No one there saw his depression.

沒有人看到他的沮喪。

As he pulled away, he decided that that night, he would end his life.

當他離開時，他決定當晚就結束自己的生命。

He took a different route home, one that was more nostalgic to him that he had used as a young boy to get to school.

他換了一條回家的路，一條更讓他懷念的路，一條他小時候上學時走過的路。

And it was on that unusual way home that he saw something that totally took him by surprise.

就在那次不尋常的回家路上，他看到了一件讓他完全措手不及的事情。

In fact, he pulled over his car in disbelief.

事實上，他難以置信地把車停在路邊。

Stuck in the grass alongside the road was a big white sign with three words.

路邊的草地上插著一塊白色的大牌子，上面寫著三個字。

Don't give up.

不要放棄

Instead of going home and harming himself, he went home and told his family how deeply he was suffering.

他沒有回家自殘，而是回家告訴家人他有多麼痛苦。

I had no clue that my little yard sign idea, a grassroots family movement, would spread hope in all 50 states in over 27 countries.

我完全沒有想到，我那小小的院子標語創意，一場草根家庭運動，會將希望傳播到美國 50 個州、超過 27 個國家。

Crazy.

瘋了

It all started in May 2017, five months prior.

事情要從 2017 年 5 月說起，也就是五個月前。

I was hanging out with some friends after work when one of them mentioned the suicide rates in our small town.

下班後，我和幾個朋友一起出去玩，其中一個朋友提到了我們小鎮的自殺率。

I was shocked, heartbroken, and I thought, I have to do something.

我震驚了，心碎了，我想，我必須做點什麼。

My sense of urgency and action started when I was 14 years old, after I witnessed the I remember exactly one year after he died, I was sitting on my bed with my Bible and my journal, and I made a pretty big life commitment.

我的緊迫感和行動始於 14 歲那年，在我目睹了他去世整整一年後，我坐在床上，拿著聖經和日記，做出了一個相當大的人生承諾。

I want to be a bridge between people's suffering and their hope.

我想成為人們痛苦與希望之間的橋樑。

So in May 17, I hear of a suicide spree in my community, and I think to myself, I have to do something.

17 年 5 月，我聽說我所在的社區發生了一起自殺事件，我心想，我必須做點什麼。

But I did not feel qualified at all.

但我覺得自己根本不夠格。

And in fact, mental health challenges were uncharted territory for me personally.

事實上，對我個人來說，心理健康挑戰是一個未知領域。

But I was determined.

但我下定了決心。

So I printed 20 encouraging yard signs.

於是，我印製了 20 個鼓勵性的院子標語。

The day came to stake them anonymously around town.

這一天來臨了，我們要在城裡匿名安放它們。

My husband buckled our two sweet daughters into their car seats.

我丈夫把我們兩個可愛的女兒扣上了汽車座椅。

And as I put the signs into my trunk, I had this thought.

當我把標誌牌放進後備箱時，我有了這樣的想法。

Who do you think you are?

你以為你是誰？

Yard signs?

庭院標誌？

These are so cliche.

這些都太老套了。

These are so bad.

這些太糟糕了。

These will help no one.

這些對誰都沒有幫助。

But I did it anyway.

但我還是做了。

And they did help people.

他們確實幫助了人們。

Lots of people through addictions and divorces, diagnoses and deaths, and mental health crises.

很多人經歷了吸毒和離婚、診斷和死亡以及心理健康危機。

So we created a spectrum of products from decals and pins and pencils and stickers and pins.

是以，我們創造了一系列產品，包括貼花、徽章、鉛筆、貼紙和別針。

Two college friends, Jessica and Vangie, joined our team, and we clarified the mission to make love and hope tangible to anyone, anywhere, for any reason.

Jessica 和 Vangie 這兩位大學同學加入了我們的團隊，我們明確了自己的使命：讓愛和希望在任何人、任何地方、任何原因下都變得觸手可及。

Get this.

拿著這個

Thousands of people joined our mission, taking our products to pride parades, corporate events, summer camps for foster kids, family reunions, high school swim meets, music concerts, church programs.

成千上萬的人加入了我們的行列，帶著我們的產品參加驕傲遊行、公司活動、寄養兒童夏令營、家庭聚會、高中游泳比賽、音樂會和教會活動。

Our movement spread fast.

我們的運動迅速傳播開來。

Has anyone seen these signs?

有人見過這些標誌嗎？

Our movement spread fast, and it even went viral, although not always for the right reasons.

我們的運動迅速傳播開來，甚至引起了病毒式的傳播，儘管並不總是出於正確的原因。

Thanks to this clever Reddit post.

多虧了 Reddit 上這篇巧妙的帖子。

You don't matter.

你不重要

Give up.

放棄吧

Really funny.

真的很有趣。

That was great.

太棒了

Today, I don't come to you as an expert on hope, but as someone who claimed my personal agency to spread it.

今天，我不是以希望問題專家的身份來到你們中間，而是以我個人的名義來傳播希望。

I claim my ability to spread hope, not because I'm perfect, but because I was determined.

我有能力傳播希望，不是因為我完美無缺，而是因為我意志堅定。

And that is the idea I want to share with you all today.

這就是我今天想和大家分享的想法。

That we need to claim personal agency.

我們需要主張個人代理權。

Agency is the belief in our ability, our own power, our own influence.

代理就是相信自己的能力、自己的力量、自己的影響力。

We cannot control everything that happens to us or around us, but we can control how we show up, how we overcome, how we respond.

我們無法控制發生在我們身上或周圍的一切，但我們可以控制我們如何出現、如何克服、如何應對。

Hope and agency have actually a very beautiful relationship.

其實，希望和機構之間的關係非常美好。

So let's take a brief dive into the psychology of hope.

是以，讓我們來簡單瞭解一下希望的心理。

Rick Snyder was a positive psychologist and deemed the first social scientist of hope.

裡克-斯奈德是一位積極心理學家，被認為是第一位希望社會科學家。

He found that there are three important factors.

他發現有三個重要因素。

Hope, pathways, and agency.

希望、路徑和機構

Hope not wishful thinking.

希望不是一廂情願。

Hope being positive, desired outcomes for our lives.

希望是我們生活中積極的、理想的結果。

Things we hope to do, hope to be, hope to have.

我們希望做的事，希望成為的人，希望擁有的東西。

The second is pathways.

第二是途徑。

That we have to identify ways in which to achieve the hopeful goals.

我們必須找到實現希望目標的方法。

And third, front row, got it, agency.

第三，前排，知道了，代理。

We have to believe in our ability to achieve our hopeful goals.

我們必須相信自己有能力實現希望的目標。

Based on his findings, two men, two researchers, Gwyn and Hellman, found that on the journey towards hope, when there's a setback or an obstacle, maybe a crisis or a challenge, then we move from hope to anger, rightful anger.

根據他的研究結果，兩位研究人員格溫和赫爾曼發現，在通往希望的旅途中，當遇到挫折或障礙，也許是危機或挑戰時，我們就會從希望轉為憤怒，理所當然的憤怒。

But if we cannot identify pathways to overcome those obstacles, then we move from anger to despair.

但是，如果我們無法找到克服這些障礙的途徑，那麼我們就會從憤怒走向絕望。

And if we lose our sense of agency, a belief in our ability to overcome, when we cannot reimagine ourselves or our communities after a setback or suffering, then we move from despair to the opposite of hope, apathy.

如果我們在遭受挫折或苦難後無法重新想象自己或我們的社區時，喪失了我們的能動性，喪失了我們有能力克服困難的信念，那麼我們就會從絕望走向希望的反面--冷漠。

We simply stop caring.

我們根本不再關心。

We give up.

我們放棄了。

Do any of those register with you, resonate with you?

你對其中的任何一條有印象、有共鳴嗎？

Think of all the headlines over the last couple years where things felt too big, too broken, too dysfunctional, too disheartening, so felt helpless.

想想過去幾年的所有頭條新聞，都讓人覺得事情太大、太破碎、太功能失調、太令人沮喪，是以感到束手無策。

Global pandemic and beyond the staggering deaths and the economic impact, it significantly impacted our mental wellness.

全球大流行，除了驚人的死亡人數和經濟影響之外，還對我們的精神健康產生了重大影響。

One in five U.S. adults struggled with mental illness in 2020.

2020 年，每五名美國成年人中就有一人患有精神疾病。

Thank goodness, 26.3 million of us got virtual mental health services in 2020.

謝天謝地，2020 年我們有 2630 萬人獲得了虛擬心理健康服務。

So thank goodness we're breaking stigmatizing stories about getting help.

是以，感謝上帝，我們打破了關於尋求幫助的汙名化報道。

But 44% of global youth saw a decline in their mental wellness into categories of struggling and distressed.

但 44% 的全球青年的心理健康水準有所下降，分為掙扎和苦惱兩類。

But beyond the pandemic and mental crises, there's an opioid crisis, natural disasters, war, violence and homelessness.

但除了大流行病和精神危機之外，還有阿片類藥物危機、自然災害、戰爭、暴力和無家可歸。

Even right here in Portland, our Pacific Northwest wonderland.

甚至就在我們的西北太平洋仙境波特蘭。

Anyone feel compassion fatigue?

有人感到同情疲勞了嗎？

Me too.

我也是。

It's a lot.

很多。

So what's the solution?

那麼解決方案是什麼呢？

Well, there's no magic wand to changing the world.

改變世界沒有魔杖。

There's just me and you.

只有我和你

Empathy and kindness prevail through us.

同理心和仁慈在我們身上佔了上風。

We're the solution.

我們就是解決方案。

This is a crucible moment, a crossroads, because the reality is that tomorrows may never come.

這是一個關鍵時刻，一個十字路口，因為現實是明天可能永遠不會到來。

All we have is right now.

我們所擁有的就是現在。

So what are we going to do?

那我們該怎麼辦？

What if today you have the audacity to claim personal agency?

如果今天你膽敢宣稱個人代理權呢？

What if you actually believe that you have the ability, the power, the influence to change things for the good?

如果你真的相信自己有能力、有力量、有影響力去改變現狀，使之向好的方向發展呢？

Yes, you, with your broken heart or your busy calendar or your empty wallet, you can offer new hope and possibility to the world around you.

是的，你，用你破碎的心、繁忙的日程表或空空如也的錢包，可以為你周圍的世界帶來新的希望和可能性。

You are hope's catalyst.

你是希望的催化劑。

So if you're willing, here's the plan.

如果你願意，計劃是這樣的

When apathy whispers, it's too big, it's too broken, respond with, watch me try.

當冷漠低語 "它太大了，它太殘破了 "時，請用 "看我試試 "來回應。

Agency takes action.

機構採取行動。

Any action.

任何行動。

So the next time you're scrolling through a headline and your heart breaks or you walk past someone with an obvious physical need, don't scroll or stroll by.

是以，下一次當你滾動瀏覽頭條新聞而心碎時，或者當你從一個有明顯生理需求的人身邊走過時，請不要滾動或漫步而過。

Do something.

做點什麼

Don't limit your imagination.

不要限制你的想象力。

And when it feels too cliche, too silly, too small, or too big, do it anyway.

當感覺太老套、太傻、太小或太大時，無論如何都要去做。

You could start in your very own front yards, maybe with a yard sign.

你們可以從自家的前院開始，也許還可以在院子裡掛個牌子。

Remember the man in Salem who encountered the yard sign?

還記得塞勒姆那個遇到院子招牌的人嗎？

He wrote an anonymous letter to the address where the sign was posted.

他給張貼標語的地址寫了一封匿名信。

It was typed and addressed to the do-gooders.

這封信是打出來的，是寫給那些好心人的。

He wrote, your sign didn't fix my depression.

他寫道："你的標誌並沒有治癒我的抑鬱症。

Your sign didn't solve all my problems.

你的標誌並沒有解決我所有的問題。

But you should know, you are responsible for saving my life.

但你應該知道，你是我的救命恩人。

And I'm grateful.

我很感激。

You can become a powerful overcomer and do-gooder when you first claim your personal agency.

當你首先宣稱自己的個人代理權時，你就能成為一個強大的戰勝者和行善者。

And if the woes of the world are just making you feel weary today, then I want to end with three simple words.

如果今天世界的苦難讓你感到疲憊，那麼我想用三個簡單的詞來結束我的發言。

Don't give up.

不要放棄