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'Waterloo', with the same fixed details, spells a 'victory' for an Englishman; for a Frenchman it spells 'defeat'.
同一個滑鐵盧之戰，具體情節絕無二致，而英國人看來是“勝利”；法國人看來是“失敗”
So, for an optimist philosopher the universe spells victory, for a pessimist, defeat.
同樣，宇宙也如此，樂觀主義者看作是勝利，悲觀主義者看作是失敗
What we say about reality thus depends on the perspective into which we throw it."
我們對現實抱有怎樣說法全看我們怎么給他配景"
William James said these back in 1890, understanding how we co-create our reality.
這是威廉·詹姆斯在1890年說的，理解我們如何共同創造現實
Here is one of my... one of my favorite poems by R.L. Sharpe:
這是我最喜歡的夏普的詩
Isn't it strange, how princes and kings, and clowns that caper in sawdust rings,
“是不是很奇怪，王子和國王，在木屑圈里跳來跳去的小丑
and common-people like you and me, are builders for eternity?
一如你我的凡人怎么會是永恒的打造者
each is given a list of rules, a shapeless mass and a bag of tools;
人人都拿到了一份規則表，一大塊不成形的東西，一袋工具
and each must fashion your life is flown, a stumbling block or a stepping stone.
在生命流逝之前，人人都必須雕出，一塊絆腳石，或是一塊墊腳石“
Very often what we get in the beginning is a large piece of stone. What do we do with it?
經常我們在開始得到的東西。是一大塊石頭，我們怎么辦?
Do we create it into a beautiful "David"?
我們把它鑿成漂亮的“大衛”
Chipping away the excess stone?
鑿碎多余的石頭
Or, is it a barrier to our success?
或者它只是我們通往成功的障礙
And very often it is up to us, as we co-create our reality.
通常這是由我們決定的，因為我們共創現實
The stone is there, we are not responsible for it; but what we do with it, we are responsible for.
石頭就在那，我們不用負責；但我們用它做什么，我們要負責
