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时光机。选择

Posted in Uncategorized on April 27th, 2009

如果我们有一个机器猫的时光机就好了,可以回到过去,阻止当初错误的选择发生。还可以去到将来,看看什么样的选择带来的结果会是最圆满的,然后回到现在就这么选吧。

也许真的有挺多人常常就是这么想的。也许有很多人曾经这么想过。也许有不少人会在未来的某个时间点这么想。

我属于第二种人。

我们都认为自己应该有权选择未来的生活,但又常常害怕做选择,希望有一个智者来替我们做决断,即便选错了,也可以将所有责任推到这样一个人身上。可惜世上没有这样的智者。

我们对未来没有把握,对未来一无所知,我们又想逃避承担结果和责任,所以害怕选择,所以想找个人来告诉我们现成的答案。

逐渐长大后,开始慢慢告诉自己,做选择前要冷静、理智、倾听自己内心的声音,对外部环境有了解、有认识、有思考,然后选择。一旦选择,要相信你有能力让它带来你最想要的结果,而不只是最完美的结果。

对于结果,你只需要接受,然后反思,而后再开始选择。

每一个选择,在不同人身上,都可以带来不同的结果。人是最不受控,也最受控的因素。剔除外部不可控因素,任何选择所带来的,也许都是你曾经想让他发生的结果。如果你不认同,或许是他们只曾经出现在你不自知的潜意识里。

我有一本日记本,它的名字叫《时光机》,它现在还有好多空白,而当它被填满之后的某一天,被再次重新阅读的时候,它不就是我最好的时光机吗?

记得小时候看《机器猫》,有一集里,在一个星期天的早上,野比从机器猫那里要来了一个可以帮他做选择的机器。原理就是,他可以通过机器看到自己做任何一个选择所带来的后果,好的坏的,这样会帮助他去提前想好到底该选哪个。野比看着每一个选择带来的结果,每看完一个就会越想看下一个选择会带来什么结果。没多久,他就把星期天一整天的每种选择会带来的结果都看完了,还牢记了自己一天该做哪些选择。然后兴高采烈、暗自得意地站起来准备出门,“好,今天就这么定了!”

话音未落,机器猫进来了,开始铺床睡觉,野比再回头,窗外已经满天繁星。

星期天已经过去了。

The best is yet to come

Posted in Uncategorized on April 15th, 2009

Still in Gray’s Anatomy S1 Ep1 

George & Meredith sitting on a window ledge of the hospital outside. They both look pensive. MEREDITH: I wish I wanted to be a chef. Or a ski instructor. Or a kindergarten teacher.  

GEORGE: You know I would have been a really good postal worker. I am dependable. You know my parents tell everyone they meet that their son is a surgeon. As if it is a big accomplishment. Superhero or something. If they could see me now.

MEREDITH: When I told my mother that I wanted to go to medical school, she tried to talk me out of it. Said I didn’t have what it takes to be a surgeon. That I can never make it. So the way I see it, superhero sounds pretty damn good.

GEORGE: We are going to survive this, right? Meredith just smiles.

I can’t  think of any one reason on why I want to be a surgeon. But I can think of a thousand reasons why I should quit.

They make it hard on purpose.

There are lives in our hands. There comes a moment when it is more than just a game. And you either take that step forward. Or turn around and walk away. I could quit. But here is the thing. I love the playing field.

How well you play, that’s up to you.

Posted in Uncategorized on April 11th, 2009

因为工作的缘故,这一年来没有怎么很完整地看过<Gray’s Anatomy>,基本也只是断断续续地看了S4,S5中的某几集。看美剧常常让我有种特殊的感觉,就是你知道虽然剧情是虚构的,但其中的每个人在和你一起逐渐成长、成熟,甚至衰老。只是他们在用另一种方式与你的生活产生交集。就像看<Friends>中Rachel近十年的变化,从任性、没有太多主见到慢慢成熟、独立;看<Growing Pains>中Ben从一个小不点成长为一个独立的青年,尽管我认为他长大后没有小时候那么机灵可爱,反应也更迟钝。但是你仍然亲眼见证了一个人的成长,这是如此神奇的事情。 

这些天突然又翻出了GA S1的第一集,反复看了好几遍,当所有interns第一次来到Seattle Grace Hospital  的手术室时,Chief的那段话是整个S1中令我印象最深刻的。 

Each of you comes here today hopeful, wanting in on the game.  

A month ago you were in medical school, being taught by doctors. 

Today, you are the doctors.  

The seven years you spend here as a surgical resident will be the best and worst of your life. You will be pushed to the breaking point.  Look around you. Say hello to your competition. Eight of you will switch to an easier specialty. Five of you will crack under the pressure. Two of you will be asked to leave.  

This is your starting line.   

This is your arena.    

How well you play, that’s up to you. 

Meredith从母亲那里所继承的作为全美一流外科医生的聪颖天资,Yang在医学院毕业时绝对顶尖的成绩与自信,以及她在医学上的勤奋与悟性,注定了她们是所有实习医生中最耀眼的两人,也注定了他们会成为彼此心中真正的“My Person”。 

但我始终觉得,在Meredith的内心深处,她始终是一个人独自生活,独自承担生活中的好与坏。尽管她有Yang,Izzie,George这样不离不弃的朋友,有Derek这样可以始终包容和容忍她情绪化的人在身边,她仍然还是一个人。所以尽管她和Derek彼此都很努力地适应对方,冲突和矛盾仍然接连不断。 

但是即便最终还是独自一人,它仍然不是你可以过得不好的理由。 

就像Chief所说的,How well you play, that’s up to you.