But have you ever considered how many abilities you need in order to live a decent life?

但你有想過 你需要幾種能力才可以度過不錯的生活嗎？

The answer is simple. I don't know. How would I know?

答案很簡單 我不知道 我怎麼會知道？

But I have heard in a speech that a person can and should acquire up to a thousand abilities in a lifetime.

但是我聽過一場演講 裡面提到人是有能力 也應該要

Including your specialties, your professions, languages, music, arts, sports and so on.

在一生中學習一千種能力

I've done the counting myself and I'm pretty sure that I'm less than halfway there.

包含你的專長、專業、語言、音樂、藝術、運動等等

The good thing is learning is a lifelong journey and as the old Chinese saying goes

我自己有數過

which actually means “you're never too old to learn.”

我滿確定 我還有漫漫長路要走

And we're not old yet.

幸好 學習是一輩子的事情

I wanna share with you a metaphorical story about learning.

就像是中文裡講的

Once upon a time, there was a prince in a prosperous kingdom.

活到老學到老

Now the prince was very handsome, versatile, and moreover rich as…

意思就是「學習永遠不嫌老」

very rich.

更何況 我們又不老

The prince was looking for someone to share and spend the rest of his life with.

還不至於

So one day, he disguised himself and walked into the civilian world.

我想要跟你分享一個關於「學習」的有寓意的故事

Eventually he met a village girl who was young, beautiful and sweet.

從前從前 在一個繁榮的國度裡有一位王子

And they fell in love with each other at first sight.

王子真的很英俊 有才華 更重要的是他有錢到

However, days and weeks went by,

總之 很有錢

and liking each other was somewhat different from living with each other.

王子尋找著能夠一起分享並共度餘生的人

Seeing her as the future queen, the prince wanted to share every aspect of his life with the village girl.

於是 有一天他喬裝之後 走入了民間

Hey, sweetheart. You know what. The other day I found a beautiful valley in the mountains.

最終 他遇見了一位村姑 他既年輕漂亮又很甜美

I wanna take you there. Let's go hiking today.

他們一見鍾情

Mmm… hiking is tiring, I don't wanna exhaust myself.

然而 日子一天天過去

Then how about let's go to the beach? We can swim in the ocean together. That would be romantic!

彼此喜歡跟一起生活似乎是兩回事

Hm… I can't swim, I might drown. Nah…

將她視為未來的皇后

Mmm… ok, let me think. Yesterday I wrote a song, I'll sing it to you and afterwards we can sing it together!

王子想跟村姑分享他生活中的所有一切

Mmmm… I really don't understand music.

嘿 親愛的 妳知道嗎？

Let's go horseback riding!

那天我在山上找到了一座超美的山谷

Dangerous.

我想要帶妳去

Let's go pick flowers!

我們今天去爬山

Allergic.

嗯... 爬山好累喔 我不想把自己累壞

Let's go skiing!

那不然我們去海邊 如何？

Then we'd have to walk up the mountain top, same thing as hiking, honey. Besides I don't ski.

我們可以一起在大海裡游泳

In the end, the prince found out that he couldn't share his life with the girl

太浪漫啦！

'cos she never took the time to invest in herself.

嗯... 我不會游泳 可能會溺水 不要好了

So, sadly the prince left.

嗯... 好吧 讓我想想

As for the village girl, she missed out on her once in a lifetime chance to change her life forever.

昨天我寫了一首歌

How many opportunities have we lost?

我唱給妳聽

And how many times have we didn't get to enjoy something because we weren't prepared beforehand?

之後 我們可以一起唱！

In other words, not having the relevant skills in advance.

嗯... 我不是很懂音樂

When you and your friends go out to play basketball, the more you've got game, the more you can enjoy it.

我們去騎馬！

It's really hard to enjoy something when you suck at it, right?

危險

Like I never get to enjoy basketball. Really!

我們去摘花！

When you're at an art gallery, the more you've learned about art, the more you can understand and appreciate the artwork.

我過敏

The more languages you speak, the better the chance of you meeting more people, making new friends, having access to more information.

我們去滑雪！

In order to master our lives, make it easy, and enjoy it to the fullest, we need to keep on building ourselves by learning skills, knowledge, ways of living.

啊 這樣還不是要爬到山頂 跟爬山一樣不是嗎？哈尼

And the most important of all, it's about living life itself and that is something they don't teach you at school.

而且 我又不滑雪

You are like a car. Upgrading your engine system to drive faster and safer.

最後 王子發現他沒辦法跟這女生分享自己的生活

You're like building a house.

因為她從不曾花時間投資自己

You'll be living in either a hut, a detached house, a mansion, skyscraper or castle,

於是 王子很傷心地離開了

depending how much effort you've put into it in the first place.

至於村姑呢

Make yourself. Make yourself so that you can live life to the fullest.

她錯過了能夠永遠改變自己人生 一生一次的機會

Simply put. If you know how to sail, then the wind and waves are your best friends. If not, they'll consume you.

我們究竟失去了多少機會？

The more we don't learn, the more we get cold feet engaging the world.

有多少次我們無法盡情享受某件事物

The more we do, the more we enjoy.

只因為我們沒有事先準備好

Peace!

換句話來說 沒有事先具備相關的技術

[Music]

當你和你的朋友們出去打籃球