A life of purpose | Rick Warren

翻译人员: Gary Wang 校对人员: Qian Yue

I'm often asked,

经常有人问我，

"What surprised you about the book?"

这本书使你惊讶的是什么？

And I say, "That I got to write it."

我说，是我要写它的决心。

I would have never imagined that.

我本来根本想像不到，

Not in my wildest dreams did I think --

即使是在我最荒诞的梦里面也没有想到——

I don't even consider myself to be an author.

我甚至没有料到自己会成为作家。

And I'm often asked,

也经常有人问我，

"Why do you think so many people have read this?

你认为是什么原因这么多人看过你的书？

This thing's selling still about a million copies a month."

这本书现在还每个月销售1百万本。

And I think it's because spiritual emptiness

我认为这是因为精神上的空虚

is a universal disease.

这是整个地球的通病。

I think inside at some point, we put our heads down on the pillow and we go,

我觉得在内心深处，我们倒在枕头上面就想：

"There's got to be more to life than this."

“人生中肯定应该有比我现在的生活更多的东西。”

Get up in the morning, go to work, come home and watch TV,

每天早上起床，上班，回家看电视，

go to bed, get up in the morning, go to work, come home, watch TV, go to bed,

睡觉，早上起床，上班，回家看电视，睡觉，

go to parties on weekends.

周末去和朋友聚会。

A lot of people say, "I'm living." No, you're not living -- that's just existing.

很多人说：“我在生活”。其实不是，你不是在生活——那只是活着。

只是活着而已。

Just existing.

I really think that there's this inner desire.

我真的认为内心深处有这个（不只是活着的）渴望。

I do believe what Chris said; I believe that you're not an accident.

我的确相信耶稣基督说的话。我相信你来到这个世界不是碰巧偶然的。

Your parents may not have planned you, but I believe God did.

你的父母可能没有计划你，但是我相信上帝计划了。

I think there are accidental parents; there's no doubt about that.

我认为有偶然碰巧成为父母的，这一点毫无疑问。

I don't think there are accidental kids.

但是我认为没有偶然产生的小孩。

And I think you matter.

并且我认为你是重要的。

I think you matter to God; I think you matter to history;

我认为你对上帝重要，对历史重要，

I think you matter to this universe.

我认为你对这个宇宙重要。

And I think that the difference

我认为在

between what I call the survival level of living, the success level of living,

我称为生存水准的生活，成功水准的生活，

and the significance level of living is:

和意义重大水准的生活之间的区别是：

Do you figure out, "What on Earth am I here for?"

你是否弄清楚了：我在这个世上到底有什么意义？

I meet a lot of people who are very smart,

我碰到过很多非常聪明的人，

and say, "But why can't I figure out my problems?"

但是他们说：“为什么我弄不明白自己的问题？”

And I meet a lot of people who are very successful,

我也遇到过很多非常成功的人，

who say, "Why don't I feel more fulfilled?

他们说：“为什么我老觉得缺少点什么？

Why do I feel like a fake?

为什么我感觉像一个假货？

Why do I feel like I've got to pretend that I'm more than I really am?"

为什么我感觉

必须要假装比真实的我更强？

I think that comes down to this issue of meaning, of significance, of purpose.

我认为追根究底这就是我要讲的人生的意义，重要性，或者说目的。

I think it comes down to this issue of:

我认为这个问题本质上是问：

"Why am I here? What am I here for? Where am I going?"

我为什么活着？我活着是为了什么？我要走向哪里去？

These are not religious issues.

这些不是宗教问题——

They're human issues.

而是整个人类的问题。

I wanted to tell Michael before he spoke that I really appreciate what he does,

我本来想在迈克演讲之前告诉他

我真的感谢他所做的事情，

because it makes my life work a whole lot easier.

因为那使得我的生活和工作轻松多了。

As a pastor, I do see a lot of kooks.

作为一个牧师，我的确看过很多怪人。

And I have learned that there are kooks in every area of life.

我也知道在生活的各个层面都有怪人。

Religion doesn't have a monopoly on that,

并不是只有宗教中

but there are plenty of religious kooks.

才有怪人，但是的确有不少信教的怪人。

There are secular kooks; there are smart kooks, dumb kooks.

有不信教的怪人，聪明的怪人，愚蠢的怪人。

There are people -- a lady came up to me the other day,

有一些人——有一天一个女士走到我面前，

and she had a white piece of paper -- Michael, you'll like this one --

拿着一张白纸，——迈克，你会喜欢这个故事——

她说：“你在这张纸里面能看到什么？”

and she said, "What do you see in it?"

我看了一下，说：“哦，我没看见什么东西。”

And I looked at it and I said, "Oh, I don't see anything."

And she goes, "Well, I see Jesus," and started crying and left.

她说：“嗯，我看见耶稣”，然后开始哭，离开了。

I'm going, "OK," you know? "Fine."

我就想，那好啊，是吧。

(Laughter)

不错，

Good for you.

为你祝福。

When the book became the best-selling book in the world for the last three years,

当这本书在过去3年成为世界上最畅销的书，

在某种程度上是我的小危机和困惑。

I kind of had my little crisis.

And that was: What is the purpose of this?

那就是，这个东西的目的是什么？

Because it brought in enormous amounts of money.

因为它带来了巨额的金钱。

When you write the best-selling book in the world,

当你写了世界上最畅销的书，

那就意味着成堆成堆的钱。

it's tons and tons of money.

And it brought in a lot of attention, neither of which I wanted.

并且它也带来很多别人的关注。而这两个东西都不是我想要的。

When I started Saddleback Church, I was 25 years old.

我开办马鞍峰教会(Saddleback Church)的时候25岁，

I started it with one other family in 1980.

那是在1980年我和另一个家庭成员一起开办的。

And I decided that I was never going to go on TV,

我当时决定永远不上电视，

because I didn't want to be a celebrity.

因为我不想成为一个名人，

I didn't want to be a, quote, "evangelist, televangelist" --

我不想做“传福音者，电视传福音者”——

that's not my thing.

那不是我喜欢的。

And all of the sudden, it brought a lot of money and a lot of attention.

而突然，这本书带来了大量的金钱和关注。

I don't think --

我不认为——

now, this is a worldview,

其实，这是一种世界观，我跟你说，每个人都有自己的世界观。

and I will tell you, everybody's got a worldview.

Everybody's betting their life on something.

每个人都把他们的人生赌在某些东西上。

You're betting your life on something,

你也正把你的人生押在某些东西上面——

you just better know why you're betting what you're betting on.

不过你最好知道为什么你把它押在这些东西上面。

So, everybody's betting their life on something.

所以说，每个人都在把自己的人生赌在某些东西上面，

And when I, you know, made a bet,

而当我押赌注的时候，我碰巧相信

I happened to believe that Jesus was who he said he was.

耶稣就是他所说的（自己是上帝的使者）。

And I believe in a pluralistic society,

但是每个人——我相信在一个多元化的社会——

everybody's betting on something.

每个人都赌在某些东西上面。

And when I started the church,

我开办教堂的时候，

you know, I had no plans to do what it's doing now.

嗯，我根本没有预计到会做现在做的事情。

And then when I wrote this book,

后来我写了这本书，

and all of a sudden, it just took off,

突然它就

极其畅销，

and I started saying, now, what's the purpose of this?

然后我开始说，那么这个东西的意义是什么？

因为我开始说，

Because as I started to say,

I don't think you're given money or fame

我认为上帝给你金钱或者名望

for your own ego, ever.

并不是为了膨胀你的自我，永远不是。

我相信不是。

I just don't believe that.

And when you write a book that the first sentence of the book is,

当你写了一本书而这本书的第一句话是

"It's not about you,"

“这本书与你无关。”

然后突然间

then, when all of a sudden it becomes the best-selling book in history,

它成为了史上最畅销书的时候，

you've got to figure, well, I guess it's not about me.

你当然会认识到，对吧，我猜这不是关于我。

That's kind of a no-brainer.

那是傻子都懂的道理。

So, what is it for?

那么，它的目的和意义是什么？

And I began to think about what I call the "stewardship of affluence"

我开始思考我称之为财富引导

and the "stewardship of influence."

和影响力引导的概念。

So I believe, essentially, leadership is stewardship.

我认为从根本上说，领导力就是引导力。

That if you are a leader in any area --

如果你是任何领域的一个领导和先驱——

in business, in politics, in sports, in art,

在商业，政治，体育，艺术，

in academics, in any area --

学术，任何领域——

you don't own it.

你不是它的所有者，

You are a steward of it.

而是一个引导者。

For instance, that's why I believe in protecting the environment.

比如，这也是为什么我相信要保护环境。

This is not my planet.

这不是我的地球。在我出生之前不是我的，

It wasn't mine before I was born, it's not going to be mine after I die,

在我死了之后也不会是我的。

I'm just here for 80 years and then that's it.

我只是在它上面过80年而已，就这么简单。

I was debating the other day on a talk show,

我曾经在一个脱口秀节目上辩论，

and the guy was challenging me and he'd go,

有个人挑战我说，

"What's a pastor doing on protecting the environment?"

“一个牧师讲保护环境干什么？”

And I asked this guy, I said, "Well, do you believe

我就问他：“那么，你觉得

that human beings are responsible

人类有责任

to make the world a little bit better place for the next generation?

让这个世界变得稍微好一点给下一代吗？

Do you think we have a stewardship here, to take the environment seriously?"

你觉得在这个世界上我们有没有

要严肃对待环境问题的引导责任？”

And he said, "No."

他说：“没有”。

I said, "Oh, you don't?"

我说：“啊？你不觉得？”我说：“让我再阐述清楚一点。

I said, "Let me make this clear again:

Do you believe that as human beings -- I'm not talking about religion --

你觉得作为人——我不是在讲宗教——

do you believe that as human beings, it is our responsibility

你觉不觉得作为人，是我们的责任

to take care of this planet,

照顾好这个地球，使它只是稍微好那么一点点留给下一代？”

and make it just a little bit better for the next generation?"

他说：“不觉得。

And he said, "No. Not any more than any other species."

不觉得比其他物种要多些责任。”

When he said the word "species," he was revealing his worldview.

当他吐出“物种”这个词，他就暴露了他的世界观。

And he was saying,

他还说：“我不比一只鸭子有更多责任

"I'm no more responsible to take care of this environment than a duck is."

要照顾这个环境。”

Well now, I know a lot of times we act like ducks,

当然，我知道很多时候我们的所作所为就像鸭子一样，

but you're not a duck.

但是你不是一只鸭子。

You're not a duck.

你不是鸭子。

And you are responsible -- that's my worldview.

你的确有责任——这是我的世界观。

And so, you need to understand what your worldview is.

所以，你需要懂得你的周围世界是什么，世界观是什么。

The problem is most people never really think it through.

问题是大多数人从来没有真正想明白过。

They never really ...

他们从来没有真正——从来没有真正

codify it or qualify it or quantify it,

整理，定性，或者量化它，

and say, "This is what I believe in. This is why I believe what I believe."

就说：“我相信这个。

这就是为什么我相信我所相信的。”

I don't personally have enough faith to be an atheist.

我个人并没有足够的信心成为一个无神论者。

But you may, you may.

但是你可能，你可能。

Your worldview, though, does determine everything else in your life,

不过，你的世界观的确决定了你生活中的任何其他东西，

because it determines your decisions;

因为它决定了你的判断，

it determines your relationships;

决定了你的社会关系，

it determines your level of confidence.

决定了你的自信度。

It determines, really, everything in your life.

它决定了，实际上，你生活中的一切。

What we believe, obviously --

我们所相信的，显然——

and you know this -- determines our behavior,

你们也知道——决定了我们的行为，

and our behavior determines what we become in life.

而我们的行为决定了我们在人生中成为什么。

So all of this money started pouring in,

后来所有这些金钱开始涌入，

and all of this fame started pouring in.

所有这些名声开始涌入，

And I'm going, what do I do with this?

我就想，我怎么处理这些？

My wife and I first made five decisions on what to do with the money.

妻子和我首先做了5 个怎么处理那些钱的决定。

We said, "First, we're not going to use it on ourselves."

我们说：“首先，

我们不打算把它用在我们自己身上。”

I didn't go out and buy a bigger house.

我没有去买一个更大的房子，

I don't own a guesthouse.

没有第二套房子，

I still drive the same four year-old Ford that I've driven.

仍然开着那辆4年前的福特车。

We just said, we're not going to use it on us.

我们说过，我们不打算把它用于自己。

The second thing was,

第二，

I stopped taking a salary from the church that I pastor.

我不再从我传道的教会领取薪水。

Third thing is, I added up all that the church had paid me

第三，我把过去25年教会付给我的钱加起来，

over the last 25 years, and I gave it back.

全部还了回去。

And I gave it back because I didn't want anybody thinking

我还回去是因为我不希望任何人认为

that I do what I do for money -- I don't.

我是为了钱才干这份工作——我不是。

In fact, personally, I've never met

事实上，个人亲身经验，我从来没有遇到一

a priest or a pastor or a minister who does it for money.

个传教士或者牧师是为了钱才传福音的。

I know that's the stereotype; I've never met one of them.

我知道这听起来假惺惺的。但是的确我从来没有遇到一个。

Believe me, there's a whole lot easier ways to make money.

相信我，有一大堆更容易的方式去赚钱。

Pastors are like on 24 hours-a-day call, they're like doctors.

牧师就像是一个一天24小时随时待命的工作，就像医生一样。

I left late today -- I'd hoped to be here yesterday --

今天我结束工作比较晚。本来想昨天就到这里来的，

because my father-in-law is in his last, probably, 48 hours

因为我岳父可能已经处在死于癌症之前的

before he dies of cancer.

最后48小时。

And I'm watching a guy who's lived his life --

我在看着一个生活了一辈子的男人——

he's now in his mid-80s -- and he's dying with peace.

现在他80好几了——

正平静地死去。你知道吧，对你世界观的检验

You know, the test of your worldview is not how you act in the good times.

不是你在顺利的时候怎么表现，

The test of your worldview is how you act at the funeral.

对你世界观的检验是你在葬礼上怎么表现。

And having been through literally hundreds if not thousands of funerals,

经历过几百个甚至几千个葬礼之后，

it makes a difference.

那的确不一样。

It makes a difference what you believe.

那能改变你所相信的东西。

So, we gave it all back,

于是，我们把所有那些钱全部奉献回去，

and then we set up three foundations,

设立了三个基金会，

working on some of the major problems of the world:

着力于世界上的一些主要问题：

illiteracy, poverty, pandemic diseases -- particularly HIV/AIDS --

文盲，贫穷，流行病——尤其是艾滋病——

and set up these three foundations, and put the money into that.

设立这三个基金会，

把钱放在里面。

The last thing we did is we became what I call "reverse tithers."

我们所做的最后一件事是成为了我称为的“留10%的人”。

And that is, when my wife and I got married 30 years ago,

我妻子和我30年前

结婚的时候，

we started tithing.

我们就开始了什一奉献（捐献10%的收入）。

Now, that's a principle in the Bible

圣经里面有个原则

that says give 10 percent of what you get back to charity,

说要把你所获得的10%捐给慈善机构，

give it away to help other people.

捐出来帮助其他人。

So, we started doing that, and each year we would raise our tithe one percent.

所以我们那时候开始这么做，每一年我们增加捐献1%。

So, our first year of marriage we went to 11 percent,

于是我们结婚后的第一年捐11%，

second year we went to 12 percent,

第二年捐12%，

and the third year we went to 13 percent,

第三年捐13%，

and on and on and on.

每年依次递增。我为什么这么做？

Why did I do that?

Because every time I give,

因为每次我捐献，

it breaks the grip of materialism in my life.

就在我的人生中挣脱了功利主义的束缚。

Materialism is all about getting -- get, get, get, get all you can,

功利主义讲的全部是索取——拿，拿，拿，尽你所能去拿，

can all you get, sit on the can and spoil the rest.

拿到之后像守财奴一样地守着，不惜破坏其他人的利益。

It's all about more, having more.

讲的全部是“更多”，拥有更多。

And we think that the good life is actually looking good --

而我们一般也认为好的人生其实就是看起来不错，

that's most important of all --

那是所有东西里面最重要的——看起来不错，

looking good, feeling good and having the goods.

感觉不错，拥有财产。

But that's not the good life.

但是那其实不是好的人生。

I meet people all the time who have those, and they're not necessarily happy.

我经常碰到拥有这些东西的人，

而他们并不一定幸福快乐。

If money actually made you happy,

如果金钱能使人快乐，

then the wealthiest people in the world would be the happiest.

那么世界上最富有的人应该是最幸福的。

And that I know, personally, I know, is not true.

其实我知道，亲身体验，不是这样的。

It's just not true.

当然不是这样的。

So, the good life is not about looking good, feeling good or having the goods,

所以说，好的人生不是要看起来不错，感觉不错或者拥有财产，

it's about being good and doing good.

而是要做一个好的人，做好的事。

Giving your life away.

把你的人生贡献出去。

Significance in life doesn't come from status,

人生中有意义的东西不是从社会地位中来，

because you can always find somebody who's got more than you.

因为你总能找到比你拥有更多的人。

It doesn't come from sex.

也不是从做爱中来。

It doesn't come from salary.

也不是从收入中来。

It comes from serving.

它来源于为别人服务。

It is in giving our lives away that we find meaning,

是从为别人服务中我们找到意思，

we find significance.

找到意义。

That's the way we were wired, I believe, by God.

我相信这就是上帝把我们互相联结的方式。

And so we began to give away,

从我们开始捐献

and now after 30 years,

到现在有30年了，

my wife and I are reverse tithers -- we give away 90 percent and live on 10.

我妻子和我成为了“留10%的人”——我们捐出去90%而用10%生活。

That, actually, was the easy part.

那其实是容易的部分。

The hard part is, what do I do with all this attention?

难的部分是：我怎么对待这所有的关注？

Because I started getting all kinds of invitations.

因为我开始收到各种各样的邀请。

I just came off a nearly month-long speaking tour

我刚刚结束一个长达一个月

on three different continents,

在3个大洲的巡回演讲，

and I won't go into that,

在这里不说具体情况了，

but it was an amazing thing.

但是那的确是异乎寻常的。

And I'm going, what do I do with this notoriety

而我总在想，我应该怎么对待这些，

这本书带来的这些臭名气？

that the book has brought?

And, being a pastor, I started reading the Bible.

因为是一个牧师，我开始阅读圣经。

There's a chapter in the Bible called Psalm 72,

圣经里面有一章“诗篇72”,

and it's Solomon's prayer for more influence.

讲所罗门祈祷要更多的影响力。

When you read this prayer,

当你看那一节的时候，

it sounds incredibly selfish, self-centered.

它听起来极其的自私，以自我为中心。

大概意思是，

He says, "God, I want you to make me famous."

他说：“上帝，我想你让我出名。”

That's what he prays.

那就是他祈祷的。

He said, "I want you to make me famous.

他说：“我想你让我出名。

I want you to spread the fame of my name through every land,

我想你把我的美名传遍每一片土地，

I want you to give me power.

我想你给我权力，

我想你让我出名。

I want you to make me famous, I want you to give me influence."

我想你赐予我影响力。”

And it just sounds like the most egotistical request you could make,

听起来就像是一个人在准备祈祷的时候有可能提出的

最以自我为中心的要求。

if you were going to pray.

Until you read the whole psalm, the whole chapter.

直到你看完整个诗篇，整个章节。

And then he says, "So that the king ..." --

后来他说：“那么国王”——

he was the king of Israel at that time, at its apex in power --

他当时是以色列的国王是最有权的人——

"... so that the king may care for the widow and orphan,

“那么国王就可以关心寡妇和孤儿，

support the oppressed, defend the defenseless, care for the sick,

支持受压迫的人，保护无助的人，关心生病的人，

assist the poor, speak up for the foreigner,

帮助穷人，为那些关在牢房里面的

those in prison."

外国人说话。”

Basically, he's talking about all the marginalized in society.

基本上他是在关心社会上所有的弱势群体。

And as I read that,

当我看这节的时候，

I looked at it, and I thought, you know,

我就发现，

what this is saying is that the purpose of influence is to speak up

这节所讲的是影响力的目的

for those who have no influence.

是为那些没有影响力的人说话。

The purpose of influence is not to build your ego.

影响力的目的不是为了膨胀你的自我，

Or your net worth.

或者你的净价值。

And, by the way, your net worth is not the same thing as your self-worth.

顺便说一下，你的净价值不等同于

你的自我价值。

Your value is not based on your valuables.

你的价值不是基于你拥有的有价物品，

It's based on a whole different set of things.

而是基于完全不同的一整套东西。

And so the purpose of influence is to speak up

影响力的目的是

for those who have no influence.

为那些没有影响力的人说话。

And I had to admit:

我必须承认，

I can't think of the last time I thought of widows and orphans.

我想不起来上次想到过寡妇和孤儿是什么时候了。

They're not on my radar.

他们不在我的生活工作范围内。

I pastor a church in one of the most affluent areas of America --

我在美国最富有的地区之一的一个教堂里布道——

a bunch of gated communities.

在那里住的是一群有着门禁系统的人。

I have a church full of CEOs and scientists.

那个教堂满是总裁和科学家。

And I could go five years and never, ever see a homeless person.

我连续5年都不可能看到一个无家可归的人。

They're just not in my pathway.

他们就不在我的生活里面。

Now, they're 13 miles up the road in Santa Ana.

现在，我知道他们在圣安娜朝北13英里的地方。

So I had to say, ok,

所以我必须说：“那行，

I would use whatever affluence and whatever influence I've got

我会尽我的财富和影响力

to help those who don't have either of those.

来帮助那些没有这两个东西的人。”

You know, there's a story in the Bible about Moses,

你知道，圣经里面有一个关于摩西的故事。

whether you believe it's true or not, it really doesn't matter to me.

不管你认为它是真的还是假的——

对我来说真的没有关系。

But Moses, if you saw the movie, "The Ten Commandments,"

但是摩西，如果你看过电影“十诫”就知道，

Moses goes out, and there's this burning bush, and God talks to him,

摩西走出去了，那里是燃烧的荆棘丛，上帝在那里和他讲话。

and God says, "Moses, what's in your hand?"

上帝说：“摩西，

你手里拿的是什么？”

I think that's one of the most important questions you'll ever be asked:

我觉得这是人可能被问到的最重要的问题之一。

你手里是什么？

What's in your hand?

Moses says, "It's a staff. It's a shepherd's staff."

摩西说：“一根棍子，

是一根牧羊人的棍子。”

And God says, "Throw it down."

上帝说：“把它扔掉。”

And if you saw the movie, you know, he throws it down and it becomes a snake.

如果你看过那部电影，你就会知道，他扔下它然后棍子变成了一条蛇。

And then God says, "Pick it up."

然后上帝说：“再把它捡起来。”

And he picks it back up again,

他就捡了起来，

and it becomes a staff again.

它又变成了一根棍子。

Now, I'm reading this thing, and I'm going, what is that all about?

那么我看着这个故事，就想，这是在讲什么？

OK. What's that all about? Well, I do know a couple of things.

是吧，这到底是在讲什么？不过，我的确知道一两件事情。

Number one, God never does a miracle to show off.

第一个，上帝从不用奇迹来炫耀。

It's not just, "Wow, isn't that cool?"

那不是要让你觉得“啊，很厉害吧？”

And, by the way, my God doesn't have to show up on cheese bread.

顺便说一下，上帝也没有必要在奶酪面包上现身。

You know, if God's going to show up, he's not going to show up on cheese bread.

你也知道，如果上帝要现身，

他不会在奶酪面包上来现身。

(Laughter)

（大家笑）

是吧。这也是为什么我喜欢迈克做的事情，

Ok? I just, this is why I love what Michael does,

because it's like, if he's debunking it, then I don't have to.

因为如果他正在揭穿真相，那么我就不用那样做了。

But God -- my God -- doesn't show up on sprinkler images.

但是上帝，我的上帝，也不会在喷淋头图片上现身。

He's got a few more powerful ways than that to do whatever he wants to do.

他有一些更加神奇的方式

来做他想做的任何事情。

But he doesn't do miracles just to show off.

但是他不会显示神迹纯粹为了炫耀。

Second thing is, if God ever asks you a question,

第二，如果上帝某次问你一个问题，

he already knows the answer.

他其实是知道答案的。

Obviously, if he's God, then that would mean

显然，如果他是上帝，就意味着

that when he asks the question, it's for your benefit, not his.

当他问一个问题，是为了你的好处，不是为他自己好。

So he's going, "What's in your hand?"

他问：“你手里是什么？”

Now, what was in Moses' hand?

那么，摩西手里拿的是什么？

Well, it was a shepherd's staff. Now, follow me on this.

哦，是一根牧羊人的棍子。现在跟着我这样来想这个故事。

This staff represented three things about Moses' life.

这根棍子在摩西的生活中代表三个东西。

First, it represented his identity; he was a shepherd.

首先，它代表了他的身份。

他是一个牧羊人。它是他自己职业的象征：

It's the symbol of his own occupation:

I am a shepherd.

我是一个牧羊人。它是他的身份，职业，工作的象征符号。

It's a symbol of his identity, his career, his job.

Second, it's a symbol of not only his identity,

第二，它不仅仅是他的身份的象征，

it's a symbol of his income, because all of his assets are tied up in sheep.

也是他的收入的象征，因为所有他的财产都在羊上面。

In those days, nobody had bank accounts, or American Express cards, or hedge funds.

那个时候没有人有银行账号，

美国运通卡，或者对冲基金。

Your assets are tied up in your flocks.

你的财产都在你的羊群上。

So it's a symbol of his identity, and it's a symbol of his income.

所以说那是他的身份的象征，也是他收入的象征。

And the third thing: it's a symbol of his influence.

第三，它是他的影响力的象征。

What do you do with a shepherd's staff?

你拿着一根牧羊人的棍子能干什么？

Well, you know, you move sheep from point A to point B with it,

不用说你也知道，能用来把羊群从这个地方赶到那个地方，

by hook or by crook.

不管怎么赶。

You pull them or you poke them. One or the other.

你拖它们或者戳它们，不管用什么方法。

So, he's saying,

所以他是在说：

"You're going to lay down your identity.

“你将要放下你的身份。

What's in your hand?

你手里是什么？你有身份，有收入，有影响力。

You've got identity, you've got income, you've got influence.

What's in your hand?"

你手里是什么？

And he's saying, "If you lay it down, I'll make it come alive.

他在说：“如果你把它放下，我就会让它活起来。

I'll do some things you could never imagine possible."

我会做一些你根本想像不到的事情。”

And if you've watched that movie, "Ten Commandments,"

如果你看过那部电影“十诫”就知道，

all of those big miracles that happen in Egypt are done through this staff.

所有那些埃及发生的大奇迹

都是通过那根棍子完成的。

Last year, I was invited to speak at the NBA All-Stars game.

去年，我应邀到NBA全明星赛演讲。

And so, I'm talking to the players,

那么我就跟那些球员聊。

because most of the NBA teams, NFL teams and all the other teams

NBA，橄榄球联盟(NFL)，和所有其他球队的大多数球员

have done this 40 Days of Purpose, based on the book.

都参加过基于那本书的“有意义的40天”课程。

And I asked them, I said, "What's in your hand?

我问他们：“你手里是什么？”

So, what's in your hand?" I said, "It's a basketball.

对吧，你手里有什么？我说：“是一个篮球，

And that basketball represents your identity, who you are:

那个篮球代表了你的身份，你是谁。

you're an NBA player.

你是一个NBA球员。它也代表了你的收入。

It represents your income:

you're making a lot of money off that little ball.

你从这个小小的球上面赚一大笔钱。

And it represents your influence.

它也代表你的影响力。

And even though you're only going to be in the NBA for a few years,

即使你只在NBA里面呆个几年，

you're going to be an NBA player for the rest of your life.

你今后都会被看成是一个NBA球员。

And that gives you enormous influence.

而这个身份给你巨大的影响力。

So, what are you going to do with what you've been given?"

那么，你准备怎么对待这些（上帝）给你的东西？”

And I guess that's the main reason I came up here today,

我觉得这也是我今天来到这里的主要原因，

to all of you very bright people at TED --

是对所有你们这些TED的聪明人

it is to say, "What's in your hand?"

说：“你手里是什么？”

What do you have that you've been given?

你拥有什么（上帝）给你的东西？

Talent, background, education,

才能，背景，教育，

freedom, networks, opportunities,

自由，人际网络，机会，

wealth, ideas, creativity.

财富，想法，创造力。

What are you doing with what you've been given?

你在怎么对待

这些给你的东西？

That, to me, is the primary question about life.

这个，对我来说，是人生的最基本的问题。

That, to me, is what being purpose-driven is all about.

这个，对我来说，是目的驱动的所有内涵。

In the book, I talk about how you're wired to do certain things,

在书里面，我讲到你是怎样被搭建去做某些事情，怎样被塑造的。

you're "SHAPED" with -- a little acrostic: Spiritual gifts, Heart,

这个小小的十字架包含着精神上的礼物，心灵，

Ability, Personality and Experiences.

能力，个性和经验。

These things shape you.

这些东西塑造了你的状态。

And if you want to know what you ought to be doing with your life,

如果你想知道你应该怎么对待你的人生，

你需要审视一下你的状态。我被搭建起来去做什么？

you need to look at your shape -- "What am I wired to do?"

Why would God wire you to do something and then not have you do it?

难道上帝创造你出来去做一些事情，

却又不让你去做？

If you're wired to be an anthropologist, you'll be an anthropologist.

如果你被创造出来去做一个人类学家，你就会成为一个人类学家。

If you're wired to be an undersea explorer,

如果你被创造出来去做一个海底探险员，

you'll be an undersea explorer.

你就会成为一个海底探险员。

If you're wired to make deals, you make deals.

如果你被创造出来做生意，你就去做生意。

If you're wired to paint, you paint.

如果你被创造出来去画画，你就画画。

Did you know that God smiles when you be you?

你知道在你做好你自己的时候上帝会微笑吗？

When my little kids -- when my kids were little --

当我小孩还小的时候——

they're all grown now, I have grandkids --

他们现在都长大了，现在我都有孙子了——

I used to go in and sit on the side of their bed,

我经常走到他们卧室里面，坐在他们的床边，

经常看孩子们睡觉。

and I used to watch my kids sleep.

And I just watched their little bodies rise and lower, rise and lower.

就只是看着他们小巧的身体一起——，一伏——，

一起——，一伏——。

And I would look at them: "This is not an accident."

看着他们我就会想，这绝不是偶然。

Rise and lower.

一起——，一伏——。

And I got joy out of just watching them sleep.

就只从看着他们睡觉我都能感受到愉悦。

Some people have the misguided idea that God only gets excited

有些人错误地认为

when you're doing, quote, "spiritual things,"

只有你做“精神上的事情”的时候上帝才高兴，

like going to church or helping the poor,

比如去教堂，帮助穷人，

or, you know, confessing or doing something like that.

或者忏悔，诸如此类。

The bottom line is, God gets pleasure watching you be you.

其实最根本的是：上帝从看着你做自己该做的事情中得到快乐。为什么？

Why? He made you.

因为他造就的你。而当你在做该做的事情的时候，

And when you do what you were made to do,

he goes, "That's my boy! That's my girl!

他就想：“这就是我的男孩。

这就是我的女孩。

You're using the talent and ability that I gave you."

你们在运用我给你们的才华和能力。”

So my advice to you is:

因此我给你们的建议是：

look at what's in your hand --

看看你手里的是什么——

your identity, your influence, your income --

你的身份，你的影响力，你的收入——

and say, "It's not about me.

说：“这些与我自身无关。

It's about making the world a better place."

这些是为了让这个世界成为一个更好的地方。”

谢谢。

Thank you.