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This is one for the future generation
这首歌是写给未来一代的
You can ignore this if you want
你尽可以无视它
Who am I to tell you what to do
毕竟我没资格告诉你该做什么
And what not to do
又不该做什么
But don’t do what I did
但请别重蹈覆辙
Do what I didn’t do
请以我为鉴
Make the choices I didn’t make
做出我没能做出的选择
Support your community
为你的社区尽一份力
Start with your neighbour and work outward
从你的邻居开始 不断扩大交际圈
Introduce yourself by name
介绍自己的名字
Why not go for that coffee
何不一起喝杯咖啡
You always end the conversation on?
来结束你们的谈话？
Spend time with your friends and family
花时间陪陪朋友和家人
Call them, text them, write them a letter
如果你想家的话
If you’re feeling nostalgic
给他们打电话、发短信、写信都好
It might be hard, but tell them you love them
即使羞于启齿 也要告诉他们你爱他们
They won’t be around forever
毕竟他们总会离你而去
Respect the ground you walk on
敬畏自然
Your kids are gonna walk on it someday too
总有一天这里也会是你孩子们的家园
And their kids after that
然后是你孙子们的
And you don’t want your grandchildren
你不会想让自己的孙子们
Only seeing elephants in picture books
只能在图书上看到大象
Get up every day, make the bed all nice
每天起来铺好床铺
And fling open the curtains
猛地掀开窗帘
Feel the sun on your face
感受脸颊的阳光
Love your body
爱惜自己的身体
Look in the mirror and think
边照镜子边想
Wow, I’m amazing
哇哦 我真棒
Don’t dwell on instagram
别花太多时间刷Ins
There are far better things to do than that
有比那好得多的事可做
But if I had to tell you one thing to change
但如果我必须让你做出一个改变
Smile more
多多微笑
Just smile more
那就多多微笑吧
Put down your phone
放下你的手机
See the world through your own eyes
用自己的眼睛看世界
Create memories, not JPEGs
多制造回忆 少拍点照片
Be creative - draw, learn a language,
激发创造力—画画 学一门语言
Dance even if it feels really awkward
跳舞 即使感觉再尴尬
Why worry about something now
在何必担忧
That you won’t worry about a year from now?
那些一年后你不会担忧的事
Remember - no matter how difficult things get
记住—无论情况变得多困难
The sun will always rise again tomorrow
明天太阳总会照常升起
Pay someone a compliment -
多称赞别人—
The checkout assistant, the postman
退房助理也好 邮递员也好
You’ll probably make their day
你可能令他们开心一整天
I know it would make mine
至少是我的话我会开心
Challenge yourself
挑战自我
Challenge others
也挑战他人
Ask more questions
多提问题
Bring something out of someone
激发别人的潜能
That even they didn’t know
甚至他们自己都不知道的
Was in there
潜能
Look - no-one knows where they’re going
听我说—没人知道路在何方
You don’t have to follow a path or…
你不必随波逐流或是……
You don’t have to follow anything
你不必盲从任何人和事
Just do what feels right
做你觉得对的事
But if I had to tell you just one thing to change
但非要我告诉你一个能做出的改变的话
Just smile more
那就多多微笑吧