致自己：少年的我

Dear me

亲爱的我
What's up

你还好吗
This is a letter from your much older, cooler, better-dressed self

这是一封未来的你写给自己的信，我长大了，很酷，穿得也很靓
I remember being you, and I remember it being really, really difficult

我还记得当年的你，过得非常痛苦
You're worried about a lot of things right now

你为各种琐事忧心忡忡
The coarse black hair

比如粗糙的黑发
Your grades

比如成绩
Falling in love

恋爱
Dating

约会
Your body

身材
The color of your skin

肤色
You don't feel like you fit in anywhere now

你觉得自己与世界格格不入
There was this one really mean girl, who would just bully you constantly

有个刻薄的女生总是欺负你

Some of the people you thought were your friends are going to write mean things about you online

有些你视为好友的人在网上诋毁你
The ones that push you around, and don't make time, and treat other people poorly

有些人把你推来搡去、他们爽约，他们待人刻薄
But you wanted them to like you

而当时的你，还期待这些人会喜欢你
You wanted to be more like them

你希望自己跟他们一样
You wish you could be like them

因为你不想当一个异类
And it was just silly, because...

你这样想真的很傻啊，要知道……
All those amazing different qualities that you have no one else has

正是你身上那些与众不同的东西让你区别于别人
Embrace them

拥抱自己的特质
Experience them
感受自己的不同
Don't follow the crowd, and be who you want to be

不要随波逐流，成为自己真正想成为的人
Stop trying so hard to be someone you're not

别再拼命活成别人
Don't let anybody else...

不要允许任何人……
Try to bring you down or make you second-guess yourself

打垮你、动摇你
Stay who you're

做自己
It's OK to be different

与众不同没什么不好

It doesn't make you a bad person

你不会因此成为坏人
There's not one person on the face of the planet who can replace you

世界之大，你独一无二，你无可取代
You're gonna meet a version of yourself that you never knew existed

你会遇见一个意想不到的自己
So don't stress out too much about how you look or how cool you're

所以啊，别压力太大，别总想着自己美不美、酷不酷
I mean, look at you now: you're a huge weirdo

我说，看看现在的你：超级奇葩
You're so different. People kind of like you

但你如此独特，人们还都蛮喜欢你呢
To go ahead, and mess up big

意气风发向前，轰轰烈烈做事
Failure is not the end of the world

失败又不是世界末日
Don't be afraid of being afraid

胆小也不可耻
Just be strong and be confident

但告诉自己要强大、要自信
You ARE good enough

你非常优秀
You always have been

你一直优秀
You've got lots of energy, you're bursting with life

你充满能量，活力四射
And you can achieve whatever you want

你心之所愿，无所不成
But I have to say, the most important thing...

但我还是要说，最重要的……
Is...

是
To just have fun

享受生活
Don't forget to laugh...

别忘了要放声大笑
Even with your bracelets

即使要露出牙套
Confidence is the key

信心最重要
You're unique

你独一无二
You're great

你很优秀
You're...Magical

你充满魔力
You will make yourself proud one day

有一天你会为自己感到骄傲

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