Quizá ya hayáis leído todo o parte del
discurso de John Roberts, del Tribunal Supremo americano, a los chicos de la escuela secundaria de su hijo. Me parece una buena reflexión para esta sección del blog, justo hoy que escribo la última entrada del curso...de hecho Roberts se refiere justo a ello:
And one important clue to living a good life is to not to try to live THE good life.
La parte más interesante del discurso es la que hace referencia a la necesidad de reconocer que, su hijo, y muchos de nosotros y nuestros hijos, somos unos privilegiados, y que tenemos que salir de nuestra burbuja de privilegio. Y para eso hace falta a veces que nos lo recuerden a palos:
Now the commencement speakers will typically also wish you good luck and extend good wishes to you. I will not do that, and I’ll tell you why. From time to time in the years to come, I hope you will be treated unfairly, so that you will come to know the value of justice. I hope that you will suffer betrayal because that will teach you the importance of loyalty. Sorry to say, but I hope you will be lonely from time to time so that you don’t take friends for granted. I wish you bad luck, again, from time to time so that you will be conscious of the role of chance in life and understand that your success is not completely deserved and that the failure of others is not completely deserved either. And when you lose, as you will from time to time, I hope every now and then, your opponent will gloat over your failure. It is a way for you to understand the importance of sportsmanship. I hope you’ll be ignored so you know the importance of listening to others, and I hope you will have just enough pain to learn compassion. Whether I wish these things or not, they’re going to happen. And whether you benefit from them or not will depend upon your ability to see the message in your misfortunes.
Que paséis todos unas estupendas vacaciones, que incluyan algo de reflexión por supuesto. Este blog volverá el 24 de agosto.
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