安静也很好

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For most of my life, 在我人生的大部分时间里，

the world told me that quiet was a problem to be fixed. 这个世界总跟我说，安静是一种需要被纠正的毛病。

Speak up. “大声点说。”

Come out of your shell. “别老缩在自己的壳里。”

Don't be so shy. “别那么害羞。”

As if being outgoing were the only correct way to exist. 就好像外向才是存在于世的唯一正确方式。

And for years I tried to become someone louder, 有好多年，我都努力让自己变得更大声、更闹腾，

someone I wasn't, and it just left me exhausted. 去扮演一个根本不是我自己的人，结果只把我搞得筋疲力尽。

But somewhere along the way, 但不知从什么时候起，

I stopped seeing my quietness as a flaw. 我不再把自己的安静当成一种缺点了。

I'm the person who listens closely, 我就是那个会认真倾听的人，

who notices the one friend sitting alone, who thinks before speaking. 会注意到独自坐着的朋友，会在开口前先深思熟虑。

Those are not weaknesses. 这些从来都不是弱点。

The world needs its quiet people just 这个世界需要安静的人，

as much as its loud ones. 就像需要那些喧闹张扬的人一样。

I don't need to be the life of the party. 我不需要成为全场的焦点，

I just need to be fully, honestly myself. 我只需要真真正正、坦坦荡荡地做我自己。

And these days, that's finally enough. 而如今，这样就终于足够了。