史蒂芬·弗莱 | 我们如何才能快乐？

Some people believe that there is one single 'meaning of life'. They think that the universe was created for a purpose and that human beings are part of some larger cosmic plan. They think our meaning comes from being part of this plan and is written into the universe waiting to be discovered.

有人认为“生命的意义”只有一种。他们认为宇宙是为了一个目的而被创造出来的，而人类只是更大的宇宙计划的一部分。他们认为人类的意义来自成为这一计划的一部分，并被写入宇宙等待被发现。

A humanist view of meaning in life is different. Humanists do not see that there is any obvious purpose to the universe, but that it is a natural phenomenon with no design behind it. Meaning is not something out there waiting to be discovered, but something that we create in our own lives.

人文主义对生命的意义看法则不同。人文主义者并不认为宇宙有任何明显的目的，只是一个自然现象，不存在幕后设计。意义不是等待被发现的东西，而是我们自己在生活中创造出来的东西。

And although this vast and incredibly old universe was not created for us, all of us are connected to something bigger than ourselves, whether it is family and community, a tradition stretching into the past, an idea or cause looking forward to the future, or the beautiful wider natural world on which we were born and our species evolved.

尽管这个巨大而令人难以置信的古老宇宙不是为我们创造的，无论是家庭和社区，一个延续到过去的传统，还是一个展望未来的想法或目标，亦或是我们出生和进化的美丽而广阔的自然世界，我们所有人都与比我们更大的东西联系在一起。

This way of thinking means that there is not just one big 'meaning of life', but that every person will have many different meanings in their life. Each one of us is unique and our different personalities depend on a complex mixture of influences from our parents, our environment and our connections. They change with experience and changing circumstances.

这种思维方式意味着不仅仅有一个大的“生活意义”，而是每个人在他们的生活会有许多不同的意义。我们每个人都是独一无二的，我们的个性取决于我们的父母，环境，人际关系等复杂的影响。它们随经验和环境的变化而变化。

There are no simple recipes for living that are applicable to all people. We have different tastes and preferences, different priorities and goals. One person may like drawing, walking in the woods and caring for their grandchildren, another may like cooking, watching soap operas, savouring a favourite wine or a new food.

没有适用于所有人的简单食谱。我们有不同的品味和偏好，不同的优先次序和目标。一个人可能喜欢画画，在树林里散步，照顾他的孙儿们，另一个人可能喜欢做饭，看肥皂剧，品尝喜欢的酒或新食物。

We may find meaning through our family, our career, making a commitment to an artistic project or a political reform. In simple pleasures, such as gardening, in hobbies, or in a thousand other ways, giving rein to our creativity or our curiosity, our intellectual capacities or our emotional life.

我们可能会在我们的家庭，事业，对艺术项目或者政治改革的献身寻找意义。也可以在简单的乐趣，如园艺，业余爱好，或者其他千百种方式中让我们的创造力和好奇心自由驰骋；亦可以在我们的智力及情感生活中寻找到意义。

The time to be happy is now and the way to find meaning in life is to get on and live it -- as fully and as well as we can.

现在就是快乐的时候了，找到生活意义的方法就是继续生活——尽可能努力的生活。