雙語美文：真正的自我 從不會被弄丟

"Finding yourself" is not really how it works.

“找回迷失的自我”並非正確的思考方式。

You aren't a ten-dollar bill in last winter's coat pocket.

別把自己當成一張十美元的鈔票，隱藏在去年冬天穿過的大衣口袋裏。

You are also not lost.

你也並沒有迷失自己。

Your true self is right there,

你真正的自我就在此處

buried under cultural conditioning ,

它被深深的埋藏起來了，在它之上覆蓋着文化規訓

other people's opinions,

他人的界定

and inaccurate conclusions you drew as a kid

還有你孩童時期得到的模糊的教訓

that became your beliefs about who you are.

正是這些成爲你對自己的認識

"Finding yourself" is actually returning to yourself.

“找回迷失的自我”其實就是迴歸自我

An unlearning, an excavation , a remembering who you were

未受教化的，等待你發覺的，如同一段模糊的回憶一般的自我

before the world got its hands on you.

在世界磨光你的棱角之前的自我