It is not difficult to imagine a world short of ambition. It would probably be a kinder world: with out demands, without abrasions, without disappointments. People would have time for reflection. Such work as they did would not be for themselves but for the collectivity. Competition would never enter in. conflict would be eliminated, tension become a thing of the past. The stress of creation would be at an end. Art would no longer be troubling, but purely celebratory in its functions. Longevity would be increased, for fewer people would die of heart attack or stroke caused by tumultuous endeavor. Anxiety would be extinct. Time would stretch on and on, with ambition long departed from the human heart.
Ah, how unrelieved boring life would be!
There is a strong view that holds that success is a myth, and ambition therefore a sham. Does this mean that success does not really exist? That achievement is at bottom empty? That the efforts of men and women are of no significance alongside the force of movements and events now not all success, obviously, is worth esteeming, nor all ambition worth cultivating. Which are and which are not is something one soon enough learns on one’s own. But even the most cynical secretly admit that success exists; that achievement counts for a great deal; and that the true myth is that the actions of men and women are useless. To believe otherwise is to take on a point of view that is likely to be deranging. It is, in its implications, to remove all motives for competence, interest in attainment, and regard for posterity.
We do not choose to be born. We do not choose our parents. We do not choose our historical epoch, the country of our birth, or the immediate circumstances of our upbringing. We do not, most of us, choose to die; nor do we choose the time or conditions of our death. But within all this realm of choicelessness, we do choose how we shall live: courageously or in cowardice, honorably or dishonorably, with purpose or in drift. We decide what is important and what is trivial in life. We decide that what makes us significant is either what we do or what we refuse to do. But no matter how indifferent the universe may be to our choices and decisions, these choices and decisions are ours to make. We decide. We choose. And as we decide and choose, so are our lives formed. In the end, forming our own destiny is what ambition is about.
作者: 老牛 时间: 2013-7-27 20:59
欣赏佳作。辛苦了
作者: 丛中笑 时间: 2013-7-27 22:39
我们的抱负在一定程度上注定了自己的命运。学习欣赏!
所有的成功都值勤得敬重。是否多了个“勤”?
我们无法选选择何时死亡怎样死亡。是否多了一个“选”?
作者: ヮ成熟、羙° 时间: 2013-7-28 14:43
老牛 发表于 2013-7-27 20:59 
欣赏佳作。辛苦了
多谢牛哥鼓励。荷叶正在考翻译证书,总过不了关,不得不每日翻译,苦练本领。
作者: ヮ成熟、羙° 时间: 2013-7-28 14:45
丛中笑 发表于 2013-7-27 22:39 
我们的抱负在一定程度上注定了自己的命运。学习欣赏!
所有的成功都值勤得敬重。是否多了个“勤 ...
多谢老师的每日关注。荷叶改过来了。
作者: 丛中笑 时间: 2013-7-28 22:15
ヮ成熟、羙° 发表于 2013-7-28 14:45 
多谢老师的每日关注。荷叶改过来了。

作者: ヮ成熟、羙° 时间: 2013-7-29 05:58
丛中笑 发表于 2013-7-28 22:15 

作者: 丛中笑 时间: 2013-7-29 22:14
ヮ成熟、羙° 发表于 2013-7-29 05:58 
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