第620期:火遍朋友圈的英文诗-You're Not Late! You're Not Early

 每个人从生下来都在接受对比，学会对比。上学时比成绩，比才艺。高考时比学校，毕业后比工作。谈恋爱时比对象，工作后便开始收入，比职位，比房子，比车子。结婚生子后，又开始比孩子，循环往复，周而复始。

对比本身没有太大问题，古人云：见贤思齐焉，见不贤而内自省也。意思是几个人在一起，其中必有一人是可以学习的能者，选择他的长处学习，看见没有德行的人,自己就要反省是否有和他一样的错误。

但是我们很多人在对比中，要么变得自卑焦虑，停滞不前，且变得抑郁。要么变得暗自窃喜，得意忘形，甚至嘲讽别人。今天这首小诗很好的解决了这个问题，它告诉我们：每个人都有属于自己的时区，不要将自己盲目地和他人比较。

New Words:

secure: vt.保护; （使） 获得; 使安全; 担保;

Federal leaders continued their efforts to secure a ceasefire

联邦领导人继续争取促成停火协议。

mock vt.& vi.愚弄，嘲弄

I thought you were mocking me

我还以为你是在嘲笑我。

New York is 3 hours ahead of California,

纽约时间比加州时间早三个小时，

but it does not make California slow.
但加州时间并没有变慢。

Someone graduated at the age of 22,
有人22岁就毕业了，

but waited 5 years before securing a good job!
但等了五年才找到好的工作！

Someone became a CEO at 25,
有人25岁就当上CEO，

and died at 50.
却在50岁去世。

While another became a CEO at 50,
也有人迟到50岁才当上CEO，

and lived to 90 years.
然后活到90岁。

Someone is still single,
有人依然单身，

while someone else got married.
同时也有人已婚。

Obama retires at 55,
奥巴马55岁就退休，

but Trump¹ starts at 70.
川普70岁才开始当总统。

Absolutely everyone in this world works based on their Time Zone.
世上每个人本来就有自己的发展时区。

People around you might seem to go ahead of you,
身边有些人看似走在你前面，

some might seem to be behind you.
也有人看似走在你后面。

But everyone is running their own RACE, in their own TIME.
但其实每个人在自己的时区有自己的步程。

Don't envy them or mock them.
不用嫉妒或嘲笑他们。

They are in their TIME ZONE, and you are in yours!
他们都在自己的时区里，你也是！

Life is about waiting for the right moment to act.
生命就是等待正确的行动时机。

So, RELAX.
所以，放轻松。

You're not LATE.
你没有落后。

You're not EARLY.
你没有领先。

You are very much ON TIME, and in your TIME ZONE Destiny set up for you.
在命运为你安排的属于自己的时区里，一切都准时。

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。