童年爱好回来了

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A few months ago, 几个月前，

I bought the same kind of building 我买了一款积木，跟我小时候

blocks I obsessed over as a kid, 特别迷恋的那种一模一样，

telling myself they were a gift for a nephew. 还骗自己说是给侄子买的礼物。

They were not for my nephew. 其实根本不是买给他的。

That night, I sat on my living 那天晚上，我坐在客厅的

room floor at thirty-something years old, 地板上，一个三十好几的人，

building for hours, and I felt 一拼就是好几个小时，我感受到了

a happiness I hadn't touched in years. 一种好多年都没体会过的快乐。

It's strange how we're taught to leave certain joys behind 说来也怪，我们好像总被教导要舍弃某些快乐，

as we grow up, 随着我们慢慢长大，

as if being an adult means giving up the things 仿佛成了大人就得放弃那些

that once delighted us. 曾经让我们心动的东西。

But nobody actually made that rule. 但其实根本没人定过这种规矩。

The stuff that made me light up 那些能让我两眼放光的东西，

as a child still lights me up now. 小时候管用，现在也一样管用。

Reconnecting with it didn't make me feel childish. 重新玩起它，并没有让我觉得自己很幼稚。

It made me feel like myself again, 反而让我觉得我又做回了自己，

like I'd found a piece of me I'd quietly packed away. 就像找回了那个被我悄悄收起来的一部分自己。