【英音】Crucial Lessons People Often Learn Too Late in Life

Life lessons are full of wisdom because they often have to be learned the hard way. However, the hardest part about that process is realizing that sometimes not every opportunity lasts forever. You finally “get it” long after the fact. If possible, it’s best to learn these things sooner rather than later. 
生活中的教训充满智慧，因为很多道理都是在碰壁之后才获得的。然而，这个过程中最困难的部分是，认识到并非每一个机会都是永恒的。每次都是事后你才“明白”了。如果可能的话，有些道理我们知道的越早越好。

1. If you want to “do what you love,” you have to work three times as hard as everyone else. Most people do not get to spend their lives doing whatever it is they love. Instead, they do what they are told they should do, or what their parents or town or friends or peers suggest that they do. Or they simply pursue nothing close to their heart at all. But if you want to “do what you love,” you need to see that as a privilege, not an expectation. Those people are not the majority. So if that’s what you truly want, you have to put in the work now. 
如果你想“做你喜欢做的事”，你必须比别人努力三倍。大多数人都无法做到，用毕生时间去做他们所爱的事情。相反，他们一直在做着别人要求他们做的事情，或者他们的父母、朋友或同龄人建议他们做的事。或者他们根本不追求任何接近他们内心的事情。但如果你想“做你喜欢做的事”，你需要把这看作是一种特权，而不是期望。大多数人都无法享有这种特权。所以如果这是你真正想要的，你必须加倍努力工作。

2. Beneath anger is always fear. As the wise Yoda says, “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.” Whenever we suffer, especially for long periods of time, at first we believe it is because of something outside of us — something we hate. And if we make it past that emotion, we find below that hate is a rumble of anger, and certainly something we have held onto for far too long. But beneath all of that is always fear. A fear of loss. A fear of vulnerability. A fear of letting go. But if you can get to the point of acknowledging the fear, you will see its lighthearted shadow, compassion. And you will be able to move forward. 
愤怒之下总是恐惧。正如智者尤达所说，"恐惧是通往黑暗面的道路。恐惧导致愤怒，愤怒导致仇恨，仇恨导致痛苦。"每当我们遭受痛苦时，尤其是长时间的痛苦，起初我们相信这是因为我们之外的东西——我们所憎恨的东西。如果我们一旦克服了这种情绪，我们会发现仇恨的下面是愤怒，当然这也是我们长久以来一直坚持的东西。但在所有这些之下，总是恐惧。害怕失去，害怕脆弱，害怕放手。但是如果你能够大胆承认恐惧的存在，你就会看到恐惧背后轻快的影子，同情心，这时你就能大步向前。

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