12.31新年将至，如何坚定前进的决心？

湛庐珍藏历，每天一件文明珍宝，定制你的专属博物馆。我是韩焱。

这幅插图出自1889年发行的幼儿版《爱丽丝梦游仙境》，创作者是约翰·坦尼尔爵士。

插图当中描绘的是书中经典的问路场景：爱丽丝站在树下，问树上的柴郡猫要走哪一条路才能离开这里。柴郡猫的回答非常有深意，它说：“ 如果你不知道自己要去哪里，那么走哪条路都无所谓。而如果你是要去某一个地方，那么只要走得足够远，你就准能够到达。”

爱丽丝与柴郡猫的这段对话，其实暗含着深刻的人生哲理，那就是：如果你不知道要前往何处，那么，任何道路都失去了意义。而如果你能在一条路上坚持走下去，那么无论你的目标有多远，最终都一定能达成。

在2021年的最后一天，我也想把这段对话送给你，祝愿你在新的一年里能够在自己的道路上不断前进，达成心中的梦想。我特别邀请了我的女儿Sissi来为你朗读这段原文：

The Cat only grinned when it saw Alice. It looked good-natured,she thought: still it had very long claws and a great many teeth, so she felt that it ought to be treated with respect.

‘Cheshire Puss,’ she began, rather timidly, as she did not at all know whether it would like the name: however, it only grinned a little wider. ‘Come, it’s pleased so far,’ thought Alice, and she went on. ‘Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?’

‘That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,’ said the Cat.

‘I don’t much care where--’ said Alice.

‘Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,’ said the Cat.

‘--so long as I get SOMEWHERE,’ Alice added as an explanation.

‘Oh, you’re sure to do that,’ said the Cat, ‘if you only walk long enough.’

好，祝贺你的2021年完美收官，咱们2022年见！