错误是人生最好的礼物

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It was all centered around 这一切都围绕着

the idea that mistakes 错误这个观念

equal 等同于

failure 失败

and ultimately the loss 并最终失去

of any chance at a happy 获得幸福的

or rewarding life. 或有意义生活的任何机会。

This 这

has not been my experience. 并不是我的经历。

My experience has been that my mistakes 我的经验是，我的错误

led to the best things in my life. 导致了我生命中最美好的事情。

Being embarrassed when you mess up, 当你搞砸时感到尴尬，

it's part of the human experience. 这是人类经历的一部分。

Getting back up, 重新站起来，

dusting yourself off, 拍拍身上的灰尘，

and seeing who still wants to hang out with you afterward 看看之后谁还愿意和你一起玩

and laugh about it, 并对此一笑置之，

that's a gift. 那是一种恩赐。

The times 那些时候

I was told no 我被拒绝了

or wasn't included, 或者没有被包括在内，

wasn't chosen, didn't win, 没有被选中，没有赢，

didn't make the cut, 没有入选，

looking back, 回头看，

it really feels like those moments. 那些时刻真的感觉

were as important if not more crucial 同样重要，甚至更关键

than the moments I was told yes. 比我被告知“可以”的时刻。

Not being invited 没有被邀请

to the parties and sleepovers in my hometown 参加我老家的派对和过夜聚会

made me feel 让我觉得

hopelessly lonely. 绝望地孤独。

But because I felt alone, 但因为我感到孤独，

I would sit in my room 我会坐在我的房间里

and write the songs that would get me 写那些能让我

a ticket 获得一张票

somewhere else. 去别处的歌。