Find a deeper purpose 有意义的人生

You must find a deeper purpose to your actions. 

你必须为你的行动找到一个更深层次的目标。

A better way of saying this is you must choose what is motivating you. Is it something superficial and external or something deeper and more meaningful? 

一个更好的说法是，你必须选择激励你的东西。它是表面的、外在的还是更深层次的、更有意义的呢？

Being motivated by money for the sake of money leads to unstable emotional regulation and a lot of obnoxious and superficial behavior. Being motivated by money so that one can provide a good life for their family and children is a much sturdier foundation to work with. That deeper purpose will motivate one through the stress and fear and inevitable complications that a more superficial motivation would not.

仅仅为了钱而受金钱的驱使，会导致不稳定的情绪和许多令人讨厌的肤浅行为。为了给家人和孩子提供良好的生活而努力赚钱，这就是一个比仅仅以赚钱为目标更加坚实的基础。这种更深层次的目标会激励人克服压力和恐惧，也会帮助人们绕过那些肤浅动机无法避免的复杂因素。

Being motivated by the approval of others leads to needy and unattractive behavior. Being motivated by the approval of others because you’re an artist and you would want to construct art that moves and inspires people in new and powerful ways is far more sustainable and noble. You’ll be able to work through disapproval, embarrassments and the occasional disaster.

被他人的认可所激励会让我们对别人的关怀产生依赖，并且毫无魅力。如果你是一个艺术家，你想用新的、有力的方式来创造能够感动和激励人们的艺术，那么你选择被他人的认可所激励，就是更可持续的，也是很高尚的。你将能够克服他人的反对，遭遇的尴尬以及偶然的灾难。

How does one find their deeper purpose? Well, it is not easy. But then again robust and resilient lifelong happiness isn’t easy either. 

如何找到他们更深层次的目标呢？好吧，这并不容易。但是，获得稳健持续的终身幸福也同样不容易。 

But here’s a hint: It is something to do with growth and contribution. Growth means finding a way to make yourself a better person. Contribution means finding a way to make other people better. Look for ways that can integrate those into your motivations. 

但这里有一个线索：成长和贡献。成长意味着找到一种方法让自己成为更好的人。贡献意味着找到一种让别人更好的方法。你要寻找把这些融入到你的动机的方法。

【重点词汇&表达】

1.find a deeper purpose

  找到更深层次的目标；

2.superficial [,suːpə'fɪʃ(ə)l]

  表面的；肤浅的；

3.external [ɪk'stɜːn(ə)l]

 外部的；表面的；

4.for the sake of

 为了；为了…的利益；

5.obnoxious [əb'nɒkʃəs]

 讨厌的；可憎的；

6.sturdy foundation

 坚固的基础；

7.inevitable [ɪn'evɪtəb(ə)l]

 必然的，不可避免的；

8.complication [kɒmplɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n]

 复杂；混乱；并发症；

9.needy

 需要过多关怀的；贫困的；

10.sustainable [sə'steɪnəb(ə)l]

 可持续的；

11.embarrassment [ɪm'bærəsmənt]

 窘迫，难堪；使人为难的人或事物；；

12.robust [rə(ʊ)'bʌst]

  强健的；健康的；

13.resilient [rɪ'zɪlɪənt]

 有弹力的；能复原的；

14.hint [hɪnt]

 暗示；线索；

15.something to do with

 与…有关；

16.find a way to do sth.

 找到做…的方法；

17.integrate A into B

 把A融入B中；