我沒有宿舍,所以我睡在友人家裡的地板上,靠著回收可樂空罐的退費五分錢買吃的。每個星期天晚上得走七哩的路,繞過大半個鎮去印度教的 Hare Krishna 神廟吃頓好料,我喜歡 Hare Krishna 神廟的好料。
就這樣追隨我的好奇與直覺,大部分我所投入過的事務,後來看來都成了無比珍貴的經歷(And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on )。
因為幾乎每件事-所有外界期望、所有的名聲、所有對困窘或失敗的恐懼-在面對死亡時,都消失了,只有最真實重要的東西才會留下(Remember-ing that I ll be dead soon is the most important tool I ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important)。
不要讓別人的意見淹沒了你內在的心聲。最重要的,擁有追隨自己內心與直覺的勇氣,你的內心與直覺多少已經知道你真正想要成為什麼樣的人(have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become),任何其他事物都是次要的。(聽眾鼓掌)