These two ladies profoundly impacted my life
這兩位女士對(duì)我的人生產(chǎn)生了深刻的影響

and I will never be able to thank them personally,
我卻永遠(yuǎn)沒有機(jī)會(huì)對(duì)她們當(dāng)面表示感謝了

so I will do it here.
所以我會(huì)在這里表達(dá)謝意

First,
首先

to the random teenage girl on the train:
我要致那個(gè)在火車上偶遇的少女

You were talking with your friend.
那時(shí)你在和朋友聊天

She seemed really depressed
你的朋友看起來十分消沉

because she could not get a boyfriend.
因?yàn)樗也坏侥信笥?/div>

I was half listening to the conversation
我無意間大致聽到了你們的對(duì)話

while dozing off
一邊還昏昏欲睡

and heard you say:
我聽到你說

"WHY do you want a boyfriend so much?
為什么你這么想要有一個(gè)男友？

What do you think will change in your life
你覺得，自己的生活會(huì)發(fā)生什么變化

after getting a boyfriend?"
當(dāng)你有了男友之后

That woke me up.
這句話點(diǎn)醒了我

At the time,
那時(shí)

I was obsessing over getting a particular "dream job".
我岌岌的想要爭(zhēng)取一份“夢(mèng)想中的工作”

I was depressed
為此我十分消沉

and anxious about it,
十分焦急

I was crying over it.
我時(shí)常為之哭泣

I was feeling like such a failure.
我感到自己太失敗了

It was all I could think or talk (and complain) about.
我滿腦子里想的，口中說（抱怨）的都是這件事

As soon as I got home,
我一回到家

I made a list:
就做了一個(gè)清單

"Things that I think will change
生活中會(huì)有什么樣的變化

?if I get my dream job".
如果我得到了我夢(mèng)中的工作

It ended up being such a long list.
最后，我列出了一張非常長(zhǎng)的清單

I was basically blaming all of life's problems,
基本上我就是在抱怨生活中的難題

big and small
有大有小

on not having this particular job.
似乎它們都是因?yàn)槲覜]有得到那份工作才產(chǎn)生的

Not only that,
不僅如此

but I was also putting things "on hold"
我還擱置了許多事情

until after I got this job
一定要等到自己得到那份工作才愿意做

for no good reason.
并沒有什么正當(dāng)?shù)睦碛?/div>

Like I needed a particular job title
比如，我需要那個(gè)職位頭銜

to join a gym
才能去健身

or practice my hobby.
去發(fā)展自己的愛好

So I took that list
于是我拿起那張清單

and started DOING everything I wrote down.
開始實(shí)際的做每一件我寫下的事情

I started addressing the problems directly
我開始直面那些問題

and finding outlets for the things
尋找某些事情的出口

I was not satisfied with.
排解自己對(duì)那些事情的不滿

I still wanted the job,
我仍然 那份工作

but my happiness did not depend on it.
但我是否幸福并不完全儀仗于它

Since then,
從那時(shí)起

when I find myself obsessing over a particular thing,
每當(dāng)我發(fā)現(xiàn)自己沉湎于某樣?xùn)|西

I always take the time
我總會(huì)花些時(shí)間

to think
去想一想

if I'm using it as an excuse
我是不是在用這樣?xùn)|西當(dāng)做借口

to not work on other problems I might have.
從而不去解決自己可能面臨的其他難題

Thank you,
謝謝你

teenage girl on the train.
火車上的少女

You were trying to help your friend
你只是想幫助自己的朋友

and changed a stranger's life instead.
但你卻改變了一個(gè)陌生人的一生

Second,
我第二個(gè)要感謝的

to the woman that lives in an apartment
是住在同一棟公寓里的女人

somewhere above me:
她家正好在我樓上

You moved to the building
你搬進(jìn)公寓時(shí)

shortly after I did.
我剛搬進(jìn)去不久

I heard some people move
我聽到有人搬運(yùn)東西的聲音

what sounded like a very heavy object
聽上去像是十分沉重的東西

up the stairs
就在我的樓上

and you thanking them
你連聲道謝

with such happiness in your voice.
聲音里滿滿的歡欣

And then I heard music.
然后我聽到了音樂

You almost didn't wait for the movers to leave
你甚至不愿意等到搬家的人離開

before you started playing that piano.
就開始彈奏你的鋼琴

And you kept playing.
你一直彈下去

Every day.
每天如此

Every day
每天

I heard the piano
我都聽到鋼琴聲

and I remember thinking
我記得自己那時(shí)想到

"She plays beautifully,
她彈得多么好

I wish I was that good at my hobby".
真希望我對(duì)自己的愛好也是如此精通

And then I felt like an idiot.
這時(shí)我才知道自己多么愚蠢

Because
因?yàn)?/div>

I was hearing you play every day
我每天都聽到你彈鋼琴

while I was wasting time online.
自己卻在上網(wǎng)浪費(fèi)時(shí)間

So I closed my laptop
于是我關(guān)上了自己的筆記本

and got practicing.
開始練習(xí)

I'm trying to build that habit now.
現(xiàn)在，我正努力發(fā)展自己的愛好

Sometimes
有時(shí)

it's hard to find that motivation ,
我很難找到自己的動(dòng)力

sometimes I forget .
有時(shí)我會(huì)忘記

But every day I hear you play,
但是每天我都會(huì)聽到你練琴

and every time
每到這時(shí)

I stop what I'm doing
我會(huì)停下手頭正在做的事情

and practice for a little bit.
練習(xí)一小會(huì)兒

I'm still not great,
我仍然技藝不佳

but I'm getting better.
但我在不斷進(jìn)步

Thank you,
謝謝你

lady who lives in my building.
與我住在同一棟樓里的女士

You are just practicing a skill you enjoy
你只是在練習(xí)一項(xiàng)你喜歡的技藝

and you inspired a stranger to do the same.
你卻激勵(lì)了一個(gè)陌生人向你那樣去做

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