战争永远是血与火的较量，是利益群体为了捍卫自身的利益进行的厮杀。大多数的战争是为了利益，可是有的战争，是为了捍卫人的尊严与自由。
2500年前，斯巴达国外率领300名勇士，在没有祭司祝福，没有议会同意的前提下，为了捍卫王国与人民的幸福和尊严，阻击波斯王朝的10万大军整整两天两夜，战斗到最后一刻，传颂千古。
柔弱美丽的斯巴达王后对自己的丈夫只说了一句话：“come back with your shield, or on it.”让我们久久震撼于这种没有未来却惊世骇俗的爱情。
后人为了纪念这些勇士，在他们的墓碑上刻上了他们最后的呼喊：“Go tell the Spartans, passerby, that here, by Spartans law, we lie.”（过客啊，告诉我们的斯巴达人，我们在这里浴血奋战，我们在这里永世长眠！）
英雄主义的历史画面总是让人荡气回肠，可我们，毕竟都只是凡人，追求完美，还是追求自我？
Most histories suggest you take up something or other: the challenge of the future, a vision of the twenty-first century. Instead I’d like you to give up. Give up the nonsensical and tiring quest for perfection that follows too many of us through too much of our lives. It is a quest that causes us to doubt ourselves, our true selves.
George Eliot wrote, it is never too late to be what you might have been. It is never too early either. And it will make all the difference in the world. Take it from someone who has left the backpack full of bricks far behind. Everyday he feels light as a feather.
也许有一天，当你真正卸下了沉重的包袱之后，才能真正体会到一种“我只愿面朝大海，春暖花开”意境。
转载自新浪博客~庄重博客。