Katie Couric 2012 Commencement, 第十部分

Original Video - More videos at TinyPic 歡迎大家批評指正. But I quickly learned that getting out of your comfort zone can sometimes be, well...uncomfortable. And one of the problems of being a trailblazer is… sometimes you get burned. In those first few months at CBS, TV critics wrote about my clothes, my hair, my makeup, even the way I held my hands. Some said I lacked “gravitas,” which I've since decided is Latin for “testicles.” It was a rocky start, but I remembered a note a former colleague had written to me as I was leaving NBC. “Boats are always safe in the harbor, but that’s not what boats are built for.” I was determined to ride out the storm. I focused on the NEWS, and not the NOISE, and it got better. Five years at the CBS Evening News filled me with immense pride and a sense of accomplishment. From covering the historic 2008 presidential election...to an award-winning series on children and recession…to standing in Tahrir Square as the people of Egypt said “no more” to oppression. We were one of the first American teams on the ground in Haiti just hours after that devastating earthquake in January of 2010. I learned more about people, perspective and myself in those five years than I had in the previous 49. My story may have played out in the public eye, but it is by no means unique. Every one of you will, at some point, be confronted by naysayers and learn that life isn't always fair. You'll feel cheated, you’ll be mistreated, you’ll wonder: When will I be loved? (Oh my God, I began to channel Linda Ronstadt!) That’s when the third “R,” RESILIENCE, comes in. The ability to, as they said in the '70s, keep on keepin’ on…even when you'd rather pull the covers over your head. To muster up your strength and forge ahead, even when you feel like a failure.