You’re Not Late! You’re Not Early¹

Do you think you are going No Where in Life?

你认为，你的人生无处安放吗？

STOP!

不！

Take a deep breathe

深呼吸

THINK!

好好想想！

New York is three hours ahead of California, but that does not make California slow

纽约时间比加州时间早三个小时，但加州时间并没有变慢。

Cameroon is six hours ahead of New York but it does not make New York slow.

喀麦隆比纽约早六小时，纽约的时间也没有变慢。

Someone graduated from college at 22 but waited five years before securing a good job.

有人 22 岁就毕业了，却等了五年才找到好的工作！

Someone became a CEO at 25 but died at 50.

有人 25 岁就当上 CEO ，却在 50 岁去世。

While another became a CEO at 50 but lived to 90 years.

也有人迟到 50 岁才当上 CEO，但活到了 90 岁。

Someone is still single,

有人依然单身，

while someone else got married.

同时也有人结婚。

Obama retires at 55,

奥巴马 55 岁就退休，

but Trump starts at 70.

川普 70 岁才开始当总统。

Absolutely, everyone in this world works based on their own time zone.

世上每个人本来就有自己的发展时区。

People around you might seem to be ahead of you,

身边有些人看似走在你前面，

some might seem to be behind you.

也有人看似走在你后面。

But everyone is running their own race in their own time zone.

但其实每个人在自己的时区有自己的步程。

Don’t envy or mock them.

不用嫉妒或嘲笑他们。

They are in their own time zone and you are in yours.

他们都在自己的时区里，你也是！

Life is about waiting for the right moment to act.

生命就是等待正确的行动时机。

So RELAX.

所以，放轻松。

You’re not late

你没有落后。

You’re not early

你没有领先。

You’re very much on time, and in your time zone.

在命运为你安排的属于自己的时区里，一切都准时。

Everyone have a different exams paper meaning different questions.

每个人的人生答卷中，都有不同的问题需要解答。

Everyone have a different assignment meaning different purpose in life.

每个人生命中遭遇的故事，都有各自不同的目的。

So focus on your own exam paper, your assignment and purpose.

所以，专注你自己的考验、任务和目标。

Don’t copy and paste or steal answer else you will fail big time.

不要复制粘贴、窃取答案，否则，你将一败涂地。

Your dreams and visions are all valid. Just take your time and do the best you can.

你的愿望和梦想，都是可期的。

Be like the hummingbird,

像蜂鸟一样，

Even when mighty lions and tigers underestimated him, he continued to do what he could, where he was, just as he was, with the little he had.

即使强大的狮子和老虎轻视它，向它一样，就在那里，做所能做。

You’re ok just the way you are. The little work you are doing today might seem insignificant but I bet someday you will see the big picture.

就像现在这样，没问题的。你今天做的工作，看似微不足道。但有一天，你会明白这是多么重要。

You’re Not late ! You’re Not early.

你没有落后，你也没有领先，一切都是，刚刚好！

原作者：Marie-Claire Kuja

翻译：佚名²

改编：佚名³

校对：笔者

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最后修改于 2023-01-03