A life of purpose | Rick Warren

譯者: Christina Yu 審譯者: Sunny Kan Ngai Hang

I'm often asked,

常常有人問我，

"What surprised you about the book?"

這本書最讓你驚訝的地方是什麼？

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

我回答，我能夠來寫這本書。

I would have never imagined that.

我從沒想過，

Not in my wildest dreams did I think --

再瘋狂的夢裡也沒有 －

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

我從沒想過當個作家。

And I'm often asked,

也常有人問我，

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

你覺得為何有這麼多人讀這本書？

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

到現在每個月還有大約一百萬本的銷量。

And I think it's because spiritual emptiness

我認為這是由於心靈的空虛，

is a universal disease.

已經成為普遍的通病。

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

我想每個人都曾經把頭埋在枕頭裡，說：

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

「人生一定不只是這樣。」

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

早上起床，去上班，回家，看電視，

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

上床睡覺，早上起床，去上班，回家，看電視，上床睡覺，

go to parties on weekends.

週末去參加派對。

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

很多人說：「我在過生活。」不，你不是在過生活 － 你只是活著。

只是活著。

Just existing.

I really think that there's this inner desire.

我真的認為有一種內在的渴求。

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

我相信 Chris 剛才說的，我相信你的存在不是偶然的。

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

你的父母可能沒有計劃要生你，但是我相信神有。

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

有的人是意外成為父母的，這是事實。

I don't think there are accidental kids.

我不認為有「意外的小孩」。

And I think you matter.

我認為你很重要。

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

我認為你對神很重要，我認為你對歷史很重要，

I think you matter to this universe.

我認為你對這個宇宙很重要。

And I think that the difference

我認為這些生活層次的差異：

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

生存的層次、成功的層次、

and the significance level of living is:

價值的層次，差異在於

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

你知不知道你來到世上到底是為了什麼？

I meet a lot of people who are very smart,

我見到過很多非常聰明的人，

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

他們問：「可是為什麼我沒辦法解決自己的問題？」

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

我也見過很多非常成功的人，

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

他們問：「為什麼我感覺不充實？

Why do I feel like a fake?

為什麼我覺得自己很虛偽？

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

為什麼我感覺

我必須假裝得比真正的自己更了不起？」

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

我認為這些最終都回歸到人生的意義、價值，人生的目的。

I think it comes down to this issue of:

我認為這要回歸到

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

「我為什麼在這裡？我在這裡做什麼？我要往哪裡去？」

These are not religious issues.

這些不是宗教問題 －

They're human issues.

這些是人的問題。

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

我想對 Michael 說，

我很感謝他剛才所說的，

because it makes my life work a whole lot easier.

因為這讓我的工作容易多了。

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

身為牧師，我會遇到很多怪人。

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

我發現在生活中的任何領域，都可能出現怪人。

Religion doesn't have a monopoly on that,

宗教在這一方面

but there are plenty of religious kooks.

沒有獨大的特權，但是的確有不少宗教怪人。

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

也有非宗教的怪人、聰明的怪人、愚蠢的怪人。

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

有天一位女士來找我，

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

拿著一張白紙 － Michael, 你一定會喜歡這個故事 －

她問：「你看到了什麼？」

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

我看著那張白紙，說：「什麼也沒看到。」

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.

她說：「我看到耶穌。」然後哭著走了。

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

我說，ok, 很好。

(Laughter)

嗯，

Good for you.

很好。

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

過去這三年，這本書成為全球暢銷書，

我也面臨到自己的小危機。

I kind of had my little crisis.

And that was: What is the purpose of this?

那就是，這件事的目的是什麼？

Because it brought in enormous amounts of money.

因為它帶來了龐大的金錢。

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

當你寫出全世界最暢銷的書，

你會得到非常非常多的錢。

it's tons and tons of money.

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

還有很多的矚目，而這兩樣我都不想要。

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

我 25 歲成立 Saddleback 教會，

I started it with one other family in 1980.

我和另外一家人在 1980 年共同成立教會。

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

我當時就決定我永遠不要上電視，

because I didn't want to be a celebrity.

因為我不想成為名人，

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

我不想成為所謂的「福音派」、「電視福音派」－

that's not my thing.

那不是我會做的事。

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

突然之間，這本書帶來很多的金錢和矚目。

I don't think --

我不認為 －

now, this is a worldview,

這是我的世界觀，我可以告訴你，每個人都有自己的世界觀。

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

Everybody's betting their life on something.

每個人都將自己的人生押注在某件事物上。

You're betting your life on something,

你也將你自己的人生押注在某件事物上 －

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

你最好弄清楚自己為什麼押注在你所押注的這件事物上。

So, everybody's betting their life on something.

每個人都將自己的人生押注在某件事物上，

And when I, you know, made a bet,

而我下注的時候，我就是相信

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

耶穌就是他自己所稱的那個人。

And I believe in a pluralistic society,

不過每個人都有 － 我相信在多元化的社會裡 －

everybody's betting on something.

每個人都押注在某件事物上。

And when I started the church,

我成立教會的時候，

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

我並沒有計劃要做教會現在做的這些事情。

And then when I wrote this book,

當我寫完這本書，

and all of a sudden, it just took off,

突然之間

大受歡迎，

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

我開始問，這件事的目的是什麼？

因為我從來不認為，

Because as I started to say,

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

你能得到金錢或名氣，

for your own ego, ever.

目的是滿足你的自我意識。

我就是不相信。

I just don't believe that.

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

當你寫了一本書，書裡的第一句話是：

"It's not about you,"

「生命的重心不是在你」，

然後，突然之間

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

這本書成為史上最暢銷的書籍，

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

你應該要明白，這件事的重點不是在於你。

That's kind of a no-brainer.

不用動腦筋也該想到。

So, what is it for?

所以，究竟是為了什麼？

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

我開始思考「財富的代管人」，

and the "stewardship of influence."

以及「影響力的代管人」。

So I believe, essentially, leadership is stewardship.

我相信身為領導者，是要作代管人。

That if you are a leader in any area --

如果你在任何領域居領導地位 －

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

在商界、政壇、體育、藝術、

in academics, in any area --

學術界，任何領域 －

you don't own it.

你並不是所有者，

You are a steward of it.

而是代管人。

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

舉例來說，這就是我為什麼相信環保。

This is not my planet.

這個地球不是屬於我的。在我出生之前它不是我的，

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

在我死後它也不會是我的。

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

我在這裡只會待上 80 年，僅此而已。

I was debating the other day on a talk show,

有天我上談話節目進行辯論，

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

挑戰我論點的人說：

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

「牧師跟環境保護有什麼關係？」

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

我問他：「你相不相信

that human beings are responsible

人類有責任

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

為了下一代使這個世界變得更好？

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

你認為我們是不是應該負起代管人的責任，

認真看待環境議題？」

And he said, "No."

他回答：「不。」

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

我說：「你不這樣認為？讓我再問一次。

I said, "Let me make this clear again:

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

你相不相信身為人類 － 我不是在談論宗教 －

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

你相不相信身為人類，我們有責任

to take care of this planet,

為了下一代來照顧地球，使它變得稍微好一點？」

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

他說：「不。

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

我們的責任不比其它物種的大。」

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

當他說出「物種」，就顯露了他的世界觀。

And he was saying,

他說：「我對環境保護的責任，

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

並不比一隻鴨子該負的責任大。」

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

有時候我們的行為的確很像鴨子，

but you're not a duck.

但你並不是鴨子。

You're not a duck.

你不是一隻鴨子。

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

而且你有責任 － 這是我的世界觀。

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

所以，你需要了解你的世界觀是什麼。

The problem is most people never really think it through.

問題是，大多數的人從來沒有把自己的世界觀想清楚。

They never really ...

他們從來沒有真正地把它

codify it or qualify it or quantify it,

條理化，或定義它，或量化它，

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

然後說：「這就是我所相信的。

這就是我為什麼相信我所相信的。」

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

對我個人來說，我沒有足夠的信心成為無神論者。

But you may, you may.

但是你可能有。

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

然而，你的世界觀，將會影響你生命中的所有一切，

because it determines your decisions;

因為它將影響你的決定，

it determines your relationships;

影響你的人際關係，

it determines your level of confidence.

影響你的自信心。

It determines, really, everything in your life.

它真的會影響你生命中的所有事。

What we believe, obviously --

我們所相信的，顯然 －

and you know this -- determines our behavior,

你也很清楚 － 影響我們的行為，

and our behavior determines what we become in life.

而我們的行為將決定我們生命的樣貌。

So all of this money started pouring in,

所以當這些錢開始湧進來，

and all of this fame started pouring in.

名聲開始湧進來，

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

我想，我要拿它怎麼辦？

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

我太太和我為這些錢的用途做了 5 個決定。

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

我們決定，第一點，

我們不會把這些錢用在我們自己身上。

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

我沒有去買更大的房子。

I don't own a guesthouse.

我也沒買下旅館。

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

我還是開著同一台車齡四年的福特車。

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

我們就是不要把這些錢用在自己身上。

The second thing was,

第二點，

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

我不再從我牧養的教會支取薪資。

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

第三點，我算出過去 25 年教會付給我的薪資總額，

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

然後還給教會。

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

我還給教會，是因為我不希望有人認為

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

我做這些事是為了錢 － 我不是。

In fact, personally, I've never met

說真的，我個人從來沒有見過

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

教士或牧師為了錢而做這份工作。

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

我知道有這種刻板印象存在。我一個也沒遇過。

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

相信我，有太多更容易賺錢的方法了。

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

牧師要 24 小時待命，就像醫生一樣。

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

我今天來得晚了，我原先希望昨天就來的，

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

因為現在可能是我岳父生命的最後 48 小時，

before he dies of cancer.

他隨時可能死於癌症。

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

我看著這個人過完自己的一生 －

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

他現在八十幾歲 －

面對死亡，心裡平和。你知道嗎，要考驗你的世界觀，

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

不是看你在順境中如何應對。

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

要考驗你的世界觀，要看你在喪禮時的應對。

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

在參加過幾百場，甚至上千場喪禮之後，

it makes a difference.

我知道這真的有差別。

It makes a difference what you believe.

你相信什麼，會產生分別的。

So, we gave it all back,

所以，我們把薪資還給教會，

and then we set up three foundations,

然後成立了三個基金會，

working on some of the major problems of the world:

針對世界上的一些重大問題：

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

文盲、貧窮、流行疫症 － 尤其是 HIV/AIDS --

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

成立了三個基金會，

把錢用在這裡。

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

最後一點，我們開始「逆向什一奉獻」。

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

我太太和我剛結婚的時候，

那是 30 年前，

we started tithing.

我們開始什一奉獻。

Now, that's a principle in the Bible

這是聖經裡教導的一項原則，

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

將所得的十分之一捐出來，

give it away to help other people.

幫助其他人。

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

我們開始這樣做，而且每一年增加百分之一。

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

所以我們結婚一年後，開始奉獻 11%,

second year we went to 12 percent,

結婚兩年後，奉獻 12%,

and the third year we went to 13 percent,

結婚三年後，奉獻 13%,

and on and on and on.

以此類推。為什麼我要這麼做呢？

Why did I do that?

Because every time I give,

因為每一次我奉獻，

it breaks the grip of materialism in my life.

我就能掙脫物質對我生活的綑綁。

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

物質主義就是要得到東西 － 要、要、要，越多越好，

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

越要越多，貪得無厭。

It's all about more, having more.

唯一的目標就是要擁有更多。

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

我們認為好的生活是，看上去很體面。

that's most important of all --

這是最重要的 － 看起來體面，

looking good, feeling good and having the goods.

感覺很好，擁有物質的滿足。

But that's not the good life.

但這並不是好的生活。

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

我常見到擁有全部這些的人，

但他們不見得快樂。

If money actually made you happy,

如果金錢能使人快樂，

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

那麼世界上最有錢的人應該是最快樂的人。

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

而我知道，親身見證，並不真是這樣。

It's just not true.

並不是這樣。

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

所以，好的生活並不是看起來體面、感覺很好、物質上滿足，

it's about being good and doing good.

而是做好人、做好事。

Giving your life away.

奉獻你的人生。

Significance in life doesn't come from status,

人生的價值並不是來自地位，

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

因為總是有其他人的地位高過你。

It doesn't come from sex.

也不是來自性愛、

It doesn't come from salary.

不是來自薪資。

It comes from serving.

是來自於服務。

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

只有在奉獻人生時，我們才能發現它的意義，

we find significance.

找到人生的價值。

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

我們生來就是這樣，我相信是神這樣設計的。

And so we began to give away,

我太太和我開始奉獻，

and now after 30 years,

到現在過了 30 年後，

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

我們開始逆向什一奉獻，奉獻 90%, 靠 10% 過活。

That, actually, was the easy part.

這是簡單的部份。

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

困難的是，我該拿這些矚目的目光怎麼辦？

Because I started getting all kinds of invitations.

因為我開始接到各式各樣的邀請。

I just came off a nearly month-long speaking tour

我剛結束長達一個月的巡迴演講，

on three different continents,

行程涵蓋三大洲，

and I won't go into that,

我不打算談細節，

but it was an amazing thing.

但它的確是很不可思議的事情。

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

所以我在想，我該怎麼樣

應付這本書帶來的知名度？

that the book has brought?

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

身為牧師，我開始讀聖經。

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

聖經裡有一個章節，詩篇第 72 篇，

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

這是所羅門王的祈禱文，祈求得到更大的影響力。

When you read this prayer,

當你讀到這篇祈禱文，

it sounds incredibly selfish, self-centered.

它聽起來非常自私、自我中心。

他像是在說，

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

「神啊，我要你讓我出名。」

That's what he prays.

這就是他的禱告。

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

他說：我要你讓我出名。

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

我要你讓我的名聲傳遍各國，

I want you to give me power.

我要你給我權力，

我要你讓我出名，

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

我要你給我影響力。

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

這聽起來像是你所能想到的

最自我中心的禱告祈求。

if you were going to pray.

Until you read the whole psalm, the whole chapter.

不過當你讀完整篇，整個章節，

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

他說，好讓國王 －

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

他是當時的以色列王，那是以色列最昌盛的時候 －

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

好讓國王可以照顧孤兒和寡婦，

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

扶持受壓迫的、保衛無法自保的、照顧患病的、

assist the poor, speak up for the foreigner,

幫助窮苦的、為外族人

those in prison."

和遭監禁的發聲。

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

他在談社會的弱勢族群。

And as I read that,

當我讀到這裡，

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

我看著它，我想到，

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

這是在說，影響力的目的

for those who have no influence.

是為那些沒有力量的人發聲。

The purpose of influence is not to build your ego.

影響力的目的不是要抬高你的自我意識，

Or your net worth.

或你的個人身價。

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

順帶一提，你的個人身價

跟你的個人價值是完全不同的。

Your value is not based on your valuables.

你的價值並不是取決於你擁有的物品價值，

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

而是取決於完全不同的一套價值標準。

And so the purpose of influence is to speak up

所以影響力的目的，

for those who have no influence.

是為沒有力量的人發聲。

And I had to admit:

而我必須承認，

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

我不記得我上次想到孤兒和寡婦是什麼時候。

They're not on my radar.

他們不在我的關注範圍內。

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

我所牧養的教會位於美國最富裕的地區之一 －

a bunch of gated communities.

有很多設有門禁的高級社區，

I have a church full of CEOs and scientists.

教會裡有許多 CEO 和科學家。

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

我可能五年也遇不到一個遊民。

They're just not in my pathway.

他們就是不在我的活動範圍內。

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

他們可能在離我 13 英里遠的 Santa Ana 區。

So I had to say, ok,

所以我必須決定，

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

我要運用我所得到的財富和影響力，

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

去幫助那些兩樣都沒有的人。

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

聖經中有個關於摩西的故事。

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

不管你相不相信它是真實的 －

我真的不在乎。

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

如果你看過電影《十誡》，

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

摩西走到外面，有一叢燃燒的樹叢，然後神對他說話。

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

神說：「摩西，

你手裡有什麼？」

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

我想這是你會被問到的最重要的問題之一。

你手裡有什麼？

What's in your hand?

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

摩西說：「一根手杖。」

那是一根牧羊人的手杖。

And God says, "Throw it down."

神說：「把它丟下。」

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

如果你看過電影，他把手杖丟下，它變成了一條蛇。

And then God says, "Pick it up."

然後神說：「把它撿起來。」

And he picks it back up again,

然後他把它撿起來，

and it becomes a staff again.

它又變回一根手杖。

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

我讀到這裡，我想，這到底是要說什麼？

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

到底在說什麼？好，我知道幾件事情。

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

第一，神施行神蹟，從來不是為了炫耀。

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

絕不只是，「哇，很酷！」

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

還有，我的神不需要顯現在乳酪麵包上。

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

如果神要顯現，

他不會顯現在乳酪麵包上。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

好嗎？這就是為什麼我喜歡 Michael 剛才做的，

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.

因為如果他已經揭穿那些伎倆，我就不用再做一次。

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

但是神 － 我的神 － 不會顯現在灑水器的圖像上。

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

他有一些比這更高明的方法

可以完成任何他要做的事。

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

但是他行神蹟絕不只是為了炫耀。

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

第二，如果神問你問題，

he already knows the answer.

他早已經知道答案是什麼了。

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

因為他是神。這就表示

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

神問你問題，是為了你好，不是為他自己。

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

神問：「你手裡有什麼？」

Now, what was in Moses' hand?

摩西手裡有什麼？

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

有一根牧羊人的手杖。聽我解釋。

This staff represented three things about Moses' life.

這根手杖代表摩西生命中的三樣東西。

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

首先，它代表他的身份。

他是牧羊人。這是他職業的象徵。

It's the symbol of his own occupation:

I am a shepherd.

我是牧羊人。這是他的身份、事業、工作的象徵。

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

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

第二，這不只象徵他的身份，

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

也代表了他的收入，因為他所有的資產都在羊群身上。

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

那個年代沒有人有銀行戶頭，

或是美國運通信用卡，或避險基金。

Your assets are tied up in your flocks.

你的資產都在你的羊群身上。

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

所以那是他身份的象徵，也是收入的象徵。

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

第三點：那象徵著他的影響力。

What do you do with a shepherd's staff?

牧羊人的手杖是用來做什麼的？

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

你可以拿手杖將羊從 A 點趕到 B 點，

by hook or by crook.

杖頭、杖尾都用得上，

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

用拉的或用趕的，各種方法。

So, he's saying,

所以，神是在說：

"You're going to lay down your identity.

「你要放下你的身份。

What's in your hand?

你手裡有什麼？你有身份，你有收入，你有影響力。

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

What's in your hand?"

你手裡有什麼？」

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

然後他說：「如果你把它放下，我會將它變成活物。

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

我將要成就超乎你想像的事情。」

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

如果你看過《十誡》這部電影，

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

所有在埃及發生的奇蹟

都是透過這根手杖完成的。

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

去年，我受邀在 NBA 明星賽上演講。

And so, I'm talking to the players,

我對球員們演講，

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

因為大多數 NBA, NFL 和其他聯盟的球隊，

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

都根據這本書完成了標竿人生 40 天課程。

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

我問這些球員：「你手裡有什麼？

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

你手裡有什麼？」我說：「你手裡有籃球，

And that basketball represents your identity, who you are:

這顆籃球代表你的身份，代表你是誰。

you're an NBA player.

你是 NBA 球員。它代表你的收入。

It represents your income:

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

你靠這顆小球可以賺進很多的錢。

And it represents your influence.

它也代表你的影響力。

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

即使你在 NBA 的時間只有短短幾年，

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

但是你一輩子都是 NBA 球員。

And that gives you enormous influence.

這讓你擁有極大的影響力。

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

所以，你要怎麼運用你所得到的這些東西？」

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

我想這也是我今天來到這裡的主要原因，

to all of you very bright people at TED --

與各位非常聰明的 TED 會員見面，

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

就是要問：「你手裡有什麼？」

What do you have that you've been given?

你已經得到的有什麼？

Talent, background, education,

天份、背景、教育、

freedom, networks, opportunities,

自由、人脈、機會、

wealth, ideas, creativity.

財富、想法、創意。

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

你要怎麼樣運用

你所得到的這些東西？

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

對我而言，這是人生中最重要的問題。

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

對我而言，這就是為人生目的而活。

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

在書中，我談到你如何生來就適合做某些事，如何受塑造 (SHAPE),

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

包括靈性恩賜 (Spiritual gifts), 心 (Heart),

Ability, Personality and Experiences.

能力 (Ability), 性格 (Personality) 和經歷 (Experiences).

These things shape you.

這些元素塑造了你。

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

如果你想知道你在人生中應該做些什麼，

你需要看看自己的樣貌 (SHAPE), 想想我生來適合做什麼？

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?

神怎麼會把你生成適合做某些事情，

卻不讓你去做？

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

如果你生來該做人類學家，你就會成為人類學家。

If you're wired to be an undersea explorer,

如果你生來該做海底探勘員，

you'll be an undersea explorer.

你就會成為海底探勘員。

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

如果你生來該做買賣，就去做買賣。

If you're wired to paint, you paint.

如果你生來該畫畫，就去畫畫。

Did you know that God smiles when you be you?

你知道當你做自己的時候，神會為你微笑嗎？

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

我的孩子還小的時候 －

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

他們都大了，我已經有孫子了 －

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

我以前會坐在他們的床邊，

看著我的孩子們睡覺。

and I used to watch my kids sleep.

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

我看著他們小小的身體一起一伏，

一起、一伏。

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

我看著他們，想著：這絕不是偶然。

Rise and lower.

一起、一伏。

And I got joy out of just watching them sleep.

光是看著他們睡覺，我就感到喜悅。

Some people have the misguided idea that God only gets excited

有的人有種誤解，認為神只有在你做

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

所謂「有靈性的事」的時候才會開心，

like going to church or helping the poor,

像是上教會、幫助窮人，

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

或是懺悔之類的事情。

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

其實，神看到你做自己的時候就感到愉悅。為什麼？

Why? He made you.

他創造了你。當你做你生來該做的事情，

And when you do what you were made to do,

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

他會說：「這才是我的好孩子。

這才是我的好女孩。

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

你在運用我給你的天份和才能。」

So my advice to you is:

我想建議你，

look at what's in your hand --

看看你手裡有什麼 －

your identity, your influence, your income --

你的身份、你的影響力、你的收入 －

and say, "It's not about me.

然後說：「人生的重心不是我自己，

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

而是怎麼讓世界變得更好。」

謝謝各位。

Thank you.