余生很长-别慌张失望

余生很长，别慌张别失望校长发言：Good morning Year Elevens, todays assembly is about the start of the journey, the starts of the rest of your lives. In two years time all of you will have been finishing your A-levels, in three years time youll be studying across the world, studying at the University of your choice. In five years time, youll have started your careers. Many of you will be, in this room, working for the top institutions across the globe. You will then get married, you then may buy a house. In ten years time your life will be set for you, in fifteen years youll be 30 and from then on your path and your life will be set.学生发言：Im sorry Mr. headmaster, let me tell you why that approach may fail you.不好意思，校长先生，我想告诉您不是这样的。I know people who graduated at 21 and didnt get a job till they were 27.I know people who graduated late at 25 and they found work immediately. I know people who never went to university but found what they loved at 18.I know people that have found a job straight out of college making decent money, but hate what they do.I know people who took gap years and found their purpose. I know people who were so sure about what they were going to do at 16 and change their mind at 26.有的人21岁毕业，到27岁才找到工作；有的人25岁才毕业，但马上就找到了工作；有的人没有上过大学，却在18岁就找到了他们热爱的事；有的人一毕业就找到好工作，赚到很多钱，却过得不开心。有的人毕业后选择了间隔年，并找到了自我；有的人16岁就很清楚自己想要什么，但在26岁时改变了想法。I know people who have children but single. And I know people who are married but have had to wait 8 to 10 years to have children. I know people in relationships who love someone else. I know people who love each other but arent together.So my point is, everything in life happens according to our time our clock.有的人有了孩子，却还是单身；有的人结了婚，却等了十年八年才生孩子；有的人身处一段感情，爱的却是别人；有的人明明彼此相爱，却没有在一起。我想说的是，人生中每一件事都取决于我们自己的时间，自己的时钟。You may look at some of your friends and think that theyre ahead of you. Maybe some of them you feel are behind. But everything happens at their own pace. They have their own time and clock and so do you.Be patient.你身边有些朋友或许遥遥领先于你，有些朋友也许落后于你，但凡事都有它自己的节奏。他们有他们的节奏，你也一样。耐心一点。At age 25 Mark Cuban was a bartender in Dallas.It took till 32 for JK Rowling to be published for Harry Potter after being rejected by 12 publishers. Ortega launched Zara when he was 39. Jack Ma started Alibaba when he was 35. Morgan Freeman got his big break at 52. Steve Carell only got his break after 40 years old. Virgin was started by Richard Branson at 34.马克库班25岁时，还只是达拉斯一家酒吧的酒保。（注：库班1983年创立计算机资讯公司MicroSolutions，90年代后成为了亿万富翁。）被出版商拒绝12次后，JK罗琳32岁时才出版哈利波特。Ortega在39岁才创办了Zara。马云35岁才创立阿里巴巴。摩根弗里曼52岁才在演艺事业上有了重大突破。（注：摩根弗里曼因出演肖申克的救赎第三次获得奥斯卡金像奖提名。）史蒂夫卡瑞尔过了40岁才红。（注：1962年出生的喜剧演员史蒂夫卡瑞尔一直当“绿叶”，2015年才凭电影狐狸猎手提名奥斯卡最佳男主角。）理查德布兰森 34岁才创办维珍航空。Getting your degree after 25 is still an achievement. Not being married at 30 but still happy is beautiful. Starting a family after 35 is still possible. And buying a house after 40 is still great. Dont let anyone rush you with their timelines, because as Einstein said, Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything thats counted truly counts. And this is the most important thing.25岁后才获得学位，仍然值得骄傲。30岁还没结婚，但过得快乐也是一种成功。35岁后成家也没什么不可以，40岁后再买房也不丢人。不要让任何人扰乱你的人生节奏。爱因斯坦曾说过 “并不是所有重要的东西，都能计算得清楚。也并不是所有计算得清楚的东西都重要。” 这才是最重要的事。I want you to be able to create meaningful, purposeful, fulfilling lives for yo