Consider... You. In all time before now and in all time to come， there has never been and will never be anyone just like you. You are unique in the entire history and future of the universe. Wow！ Stop and think about that. You，re better than one in a million， or a billion， or a gazillion...
试想一下……你！一个空前绝后的你，不论是以往还是将来都不会有一个跟你一模一样的人。你在历史上和宇宙中都是独一无二的。哇！想想吧，你是万里挑一、亿里挑一、兆里挑一的。
You are the only one like you in a sea of infinity！！！
在无穷无尽的宇宙中，你是举世无双的！！！
You，re amazing！ You，re awesome！ And by the way， you，re it. As amazing and awesome as you already are， you can be even more so. Beautiful young people are the whimsey of nature， but beautiful old people are true works of art. But you don，t become “beautiful” just by virtue of the aging process.
你是了不起的！你是卓越的！没错，就是你。你已经是了不起的，是卓越的，你还可以更卓越更了不起。美丽的年轻人是大自然的奇想，而美丽的老人却是艺术的杰作。但你不会因为年龄的渐长就自然而然地变得“美丽”。
Real beauty comes from learning， growing， and loving in the ways of life. That is the Art of Life. You can learn slowly， and sometimes painfully， by just waiting for life to happen to you. Or you can choose to accelerate your growth and intentionally devour life and all it offers. You are the artist that paints your future with the brush of today. Paint a masterpiece.
真正的美丽源于生命里的学习、成长和热爱。这就是生命的艺术。你可以只听天由命， 慢慢地学，有时候或许会很痛苦。又或许你可以选择加速自己的成长，故意地挥霍生活及其提供的一切。你就是手握今日之刷描绘自己未来的艺术家。画出一幅杰作吧！
God gives every bird its food， but he doesn，t throw it into its nest. Wherever you want to go， whatever you want to do， it，s truly up to you.
上帝给了鸟儿食物，但他没有将食物扔到它们的巢里。不管你想要去哪里，不管你想要做什么，真正做决定的还是你自己。
Seize All Opportunities
请善待一切机会
The air we breathe is so freely available that we take it for granted. Yet without it we could not survive more than a few minutes. For the most part， the same air is available to everyone， and everyone needs it. Some people use the air to sustain them while they sit around and feel sorry for themselves. Others breathe in the air and use the energy it provides to make a magnificent life for themselves.
空气到处都有，我们是如此容易得到它，以至我们常将其易得性视为理所当然。可一旦失去它，我们只能活几分钟。基本上，谁都能呼吸到空气，谁都需要空气。有的人呼吸空气只为碌碌无为地生活着，或是在懊悔中度过余生。有的人呼吸空气并利用它提供的能量使自己的生活绚丽多彩。
Opportunity is the same way. It is everywhere. Opportunity is so freely available that we take it for granted. Yet opportunity alone is not enough to create success. Opportunity must be seized and acted upon in order to have value. So many people are so anxious to “get in” on a “ground floor opportunity”， as if the opportunity will do all the work. That，s impossible.
机会也是如此。机会无处不在。机会如此易得以至我们对此视为理所当然。然而只有机会并不能获得成功，而必须抓住机会，见机行事，创造佳绩。许多人都渴望能夺得先机，似乎只要夺得先机就能万事大吉。这是不可能的。
Just as you need air to breathe， you need opportunity to succeed. It takes more than just breathing in the fresh air of opportunity， however. You must make use of that opportunity. That，s not up to the opportunity. That，s up to you. It doesn，t matter what “floor” the opportunity is on. What matters is what you do with it.
正如你需要呼吸空气一样，你需要机会才能成功。然而成功靠的并不仅仅是随手可得的机会。你必须利用机会。成功并不取决于机会，而是取决于你。重要的并不是你在哪一个阶段遇见机会，而是面对机会你是如何把握的。
Flying Birds of Tagore
泰戈尔《飞鸟集》100篇
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Stray birds of summer come to my window to sing and fly away.
And yellow leaves of autumn， which have no songs， flutter and fall there with a sign.
夏天的飞鸟，飞到我的窗前唱歌，又飞去了。
秋天的黄叶，它们没有什么可唱，只叹息一声，飞落在那里。
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O Troupe of little vagrants of the world， leave your footprints in my words.
世界上的一队小小的漂泊者呀，请留下你们的足印在我的文字里。
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The world puts off its mask of vastness to its lover.
It becomes small as one song， as one kiss of the eternal.
世界对着它的爱人，把它浩翰的面具揭下了。
它变小了，小如一首歌，小如一回永恒的接吻。
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It is the tears of the earth that keep here smiles in bloom.
是大地的泪点，使她的微笑保持着青春不谢。
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The mighty desert is burning for the love of a bladeof grass who shakes her head and laughs and flies away.
无垠的沙漠热烈追求一叶绿草的爱，她摇摇头笑着飞开了。
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If you shed tears when you miss the sun， you also miss the stars.
如果你因失去了太阳而流泪，那么你也将失去群星了。
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The sands in your way beg for your song and your movement， dancing water. Will you carry the burden of their lameness？
跳舞着的流水呀，在你途中的泥沙，要求你的歌声，你的流动呢。你肯挟瘸足的泥沙而俱下么？
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Her wishful face haunts my dreams like the rain at night.
她的热切的脸，如夜雨似的，搅扰着我的梦魂。
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Once we dreamt that we were strangers.
We wake up to find that we were dear to each other.
有一次，我们梦见大家都是不相识的。
我们醒了，却知道我们原是相亲相爱的。
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Sorrow is hushed into peace in my heart like the evening among the silent trees.
忧思在我的心里平静下去，正如暮色降临在寂静的山林中。
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Some unseen fingers， like an idle breeze， are playing upon my heart the music of the ripples.
有些看不见的手，如懒懒的微风似的，正在我的心上奏着潺潺的乐声。
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What language is thine， O sea？
The language of eternal question.
What language is thy answer， O sky？
The language of eternal silence.
“海水呀，你说的是什么？”
“是永恒的疑问。”
“天空呀，你回答的话是什么？”
“是永恒的沉默。”
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Listen， my heart， to the whispers of the world with which it makes love to you.
静静地听，我的心呀，听那世界的低语，这是它对你求爱的表示呀。
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The mystery of creation is like the darkness of night - it is great.
Delusions of knowledge are like the fog of the morning.
创造的神秘，有如夜间的黑暗——是伟大的。
而知识的幻影却不过如晨间之雾。
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Do not seat your love upon a precipice because it is high.
不要因为峭壁是高的，便让你的爱情坐在峭壁上。
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I sit at my window this morning where the world like a passerby stops for a moment， nods to me and goes.
我今晨坐在窗前，世界如一个路人似的，停留了一会，向我点点头又走过去了。
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There little thoughts are the rustle of leaves； they have their whisper of joy in my mind.
这些微风，是树叶的簌簌之声呀；它们在我的心里欢悦地微语着。
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What you are you do not see， what you see is your shadow.
你看不见你自己，你所看见的只是你的影子。
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My wishes are fools， they shout across thy song， my Master.
Let me but listen.
神呀，我的那些愿望真是愚傻呀，它们杂在你的歌声中喧叫着呢。
让我只是静听着吧。
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I cannot choose the best.
The best chooses me.
我不能选择那最好的。
是那最好的选择我。
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They throw their shadows before them who carry their lantern on their back.
那些把灯背在背上的人，把他们的影子投到了自己前面。
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That I exist is a perpetual surprise which is life.
我的存在，对我是一个永久的神奇，这就是生活。
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We， the rustling leaves， have a voice that answers the storms， but who are you so silent？
I am a mere flower.
“我们萧萧的树叶都有声响回答那风和雨。你是谁呢，那样的沉默着？”
“我不过是一朵花。”
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Rest belongs to the work as the eyelids to the eyes.
休息与工作的关系，正如眼睑与眼睛的关系。
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Man is a born child， his power is the power of growth.
人是一个初生的孩子，他的力量，就是生长的力量。
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God expects answers for the flowers he sends us， not for the sun the earth.
神希望我们酬答他，在于他送给我们的花朵，而不在于太阳和土地。
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The light that plays， like a naked child， among the green leaves happily knows not that man can lie.
光明如一个裸体的孩子，快快活活地在绿叶当中游戏，它不知道人是会欺诈的。
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