生命中的坎坷让你成为更好的自己
一位家长在孩子中学毕业典礼上致辞：——祝你不幸。
不和谐的诅咒来自一位16岁男孩的父亲。这位父亲也是美国首席大法官，跟总统平起平坐的人物。
今年7月，美国新罕布什尔州的Cardigan Mountain School毕业典礼。
美国首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨（John G. Roberts Jr）作为学生家长代表致辞。
本来毕业致辞应该充满正能量，可他却反其道而行之。
用负能量和毒鸡汤，惊醒沉迷于美梦的毕业生，让人们在惊愕之后忍不住鼓掌。
以至于《华盛顿邮报》都评论说：罗伯茨首席大法官本年度最好的作品，不是某个案子的判决书，而是在儿子毕业典礼上的致辞。
罗伯茨首席大法官何许人也？
首席大法官是美国司法体制的核心和首领，唯一能够审判美国总统的法官，也是美国总统就职宣誓时候的监督人，对司法有着举足轻重的意义。
现任者罗伯茨，从小布什当总统的时候就任这个职位。他是美国两个世纪以来最年轻的首席大法官。也是唯一两次登上《时代》杂志封面的法官。
知晓社精选大法官致辞，中英对照，附送视频，送给所有的毕业生。
Now the commencement speakers will typically also wish you good luck and extend good wishes to you. I will not do that, and I’ll tell you why.
如今毕业致辞人一般都会助你好运，给你祝福什么的。我不会那么做。我告诉你为什么。
From time to time in the years to come, I hope you will be treated unfairly, so that you will come to know the value of justice.
I hope that you will suffer betrayal because that will teach you the importance of loyalty.
我希望你们在未来遭遇不公，你才会理解公正的价值。
愿你们品尝背叛的滋味，才能领悟忠诚的重要。
Sorry to say, but I hope you will be lonely from time to time so that you don’t take friends for granted.
抱歉，我也希望你们常常感受孤独，这样才不会把朋友视为理所当然。
I wish you bad luck, again, from time to time so that you will be conscious of the role of chance in life and understand that your success is not completely deserved and that the failure of others is not completely deserved either.
愿你们运气不佳，这样才会意识到机遇在人生中的意义，明白你们的成功并非命中注定，别人的失败也不是天经地义。
And when you lose, as you will from time to time, I hope every now and then, your opponent will gloat over your failure. It is a way for you to understand the importance of sportsmanship.
遭遇失败时，愿你们受到对手幸灾乐祸的嘲弄，这让你们理解体育精神的重要性。
I hope you’ll be ignored so you know the importance of listening to others, and I hope you will have just enough pain to learn compassion.
愿你被人忽视，这样你才能学会倾听；感受到切肤之痛，才能对他人心生同情。
Whether I wish these things or not, they’re going to happen. And whether you benefit from them or not will depend upon your ability to see the message in your misfortunes.
无论我怎么想，这些迟早会来临。而你们能否从中获益，取决于能否参透人生苦难传递的信息。
Now commencement speakers are also expected to give some advice. They give grand advice, and they give some useful tips. The most common grand advice they give is for you to be yourself. It is an odd piece of advice to give people dressed identically, but you should — you should be yourself. But you should understand what that means. Unless you are perfect, it does not mean don’t make any changes. In a certain sense, you should not be yourself. You should try to become something better. People say ‘be yourself’ because they want you to resist the impulse to conform to what others want you to be. But you can’t be yourself if you don't learn who are, and you can’t learn who you are unless you think about it.
毕业典礼的致辞者习惯给出很多建议。其中最常见的是“做自己”。你得明白，如果并非完美，你必须改变。这时，你就不能光想着做自己，你必须不断完善自己。所谓“做自己”，是自己能够不因别人的意志随波逐流。但是，如果你都不知道自己要成为什么样的人，是不可能“做自己”的，如果不思考这些，你也不可能知道要成为什么样的人。
The Greek philosopher Socrates said, ‘The unexamined life is not worth living.’ And while ‘just do it’ might be a good motto for some things, it’s not a good motto when it’s trying to figure out how to live your life that is before you.
希腊哲人苏格拉底说：“未经自省的人生没有意义。”对某些事情而言，“just do it ”算是可以接受的口号。但是你还没想明白自己想要的人生之前，这个信念并不合适。
I would like to end by reading some important lyrics. I cited the Greek philosopher Socrates earlier. These lyrics are from the great American philosopher, Bob Dylan. They’re almost 50 years old. He wrote them for his son, Jesse, who he was missing while he was on tour.
我将以一段著名歌词结束致辞。刚才，我引用了希腊哲人苏格拉底。以下歌词，已有50年历史，来自鲍勃·迪伦。当年他巡回演出，思子心切，写给儿子杰西。
“Forever Young”
May God bless you and keep you always
May your wishes all come true
May you always do for others
And let others do for you
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung
And may you stay forever young
May you grow up to be righteous
May you grow up to be true
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you
May you always be courageous
Stand upright and be strong
And may you stay forever young
May your hands always be busy
May your feet always be swift
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
May your heart always be joyful
May your song always be sung
And may you stay forever young
《永远年轻》
“愿上帝庇佑，护你前路；
愿你美梦均可成真；
愿你与人为善，相互扶持；
愿你建成通往群星的天梯；稳妥沿它而上；
愿你永远年轻；愿你成为正直之人；
愿你成就真实自我；
愿你永远感知真理，看向身边无尽光明；
愿你勇敢无惧，坚强可靠；
愿你永远年轻,拥有纯洁之心；
愿你双手永远忙碌，愿你脚步永远轻盈；
在变故横生之时，愿你根基牢靠；
愿你心中永远充满快乐，愿你的歌声永远嘹亮；
愿你永远年轻。”
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