死亡是生命最伟大发明

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This was the closest I've been to facing death, 这是我离死亡最近的一次，

and I hope it's the closest I get for a few more decades. 我希望在接下来的几十年里，这会是我离死亡最近的一次。

Having lived through it, 在经历过这一切后，

I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than 我现在可以比以前更有把握地对你说，

when death was a useful 当死亡只是一个有用的

but purely intellectual concept. 但纯粹是智力上的概念时。

No one 没有人

wants to die. 想死。

Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to 即使是那些想上天堂的人，也不想通过死亡

get there. 到达那里。

And yet, 然而，

death is the destination we all share. 死亡是我们所有人共同的终点。

No one has ever escaped it. 没有人能逃脱它。

And that is 而这

as it should be, 本该如此，

because death 因为死亡

is very likely the single best invention of life. 很可能是生命最伟大的发明。

It's life's change agent. 它是生命的变革推动者。

It clears out the old to make way for the new. 它清除旧的，为新的腾出空间。

Right now, the new is you. 现在，新的就是你。

But someday, not too long from now, you will gradually become the old 但总有一天，在不久的将来，你也会逐渐变成旧的

and be cleared away. 并被淘汰。

Sorry to be so dramatic, 抱歉说得这么戏剧化，

but it's quite true. 但这千真万确。

Your time is limited, 你的时间有限，

so don't waste it living someone else's life. 所以不要浪费它去过别人的生活。

Don't be trapped by dogma, 不要被教条所束缚，

which is living with the results of other people's thinking. 那意味着活在别人的思想结果里。

Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. 不要让别人的喧嚣意见淹没你内心的声音。

And most important, have the courage to follow your heart 最重要的是，要有勇气追随你的心

and intuition. 和直觉。

They somehow already know 它们不知何故已经知道

what you truly want to become. 你真正想成为什么样的人。

Everything else 其他一切

is secondary. 都是次要的。