美国首席大法官的“毒鸡汤”祝福，全球最火

​​Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Inhabit your moments. Don’t rent them out to tomorrow.– Jerry Spinelli

活在今天，不是昨天，也不是明天，占据你的每一刻，别把它租给明天。– 杰瑞．史宾纳利

近日，美国最高法院首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨在儿子的中学毕业典礼上“不按套路出牌”。不但不祝福孩子一帆风顺，反而是希望台下学生遭遇不幸、背叛及被忽视：“人唯有遭遇不公时，才知道公正的价值。”

仔细听完，才知这是来自一位父亲的披着毒鸡汤的良苦用心。罗伯兹不是为孩子勾勒出美好的未来世界，而是希望他们能在现实中摸爬滚打不断提高自己，最终成为对社会有价值的人。

《华盛顿邮报》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。

毕业致辞精选：

1 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.

在未来的时光里，我希望你们偶尔遭遇不公，从而明白公正的意义。

2 I hope that you will suffer betrayal because that will teach you the importance of loyalty.

我祝福你会遭受背叛，因为它会让你感受到忠诚的重要性。

3 Sorry to say, but I hope you will be lonely from time to time so that you don’t take friends for granted.

很抱歉，但我会祝福你时常感到孤独，这样，你才会更珍惜你的朋友。

4 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.

我祝福你有时会不走运，因而你会意识到概率和运气在人生中扮演的角色，并且理解你的成功并不完全是你应得的，而其他人的失败也并不完全是他们所应得的。

5 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.

当你失败的时候，我希望你的对手会因为你的失败而幸灾乐祸。这会让你意识到竞争风度的重要性。

6 I hope you’ll be ignored so you know the importance of listening to others.

我祝福你会被忽视，因而你会意识到倾听他人的重要性。

7 I hope you will have just enough pain to learn compassion.

我祝福你适当地遭受痛苦，从而让你获得一颗同理心。

8 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.

无论我是否说这些，它们都会发生。你是否从中获益，取决于你是否能从你的不幸中找到不同的角度去看待它。

9 And one important clue to living a good life is to not to try to live the good life. The best way to lose the values that are central to who you are is frankly not to think about them at all.

其实获得美好的人生的诀窍正是不去追求所谓“美好生活”。改变自己根深蒂固的价值观的最好方法，就是不去想它们。​​​​

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