30岁,我结婚了。我确实很想结婚,彷佛孤独漂泊的一个侠客,想要有一个温暖的小家,想有个人对自己嘘寒问暖,想有一个人共同抵御生活的潮涌。
I know people who graduated at 21 and didn't get a job until they were 27.
有的人21岁毕业,到27岁才找到工作。
I know people who graduated late at 25 and they found work immediately.
有的人25岁才毕业,但马上就找到了工作。
I know people who never went to university, but found what they love at 18.
有的人没上过大学,却在18岁就找到了热爱的事。
I know people who found a job straight out of college making decent money, but hate what they do.
有的人毕业就找到好工作,赚很多钱,却过得不开心。
I know people who took gap years and found their purpose.
有的人选择间隔年,去寻找自我。
I know people who were so sure about what they would do at 16, that they changed their minds at 26.
有的人在16岁就清楚知道自己要什么,但在26岁时改变了想法。
I know people who have children but are single, and I know people who are married but had to wait for 8 to 10 years to have children.
有的人有了孩子,却还是单身。有的人结了婚,却等了10年才生孩子。
I know people in relationships who love someone else.
有的人身处一段感情,爱的却是别人。
I know people who love each other but aren’t together.
有的人明明彼此相爱,却没有在一起。
So my point is everything in life happens according to our time, our clock.
我想说的是,人生中的每一件事都取决于我们自己的时间。
You may look at some of your friends and think that they’re ahead of you, maybe some of them you feel are behind, but everything happens at their own pace.
你身边有些朋友也许遥遥领先于你。有些朋友也许落后于你,但凡事都有它自己的节奏。
They have their own time and clock and so do you.
他们有他们的节奏,你有你自己的。
Be patient.
耐心一点。
At age 25, Mark Cuban was a bartender in Dallas. 库班25岁的时候还在酒吧做酒保。
It took till 32 for J.K.Rowling to be published for Harry Potter after being rejected by 12 publishers.
在被拒12次之后,JK罗琳到32岁才出版了哈利波特。
Ortega launched ZARA when he was 39.
Ortega 到39岁才创办了ZARA。
Jack Ma started Alibaba when 35.
马云35岁才建立了阿里巴巴。
Morgan Freeman got his big break at 52.
摩根佛里曼到52岁才迎来他演艺事业的大爆发。
Steve Carell only got his break after40 years old.
Steve Carell 40岁才红。
Virgin was started by Richard Branson at 34.
Richard Branson 34岁才创办维珍航空。
Getting your degree after 25 is still an achievement.
25岁后才拿到文凭,依然值得骄傲。
Not being married at 30 but still happy is beautiful.
30岁没结婚,但过得快乐也是一种成功。
Starting a family after 35 is still possible and buying a house after 40 is still great.
35岁之后成家也完全可以,40岁买房也没什么丢脸的。
Don't let anyone rush you with their timelines.
不要让任何人扰乱你的时间表。
Because as Einstein said, “ Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that’s counted truly counts.”
因为爱因斯坦曾经说过:并不是每一件算的出来的事,都有意义,也不是每一件有意义的事,都能够被算出来。
And this is the most important thing, I want you to be able to create meaningful, purposeful fulfilling lives for yourselves and learn how to use that to make an impact and a difference in the lives of others.
这才是最重要的事,我希望你们可以创造属于自己的充满意义的人生,我希望你们可以创造属于自己的充满意义的人生。学会用这些去影响点亮他人的生活。
That will be true success.
这才是真正的成功。