How Acts of Kindness Sparked a Global Movement | Asha Curran | TED

譯者: Lilian Chiu 審譯者: Adrienne Lin

Our lives are made up of small moments and small decisions.

我們的人生是由小時刻 和小決策所組成的。

Left or right,

向左或向右，

walk or drive,

走路或開車，

eat in or take out,

內用或外帶，

lend a helping hand,

伸出援手或說些鼓勵的話，

or some words of encouragement

or an offer of support to a neighbor,

或提供支持，幫助鄰居、

a colleague, a stranger.

同事、陌生人。

Some of these decisions are not like the others.

有些決策和其他的不同。

And with the world in this much pain,

當世界正處在這麼大的痛苦中時，

it might seem futile to be focusing on those kinds of micro decisions.

關注這些微小的決策似乎沒什麼益處。

But the truth is

但事實是，

that we underestimate the power of our own generous actions.

我們低估了自己慷慨之舉的力量。

Every time we intentionally choose generosity,

每當我們刻意選擇慷慨大方，

the effects of that choice are more powerful

那選擇所產生的影響

and more far-reaching than we might think.

比我們所想像的更強大、更深遠。

The truth is that what one person can accomplish is enormous.

事實上，一個人也能成就很大。

I've been one of the many leaders,

慈善星期二在 2012 年發起之後，

many of them here in this room,

of Giving Tuesday since it was created in 2012.

我和在座許多人 都是該運動的領導者。

And it began as an experiment.

最初它只是個實驗。

Could we use social media to create a day of giving,

我們能否在兩個消費的日子之後

創造出一個付出的日子？

following two days of consumption,

Black Friday and Cyber Monday, here in the US?

在美國，黑色星期五 和網路星期一是消費的日子。

And if we could, would anybody be interested in it?

如果能，會有人有興趣嗎？

Well, needless to say, the answer was yes.

不用說，答案是肯定的。

But I think that even all of us who were there at the very beginning

但我認為，即使是我們這些 打從一開始就參與的人，

were genuinely stunned by just how deeply and widely

都真的被共鳴的深度

和廣度給嚇到了。

the idea resonated.

Nonprofits and families and schools and houses of worship

非營利組織、家庭、 學校、宗教場所，

all joined in with such enthusiasm and creativity.

全都帶著很多的熱忱和創意來參與。

People felt like they were asked to be givers

大家覺得，這是他們頭一次

or invited to be givers for the first time,

被請求或邀請成為施予者，

or in a totally new way.

或頭一次用這種方式。

I will always remember the woman who posted,

我永遠記得，有位女子貼文寫著：

"I'm not rich,

「我不富裕，我沒有一百萬美金，

I don't have a million dollars,

but I can help change lives on Giving Tuesday."

但在慈善星期二， 我可以協助改變別人的人生。

And with the spark that that ignited,

火花點燃之後，

it spread throughout the whole United States

這個運動傳到美國各地，

and then throughout the entire world.

接著，傳到全世界。

And now, 11 years later,

現在，過了十一年，

慈善星期二已經是一整年都有的

Giving Tuesday is a year-round global generosity movement

全球慷慨運動， 成員包括數千名領導者，

made up of thousands of leaders

and millions and millions of people

以及成千上萬的人，

who are working to transform their communities and their world,

大家都在努力改變 他們的社區和他們的世界，

one small act at a time.

從一次一個小舉動做起。

And as a global family,

我們認為我們自己是個全球的大家庭，

because that's how we think about ourselves,

we look and sound and work and worship

只是這個大家庭在外表、 聲音、行事方式和宗教上

in very different ways.

都非常不同。

But what we share and what keeps us together

但我們共有的，

是一個夢想，那也是 我們的凝聚力和動力來源，

and keeps us working, is a dream

of a future based in the value of radical generosity.

我們夢想未來能夠 建立在激進式慷慨的價值上。

That phrase might sound like it means something big

這句話聽起來可能

彷彿有某種重大、極端、 戲劇化，或很有新聞價值的意涵，

or extreme or dramatic or newsworthy.

Or kind of scary.

可能還有點嚇人。

But it's actually the opposite.

但其實恰恰相反。

The word radical simply means “from the root.”

「激進」一詞的拉丁字根 原意就只是「從根本」。

And so we imagine a world

因此在我們所想像的世界裡，

where generosity is simply at the root of our decisions

慷慨是我們決策和行為的根本，

and our behaviors,

even, and maybe especially, down to our smallest

甚至是，也許該說， 特別是，包括我們最小、

and most mundane ones.

最平凡的決策和行為。

I have essentially been on a decade-long global generosity tour,

基本上，我一直在進行一場 長達十年的全球慷慨之旅，

witnessing this principle of radical generosity in action.

見證這激進式慷慨的原則被實踐出來。

I have been welcomed and hugged and fed in more countries than I can count.

在數不清的國家裡， 我受到歡迎、獲得擁抱、備受招待。

And from Kenya to Colombia to Canada,

從肯亞，到哥倫比亞，到加拿大，

so many more places,

還有更多地方，

I have witnessed the hundreds of ways that generosity manifests.

我親眼看到了慷慨 呈現出來的數百種方式。

And what I have learned,

而我發現，

my understanding of what generosity is

我對於什麼是慷慨的了解，

and my appreciation for what it can accomplish,

以及慷慨能達成什麼的領會，

has expanded 1,000 times over.

已經擴大了一千倍。

I've unlearned a lot of lessons,

關於慷慨，我捨棄了許多以前學到的， 也學到很多新的。

and I've learned a lot of lessons about generosity.

Often when we think about giving, we think about money.

通常，說到施予，我們會想到錢。

And yes, money is an incredibly important form of giving.

是的，錢的確是施予的重要形式之一。

It is crucial for the health and sustainability of our civil societies.

對於我們公民社會的健康 和永續，它至關重要。

But thinking about giving only in terms of money

但只從錢的角度來看施予，

is like thinking about love

就好像只從鑽石的角度來看愛情。

only in terms of diamonds.

We love what we can measure, we love what we can quantify.

我們喜歡我們可以測量、量化的東西，

But I think what we would love even more

但我認為，我們會更喜歡

is to live in a world of immeasurable abundance,

我們生活的世界裡 滿是富足、同理心，和團結，

empathy and solidarity.

多到無法測量。

慷慨能在我們現在所處的 世界和那個世界之間

Generosity builds a bridge between this world that we live in now

and that one.

搭起橋樑，

And it builds bridges between us at the same time.

它同時也會在我們之間搭起橋樑。

One small act at a time.

一次一個小舉動。

So what do some of those small acts look like?

所以，這類小舉動 是什麼樣子的舉動？

They might look like in Toronto,

舉例來說，在多倫多，

where people chalked messages of gratitude and love

大家在城市人行道上用粉筆

寫下感激和愛的訊息。

on city sidewalks,

just to uplift the spirits of anyone who might walk by.

只為了讓經過的路人 能感到精神振奮。

And then a lot of the people who did walk by picked up the chalk,

接著，許多經過的路人 也拿起粉筆寫下他們自己的訊息。

and they added their own messages.

This picture happens to be Toronto,

這張圖剛好是在多倫多，

but this project actually happened in dozens of cities across the country

不過全國和全世界的數十個城市 都在進行這個計畫。

and across the world.

Or in Nairobi,

或者在奈洛比，

where people painted rocks

大家在石頭上塗寫，

with bright colors and inspirational messages,

用明亮的顏色留下鼓舞人心的訊息，

and they put them all over the city,

再把石頭放到城市各處，

park benches, bus stops,

包括公園長椅上、公車站，

just to bring smiles to the faces of strangers,

只為了讓陌生人能露出一個微笑，

smiles that they would never even see.

他們自己可能都看不到的微笑。

And turning the Earth’s literal most mundane object into a love letter.

也是把地球上真的是 最平凡的物體轉變成情書。

In Jackson, Tennessee, one of our longtime Giving Tuesday leaders, Allison,

在田納西州的傑克森，

我們長期的慈善星期二 領導者之一，艾莉森，

was inspired to combat food insecurity in her community in one small way,

受到鼓舞，起身對抗她社區中的

糧食不足問題，

她用的簡單方式是 設立小型免費食品儲藏箱。

which was building a set of little free pantries.

她在臉書上張貼訊息，尋求協助。

And she put a message on Facebook asking for help.

People responded and they built an initial six boxes,

有人回應，

他們一開始先打造了六個箱子，

which local residents then stocked with food and other supplies.

接著當地居民便將箱子 裝滿食物和物資。

All of this done on donated supplies and volunteer time.

這一切靠的都是捐贈的物資， 用志工的時間完成。

And that has now turned into over 40 boxes over three different counties,

現在已經有超過四十個箱子，

遍佈在三個不同的郡，

with a network of hundreds of volunteers keeping it stocked.

由數百名志工形成的網路

負責箱子的補給。

What these stories have in common,

這些故事有個共同點，

some of them are much more elaborate

有些故事比較詳盡，

and some of them are literally just a fleeting moment,

有些故事真的就只是一瞬間的事情，

but what they have in common

但它們的共同點是每個故事都鼓舞了

is that each one inspired at least one person who was watching.

至少一位在觀看的人。

Researchers think that

研究者認為，

一個人所做的每一個善舉，

for every act of kindness or good deed a person does

they can affect someone, or many people, three or more degrees removed from them.

可以影響到距離他們 三度以上的某個人或更多人。

Imagine that next time you do a small good thing for someone,

想像一下，下回 你為某個人做了件小善事，

that you might be inspiring people you will never meet

你可能會鼓舞某個素昧平生的人

to do good as well.

也去做善事。

Your one fleeting moment could be amplified 100 times over.

你的短短一瞬間，

可能會被放大一百倍。

But researchers also have found that we tend to drastically underestimate

但研究者也發現， 我們通常會大大低估

the effect of our own actions

我們自身行為的影響，

and how much they will be appreciated by the recipient,

以及接受者的感念程度。

and that that miscalculation might hold us back

那種誤估可能會讓我們持保留態度，

from doing nice things for others more often.

而沒有更常去為他人做些好事。

We also think, often, that it's great,

我們通常也會認為，很棒，

like, let's do more nice things for more people, yes.

好，咱們來為更多人做更多好事。

But also, "my life is stressful and hectic and hard,

但也會想：

「我的生活壓力很大、很忙、很辛苦，

and that takes up time that I might not necessarily have."

做好事可能會花時間， 我不見得有餘裕。」

I find myself in that thought process all the time,

我自己就常常有這種念頭，

and what I remind myself of is that generosity alleviates stress.

而我會提醒我自己

慷慨可以舒緩壓力。

It doesn't add to it.

它不會增加壓力。

People who give are healthier and happier and more hopeful.

施予的人會更健康、 更快樂，且更有希望。

Just the act of paying for coffee

光是早上為排隊排在我們 後面的那個人付咖啡錢

for the person behind us in line in the morning

measurably enhances our feeling of well-being for the entire day.

就能顯著地強化 我們那一整天的幸福感。

This is Sujan.

這是蘇江。

He is a Nepalese restaurateur in London.

他是倫敦的一位尼泊爾餐廳老闆。

And Sujan has done a world of good in his life.

蘇江一生中做了數不清的善事。

But during the pandemic,

但在疫情期間，

he started doing what he does best,

他開始做他最擅長的事：開始烹煮

and he began to cook hot, free meals for overwhelmed hospital workers.

免費熱食給心力交瘁的醫院工作者。

And when he was starting to do that, other people saw, they were inspired,

當他開始那麼做，有別人看到了，

they asked if they could join and help out.

他們受到鼓舞， 詢問他們是否能參與幫忙。

And soon they were feeding ambulance crews,

沒多久，他們開始供餐給救護車人員、

fire crews, charity workers.

消防人員、慈善工作者。

And one year after Sujan started cooking these delicious hot, free meals,

蘇江開始烹煮這些 美味的免費熱食後一年，

he delivered his 100,000th free meal.

他送出了他的第十萬份餐。

現在，蘇江的餐廳 每個星期二都休息，

Now, Sujan closes his restaurant every Tuesday,

every Giving Tuesday,

每個慈善星期二，

so that he and his army of volunteers can support their community

讓他和他的志工大軍

可以用任何必要的方式 去支持他們的社區，

in whatever way is needed all day long.

全天投入。

And finally, this is Chloe.

最後，這是克洛伊。

And Chloe is 16 now,

克洛伊現在十六歲了，

but when she was just eight years old,

但她才八歲時，

she would walk to school with her mom

她會和媽媽走路到學校，

and they would pass the same woman without a home every day.

她們每天都會經過 同一位無家可歸的女子。

And Chloe

而克洛伊

asked her mom a lot of questions.

問了她媽媽很多問題。

Starting with "Why doesn't that woman have a home?"

從「那個女子為何沒有家」問起， 但也會問到：

But also things like

"What about when she needs to use the bathroom?"

「她需要用洗手間時怎麼辦？」

"What happens when she has her period?"

「她月經來時怎麼辦？」

Chloe was learning to sew at the time,

克洛伊當時在學縫紉， 於是她請她的祖母

so she asked her grandma to help her sew a beautiful tote bag,

協助她縫製一個漂亮的托特包，

and they filled it with toiletries and hygienic products and other goodies.

她們在裡裝滿了盥洗用品、 衛生用品和其他用品。

接著她們把它送給了那個女子， 且不只是拿給她而已，

And they gifted it to that woman.

Not just handed it to her,

but with connection and with conversation.

還有連結和交談。

And the woman said she couldn't even remember the last time

那個女子說，她甚至記不得上次

somebody had asked her her name.

有人問她叫什麼名字是什麼時候了。

Chloe has since made and delivered 5,000 of those bags.

自此之後，克洛伊已經製作 並送出了五千個這樣的包包。

Chloe also DM’d us on Instagram

克洛伊也在 IG 上發私訊給我們，

to ask if we had a Giving Tuesday Kids

問我們是否有孩子版的慈善星期二，

and if we didn't, could she start it?

若沒有，她能發起嗎？

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

當然——她是個很有 企業家精神的孩子——

And of course -- because she's a very entrepreneurial kid --

And of course the answer was yes.

當然，答案是：好啊，

And what can we do to help?

我們能提供什麼協助？

And a few years later,

幾年後，有一個由年輕人 組成的全球團體，

there is a global community of young people

who have performed hundreds of thousands of acts of service,

他們已經做出了 成千上萬個服務之舉，

fighting bullying and hunger,

對抗霸凌和飢餓，

and drawing attention to mental health among young people

讓大眾注意到年輕人的心理健康，

and the importance of community.

以及社區的重要性。

And they're connected to and support each other.

他們彼此連結，互相支持。

So for every Chloe and Allison and Sujan

因此，凡是有一個 克洛伊、艾莉森、蘇江，

and the people with the chalk and the people with the rocks,

以及拿粉筆寫訊息的人、 塗寫石頭的人，

there are countless millions more,

就還會有數百萬人跟進。

and the algorithms just don't put them at the top of our feeds.

只是演算法不會把這些故事 放在我們動態消息的頂部。

But they're there.

但這些故事是存在的。

And if we pay attention,

如果我們留意，

then they remind us that ordinary acts of giving

這些故事就會提醒我們，

平凡的施予之舉其實是很不凡的。

are actually extraordinary.

They remind us that generosity is not a burden.

它們提醒我們，慷慨不是重擔。

It's a gift.

而是禮物。

And it's an antidote.

也是解藥。

It's an antidote to our fear and our anxiety,

這種解藥能夠治癒 我們的恐懼、焦慮、

to loneliness and isolation,

寂寞和孤立、

憤怒和憤慨。

to outrage and indignation.

And they remind us that we have this tool

這些故事也提醒我們， 有這項工具的存在，

accessible to every single one of us every day,

每個人每天都可以取得它，

which is the power to change someone else's day,

它就是一股力量， 足以改變別人的一天，

or maybe even life for the better.

或甚至能讓他們的人生都變得更好。

And when we use that tool collectively,

當大家一起使用這項工具時，

we can build a more joyful,

我們就能打造一個更歡喜、

more equitable and more peaceful future.

更平等，

且更和平的未來。

And that does not seem like too radical a thing to imagine.

這樣的想像並不激進吧。

Thank you.

謝謝。

(Applause)

（掌聲）