并不隆重的三十岁生日

今天是我的三十岁生日。我和几个朋友有一个微信群，其中有印度朋友 Amartya，所以群名叫 Long Live Chindian Friednship. 今天 Amartya 送给我这样的祝福：

Happy birthday, Justin Q Meng! 

The Economist often writes obit pieces for remarkable people from many fields of life. So why not turn the tradition around and write a small birthday note instead of an obit column on an ardent admirer of the weekly?

Justin describes himself as an entrepreneur by birth and empathizer by choice（我的微信签名）. This description itself speaks volumes. First, it neatly captures the essence of the man in trademark economist style - with brevity and clarity, using few words to convey a profound message. Second, it gives a hint of traits that would indeed make him a successful entrepreneur - deep self awareness of his strengths and the confidence to state it out loud in the public domain boldly and unambiguously. His friends and followers would unanimously agree to the accuracy of his succinct biography.

We certainly would like to see more empathetic entrepreneurs, so here's wishing Justin a happy birthday and good luck!

感动之余，这些话让我觉得受之有愧。我女朋友常说我是《马男波杰克》里面提到的 Zelda 那一类人，从来不丧，有一种盲目的确定、乐观和自信。但其实，我也并不是全然如此。比如三十岁了，我却有很多事情没想明白。又比如今天本来应该是隆重的日子，我却状态一般，想跟你们分享一些想法，却只写出很意识流的东西。改天再聊吧。

来日方长。

时间是连续的，三十岁也不意味着什么，我一直都在翻越山丘。

给大家准备了30个红包，先到先得。我觉得在这一天，给予比索取更有意义。

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题图：我和大峡谷。

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