第620期:火遍朋友圈的英文詩 You're Not Late! You're Not Early

每個人從生下來都在接受對比，學會對比。上學時比成績，比才藝。高考時比學校，畢業後比工作。談戀愛時比對象，工作後便開始收入，比職位，比房子，比車子。結婚生子後，又開始比孩子，循環往復，周而復始。

對比本身沒有太大問題，古人云：見賢思齊焉，見不賢而內自省也。意思是幾個人在一起，其中必有一人是可以學習的能者，選擇他的長處學習，看見沒有德行的人,自己就要反省是否有和他一樣的錯誤。

但是我們很多人在對比中，要麼變得自卑焦慮，停滯不前，且變得抑鬱。要麼變得暗自竊喜，得意忘形，甚至嘲諷別人。今天這首小詩很好的解決了這個問題，它告訴我們：每個人都有屬於自己的時區，不要將自己盲目地和他人比較。

New Words:

secure: vt.保護; （使） 獲得; 使安全; 擔保;

Federal leaders continued their efforts to secure a ceasefire

聯邦領導人繼續爭取促成停火協議。

mock vt.& vi.愚弄，嘲弄

I thought you were mocking me

我還以爲你是在嘲笑我。

New York is 3 hours ahead of California,

紐約時間比加州時間早三個小時，

but it does not make California slow.
但加州時間並沒有變慢。

Someone graduated at the age of 22,
有人22歲就畢業了，

but waited 5 years before securing a good job!
但等了五年才找到好的工作！

Someone became a CEO at 25,
有人25歲就當上CEO，

and died at 50.
卻在50歲去世。

While another became a CEO at 50,
也有人遲到50歲才當上CEO，

and lived to 90 years.
然後活到90歲。

Someone is still single,
有人依然單身，

while someone else got married.
同時也有人已婚。

Obama retires at 55,
奧巴馬55歲就退休，

but Trump starts at 70.
川普70歲纔開始當總統。

Absolutely everyone in this world works based on their Time Zone.
世上每個人本來就有自己的發展時區。

People around you might seem to go ahead of you,
身邊有些人看似走在你前面，

some might seem to be behind you.
也有人看似走在你後面。

But everyone is running their own RACE, in their own TIME.
但其實每個人在自己的時區有自己的步程。

Don't envy them or mock them.
不用嫉妒或嘲笑他們。

They are in their TIME ZONE, and you are in yours!
他們都在自己的時區裏，你也是！

Life is about waiting for the right moment to act.
生命就是等待正確的行動時機。

So, RELAX.
所以，放輕鬆。

You're not LATE.
你沒有落後。

You're not EARLY.
你沒有領先。

You are very much ON TIME, and in your TIME ZONE Destiny set up for you.
在命運爲你安排的屬於自己的時區裏，一切都準時。

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