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It isn't 42 and you don't need sandals and beard to understand that there are 4 things that make life meaningful
答案不是42(影片《銀河漫遊指南》中關於生命真義的最終答案),你不需要穿草鞋、留鬍鬚來理解有四樣事物可以讓生命有意義
Firstly, helping others
首先,幫助他人
The most meaningless life would be to have to roll a boulder up a mountain repeatedly
生命中最沒有意義的就是不得不反反覆覆地將大圓石推上山
Because what makes life meaningful is doing something useful for other people
因為讓生命有意義的是幫助他人
We often think that the nicest thing is to be served
我們常常會認為,最美好的事情是享受他人為我們服務
But that is nothing next to the joy of serving others
但是,這和服務他人所帶來的愉悅是不同的
Fixing their heart
撫慰他們的心靈
Teaching them trigonometry
教授他們三角法
Helping them to burp
幫助他們打嗝
The meaning of life is service
生命的意義是服務
It's also to make something that's better than we normally are
也是讓我們成為一個比平常的自己更好的人
We're all a bit of a mess, anxious, furious, forgetful
我們的生活都是一團糟,我們焦慮、憤怒、健忘
so there's meaning in creating something superior
所以,創造一些更高級的事物是有意義的
The train set that's more organized than we are
鐵路模型(一種玩具)都要比我們更加井井有條
The garden that's pretty in a way we aren't always
花園在某種程度上也比我們要美好
The book that says what we normally can't
書上說的是我們通常做不到的
Finding out our stuffs work is also meaningful
發現我們的東西如何運作也是有意義的
Gravity, a foreign language, computer code
地心引力、一門外語、電腦代碼
and best of all, who we are
以及最終的-我們是誰
what drives us,
是什麼激勵著我們
and what we should aim for
我們的目標應該是什麼
Lastly, meaning comes from connections with others
最後,意義來自和其他人的連結
The opposite of superficial chat is when you show the vulnerable, scared parts of you to another person
和膚淺的談話相反的是你告訴另一個人你的脆弱和害怕
The best way to kick-start a meaningful conversation just ask, "What are you really afraid of?"
開始一段有意義的對話最好的方式就是問自己「你真正害怕的是什麼?」
So that's the meaning of life
這就是生命的意義