踏实地活着 A life with a clear purpose

在韩国旅行时遇见了一位曾经采访过韩国巨星Rain 的导游，
她和我们分享了Rain 不为人知的刻苦耐劳。
当时，为了采访正在拍摄《浪漫满屋》的Rain，
天还未亮导游就守在那沿海漂亮的玻璃屋外等待。

During my last trip to Korea,
I met a Korean tour guide who had once interviewed K-Pop Super Star, Rain
and she did shared with us some unrevealed stories about Rain's hard work.
The interview was conducted during the filming of drama series, <full house>
and she has to wait in front the beautiful glass house early in the morning just to wait for Rain's free time.

导游时刻关注着透明屋里的Rain，
希望一逮到机会就冲上前去作访问。
然而，整个拍摄剧组完全没有休息的时间，
Rain也只能趁着转换场景的几分钟空档，
匆匆地喝点牛奶裹肚。
直到凌晨，守在玻璃屋外的导游都筋疲力尽了，
Rain 却依然生龙活虎地演着。

The Korean tour guide was closely monitoring on Rain through the glass house
to make sure she will not missed the chance to interview the super star.
Unfortunately the whole production team was so busy and restless
and even Rain only has so little time to grab some milk throughout the day.
The tour guide waited there until late night and she was so fatigue
but surprisingly Rain still looked energetic.

后来采访时，
睡意满满的导游忍不住问Rain：“你不累吗？”
Rain 只是淡淡地回答：
“比起以前我努力要当上艺人时，这不算累了！”

When she got the chance to interview Rain after a long day waiting,
the first question she asked was, Don’t you feel tired?
Rain answered in a simple way saying,
This is nothing compare to the time before I become an artist”.


巨星顶着的光环总是令人羡慕，
然而，这都是他们在背后
付出了多少的辛劳、精神和内心换回来的！
他们做得好时，没有人看见背后的努力；
他们做得不好时，却遭千夫所指。
这重重的压力，
甚至导致多少韩国艺人抵抗不了而选择轻生。

People always admire the glamorous life of a Super Star,
as this is all in return of from their effort, time and spirit.
Unfortunately when they doing well,
not many people will appreciate their efforts
but people will start condemning and criticizing when they failed.
This kind of public pressure has caused some K-pop artists can’t overwhelm
and even choose to put a full stop in their life.


我很好奇Rain是怎样在竞争激烈的环境中生存？
他在最新的电视节目中，说了这么一句话：
“我为了那些喜欢我的人会更努力。
大众就是我的父母。
生了我、让我有的吃，能生活下去，
甚至创造了 Rain 这个人，
所以大众有资格批评我、喜欢我。”

I wonder how Rain survives in this competitive environment?
He said this in his recent interview in a TV show
”I will work hard for those who support me.
The audience is just like my parent,
they give me birth, feed me, allow me to survive and they created RAIN.
Thus, the audiences always have the right to criticize and to love me. ”


Rain就是带着如此清晰的目的生活着，
因此他不怕批评、不怕压力、
更不怕累。

Rain is carrying a clear purpose to live
hence he has no fear to critics, pressure, and not even fear of fatigue.


我们的生活也该如此，
虽然很多的不如意、重重的压力，
甚至很多的重复，
都让我们活得毫无动力。
再一次整顿自己的生活目的吧，
唯有确实的目的，才能让人踏实的活着。
趁着跨入2014年以前，静静地整顿一下自己。

Same goes to our life,
when things are bad, stressful and having a routine life
which could make us demotivated.
But again, we should try to reset our purpose of live,
because a life without a purpose is a flavorless life.
Let’s reset our living purpose before we step into new year, 2014.

稿投2013-12-30 东方日报

Published in Oriental Daily on 2013-12-30.