Someonesaid“wearereadingthefirstverseofthefirstchapterofabook,whosepagesareinfinite”.Idon’tknowwhowrotethesewords,butI’vealwayslikedthemasareminderthatthefuturecanbeanythingwewantittobe.Weareallinthepositionofthefarmers.Ifweplantagoodseed,wereapagoodharvest.Ifweplantnothingatall,weharvestnothingatall.
Weareyoung.“Howtospendtheyouth?”Itisameaningfulquestion.Toanswerit,firstIhavetoask“whatdoyouunderstandbythewordyouth?”Youthisnotatimeoflife,it’sastateofmind.It’snotamatterofrosycheeks,redlipsorsuppleknees.It’sthematterofthewill.It’sthefreshneofthedeepspringoflife.
Apoetsaid“Toseeaworldinagrainofsand,andaheaveninawildflower,holdinfinityinthepalmofyourhand,andeternityinanhour.Severaldaysago,Ihadachancetolistentoalecture.Ilearntalotthere.I’dliketoshareitwithallofyou.Let’sshowourrightpalms.Wecanseethreelinesthatshowhowourlove.careerandlifeis.Ihaveashortlineoflife.
Whataboutyours?Iwonderedwhetherwecouldseeourfutureinthisway.Well,let’smakeafist.Whereisourfuture?
Whereisourlove,career,andlife?Tellme.Yeah,itisinourhands.Itisheldinourselves.
Weallwantthefuturetobebetterthanthepast.Butthefuturecangobetteritself.Don’tcrybecauseitisover,smilebecauseithappened.Fromthepast,we’velearntthatthelifeistough,butwearetougher.We’velearntthatwecan’tchoosehowwefeel,butwecanchoosewhataboutit.Failuredoesn’tmeanyoudon’thaveit,itdoesmeanyoushoulddoitinadifferentway.Failuredoesn’tmeanyoushouldgiveup,itdoesmeanyoumusttryharder.
AswhatIsaidatthebeginning,“wearereadingthefirstverseofthefirstchapterofabook,whosepagesareinfinite”.Thepasthasgone.Nothingwedowillchangeit.Butthefutureisinfrontofus.Believethatwhatwegivetotheworld,theworldwillgivetous.Andfromtodayon,let’sbetheownersofourselves,andspeakout“Wearetheworld,wearethefuture.”
sincethequalityofhonestyappliestoallbehaviors,onecannotrefusetoconsiderfactualinformation,forexample,inanunbiasedmannerandstillclaimthatone'sknowledge,belieforpositionisanattempttobetruthful.suchabeliefisclearlyaproductofone'sdesiresandsimplyhasnothingtodowiththehumanabilitytoknow.basingone'spositionsonwhatonewants—ratherthanunbiasedevidencegathering—isdishonestevenwhengoodintentionscanbecited—afterallevenhitlercouldcitegoodintentionsandintendedgloryforaselectgroupofpeople.clearlythen,anunbiasedapproachtothetruthisarequirementofhonesty.
humanbeingsareinherentlybiasedaboutwhattheybelievetobegoodduetoindividualtastes&backgrounds,butonceoneunderstandsthatadecidedlybiasedapproachtowhatistrue—isinherentlydishonest,onecanalsounderstandhowidealismandideologyhavepoorlyservedthequestforanhonest,moralsociety.bothhonestyandmoralityrequirethatwebaseouropinionsaboutwhatisgood—uponunbiasedideasofwhatistrue—ratherthanviceversa
(determiningwhatistruebasedonwhatwefeelisgood)—thewayallideologieswouldhaveusbelieve.
It’sbeyondreproachthatwewillcomeacrossallkindsofdifficultiesandchallengesinourlifetime.Somewillbesubjectedtofrequentsadness.Somewilllosetheirwaytomoveon.Thus,onlywhenweequipourselveswithhopeandcouragecanwefinallysucceedintheuncertainfuture.
ForrestGumpshowedsogreatcourageinthemoviethathetouchedmealot.Foronething,nomatterwhenandwhereJennygotintotrouble,ForrestGumpwouldbringheroutofitwithoutthinkinghowdangerousthesituationwouldbe.Maybeweshouldallfellashamedthatweloveourselvesmorethanwelovelove,butForrestshowedgreatcourageinlove.Foranother,ForrestgumpriskedhislifetosaveBubbainthewar.It’scouragethathelpedForrestgainaseriesofhonorafterwar.ForrestGumpisbeautifulforhisperseveranceandtouchesotherswithhiscourage.
Apersoncan’tdowithoutcourageintermsofloveandfriendship,letalonelife.Aweakpersonmayavoidthedifficulties,butapersonwithcouragewillfaceuptoithead-on.Therefore,let’equipourselveswithgreatcourage.