I like Bezos 's sentence:
The universe wants you to be an ordinary person. From 1000 aspects, it is pulling you to the ordinary. Don't make it a reality.
Keep yourself away from ordinary processes, which I call struggle.
There is no meaning to belittle "ordinary people". In fact, in this world, most people are ordinary ordinary people, but we must also know that ordinary does not mean mediocrity.
In the sense of existence of life, being different does not mean being different, but having to be so.
Bezos once explained this point through biology. He pointed out that all living things are trying to avoid fusion with the surrounding environment.
For example, if animals and plants in arid areas let their fluids flow to the outside world, they will die.
is the same for people. After death, the body temperature will be consistent with the surrounding environment, the body will reach a balance with the environment, and finally merge into one:
Dust returns to dust, soil returns to earth.
Therefore, life is endless and struggle is endless. Death is inevitable, but before death, we must strive to avoid death.
This is actually the anti-entropy increase of life.
Once life has reached the "sigh of relief" stage, it basically follows the trend of entropy increase , and finally has to usher in the death of life.
Therefore, the most important thing in life is that everyone needs to deal with challenges.
Faced with the trend of the world that wants you to achieve "consistency",If you want to keep your own "uniqueness", it is really a great challenge.
When we say that human life is a miracle, this statement emphasizes the value of being different.
Why is it different?
Because this is where human dignity and meaning lies. In life, the most feared thing is to live the same way and to annihilate one's own personality.
The success and beauty of life are the shining light of human uniqueness. For this, we need to endure a lot of pain and pay a great price. But as Bezos said, it's all worth it:
What I really hope you do is embrace and realistically realize how much effort it takes to maintain this uniqueness. You have to "pay the price" for being different, but "being yourself" is always worth it. We can and must do better.
You know, no one can expect to do nothing, happiness will fall from the sky. It is impossible to never encounter setbacks in life.
Either stick to the rules or be creative. Don't live in the ideas of others, don't follow the trend, don't become a "normal person" with the secular identity as the world wants.
In fact, everyone can only be responsible for themselves. In the final analysis, life is a lonely journey. During this journey, we will meet many people and encounter various emotions, but in the end “loneliness” is our own Home.
Time is gone forever. There is only once in life. Secular inertia and environmental influences are all very powerful. Sometimes we will inevitably feel powerless and want to give up. At this time, it is your uniqueness that reminds you not to surrender.
Because you want to shape your own life, what you pursue is an extremely fulfilling and meaningful life. Life may be an adventure. We must be accompanied by wisdom and courage, stay away from the trap of ease, explore the unknown, innovate and create, contribute value, and live a splendid life proactively.
Finally, I used the words of the ancients to share with you: "I often hear words that are unpleasant in my ears, and I often have things that touch my heart. That is the stone of cultivating morality. If the words are pleasant to the ears and everything is happy, then I will bury this life. In the poison ."
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