就天性而言,无论是父子兄弟以及天地万物,皆是一体存在,那一种物体与我相异,能有此观点则心性形体清楚分辨。就外在而言,不论功名富贵及身体四肢皆是躯壳,皆非我所有,有此观点,则世俗的欲念不存在。
So what I want to argue for is not that we should give up on our ideas of success, but we should make sure that they are our own. We should focus in on our ideas, and make sure that we own them; that we are truly the authors of our own ambitions. Because it's bad enough not getting what you want, but it's even worse to have an idea of what it is you want, and find out, at the end of the journey, that it isn't, in fact, what you wanted all along.
Sometimes you don't need a goal in life, you don't need to know the big picture. You just need to know what you're going to do next!