為了活下去！脫北女孩朴研美勉勵女生改變命運的8句話

1/ 參考前人的傳記

我特別愛看人物傳記，因為這讓我看到別人是怎樣戰勝他們所面對的困難。他們的故事令我相信自己能做到，即使沒有人相信我，甚至連我都不相信我自己時。

“And I particularly loved biographies because they were about people who had to overcome obstacles or prejudices to get ahead. They made me think I could make it when nobody else believed in me, when even I didn’t believe in myself.”

2/ 珍惜所擁有的快樂

當你只擁有很少時，就連最小的事也能令你快樂。

"When you have so little, just the smallest thing can make you happy"

3/ 持續學習

當你懂得運用更多詞彙去形容這個世界，這能令你更有能力去思考複雜的想法。

"When you have more words to describe the world, you increase your ability to think complex thoughts.” 

4/跨越困難和障礙

每個人都會有他們的「沙漠」。你們的「沙漠」並不會與我經歷的「沙漠」一樣，但我們都要跨過它去找尋生活的意義和獲得自由。

“We all have our own deserts. They may not be the same as my desert, but we all have to cross them to find a purpose in life and be free.” 

5/作出犧牲

我放棄了自己的所有私隱去寫《為了活下去》。這一定是很困難和痛苦。我經歷過很多瘋狂的事。但我想人們意識到北韓人們其實跟大家沒倆樣。

“I surrendered all my privacy to write this book. It was so hard and so painful. I went through so much crazy stuff. But I wanted people to realize that north Koreans are just like them.”

6/ 多絕望也要心存希望！

即使在我經歷最黑暗的時期，我都依然希望著事情會好起來。我下定決心，我將會擁有成功和正常的生活。

"Even in my darkest moments, I had hope that things would get better, that I didn’t deserve this. I was determined that I was going to have a successful and normal life”.

7/ 閱讀

我大量閱讀的程度就像其他人呼吸氧氣一樣頻密。閱讀《Animal Farm》是我一個轉捩點，它教會了我我是誰和政制是怎樣運作的。

“I inhaled books like other people breathe oxygen. Reading Animal Farm was a turning point. I saw myself in that book. It taught me everything about who I was and about how the regime worked.”

8/家人是你的最強後盾

家庭便是所有。每個人都明白家庭的強大力量。對於我來說，家庭就是當我被束縛時，捱過這一切困境的原因。現在，家庭成為了我要活得自由的原因。家庭便是我在這世上最大的祝福。

"Family are everything; everyone understands the strength of family. For me, they were the reason that I managed to get by while I was in captivity and now they are the reason to live in freedom. They are the biggest blessing I have in the world."

研美和媽媽、姐姐合照。

2017年研美結婚了，她亦於ig上希望這一年將會是美好的一年。

她的Mr. Right，是位外籍男士呢！而現在的研美在美國生活。

研美最近剪了一頭短髮，清爽亮麗。若你只看見現在的她，絕不會想像到，她以前經歷過重重困難才從封閉的北韓奔向自由。

研美即將於4月6日於香港舉行演講，有興趣到現場聽她訴說她的故事的話，可以到這http://bit.ly/2mcBXxK登記。