I'm just sitting here in my room today, listening to music while it rains outside my window, and I can't stop thinking about how happy I am and how great my life is. There's nothing particularly special about it - I'm not rich or famous, I'm not exceptionally talented, and I don't do anything particularly fabulous for a living. But I feel somewhat organized, I have a clean room and a car and a job, and most of all what makes it great is the mere fact that I feel happy.
今天我坐在自己的房間里，聽著音樂，窗外下著雨，我不由得感到自己是多么愉快、生活是多么美妙。盡管我不是什么大富大貴，社會名流，也沒有智力超群，或是做什么偉大的事情來營生。但是我感覺一切井井有條，我有一個干凈的房間、一輛車以及一份工作。但是最重要的是，我單純覺得快樂。

I know this may not seem like the most interesting story in the world, but when I was twelve, I was deeply suicidal.
我知道這看起來不像是什么世間的奇聞異事，但是在我12歲的時候，我非常想自殺。

I'm sharing my good mood today because I know there are tons of people out there who struggle with life.
今天我和大家分享這種歲月靜好的心情，是因為我知道還有很多人都遭受生活的苦楚和折磨。

Not even necessarily the outward['aʊtwɚd details of their lives, but the inner demons that exist within their minds.
不僅僅有生活中的外在瑣事給他們添堵，還有內心的怪獸在作祟。

I want you to know - if that's you - that the mere possibility of reaching a place of inner peace is worth it. It is worth hanging on for.
我想讓你們知道的是，很少有人能真正達到內心平和，但是這種為達到這種狀態值得堅持磨煉。

I was probably 25 when happiness and contentment became my default emotions. It took a long time, and it took a lot of change, pain and growth. But now that I'm here, it feels permanent. And the emotions of the past feel like they happened to someone else. They are so foreign and distant to me. For some, it may take even longer, and it may take even more. But I cannot imagine even for a second that the struggle wouldn't be worth it if this is the end result.
我可能直到25歲才讓知足常樂變成一種情緒上的常態。這中間需要很長的時間，很多的改變，痛苦讓你成長。現如今我的情緒變得穩定而長久，回憶起之前的種種好像是發生在別人的身上，對于現在我來說是那么的陌生和遙遠。對于有些人來說，獲得這種安定的心境要花更長的時間，做更多的改變。但是如果經歷了所有折磨還是無法改變什么，結果一點都不值得，關于這個我想都不敢想。

That's it. I just wanted to share my positive vibes with everybody. The world can be an amazing place if you let it, and you can be an amazing person. You probably already are. Good luck, and please never give up. I hope that today, you all feel a little bit of love. Thanks for reading.
我想用這種積極的情緒感染大家。只要你想世界就會變得美好，同樣的你也可以成為更好的人。也許你已經足夠好了。那么好運，要保持不要放棄。我希望我的分享能夠讓你感覺到一點小溫柔。感謝閱讀。

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