紐約日出三時早,
但是加州慢不了。
廿二大學已畢業,
五年工作才找到。
廿五當上C ?E O,
五十天堂去報到。
五十當上C ?E O,
從耋一直活到耄。
有人形單又影只,
有人雙雙入懷抱。
觀海五五已退休,
川普古稀當領導。
世人各有其節奏,
有人忽忽前頭跳,
有人一路緊跟隨,
都按自己節奏跑。
各有各的時間表,
無需嫉妒或嘲笑,
生命當要伺機動,
何妨輕松享受好,
未有領先未落后,
命運時區準時到。
【注釋】原詩在下面
紐約時間比加州時間早三個小時,
New York is 3 hours
ahead of California,
但加州時間并沒有變慢.
but it does not make California slow.
有人22歲就畢業了,
Someone graduated at the age of 22,
但等了5年才找到穩定的工作。
but waited 5 years
before securing a good job.
有人25歲就當上CEO,
Someone became a CEO at 25,
卻在50歲去世。
and died at 50.
也有人遲到50歲才當上CEO,
While another became a CEO at 50,
然后活到90歲。
and lived to 90 years old.
有人單身,
Someone is still single,
同時也有人結了婚。
while someone else got married.
奧巴馬55歲就退休,
Obama retires at 55,
川普70歲才開始當總統。
but Trump starts at 70.
世上每個人本來就有自己的發展時區。
Absolutely everyone in this world
works based on their Time Zone.
身邊有些人看似走在你前面,
People around you
might seem to go ahead of you,
也有人看似走在你后面。
some might seem to be behind you.
但其實每個人在自己的時區有自己的步程。
But everyone
is running their own RACE,
in their own TIME.
不用嫉妒或嘲笑他們。
Don't envy them or mock them.
他們都在自己的時區里,你也是!
They are in their TIME ZONE
and you are in yours!
生命就是等待正確的行動時機。
Life is about waiting for
the right moment to act.
所以,放松些。
So, RELEX.
你沒有落后,
You're not LATE.
你沒有領先。
You're not EARLY.
在你自己的時區里,一切安排都準時。
You are very much ON TIME,
and in your TIME ZONE.