【國立臺灣大學109學年度畢業典禮 致詞代表 心理學系林世峰】
Student Address, National Taiwan University Commencement 2021
Shih-Feng Lin from the Department of Psychology
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校長、各位貴賓、師長,親愛的家長、同學、畢業生,還有所有螢幕前的觀眾朋友,大家好!我是臺大畢業生代表,心理學系四年級的林世峰。
四年來,真的很難忘,我們同學一起在新生書院互加好友,在醉月湖找校鵝,還到舟山路上觀察大笨鳥的慢動作,又騎腳踏車到溫州街裝文青,到118巷當吃貨。多希望一切歲月靜好,但新冠肺炎疫情揮之不去,年輕生命殞落的悲劇突然到來,讓我們成為最迷惘的一屆,也是最獨特的一屆。
學校的活動臨時停辦,線上課程堆積如山,畢業舞會、椰林辦桌又被忍痛取消,最後甚至連實體畢業典禮和謝師宴也成為永遠的遺憾。我有朋友被迫放棄出國交換的機會,而我夢寐以求的芬蘭教育見習也無法成行。計畫被打亂、不安變常態,我們卻又將面臨更多挑戰。
一天,我在溫州街二手書店翻到詹姆斯.卡斯的一句話,震撼了我。這位哲學家將人類活動分為兩種遊戲,他說:「有限遊戲以取勝為目的,無限遊戲以延續遊戲為目的。」當下我驚覺,或許求學路上感到煎熬,就是因為我們被困在有限的遊戲中。有限的學習是一場短跑,只是一種手段,是為了勝過別人來證明自己,而拼命地刷新履歷、獲得標籤。
我回想起大三的一晚,我陪高三的學弟妹們為大考奮戰,原本想說幫忙解題而已,但最後他們卻對我說 :「學長,我讀書感覺好空、好累、好悶……」、「學長,我學這些到底為了什麼……」
是啊!為了考試而讀書、為了標籤而學習,不問意義與價值,讓我們陷入空虛、疲憊與痛苦。於是,我和一群來自超過二十個不同科系的夥伴創立了「臺大青鳥教育社」,有來自超過五所大學甚至香港、加拿大的大學生,一起走進的社區、偏鄉引導國高中生探索學習意義和自我價值,我們一起描繪活用所學、開展生涯的美好未來。
驀然回首,當初那麼想到芬蘭,不就是為了回台灣實現讓學習更有意義的理想嗎?疫情是一位無形的嚴師,教導我們在變動中珍惜彼此,在家園築夢踏實,更讓我們重新發現,學習是一場無限的壯遊,本身就是一種目的,是為了提升自己來造福他人,而自在地探索未知、創造價值。
經過師生共同努力,今天的臺大更重視心輔資源,「防疫一號」、「線上杜鵑花節」、「未來大學」,都讓我們這最迷惘的一屆,不僅成為了最獨特的一屆,更將蛻變為最堅韌、最覺醒的一屆。無論如何我們堅信,來到生命的必有意義,即使畢業了、即使停課了,臺大人都將繼續沉思、繼續學習,在人生的無限遊戲,繼續締造壯舉,讓傅鐘在心裡迴響起,永不止息!
一路上感謝師長、同學,感謝親友、爸爸媽媽及阿公阿嬤。感謝臺大砥礪我們脫胎換骨。期許自己並祝福各位同學,艱難時刻盡己所能,抱持無限思維活學活用,超越自我、同理他人,我們一起創造共好的故事、貢獻宇宙的精神!我是林世峰,畢業後我們一起勇敢!謝謝大家!
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President Kuan, distinguished guests, professors, parents, graduates, and friends on the screen, Hi! I am the valedictorian on behalf of graduates. I am Lin, Shih-Feng from the Department of Psychology.
The past transient four years brought me lasting remembrance. We made friends with classmates at Orientation Camp, searched for geese at Drunken Moon Lake, watched languid birds, Malayan Night Heron, on Zhoushan Road, biked to Wenzhou Street like a hipster and took a bite at the Lane 118. Although I dream that serene days live on, Covid-19 pandemic and the tragic loss of young lives suddenly happened. Hence, we have become the most puzzled and unique graduating class of 2021.
The events on campus were abruptly suspended. Online courses were augmented. The graduation prom and the feast at Palm Boulevard were cancelled. Even the onsite graduation ceremony and the banquet for thanking professors have become impossible but eternal regrets. One of my friends was forced to relinquish the opportunity to exchange abroad. And I could not fulfill my internship program of which I dream in Finland. Facing the disruption of planning and uncertainty as normalcy, we meet myriad challenges.
One day, I read a sentence written by James Carse in a second-hand bookstore on Wenzhou Street. To my astonishment, the philosopher categorizes human activities as two kinds of games. He said that "a finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play.” All of a sudden, I realized that my struggling study arises from the trap of finite game. The limited learning like a sprint aims to prove superiority as means that we spare no effort to renew resume and acquire labels.
Reflecting back on one evening in my junior year, I accompanied third graders of high school who strived to prepare university entrance exam. I thought I could help answer their questions but eventually they said to me that “I felt aimless, exhausted, and suffocated…"“What is the purpose for learning indeed…?”
Right. Studying for exams and labels without inquiring into meaning and value could ensnare us within emptiness, exhaustion and pains. Therefore, I found NTU Avizure Education Club in partnership with peers from more than 20 departments. Students from over five universities including those from Hong Kong and Canada enter the community and guide middle and high schoolers to explore the meaning of learning and the value of self through application of what we have learned, leading to promising careers in the future.
While viewing the past and thinking of Finland, wasn’t it the ideal that I wish to accomplish after return to make learning more meaningful? The pandemic is an invisible stern teacher who teaches us to cherish each other in times of turmoil, to pursue dreams step by step in homeland, and to discover again. Learning is infinite grand journey embodied in a purpose, improving oneself to benefit others, exploring unknown, and creating value.
With joint endeavors of faculty and students, National Taiwan University today draws more attention to counseling resources. The Device of Epidemic Prevention No. 1, Azalea Festival online, and the University of Future project allow us as the most puzzled class to transform into the most unique and perseverant class with self-awareness. We firmly believe that anything that brings to the life gives meaning. Regardless of gradation and end of class, members of NTU would continue to consider and learn as well as proceed to accomplish in the infinite game of life. And the resonance of ringing the Full Bell in our mind never ceases.
I would like to extend my gratitude to professors, fellow classmates, family, friends, parents and grandparents in my path. Thank National Taiwan University for urging us to change. I expect each student and myself to transcend ourselves and to be compassionate toward others as active learners during trying times. We together create stories of common good and embrace the spirit to contribute to the universe. I am Lin, Shih-Feng. We are brave upon graduation. Thank you all.
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One thing we can learn from Jonah’s story is that no matter how low we stray from God’s will, He will not leave nor forsake us. Even when Jonah was trapped in the belly of the great fish, God’s eyes were still firmly fixed on Jonah, and His ears were attentive to Jonah’s cries for help and mercy.
I’m so glad that the story didn’t end with Jonah trapped in the great fish’s belly forever. God brought Jonah out, and gave him the same instructions as before:
“Yahweh’s word came to Jonah the second time, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you.” So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to Yahweh’s word. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey across. Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried out, and said, “In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!”” (Jonah 3:1-4 WEB)
Even if you ran away from God’s will in the past, God still wants to use you to fulfill His purposes.
He hasn’t given up on you — there is always a second chance for you. His heart is full of mercy, Grace and love towards you.
It is clear that Jonah was a believer, since he knew God’s gracious and merciful nature very well:
“But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. He prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Please, Yahweh, wasn’t this what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and you relent of doing harm. Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.” Yahweh said, “Is it right for you to be angry?”” (Jonah 4:1-4 WEB)
Jonah wanted God to destroy Nineveh, the capital city of Assyria, because Assyria was one of Israel’s greatest enemy nations at the time.
Assyria had previously conquered Israel and taken Israel captive.
Jonah didn’t want to be responsibility for sparing Israel’s mortal enemy from God’s judgment.
Jonah didn’t agree with God’s decision to show mercy on Nineveh, and that’s why he tried to run away.
If we are true believers, we should desire whatever God desires, and fully submit to His will.
Through Jesus’ finished work at the cross, the price of salvation has been paid for all mankind, so we shouldn’t disqualify anyone from receiving God’s Grace and mercy.
If God says Yes, who are we to say No?
Jonah was acting like a spoilt brat, throwing a tantrum before God. Have you ever complained about God and acted stubbornly like a naughty child?
Isn’t it so comforting to know that God didn’t toss a lightning bolt to kill Jonah when he threw an anger fit before God?
God orchestrated events to guide Jonah out of his wrong believing.
“When the sun arose, God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.” God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the vine?” He said, “I am right to be angry, even to death.” Yahweh said, “You have been concerned for the vine, for which you have not labored, neither made it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night. Shouldn’t I be concerned for Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred twenty thousand persons who can’t discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much livestock?”” (Jonah 4:8-11 WEB)
Jonah was so stubborn and unrepentant, insisting on continuing to be angry, but God didn’t rebuke him at all. He just revealed His heart of love, mercy and Grace to Jonah.
“Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?” (Romans 2:4 WEB)
In the midst of your disobedience, God will show you Great goodness that you don’t deserve.
This truth is timeless and always accurate: it is God’s goodness that leads us to repentance, and where sin increases, Grace abounds exceedingly much more!
“The law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly;” (Romans 5:20 WEB)
Are you still on the run from God’s will, shuddering in the freezing cold of disobedience, trapped in a murky prison of your own making?
Your Abba Father wants to show you that His plans are for your good, and that He’s not angry with you.
He wants the best for you, and He’s still full of Grace, mercy and love for you — Turn back to God because He still wants to use you to fulfill a great purpose!
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[Meeting Martin Luther King Jr. in Boston]
Having lived in Boston for several years, I'm very used to a conversation with questions like "where are you from", "what do you do", etc at social events or church. Now, let's imagine that I lived in the year of 1953, just a few years after world war II. On an ordinary weekday morning, when I was on the Green Line B branch (which then was numbered "route #62") along Commonwealth Avenue toward downtown, I started a conversation with an African American guy who got up at the BU central stop. I quickly got into the typical Bostonian conversation:
"Hi, what's your name?"
"Martin." He said.
"I'm Jerome. Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you, too."
"Are you a student at BU?"
"Ya. I go to the divinity school."
"That's cool. What do you study there?"
"I'm a doctoral student in systematic theology."
"Wow, that sounds very hard-core. So did you come to Boston to attend this program?"
"Ya. I'm from Atlanta, Georgia. I moved here two years ago after getting my bachelor of divinity."
"So are you a pastor?"
"Yes, I am."
"Cool. So where are you heading right now?"
"I'm going to downtown to meet my finacee. She's a music student at New England Conservatory. We're going to get married in Alabama next month."
"Wow, congratulations!"
That's true. I met the civil right activist-to-be Martin Luther King Jr. in the city of Boston, where it's never a surprise to randomly run into a doctor or a professor on the street. In a few minutes, I heard more about his story. While living in the south most of his life, he did spent 4 years in Boston, where he attended Boston University and got his PhD in systematic theology. While racial segregation (which came to existence after the civil war) was still prevalent in the south, Boston was the first city where I felt he was free to do everything without discrimination. He really enjoyed this city. And instead of living in the dorm of BU, he rented an apartment at 397 Mass Ave, right next to today's Orange Line Mass Ave station.
Boston was also the city where he met his wife Coretta Scott. They got married in June 1953. And he was incredibly young as a doctoral student -- he skipped two grades in high school and completed college at the age of 19. By the time he started doctoral study in Boston (at the age of 22), he already obtained his first seminary degree. By the way, he was also the assistant pastor at Twelfth Baptist Church, an African-American congregation near Dudley Square.
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Now the conversation continued. Martin and I started talking about Christian church and theology.
"Which church do you go to?" He asked.
"The XXX church. It's an evangelical church."
"Ah, Christian evangelism." From his eyes, you could tell there was probably something in his head.
"What do you think about it?"
"Well, I'm a pastor, and I do build my ministry on the teaching of Jesus. But I hope your church is not like one of the typical American churches today. I think really miss the point of the gospel."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, they've been focusing too much on individuals being saved and ignoring the injustice in this society. They miss their mission to liberate the oppressed."
"Well, isn't a Christian church supposed to share the gospel and convert sinners to God?"
"Yup, but doesn't the gospel free us? How can you say you're sharing the gospel while so many people in this country are oppressed and suffering from inequality?"
"You're right, but this should be the outcome of salvation, instead of the salvation itself..."
"(Sigh.) I think the some churches really need to shift focus." He breathed before continuing. "Old faiths like the bodily resurrection, virgin birth and miracles that contradict the science may not be necessary for Christianity today. Churches are called to realize the Kingdom of God on earth by exercising justice and mercy..."
Now I could sense where on the "church spectrum" he was. He was vastly influenced by Walter Rauschenbusch's social gospel, a theological thought popular in the early 20th century that called for a return to the "Kingdom of God" doctrine. Church's primary calling, in social gospel's perspective, is to bring God's kingdom on earth by applying Jesus' teaching to solve social issues and rescue the oppressed. Along with Mohandas Gandhi's nonviolent approach, it shaped King's theology and fueled the later movements he led.
And It was also interesting to see theologically how liberal his was. He casted his doubt on some essential doctrines that most Christian denominations held true back then. If you are from an evangelical background, this may get on your nerves. (But keep in mind that he lived before the age of neo-orthodoxy, and people often abandoned traditional views when running into doctrines that contradict scientific knowledge.) And this is probably why while many pastors today would say King's accomplishment was fueled by the Christian faith, but avoid talking too much about his view on doctrines.
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Let's get back on the train scene. At the Park Street underground station in downtown Boston, I said bye to the newly met friend Martin and saw him disappearing in the crowd. I could tell he's a brilliant and eloquent person, but might not expect two years later he'd be the person would be a key leader in the Montgomery bus boycott, nor decades later he'd deliver his famous speech in Washington. I might not agree with everything he said, but I'd definitely remember this conversation with Martin, a person that was once like me, who lived to Boston short-term to pursue a degree and was shaped by the personality of this city.
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[Afterthought] As a member of an American evangelical church (and also a foreigner of a minority group), the story of Martin Luther King Jr. continues to puzzle me. His view on certain doctrines are likely to be condemned as unorthodox by evangelical churches, but meanwhile, as the "saved" people, do we eager to live out and advocate the biblical justice in daily life as he did? Or we're always being "gospel-centered" while ignoring the all-inclusive nature of the biblical gospel?
(In pictures: Martin Luther King Jr.'s school, apartment and church in Boston.)