浪漫七夕：愛(ài)你所做，做你所愛(ài)

Love What You Do, Do What You Love
愛(ài)你所做，做你所愛(ài)

Life is short. Are you doing what you love? Are you living your passion?
　　

人生短暫。你所從事的是你熱愛(ài)的工作嗎？你生活在激情中嗎？

If not, why? I am guessing most people will answer that question with "I have a mortgage, a spouse and three kids to support.” In the real world people have responsibilities. They have to make sacrifices. You aren't supposed to be happy with your job but you do it because you have to."
　　

如果不是，為什么？我猜想大部分都會(huì)以“我要付房子的按揭貸款，還有愛(ài)人和三個(gè)孩子要養(yǎng)”之類的回答來(lái)搪塞這個(gè)問(wèn)題。的確，在現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中，我們有自己的家庭責(zé)任，我們不得不做些犧牲，我們做著一些自己并不熱愛(ài)的工作只因我們必需這樣去做。

With all due respect, they are wrong. You can take care of your responsibilities and be happy with your job. We spend over 1/3 of our day, at least five days a week performing our jobs. This is a lot of time to be wasting on something we don't enjoy, is it not? Why not spend that time doing something you truly are passionate about for 50 hours a week instead of something that lacks meaning?
　　

恕我直言，這一切并非正確。你可以兼顧你的責(zé)任，同時(shí)熱愛(ài)你的工作。我們一天中要花去1/3的時(shí)間，至少一個(gè)星期5天去工作。如果不熱愛(ài)這份工作，這確實(shí)是一筆很大的時(shí)間浪費(fèi)，不是嗎？為什么不能用這寶貴的時(shí)間，一星期50個(gè)小時(shí)去從做你真正激情洋溢的事情呢，而不是對(duì)你來(lái)說(shuō)缺少意義的工作。

I think there is one main reason people don't follow their passion: fear. Fear of how others will react, fear of failure, and fear that they can't do it themselves. I think the first part is for people to realize that they can conquer their fear. You will fail at times and others will think you are crazy at times, but if you believe that you will succeed than you ultimately will.
　　

我認(rèn)為有些人之所以不去追求他們的夢(mèng)想是有一個(gè)主要的原因：恐懼。懼怕他人的指指點(diǎn)點(diǎn)，懼怕失敗，懼怕沒(méi)有能力完成他們的夢(mèng)想。我認(rèn)為第一步人們應(yīng)該去戰(zhàn)勝恐懼。有時(shí)我們會(huì)失敗，有時(shí)別人也會(huì)覺(jué)得你有些瘋狂，但只要你堅(jiān)信你能夠成功，那么你最終必將成功。

I understand that it is not easy. I am in the middle of going through it right now. But understand that there are other people out there who have been through what you are going through and can help you immensely. They have failed, been ridiculed, and come out on the other end extremely successful. They are living proof that you can do what you love.
　　

我理解這做起來(lái)并不容易。其實(shí)，我也正在克服追求我的夢(mèng)想過(guò)程中的恐懼。但我們相信有些人已經(jīng)從這個(gè)恐懼中堅(jiān)強(qiáng)地走了出來(lái)，并愿意幫助我們。他們?cè)?jīng)失敗過(guò)，被嘲笑過(guò)，但他們走向了勝利的彼岸。這些人的故事正是“你能做你所愛(ài)”的真實(shí)而有力的證據(jù)。