不再比较的下午

类别：成长

看到老同学买房，我终于不再嫉妒比较，学会了真诚祝福并与自己的生活和解。

时长 56 秒 · 语速 148 wpm

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I was scrolling on my phone when I saw it. 我正刷着手机，突然看到了那条动态。

An old classmate had just bought a house. 一个老同学刚买了套房子。

A beautiful one, with a garden, 挺漂亮的一套，还带个小院子，

and she was standing in front of it, holding the keys. 她就拿着钥匙，站在房子前面。

I know what usually happens next. 换作平时，我都知道接下来会发生什么。

A small, cold feeling in my stomach. 心里会泛起一阵小小的酸楚。

Then the math. 然后就开始盘算对比。

She's my age. 她和我同岁。

I'm still renting. 而我还在租房。

What have I been doing with my life? 这些年我到底在混些什么？

I waited for it. 我等着那种感觉袭来。

It didn't come. 但它并没有出现。

I looked at her face. 我看着她的脸。

She looked so happy. 她笑得好开心。

I remembered that she worked two jobs in her twenties. 我想起她二十多岁那会儿，一个人打两份工。

And I thought: good for her. 我心想：真替她高兴。

I typed, "Congratulations! 我打下：“恭喜你！

It's beautiful." 房子真漂亮。”

And I meant every letter. 每一个字都是我真心的。

Then I put the phone down 然后我放下手机，

and looked around my small rented kitchen. 环顾了一下我租来的小厨房。

Her house took nothing from me. 她有了房子，又没抢走我的任何东西。

It's such a simple idea. 这么简单的一个道理，

It took me forty years to learn it. 我却用了整整四十年才真正明白。