Sometimes lifes going to hit you in the head with a brick
有時，生活會給你迎頭一擊
Dont lose faith
別氣餒
Im convinced that the only thing that kept me going
我很清楚那唯一使我堅持下去的就是
Was that I loved what I did
我對所做之事的熱愛
Youve got to find what you love
你必須去尋找自己所愛
And that is true for work as it is for your lovers
無論是對於工作還是愛情，都是如此
Your works going to fill a large part of your life
工作將會佔據你生活的大部分時間
And the only way to be truly satisfied
要真正獲得滿足感
Is to do what you believe is great work
就要去做你認為是不錯的工作
And the only way to do great work
而要做不錯的工作
Is to love what you do
就應該去愛你正在做的工作
If you havent found it yet
要是你還沒有找到
Keep looking, and dont settle
繼續找下去，別停下
As with all matters of the heart
只要傾聽自己內心的聲音
Youll know when you find it
當你找到時，你會感覺到
And, like any great relationship
就像任何偉大的關係一樣
It just gets better and better as the years roll on
歲月的更迭只會讓情誼越發深厚
So keep looking, dont settle
所以一定不要放棄，繼續尋找下去，
My third story was about death
我的第三個故事是有關死亡的
When I was 17
當我17歲時
I read a quote that went something like
我讀到一句話，好像是
'if you live each day as if it was your last
如果你把每一天都當作最後一天來過
Someday youll most certainly be right.'
那麼總有一天你是對的
It made an impression on me
這句話給我印像很深
And since then, for the past 33 years
在之後的33年中
Ive looked in mirror every morning and asked myself
每個早晨我都對著鏡子自問
If today were the last day of my life
假如今天是我生命的末日
Would I want to do what Im about to do today
我還會想去做我今天打算要去做的事嗎
And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row
如果連續幾天我的回答都是“不”
I know I need to change something
我就明白我需要改變了
Remembering that Ill be dead soon
記住“你即將死去”
Is the most important tool Ive ever encountered
使我受益匪淺
To help me make the big choices in life
令我明智地在人生重大問題中作出抉擇
Because almost everything
因為幾乎所有的東西
All external expectations, all pride
所有額外的期許，驕傲
All fear of embarrassment of failure
所有對失敗後引來尷尬的畏懼
These things just fall away in the face of death
這些感覺在死亡面前只會消失
Leaving only what is truly important
剩下的才是重要的
Remembering that youre going to die
記住自己總會死去
Is the best way I know
是我所知的最好的方法
To avoid the trap of thinking
去避免陷入思維的怪圈
You have something to lose
總是去計較自己的得失
No one wants to die
沒有人想要死去
Even people who want to go to Heaven
就是那些想上天堂的人
Dont want die to get there
也不想通過死到達天堂
And yet, death is the destination we all share
然而，死亡是人類所共享的終點站
No one has ever escaped it
沒有人曾逃脫過死亡的命運
And that is, as it should be
而且它本該如此
Because death is every likely the single best invention of life
因為死亡就像是生命中最好的發明
Its lifes change agent
它作為生命的代理人
It clears out the old to make way for the new
清理老者，以此為新生讓路
Right now, the new is you
而現在，你們代表著新生
Your time is limited
你們的時間有限
So dont waste it living in someone elses life
所以不要浪費在過別人的生活上
Dont be trapped by dogma
不要被教條束縛
which is living with the results of other peoples thinking
那隻是根據別人的思維結果而生活
Dont let the noise and others opinions drown out your own inner voice
別讓別人的噪音和想法淹沒了自己內心的聲音
And most important
最重要的是
Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition
你要有勇氣去聽從你的直覺和內心的真實想法
They somehow already know
其實它們早已知曉
What you truly want to become
你想要成為什麼樣的人
Everything else is secondary
世間其他的一切都是次要的
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