再翻译这种鸡汤文我就要变成鸡汤小王子了。。。
What are some important, but uncomfortable truths that many people learn when transitioning into adulthood?
在成长过程中会发现那些重要却又让人不适的真相？
Every person is responsible for their own happiness -- not their parents, not their boss, not their spouse, not their friends, not their government, not their deity.
每个人的幸福都只能依靠自己——不是父母，不是老板，不是伴侣，不是朋友，不是他们的政府，不是上帝。One day we will all die, and 999 out of 1,000 people will be remembered by nobody on earth within a hundred years of that date.
终有一天我们都将死去，但一百年后 1000人 之中的 999 人都被被遗忘。Practically all of the best opportunities (in business, in romance, etc) are only offered to people who already have more than they need.
大约所有最好的机遇（商业上，感情上等）都只会降临在那些做好充足准备的人身上。The idea that you will be happy after you make X amount of dollars is almost certainly an illusion.
那些当你挣了多少多少钱之后就会感到开心的想法只是个幻象。The idea that you will be happy after you meet [some amazing person] is almost certainly an illusion.
那些当你遇见[某个了不起的人]之后机会开心的想法差不多也是个幻象。For most people, death is pretty messy and uncomfortable.
对大多数人来说，死亡往往是混乱而又让人不适的。When you don't possess leverage (go look up "BATNA"), people will take advantage of you, whether they mean to or not.
当你没有足够的力量时（查阅"BATNA"），往往会成为别人的工具，不论他们是不是有意的。Almost everybody is making it up as they go along. Also, many (most?) people are incompetent at their jobs.
几乎所有人都在伪装。并且，许多（大部分？）人并不能胜任他们的工作。When talking about their background and accomplishments, almost everybody is continually overstating their abilities, impact, relevance, and contributions.
当谈到自己的背景与成就时，几乎所有的人都会夸大自己的能力，影响力，重要性，以及贡献。Physical beauty decays.
容颜会随时间逝去。Compared to others, certain ethnicities and races (and genders, and sexual orientations, and so on) are just plain royally f*cked from the day they're born.
相较于其他，种族（性别，性取向等）只是天生的。Bad things constantly happen to good people. Good things constantly happen to bad people.
好人不长命，坏人活千年。Very few people will ever give you 100% candid, honest feedback.
极少有人会给你100%真诚的反馈。People are constantly making enormous life decisions (marriage, children, etc) for all of the wrong reasons.
人们常常因为错误的原因而做出重大的人生决定（婚姻，孩子等）。Certain people -- some of whom are in positions of enormous power -- just do not give a damn about other human beings. A certain head of state in Syria comes to mind.
有些人——有些是掌握着巨大权力的——从来不会关注他人。想象叙利亚。Often, the most important and consequential moments of our lives (chance encounter, fatal car accident, etc) happen completely at random and seemingly for no good reason.
常常，人生中许多重大而又决定性的时刻（机遇，车祸）的发生时随机而又没有原因的。Your sense of habitating a fully integrated reality is an illusion, and a privilege. Take the wrong drug, suffer a head injury, or somehow trigger a latent psychotic condition like schizophrenia -- and your grip on reality can be severed in an instant. Forever.
你对于现实的完整感是一种幻象和特权。吃了错误的药品，头部受伤，或者触发了潜在的精神分裂，你对于现实的把握将立即中断，直到永远。
