Graduation and moving on

 

毕业并继续前进

At least once a year, there are a lot of graduations.

至少每年一次,会有很多的毕业典礼。

It’s a time when a lot of people move on,

这是一个很多人继续前进的时刻,

from where they were, to another school or another class,

从那里的人们会到另一个学校或另一个班级,

or out into a real world.

或者到了一个真实的世界。

To graduate means to take a step forward, to move onward.

毕业意味着向前迈进一步，已经上路了。

I can remember my high school graduation,

我还记得我的高中毕业,

my graduation from university,

我大学毕业,

and even my graduation from graduated school.

甚至从我毕业的学校毕业。

Each of those graduations was nice.

其中每个毕业典礼都是非常好。

I took pictures, I got flowers, I hug my parents.

我拍照片,我得到了花,我拥抱我的父母。

I had the motions to moving on, I want to stay and have more fun.

我曾有想继续下去的动力，我希望留下并获得更多的乐趣。

But I also want to move on.

但我还想继续前进。

When we hear the word graduation, we naturally think of graduating from school.

当我们听到毕业那个词,我们很自然地会想到从学校毕业。

But I think it’s possible to graduate from different places, or stages in life.

但我认为这是有可能是从不同的地方或不同阶段的生活毕业。

I worked in a company in New York for about three years.

我在纽约一家公司工作三年了。

In one point I felt I couldn’t learn anything else from the company,

在某种程度上,我觉得我无法从公司身上学到东西,

where the people I was working with.

从与我共同工作的人身上也一样。

Then I had hit a ceiling, I felt that was time to move on.

然后我已经达到了一种上限,我觉得是继续前行的时候了。

The way that I describe that moving on is a graduation.

我所描述的继续前行是毕业。

Some times we are thrown out into the world or to the next level,

有时我们被抛进世界或下一个阶段,

whether we are ready or not.

不管我们是否为此做好了准备。

Other times we get the truth when we want to move on.

其他时候,我们得到当我们想继续前进的事实。

I have experienced both.

我已经都经历过了。

I preferred the second one, where I have a choice,

我更喜欢第二个,在那里我可以选择,

I like the truth when and how, but we don’t always get what we want,

我喜欢这个何时以及如何的事实,但我们不能总是得到我们想要的东西,

since we can learn from every experience that we have,

因为我们可以从我们有的每次经历中学习,

each experience can be a stepping stone for us to be better people.

每次经历都可以成为我们的一块垫脚石而成为更好的人。

I know that I take lessons with me every time I graduated,

我知道每次我毕业我都要学习一些课程,

but some times I can be a slow learner.

但有时我可以是一个缓慢的学习者。

I wonder when my next graduation is going to be.

我想知道当我的下一次毕业将是何时。