逆境识己识友

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I discovered that I had a strong will 我发现我意志坚强。

and more discipline than I had suspected. 并且比我原先以为的更有自律性。

I also found out 我还发现，

that I had friends 我有一些朋友，

whose value was truly above the price of rubies. 他们的价值真的比红宝石还要珍贵。

The knowledge that you have emerged wiser 你变得更明智的这种认知，

and stronger from setbacks 你也从挫折中变得更强大。

means that you are ever 这意味着你将永远，

after 在此之后，

secure in your ability to survive. 你对自己的生存能力充满信心。

You will never truly know yourself 你将永远无法真正了解自己，

or the strength of your relationships 也无法真正了解你人际关系的强度，

until both have been tested by adversity. 直到两者都经受过逆境的考验。

Such knowledge 这种知识，

is a true gift 是一份真正的礼物，

for all that it has painfully won, 尽管它是通过痛苦才获得的，

and it has been worth more than any qualification 而且它的价值远超任何学历，

I ever earned. 我曾经获得过的。

So given a time turner, 所以，如果给我一个时间转换器，

I would tell my 21-year-old self 我会告诉21岁的自己，

that personal happiness lies in knowing 个人的幸福在于明白，

that life is not 生活并非，

a checklist of acquisition or achievement. 一份关于获取或成就的清单。

Your qualifications, 你的学历，

your CV, 你的简历，

are not your life, 并非你的人生，

though you will meet many people of my age 尽管你会遇到许多我这个年纪的人，

and older who confuse the two. 甚至比我年纪更大，却混淆这两者的人。

Life is difficult 生活是艰难的，

and complicated 复杂的，

and beyond anyone's total control. 并且超出任何人的完全掌控。

And the humility to know 而你拥有知道这一点的谦逊，

that 这一点，

will enable you to survive its vicissitudes. 将使你能够经受住它的变迁。