纽约时间比加州时间早三个小时,
New York is 3 hours ahead of California,
但加州时间并没有变慢。
but it does not make California slow.
有人22岁就毕业了,
Someone graduated at the age of 22,
但等了五年才找到好的工作!
but waited 5 years before securing a good job!
有人25岁就当上CEO,
Someone became a CEO at 25,
却在50岁去世。
and died at 50.
也有人迟到50岁才当上CEO,
While another became a CEO at 50,
然后活到90岁。
and lived to 90 years.
有人依然单身,
Someone is still single,
同时也有人已婚。
while someone else got married.
世上每个人本来就有自己的发展时区。
Absolutely everyone in this world works based on their Time Zone.
身边有些人看似走在你前面,
People around you might seem to go ahead of you,
也有人看似走在你后面。
some might seem to be behind you.
但其实每个人在自己的时区有自己的步程。
But everyone is running their own RACE, in their own TIME.
不用嫉妒或嘲笑他们。
Don’t envy them or mock them.
他们都在自己的时区里,你也是!
They are in their TIME ZONE, and you are in yours!
生命就是等待正确的行动时机。
Life is about waiting for the right moment to act.
所以,放轻松。
So, RELAX.
你没有落后。
You're not LATE.
你没有领先。
You’re not EARLY.
在命运为你安排的专属时区里,一切都正好准时。
You are very much ON TIME, and in your TIME ZONE Destiny set up for you.
——一碗洋鸡汤
时区这个比喻我喜欢,也可以用频道、函数曲线、平行宇宙、三维空间中的一维时间等等。
昨儿有幸旁听了一段心理课程,有人问如何成为自己——还有生命的意义,恐惧与欲望这些高级问题。老师说,你已经是你自己了,你有或没有的东西,正在经历的幸福与困苦,都是你的一部分。
人和人不一样,人和不同阶段的自己也不一样,只要活着,就没有完美。我最近看的电影《教授》、小说《月亮和六便士》也探讨了自我、生命意义的问题,在经历了种种遗憾和困顿之后,主角们一致认为完美正是出自不完美:如果生命重来一次,我一定用同样的方式度过。
做自己,是我们奋斗终生的事业。
想想宇宙是多么大,就会觉得自己的生命、人类的生命是多么可贵了。
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