FOLLOW YOUR OWN COURSE
Neil Simon
Dont listen to those who say,
“Its not done that way.”
Maybe its not, but maybe you will.
Dont listen to those who say,
“Youre taking too big a chance.”
Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine Floor,
and it would surely be rubbed out by today.
Most importantly, dont listen
When the little voice of fear inside of you
rear its ugly head and says,
“Theyre all smarter than you out there.
Theyre more talented,
Theyre taller, blonder, prettier, luckier and have connections...”
I firmly believe that if you follow a path that interests you,
Not to the exclusion of love, sensitivity, and cooperation with others,
But with the strength of conviction
That you can move others by your own efforts,
And do not make success or failure the criteria by which you live,
The chances are youll be a person worthy of your own respect.
走自己的路
尼爾·西蒙陳採霞譯
別聽那些人的話，
“這事不能那麼做。”
也許是不能那麼做，可是也許你就會那麼做。
別聽那些人的話，
“你這個險冒得太大了。”
米開朗琪羅可能在西斯廷教堂的地板上作過畫，
到今天肯定已經被抹掉了。
最重要的是，
當你心中恐懼的聲音，
擡起它醜陋的頭說，
“那邊那些人都比你聰明，
他們更有才華，
他們更高大、皮膚更白、更漂亮、更幸運，
並且認識各種各樣的人…”
你可千萬別理會。
我堅信只要選擇一條你感興趣的路，
不排除愛情、敏銳以及與別人的合作，
而是堅定地認爲，
通過你自身的努力能夠感動他人，
不把成功或者失敗作爲你生活的標準，
那麼你就可能成爲值得自己敬佩的人。