Hengheng's World

【書名】過你的第二人生：你要留在這裡，還是往前走？The Seed: Finding Purpose and Happiness in Life and Work

【書訊】金石堂

【簡介】

這，真的是我想要的生活嗎？
如果可以重來，我還會這樣選擇嗎？　

過去多少年的人生，你被選擇、被安排、被期待。
日復一日， 熟悉的路線，差不多的每一天。
工作應付自如，日子過得不錯，
但你很清楚，過去的熱情與幹勁，正一點一滴流失……

你想離開現狀、想換工作、想出走，找到內心熱情的所在。
等待，不會讓夢想變成現實。
人生，也不會只有這樣。
跟著書中的主角，勇敢出發，走一趟尋找生命意義的旅程。

暢銷作家、《財星》五百大企業及NBA的激勵導師高登，
帶領你──
跨出這一步，開始過你真正想要的第二人生！
其實還有機會，你，可以這樣選擇。

喬許，曾經是企業中的明日之星，如今卻失去了工作熱情。
主管給他兩週假期，好好思考還要不要留下來工作。

一位偶遇的農夫，交給喬許一顆種子，並且告訴他，只要能找到正確的地方播種，就能夠尋回讓人生旅程豐盛成功的熱情。

這顆種子，將帶著喬許、以及你我，走到什麼地方？
看到什麼風景？得到什麼啟發？

推薦指數：

翻沒幾頁，彷彿看到深夜加油站遇見蘇格拉底，有點失望；

我想，有些答案的確無法向外尋求，

答案，只要自己知道！

2013年的第一天，告訴我，不要迴避自己的內心，

想要偷懶地向宇宙要一個明確的答案，最終，只會令自己失望而已！

P40 生命並不會帶來你想要的東西，生命會帶來你所需要的東西。

P70 每個人都有自己的音符要彈奏，你不能彈別人的音符。你的責任是要彈出你的音符，貢獻給這首歌。

P85 人類如此專注在學習與成長上，因此忘記了存在的藝術。

P109 我們的快樂和外界的力量沒有什麼關係，而是和自己內心擁有的東西比較相連。快樂是內心的功課。快樂是一個抉擇。

P119 未來總比現在看來更誘人，因為未來充滿了幻想而非現實。關鍵是，你得在當下，在你現在立身之處，將幻想變成現實。

 (小說中提及的歌曲-live like you were dying by Tim McGraw )

He said: "I was in my early forties,
"With a lot of life before me,
"An' a moment came that stopped me on a dime.
"I spent most of the next days,
"Looking at the x-rays,
"An' talking 'bout the options an' talkin’ ‘bout sweet time."
I asked him when it sank in,
That this might really be the real end?
How’s it hit you when you get that kind of news?
Man whatcha do?

An' he said: "I went sky diving, I went rocky mountain climbing,
"I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu.
"And I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter,
"And I gave forgiveness I'd been denying."
An' he said: "Some day, I hope you get the chance,
"To live like you were dyin'."

He said "I was finally the husband,
"That most the time I wasn’t.
"An' I became a friend a friend would like to have.
"And all of a sudden goin' fishin’,
"Wasn’t such an imposition,
"And I went three times that year I lost my Dad.
"Well, I finally read the Good Book,
"And I took a good long hard look,
"At what I'd do if I could do it all again,
"And then:

"I went sky diving, I went rocky mountain climbing,
"I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu.
"And I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter,
"And I gave forgiveness I'd been denying."
An' he said: "Some day, I hope you get the chance,
"To live like you were dyin'."

Like tomorrow was a gift,
And you got eternity,
To think about what you’d do with it.
An' what did you do with it?
An' what can I do with it?
An' what would I do with it?

"Sky diving, I went rocky mountain climbing,
"I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu.
"And then I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter,
"And I watched Blue Eagle as it was flyin'."
An' he said: "Some day, I hope you get the chance,
"To live like you were dyin'."

"To live like you were dyin'."
"To live like you were dyin'."
"To live like you were dyin'."
"To live like you were dyin'."

(資料出處：http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/mcgraw-tim/live-like-you-were-dying-13619.html)

 (小說中提及的歌曲-don't stop beleving by Journey)

Just a small town girl, livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin' anywhere
Just a city boy, born and raised in south Detroit
He took the midnight train goin' anywhere

A singer in a smokey room
A smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on

(Chorus)
Strangers waiting, up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching in the night
Streetlights people, living just to find emotion
Hiding, somewhere in the night.

Working hard to get my fill,
Everybody wants a thrill
Payin' anything to roll the dice,
Just one more time
Some will win, some will lose
Some were born to sing the blues
Oh, the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on

(Chorus)

Don't stop believin'
Hold on to the feelin'
Streetlights people

Don't stop believin'
Hold on
Streetlight people

Don't stop believin'
Hold on to the feelin'
Streetlights people

(資料出處：http://www.lyricsfreak.com/j/journey/dont+stop+believin_20075670.html)