TED演講 絲德茜·克萊默：我得過的比較好禮物

Imagine, if you will, a gift. I'd you picture in you mind. 請想象一份禮物，請你們在腦海中構想一下。

It's not too big. About the size of a golf ball.不是很大，大概高爾夫球般大小。

So in vision what it looks like all wrapped up. 包裝看上去大致是這個樣子。

but before i show you what's inside. 在我揭開謎底之前，

i will tell that's going to do incredible things for you.我先告訴你們這件禮物會有多么精妙的效果。

It will bring all of your family together. 它會使你合家團聚。

You will feel loved and appreciated like never before. 你會感受到前所未有的愛與感激。

And reconnect to friends and acquaintances you haven't heard from in years. 與久未謀面的老友和舊識重聚。

Adoration and admiration will overwhelm you. 愛與贊美會充盈你身;

It will recalibrate what's important in your life. 你會重新檢視何為生命中最重要的事。

It will redefine, your sense of spirituality and faith. You'll have a new understanding and trust in you body. 你會重新定義自己對精神和信仰的看法;你對自己的身體也會有全新的認知和信任。

You'll have unsurpassed vitality and energy. 你會擁有無與倫比的生命力和能量;

You'll expand your vocabulary, meet new people and you'll have a healthier lifestyle. 你將拓展你的詞匯量，結交新的朋友，并擁有更健康的生活方式。

And get this, you'll have an eight-week vacation of doing absolutely nothing. 當你得到這件禮物時，你將會有8個禮拜的假期，不需要做任何事情;

You'll eat coutless gourmet meals. Flowers will arrive by the truck load. People will say to you: "You look great! Have you had any work done?" And you'll have a life-time supply of good drugs. 你將享用無盡的佳肴，收到好幾卡車的鮮花;人們會對你說，“你看起來氣色真不錯,完成什么了嗎?”你還會得到終身的良藥供給。

You'll be challenged, inspired, motivated and humbled. 你將面臨挑戰(zhàn)，被啟發(fā)，被鼓舞，同時變得更謙虛;

Your life will have new meaning: peace, health, serenity, happiness, nirvana. 你的生命將被賦予新的意義，平和，健康，寧靜，快樂，猶如涅槃。

The price? 禮物的價格呢?

Fifty-five thousand dollars. And that's an incredible deal. 55000美金。真是樁好買賣。

By now, I know you're dying to know what it is and where you can get one. 我知道你一定迫不及待地想知道這到底是什么?

Does Amazon carry it? Does it have the apple logo on it? Is there a waiting list? 在哪里可買到?亞馬遜網(wǎng)站上有嗎?是蘋果公司的產品嗎?要排隊等貨嗎?

Not likely. 都不對。

This gift came to me about five months ago. 大概5個月前，我收到了這份禮物。

And looked more like this when it was all wrapped up. Not quite so pretty. 包裹起來的話，大概是這個樣子。沒那么漂亮。

And this. And then this(A picture after operation). 之后是這個，還有這個。

It was a rare jam. A brain tumor. Hemangioblastoma. 一個罕見的麻煩，一顆腦瘤，成血管細胞瘤。

The gift that keeps on giving. And while I'm ok now. 這禮物一直在影響著我，現(xiàn)在我已無大礙了。

I wouldn't wish this gift for you. I'm not sure you'd want it. But I wouldn't change my experience. It profoundly alterned my life in ways it didn't expect. In all the ways I just shared with you. 我不希望這份禮物降臨于你，因為我不確定你是否想得到。但是我不渴望改變過去。它突如其來，徹底改變了我的生活，帶來了以上所述的那些改變。

So the next time youare faced with something that's unexpected, unwanted and uncertain, consider, that's just may be a gift. 所以下一次，當你面對意料之外的避之不及和前途未卜的事，不妨就把它看成一份禮物。