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Don’t Wish You Could Rewind the Clock
不要奢望時間能夠為你倒流
I often hear people say, “I wish I could do that over again.” Or “I feel so bad about what happened; I wish I had never said anything.” Or “I wish I had never made that investment.” Or “I wish I had never dated that person.” When you make these types of statements you are wishing you had done something differently.
我常常聽到人們這樣說，“我真希望我能重新做一次”或者“對于已經發生的事我很傷心，我希望我從來沒有說過那樣的話”。或者“我真希望我從來沒有做過那個投資”。或者“我希望我從來沒有和那人約會過”。r如果你也做過這樣的陳述，那說明你對之前做過的事情有不一樣的看法了。
My Wish-I-Hadn’t-Done-That List
我的清單關于我希望我從未做過的事情。
Like all of these people, I have done some stupid things. I have said irresponsible things that damaged relationships. I have handled myself inappropriately in business settings. I have thrown eggs at people’s homes and snowballs at cars. I have drunk too much. I have done drugs. I have made terrible investments and lost millions of dollars. I have lied to people. I have acted like a fool. I have been disrespectful to others. The fact is—and I am not proud to say—that just about any bad thing you have done, it’s possible that I may have done that, too.
像所有其他人那樣，我做過很多愚蠢的事情。我說過不負責任的話傷害了我的人際關系。在商業領域里我沒有合適的對待自己。我向人家家里扔雞蛋，車上扔雪球。我酗酒。我吸毒。我做過可怕的投資損失了百萬美元。我對其他人撒謊。我表現的像個傻子。我對他人不敬。我很不光彩的說，事實就是所有你們做過的壞事情我都可能做過。
Of all the unwise things I have done, there are some that have scarred me for life and I think about these more than others. In fact, I will likely think about them the rest of my life no matter how much I try not to think of them. While I no longer allow them to impact my emotions, I will not be able to erase them from my memory. Do you have some like this?
在所有我做過的不明智的事情里，有些在我的人生中留下了傷疤并且我比他人更可能回想起這些。事實上在我余生中我很可能會想到它們無論我多么努力不去想這些事情。雖然不能把它們從記憶中抹去，然而我不會容許它們去影響我的情感。你有像這樣的事情嗎?
If I Could Rewind the Clock of Time
要是我能讓時間倒退多好啊
A couple weeks ago I was thinking about something I wish I had never done. I then started thinking, if I could rewind the clock and do some things differently, would I?
幾周前我還在回想我希望從來沒有做過的事情。然后我就開始想，是否我能讓時間倒退重新去做一些事，我可以嗎?
After a long walk contemplating this notion, I determined I would not want to go back and do something differently. My conclusion was that everything that has happened to me has happened for a reason. I determined that, no matter how painful something has been, the experience has taught me a lesson and contributed to making me the person I am today.
在經過一長段的邊走邊深思這個念頭后，我覺定我不想回到過去把事情用不一樣的方式再做一遍。我的結論是發生在我身上的每個事情都有要發生的原因。我確定無論已經發生的事情帶來了怎樣的痛苦，這個過程教會了我一課并且助我成為今天的我。
This is not to say that I am totally happy with my life and who I am. I am scarred. I have warts. I am far from perfect. I still do things I regret.
這并不是說我對我的人生和現在的我十分滿意。我已經留疤了，有了瑕疵。我離完美很遠。我仍舊會做我后悔的事情。
As I look at some of my most painful lessons that I will likely never forget, they are the lessons that have played a huge role in forming my beliefs. Saying something stupid to someone and hurting them has made me more careful with what I say to others. Each bad investment I have made has influenced my investment criteria and made me wiser.
當我回顧我以前最慘痛的或許將是永遠難以忘懷的教訓時，我發現是它們讓我形成了現在的價值觀。對別人說過的愚蠢的傷人的話讓我變得與別人交談時更加小心。我做的每一次不明智的投資有損我的投資水準都讓我變得更加明智。
I have some things on my list that may not have played a major role in the person I have become and I wish I had never done them, but they are done. The fact is, I can’t turn back the clock and neither can you. There is no such thing as a Fairy Godmother or a Genie in a Bottle who can make our wishes come true.
在我的清單上有一些可能沒有對形成今天的我起到作用并且我希望它從沒發生過，但它們確實存在的事情。事實是我不可能時光倒流，你也不能。世上沒有幫我們夢想成真的仙女圣母或瓶中精靈這樣的事情。
