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人生目标究竟是什么？ A few weeks ago, I asked readers to send in essays describing their purpose in life and how they found it. A few thousand submitted contributions, and many essays are online. I ’wllrite more about the lessons they shared in the weeks ahead, but one common theme surprised me. |精. |品. |可. |编. |辑. |学. |习. |资. |料. * | 几周前我向读者征文，请大家说一说自己的人生目标是什么，以及他们是如何找到自己的目标的；有几千人投了稿，其中很多文章已经放在网上了；将来几周里，我会环绕他们共享的体会再写几篇，不过有一个普遍的主题是我之前没有想到的； I expected most contributors would follow the |* commencement -speech clich | * *| m big; set ambitious * | séof our high-achieving culture : drea |欢. |迎. |下. |载. goals; try to change the world. In fact, a surprising number of people f ound their purpose by going the other way, by pursuing the small, happy life. 我本以为多数投稿人会落入我们的胜利文化窠臼， 说些高校毕业典礼演讲式的套话： 要心比天高；立下远大的志向；致力于转变世界；然而实际上，数量惊人的投稿人 反其道而行之，通过追求一种幸福的小日子找到了自己的人生目标； Elizabeth Young once heard the story of a man who was asked by a jo urnalist to show his most precious possession . The man, Young wrote, “ wasproud and excited to show the journalist the gift he had been bequeathed. A banged up tin pot he kept carefull y wrapped in cloth as though it was fragile . The journalist was confused , what made this d ingy old pot so valuable . |精. |品. |可. |编. |辑. |学. |习. |资. |料. * | * | * | * | |欢. |迎. |下. |载. ‘ Themessage, ’the friend replied. The message was ‘ wedo not all have to shine. ’This story resonated deeply. In that moment I was able to relieve myself of the need to do something important, from which I would reap praise and be re warded with fulfillment . My vision cleared. ” 伊丽莎白 ·扬(Elizabeth Young) 说她听过一个故事； 故事里， 一个记者让一个人展现一下他所拥有的最珍贵的东西； 扬写道，那人“特别自豪而兴奋地向记者展现了他收到的一份礼物；一只破旧的锡壶，被他当心翼翼地用布包着；记者懵了，这么一 个破玩意为何如此珍贵？ ‘启示， ’那位伴侣答道；它带来的启示是， ‘不是全部人都需要发光； ’这个故事给我很大触动；在那一刻，我熟悉到我不必强求自己去做重要的事，并为此得到赞誉，猎取成就感；我的视野清楚起来； ” Young continues, “Ihave always wanted to be effortlessly kind. I wanted to raise childr en who were kind . ”She notes that among those who survived the Nazi death camps, a predomin