是每一天每一刻都面臨著選擇。
Most recently, I was faced with a big decision as to whether or not— we had done this wonderful show, informative show, on Columbine, with an author of the book who had written this really fascinating, intriguing book on Columbine. And e finished taping the show, and I went upstairs and I said to the producers, who were all excited because he was doing his first interview with us, and they get really excited, "It’s exclusive and it's wonderful, it's great."
剛剛過去的一些日子,我一直面臨著一個(gè)重大的抉擇——我們錄制了一期很棒的節(jié)目,是關(guān)于科倫拜校園慘案的一本很精彩的書的作者。當(dāng)我們錄完節(jié)目,我上樓和制片人說話,他們都異常激動(dòng),因?yàn)檫@位作家是第一次做我們的嘉賓,他們興奮地說,“這絕對(duì)是獨(dú)家新聞,太棒了,太偉大了。”