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The radiance falls on all of us, and we are nothing without each other.
只有和大家團結在一起，每個人才是光芒四射的。
Instead, I flew back to Oregon,
可現實是，我飛回了俄勒岡，
and as I watched the evergreens and rain come back into view,
看著窗外的雨拍打著常青樹
I just drank many tiny bottles of airplane "feel sorry for yourself."
我不禁借酒澆愁。
I thought about how, if I was a writer, I was some kind of misfit writer.
我想就算我是一個作家，我也只是一個格格不入的作家。
What I'm saying is, I flew back to Oregon without a book deal, without an agent,
我想說，我回到俄勒岡，沒有簽下一個書約，沒有經紀人同行，
and with only a headful and heart-ful of memories of having sat so near the beautiful writers.
有的只是滿滿的回憶。我曾經和那些美麗的作家離得那么近。
Memory was the only prize I allowed myself.
回憶是我給自己的獎勵。
And yet, at home in the dark, back in my underwear,
然后當我回到家的黑暗中，穿回我的內衣，
I could still hear their voices.
我還能夠聽見她們的聲音。
They said, "Don't listen to anyone who tries to get you to shut up or change your story."
她們說：“不要讓任何試圖讓你閉嘴的人改變你的故事。”
They said, "Give voice to the story only you know how to tell."
她們說：“表達只有你才知道的感受。”
They said, "Sometimes telling the story is the thing that saves your life."
她們說：“有時候寫書可以改變你的一生。”
Now I am, as you can see, the woman over 50.
現在，我也50多歲了。
And I'm a writer. And I'm a mother. And I became a teacher.
我是一個作家。我是一位母親。我也成為了一名老師。
Guess who my favorite students are.
猜猜我最喜歡的學生是誰。
Although it didn't happen the day that dream letter came through my mailbox,
我寫了一篇回憶錄，盡管不是從郵筒拿出信的那一天寫的，
I did write a memoir, called "The Chronology of Water."
叫做“似水年華”。
