Кен Робинсон - Найти свое призвание. Как открыть свои истинные таланты и наполнить жизнь смыслом

В главе 1 я сравнил жизненный путь с морской навигацией. Вы можете плыть вдоль знакомых берегов или поднять паруса и отправиться навстречу неизвестному. Марк Твен тоже использовал эту метафору. Размышляя над своей жизнью и достижениями, он пришел к такому заключению: «Спустя двадцать лет вы будете более огорчены теми вещами, которых вы не совершили, чем тем, что вы сделали. Так что рубите швартовы! Покиньте тихую гавань! Позвольте ветрам возможностей наполнить ваши паруса! Исследуйте! Мечтайте! Открывайте!»

Все мы в некотором роде продукт собственной биографии и окружающей культуры, поэтому бывает так легко поверить, что наше прошлое определяет наше будущее. Американский поэт Ральф Уолдо Эмерсон думал иначе: «То, что лежит позади нас, – писал он, – и то, что лежит впереди, всего лишь крохи по сравнению с тем, что лежит внутри нас».

Поиск призвания связан с открытием того, что лежит внутри вас, и это, в свою очередь, позволит вам изменить то, что лежит впереди. В коротком стихотворении «Риск» (его автором считают писательницу Анаис Нин) используется очень сильная метафора, противопоставляющая риск подавления потенциала тем наградам, которые может принести их реализация.

Как и многое другое в природе, человеческие таланты и увлечения очень разнообразны и принимают множество форм. Все мы движимы разными мечтами, мы процветаем – и увядаем – при разных обстоятельствах. Чтобы стать тем, кем вы можете стать, очень важно понимать свои мечты и условия, необходимые для их реализации. Даже если вы найдете свое призвание, это не значит, что остаток дней вы проведете в состоянии блаженства и непрерывного удовольствия. Это лишь даст вам глубокое понимание того, кто вы на самом деле и какую жизнь могли бы, а может, и должны вести.

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