老外经常说的Mediocre究竟什么意思?( 二 )




A lot of people are afraid to accept mediocrity because they believe that if they accept it, they"ll never achieve anything, never improve, and that their life won"t matter. This sort of thinking is dangerous. Once you accept the premise that a life is worthwhile only if it is truly notable and great, then you basically accept the fact that most of the human population (including yourself) sucks and is worthless. And this mindset can quickly turn dangerous, to both yourself and others.(P61)



这段话里有一个单词叫做Mediocrity,它是Mediocre的名词形式。作者的意思是说,如果我们不能接受自己也许其实只是这个大千世界当中的一个很普通很平凡的人的这个事实的话,那么实际上我们也是在否定众生,同时也否定了自己。因为其实你我心里都很明白,超级英雄从来都只是极少数,我们大多数人的日子其实都是平淡无奇的,难道不是吗?

我觉得这段话可以让那些浮躁的心,沉静下来。不管我们的目标有多高远,不管我们的志向有多宏大,我想我们是不是应该时刻谨记,我们只是平凡的人。当然,接受自己是平凡人,不代表我要甘于平凡。