湖水比想象的凉

类别：成长

作者在湖边犹豫不决，最终跳入冰冷湖水中，顿悟等待往往比面对本身更煎熬。

时长 64 秒 · 语速 133 wpm

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I stood at the end of the dock for a long time. 我在码头尽头站了老半天。

Everyone else was already in the lake, shouting, "Come on! 其他人都已经下湖了，冲我喊着：“快下来啊！

It's fine once you're in!" 游开就一点都不冷了！”

That's what people in cold water always say. 泡在冷水里的人老爱这么说。

I put one toe in. 我伸了个脚趾头进去探了探。

Ice. 透心凉。

I took it out. 我立马缩了回来。

I thought about saying I'd forgotten my towel. 我甚至想找借口说自己忘带毛巾了。

My nephew, who is six, looked up at me from the water. 我那六岁的小侄子在水里仰起头看着我。

"Are you scared?" “你害怕了吗？”

"I'm deciding." “我在做心理准备呢。”

"You've been deciding for a long time." “你都准备好久了。”

He was right. 他说得没错。

And I realized something. 我突然想明白了一件事。

The cold wasn't the bad part. 水冷其实没那么难受。

The bad part was this. 真正难受的是现在这样。

Standing here, thinking about it. 傻站在这儿，思前想后。

So I stopped thinking. 于是我索性不想了。

I ran three steps and jumped. 我往前冲了三步，纵身一跳。

The water hit me like a slap. 那湖水砸在我身上，像挨了一记响亮的耳光。

I came up yelling. 我一冒出水面就哇哇大叫。

And then, ten seconds later, it really was fine. 但过了大概十秒钟，居然真的不冷了。

It was wonderful. 简直太爽了。

Most of the cold is in the waiting. 其实大半的寒意，都耗在犹豫不决的等待里。