How Do You Define Yourself
我們如何定義自己?
Lizzie Velasquez這場分享,
真是會讓人從淚中領悟。
我們常抱怨自己的身材,
擔心自己一直發胖,
Lizzie完全没這個煩惱, 她怎麼吃,都不會發胖。
這個看似令人羨慕之處,
卻是充滿辛酸苦楚,
令人同情。
Lizzi有種綜合症狀 (syndrome),
全世界只有三人,
不知原因,
吃不胖,
瘦如柴火,
眼睛受損。
所幸她的父母接納,
並給她最多的愛和照顧。
一直到她開始就學時,
才發現自己和別人不一樣。
也是一連串被霸凌惡夢的開始。
她的父母鼓勵她:
Go to school, pick your head up, smile, and continue to be yourself, and people will see that you’re just like them.
但是高中的網路霸凌事件幾乎打垮Lizzi。
有人在網路po八秒鐘Lizzi無聲的影片,
並宣稱她為
the world's ugliest woman。
影片一上傳,
就有數百萬人點閱,
數千則留言,
更有人殘忍地叫Lizzi不如自我了結。
還好Lizzi的周遭有很強的支援團隊,
她父母一直都鼓勵著她。
她很灰心, 很想放棄自己,
但是
What defines who you are as a person?
讓她思考,轉念。
她下定決心:
My life was put into my hands, just like your lives are put into yours.
...
I’m going to let my goals, and my success, and my accomplishments be the things that define me.
...
Tell me those negative things, I’m going to turn them around, and I’m going to use them as a ladder to climb up to my goals. That’s what I did.
...
I used the people who were telling me that I couldn’t do this to motivate me.
I used their negativity to light my fire to keep going.
她將打擊、阻撓、輕視轉化為奮鬥前進的力量。
她已寫了三本勵志的書,
做個 a motivational speaker ,
也完成大學學業。
她還有許多目標,
她的人生並沒有被她的外表打垮,
沒有被傷害擊倒,
她要活得更好。
...
看了這個影片,
除了感動,
也開始更認真思索
What defines me who I am as a person?
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