I was in college
那是我還在讀大學

and was sleeping deeply in my dorm room bed
有一天，我正在寢室里沉睡

after a rough day of classes.
這一天的課程非常煎熬

Suddenly,
忽然

I heard the door open
我聽到門開了

and light from the hallway streamed in.
走廊上的燈光射進來

My best friend and roommate
我最好的朋友兼室友

was standing there unsteadily.
神情不安的站在那里

His girlfriend had broken up with him
他的女朋友跟他分手了

earlier that day
就在這一天早些的時候

and he had spent the evening
這整個夜晚

downtown in a bar
他都呆在市中心的一家酒吧里

trying to drown his sorrows with 13 whiskey sours.
為了借酒澆愁，一連灌下了13杯威士忌酸酒

I got up
我從床上爬起來

and helped him to climb up into the bunk bed
幫助他回到高低雙人床上

above me.
他就睡在我的上鋪

He didn’t look so good.
他看起來不太好

His face was whiter than normal
臉色比平時更加蒼白

and he could barely walk.
幾乎無法正常走路

After fending off some idiots on our floor
我趕走了同一樓層的幾個傻瓜

who tried to get him to go back downtown
他們想勸他再回市中心去

for more drinking
再多喝幾杯酒

I finally got him to lay down.
我終于讓他躺下來

After a minute
一分鐘之后

he said he was going to be sick.
他說自己想要吐了

I managed to get him to the bathroom
我?guī)麃淼较词珠g

down the hall
洗手間在走廊另一頭

but he couldn’t throw up.
他卻吐不出來了

I walked him slowly back to bed
我扶著他慢慢走回寢室，上了床

and got him into the top bunk again.
又扶著他爬到了上鋪

I was just about to drift back off to sleep
當我正準備轉身回去睡覺的時候

when I heard it:
我聽到了

retching followed by 13 whiskey sours
13杯威士忌全吐了出來，然后是干嘔的聲音

splashing on his sheets.
還有嘔吐物濺在他床單上的聲音

I got him off the bed again,
我再次把他從床上拖起來

stripped his sheets
扯下他的床單

and helped him back up once more.
再扶他上床

I was wary of another splash down
我在底下留神聽著他再次嘔吐的聲音

but soon
但是很快

I heard his gentle snoring.
我聽到了他均勻的打呼聲

I couldn’t really be mad at him, though.
盡管如此，我卻無法對他生氣

After all,
畢竟

he just wanted what we all wanted:
他想要的只是我們都想要的

?“To be Loved.”
被一個人愛

Over the decades that followed
在隨后的幾十年中

I started to realize a few things too.
我也開始意識到一些事

I learned that
我學會了

the best way to be loved
想要被愛，最好的方式

was to be loving.
就是先給與愛

And I learned that
我也學會了

the best way to be loving
給與愛最好的方式

was to realize that
就是清楚的意識到

you were already loved.
你已經是被愛的人了

Open your life
敞開里的懷抱

and let your love out.
釋放自己的愛

The greatest gift we can ever get
我們能得到的最好的禮物

is to be loved
就是被愛

and the greatest gift we can ever give
我們能給出的最好的禮物

is to be loving.
就是給與愛

And the truth is,
事實上

they are one and the same.
愛與被愛本就同一，本就是同一件事

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