面對這群滿身是刺的「躺平一代」,作為父母要比他們更成熟。正如家庭專家Danny Silk所說的「定意愛孩子」(Loving on purpose)——這是一個清醒的決定:即使對方此刻多麼不可理喻,我們仍選擇守護彼此的關係,而不是爭論輸贏。年輕人的「理所當然」其實反映出一種每個人都曾經擁有的渴望,誰不希望自己的人生起步能輕鬆一點?回想我們年輕時,不也曾夢想過自己做老闆,做CEO,坐在舒適的辦公室裡嗎?每一代人都抱著希望與夢想出發。
從心理學與歷史人物的經驗來看,事實幾乎剛好相反。不同年代的作家、領袖和專家都指出,懼怕並不是在勇氣的對立面,反而是勇氣的「關鍵素材」。Mark Twain在 Pudd’nhead Wilson一書中寫道:「勇氣不是沒有懼怕,而是學懂抵抗和駕馭。」曼德拉也曾說:「I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.」(Mandela, 1994)如果你面對挑戰的時候,坐立不安,並不代表你「唔掂」,反而意味著你剛剛好站在勇氣之門前。
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