最近几天，反反复复地听乔布斯在斯坦福的演讲。最初只是为了练听力，几十遍重复，越来越觉得有所得，简单记录分享。
演讲中，乔布斯讲了三个故事。
第一个故事是“万事冥冥中自有连接”。
他大学辍学，闲暇学书法与排版，那时，只是喜欢。完全没想过，能在实际生活中有什么用。十年后，他将优美的排版带进了个人电脑，改变了世界。
他说，你无法预先设计、规划，但当你回看时，会看到它们有连接。要相信，所有经历，最终都会以不同方式连接。有时候，你应该跟随直觉，称之为勇气也好，命运也好，这可能会给生命带来些变化。
第二个故事有关爱与失去。
众所周知，他 30 岁时，被赶出了自己一手创建的苹果。这是个几近毁灭的打击，他甚至曾想彻底离开硅谷。曙光是，他意识到，他仍然热爱这个行业——无论是否被从公司驱逐，于是重新开始。
他说：放下了曾经成功的那种“我很重要”的感觉，回归到从零开始，一无所知的轻盈，那是他最有创造力的时期。
他说：被赶出苹果，是他遇到的最好的事。他认为，有热爱，让他有了新起点，因此要找到真爱的人和事，为之付出一生。
第三个故事关乎死亡。他说了自己的胰腺癌，说了死神靠近时的紧迫感。
面临死亡，可以逼自己聚焦最重要的事。死亡是生命的伟大发明——永远用新的，取代旧的。你们年轻，将成为主角。但很快，新的年轻人会取代你们。时间有限，别浪费在陈词滥调里，过自己想要的生活。
最后，他提到了保持自己的好奇心，保持自己初学者心态——著名的“Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish”。
我想总结，落笔又觉得写不清楚自己内心复杂的感受。还是推荐听一听这个演讲，以及看看《乔布斯传》。这里记几个关键词：
生命短暂。我们没有无限的时间。我们终将赤条条地离开。我们最在意的，究竟是什么？
跟随直觉。有时候，直觉代表了内心最朴素真实的想法，跟随直觉，可能最适合你。
找到真爱。找到你真正爱的人和事，为之投入。如果没找到，继续找，别放弃，别随波逐流。
保持好奇心（Hungry）。保持初学者的笨拙、虚心、求知欲（ Foolish）。
走过的路，犯过的错，吃过的亏，不会白费。你做过的有价值的事情，总有一天，回望时，会发现，他们是连接的。
部分我比较有感觉的原文：
Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backward 10 years later.Again, you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.
Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.