27年人生教会我的事：27条励志的人生感言

Age is a state of mind. It is said that “if you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter”.
年龄是一种心态。常言道：“不上心，不扰心”。

Yet when I recently turned 27, a desire to stop for a moment crept in. “In almost three decades,” I thought to myself, “What is it that I have done and what is it that I wished to do instead?”
虽然我才刚过27，不过退却之心也悄悄来临。曾心中暗想：“在过去将近三十的人生里，我做过什么，如果可以重来，又会做什么。”

Though I’m not sure as to what my impact has been in this world, I decided to see how the world has impacted me instead. We spend our lives trying to learn, grasping as much knowledge as we can to get ahead of the game. We learn from the brave and from the cowardly, the rich and the not-so-rich, the greedy and the selfless.
尽管我无法确定自己对这个世界有怎样的影响，但我可以看到世界对我的影响。我们花时间学习，为了出人头地努力掌握更多的知识。勇气或怯懦、贫穷或富有、贪婪抑或无私，都是我们学习的源泉。

So it made me wonder: “What is it that I’ve learned in these short but fabulous years and which thoughts would I like to keep close to my heart forever?”
所以27年的人生让我思考：“从这短暂而美好的年华中我学到了什么，而哪些观点又是我希望可以一直铭记在心的？”

Here are 27 of my most valuable learnings that have given meaning to my life:
下面是我认为对自己意义最大的27条人生经验：

1. Make friends slowly…and then never let them go.
慎重地选择朋友，并且永远不要失去他们。

2. Meditate every day; sometimes even your mind needs a break from you.
每天都需要沉思，你的大脑有时需要休息。

3. Play hard even if it means scraping your knees, how else will the world know that you’ve had a hell of a time?
即使会受伤也要努力参与，不然怎样让世界知道你有多惨？

4. Be open to making mistakes and learn to take criticism constructively. The more you let the ego win, the slower your path to success will be.
不要害怕犯错，学会合理地接受批评。越多地纵容自己，你通往成功也会越缓慢。

5. Let yourself dream and the magic of sleepless nights will unveil itself.
允许自己做梦，失眠的漫漫长夜也有着其独特的魅力。

6. If you have nothing good to say, say nothing at all; most of the worries of the world are simply the consequences of ill-spoken words.
如果你想不出要说什么，就保持沉默；糟糕的言论是世上大多数焦虑的根源。

7. Accept yourself the way you are – the perfect you and the not-so-perfect you can co-exist in perfect harmony.
接受自己本来的模样——完美的你和不那么完美的你可以达到完美和谐的共存。

8. Don’t overlook the flawless today in the hopes for a perfect tomorrow.
不要因为今日的无所缺憾而去期待明天会同样完美。

9. Magic exists within each of us, all it needs, is to be acknowledged and believed in to come to life.
魔法存在于每个人身上，重要的是要相信其存在并让其苏醒。

10. Accept your mistakes and say “I’m sorry” – for all you know, some might wait a lifetime just to have you back.
接受你的错误并表示抱歉——要知道，有些人终其一生都在等你回心转意。