有一位年青人在河邊唉聲嘆氣，一位猶太教士說：傻孩子，你是一位百萬實翁，歎什麼氣呢？ 年青人不信。

教士說：我出20萬買你的健康，你願意嗎？年青人說不願意！

教士說：我出20萬買你的青春，你願意嗎？年青人說不願意！

教士說：我出20萬買你的美貌，你願意嗎？年青人說不願意！

教士說：我出20萬買你的智慧，你願意嗎？年青人說不願意！

教士說：我出20萬買你的良心，你願意嗎？年青人說不願意！

教士說：我己經出價一百萬，仍然買不走你身上的任何東西，你說你不是百萬富翁，又是什麼呢？

這就是猶太人，他們堅信可以憑著自身實力來獲得財富，改變自己的命運！ - - - 《塔木德》

From veronica

龍應台給兒子的信中 --「你將來想做什麼」:

「當你的工作在你心目中有意義，你就有成就感。

當你的工作給你時間，不剝奪你的生活，你就有尊嚴。

成就感和尊嚴，給你快樂。

我怕你變成畫長頸鹿的提摩，不是因為他沒錢沒名，而是因為他找不到意義。

我 也要求你讀書用功，不是因為我要你跟別人比成就，

而是因為，我希望你將來會擁有選擇的權利，

選擇有意義、有時間的工作，而不是被迫謀生。

如果我們不是在跟 別人比名比利，而只是在為自己找心靈安適之所在，

那麼連「平庸」這個詞都不太有意義了。

「平庸」是跟別人比，心靈的安適是跟自己比。

我們最終極的負責對 象，千山萬水走到最後，還是「自己」二字。」

This is so true and I'm totally agreed! If I'd read this passage when I was in high school, I think I would work extremely hard and hard... Maybe I'm taking Master course right now. What if everything changes, maybe I'll get better, maybe I'll get worse, who knows? But I'm quite sure I will get lost and not type this passage. Even if I can't change my past, hope I can choose my way and my future. Thx God gave me what I have and bless all my friends and family can find a peaceful place under your feet.

found this passage from someone in IU.

Being 20 something...

They call it the "Quarter-life Crisis." It is when you stop going along with the crowd and start realizing that there are many things about yourself that you didn't know and may not like. You start feeling insecure and wonder where you will be in a year or two, but then get scared because you barely know where you are now.

You start realizing that people are selfish and that, maybe, those friends that you thought you were so close to aren't exactly the greatest people you have ever met, and the people you have lost touch with are some of the most important ones. What you don't recognize is that they are realizing that too, and aren't really cold, catty, mean or insincere, but that they are as confused as you.

You look at your job... and it is not even close to what you thought you would be doing, or maybe you are looking for a job and realizing that you are going to have to start at the bottom and that scares you.

Your opinions have gotten stronger. You see what others are doing and find yourself judging more than usual because suddenly you realize that you have certain boundaries in your life and are constantly adding things to your list of what is acceptable and what isn't. One minute, you are insecure and then the next, secure. You laugh and cry with the greatest force of your life. You feel alone and scared and confused. Suddenly, change is the enemy and you try and cling on to the past with dear life, but soon realize that the past is drifting further and further away, and there is nothing to do but stay where you are or move forward.

You get your heart broken and wonder how someone you loved could do such damage to you. Or you lie in bed and wonder why you can't meet anyone decent enough that you want to get to know better. Or maybe you love someone but love someone else too and cannot figure out why you are doing this because you know that you aren't a bad person. One night stands and random hook ups start to look cheap. Getting wasted and acting like an idiot starts to look pathetic.

You go through the same emotions and questions over and over, and talk with your friends about the same topics because you cannot seem to make a decision. You worry about loans, money, the future and making a life for yourself... and while winning the race would be great, right now you'd just like to be a contender!

What you may not realize is that everyone reading this relates to it. We are in our best of times and our worst of times, trying as hard as we can to figure this whole thing out.

-unknown