如何找到人生的意义

一次性地解决这个问题|灵感电波 #60

如何找到人生的意义
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Hi,又见面啦!

每周我都会从上百份书摘、文章、播客和社交媒体中精选最有价值的内容,只为呈现五个点亮生活的绝妙灵感。

从大学时期我就常常思考一个看似永恒的问题“人为什么活着?”或者“人生的意义究竟是什么?”

完成学业,进入工作,组建家庭,并没有让我停止对这个问题的思考。直到最近,不知是这些年的阅历和阅读有了收获,还是其他某种机缘,这个问题的解法渐渐清晰。

本期内容分享知乎和Reddit上对这个问题的最好答案,希望能给同样思考这些问题的人一些灵感。


知乎这篇回答逻辑严谨地论证了“人活着没有任何意义“,以及为什么其实这是一件好事。这是我在知乎读到的最好的回答之一,强烈推荐。摘录一段核心观点:

你必须搞清楚这个先后顺序,你是先存在于这个世界上,然后才开始寻找意义的。

你不是因为有意义才活着。
你是因为活着才去寻找意义。


你跟所有物体,石头,树木,动物一样,都只是存在。他们的存在没有意义,你的存在也没有意义。

但是作为人类,你有思维,你有自我察觉,你有价值判断,所以你觉得自己应该有一个意义。(理论支持:斯蒂芬·霍金《The Grand Design》

所以不是先找到意义然后再活着,而是先努力生活,然后你自然会给自己赋予一个自己满意的意义。

那么我们应该如何生活呢,Reddit上的这篇回答能给迷茫中的人一些启示。这也是我在Reddit上读到的最好的回答之一。

你如何找到人生的真正目的?
21岁了,仍然感到无时无刻不在迷茫。困在大学,无人生目标。我无法形容我有多么羡慕那些在我这个年龄之前就搞清楚一切的人。我一直在浪费我的人生,做任何事情都没有目标或目的。我再也承受不起再浪费一年了。

下面摘录最高赞回答的五个主要观点:

I

Heres the biggest life hack, leave your comfort zone. The best education is travel and the easiest way to find yourself is on the road.
这是最大的生活秘诀:离开你的舒适区。最好的教育是旅行,最简单的自我发现方法就是在路上。

Try everything, all the food, all the dancing, all the music, all the movies, books, dates, EVERYTHING. You dont know ehat you like and dont like until you try it. Eventually youll have to confidence to say yes or no to things you do or dont like. Make all the beautiful mistakes now but NEVER MAKE A MISTAKE YOU CANT BOUNCE BACK FROM. If there is a worst case scenario that could ruin your life then be extremely careful about saying yes and go into that situation with an extremely well thought out plan.
尝试一切,所有的食物、所有的舞蹈、所有的音乐、所有的电影、书籍、约会,所有的一切。你不会知道自己喜欢什么或不喜欢什么,直到你亲自去尝试。最终,你会有信心对自己喜欢或不喜欢的事情说“是”或“不是”。现在就去犯所有美丽的错误,但永远不要犯无法挽回的错误。如果有最坏的情况可能会毁掉你的生活,那在说“是”之前一定要极其小心,并做好万分周全的计划。

II

Theres only 2 people in life that you should seek approval from. The young version of you that dreamed big and envisioned how you would be on your greatest adventure, and you on your deathbed the day before you die. As long as those people agree with your life then your doing it right. Your young dreamer self never died, that version is watching you from the past, and you on your deathbed is watching you from the future. Decide to be the person TODAY that would make both of them proud and brag about you.
在生活中,你只需要寻求两个人的认可:年轻时那个梦想远大、憧憬着你冒险旅程的自己,以及临终前一天的自己。只要这两个人都认可你的人生,那你就做对了。那个充满梦想的年轻自我从未消失,TA正在过去的时光中注视着你,而临终的自己也在未来凝视着你。今天就决定成为那个会让他们为你骄傲、津津乐道的人。

III

Giving to others is one of lifes greatest gifts but you must gain power to give it to others so be selfish in your pursuit of greatness but selfless to causes or people you deem worthy.
给予他人是人生最伟大的礼物之一,但你必须首先获得力量才能给予他人。因此,在追求卓越的道路上要自私,但在对你认为值得的事业或人面前要无私。

IV

Everyone will doubt your plan, everyone will say its crazy. Thats why your going to tell NO ONE; 1 or 2 of your very closest confidants at most and only if they are the type to not shit on your dreams. Your dreams and goals are the smallest little sparks, you need to protect your flame because haters and doubters can blow it out with a single word on accident. If you protect it, then it will grow into a blaze that sets your world on fire!
每个人都会怀疑你的计划,每个人都会说这很疯狂。所以你要告诉谁呢?最多告诉一两个你最亲密的知己,而且只能是那种不会踩灭你梦想的人。你的梦想和目标就像最微小的火花,你需要保护这团火,因为嫉妒者和怀疑者可能会无意间用一句话将其扑灭。如果你保护好了,它就会燃成烈焰,点燃你的世界!

V

Keep moving until you find your place in the world, no matter how many times you fail and have to move back to home base, you always get to try again. Life gives you challanges to see of your worthy of its true rewards. Embracing failure at your age will lead to the true you. Eventually you stop failing and everyone around you starts to wonder why you dont ever lose. The secret is that you have failed more times then they have tried and it turned out to be your biggest secret weapon. The best version of you have failed countless times until one day....... failure stopped visiting as often in place of confidence and victory.
不断前进,直到你找到属于自己的地方。不管你失败多少次,最终又不得不回到原点,生活总是会给你再尝试的机会。生活带给你的挑战,是在考验你是否配得上真正的回报。年轻时拥抱失败,会引导你成为真正的自己。最终,你会停止频繁地失败,周围的人会开始好奇,为什么你似乎从未失手。秘密就是你失败的次数比他们尝试的次数还多,而这最终成为你最大的秘密武器。最好的你曾无数次跌倒,直到有一天……失败不再频繁光顾,而自信与成功取而代之。

祝你有美好的一周!

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