My mom was driving me back from practice. We were talking. All was well. The conversation slowly tones¹ down. And she says smiling, "By the way, today's my birthday. No one reminded me so I thought I should just say so."

训练回来妈妈开车带着我，我们聊着天，一直聊得挺好，节奏突然变慢了，她笑着说：“顺便说一下，今天是我生日。没人想起来，所以我想应该提一下。”

 

She laughed. A laugh so painful I wanted to cry. She hasn't had a proper birthday celebration in two decades.

她笑了，笑得让我难受到想哭。她二十年都没好好过生日了。

 

Yeah. It's a little thing. But it mattered like hell². I used to remember. But things change.

是的，生日是小事，但也很重要。我以前还记得，但很多事情都变了。

 

The hardest truth, you ask? Love is one sided, most of the time.

你问最残酷的事实是什么？爱是单向的，大多数时候都是如此。

 

That's because most people want love but not the responsibility it comes with. A parent takes all that responsibility. They take it all. I promise you. They'll take it to their grave³. Even if they never get it back.

那是因为大多数人想得到爱，却不想承担相应的责任。父母承担了所有责任，付出了所有，这一点我可以向你保证。即使永远得不到回报他们也会爱你到生命的尽头。

 

1) Physically⁴ attractive people will get respect, even if they did nothing to earn that respect.

俊男美女会受人尊重，即使什么都不做就能获得这份尊重。

 

2) Money is the only way to solve a great number of life's problems.

钱是解决生活中很多问题的唯一方法。

 

3) Heartbreak isn't a possibility, it's guaranteed.

心碎不是偶然，是必然。

 

4) Sooner or later you will have to stop caring. Not about your physical and mental health, but about other people.

早晚你会不再在乎，不是不在乎自己的身心健康，而是不在乎别人。

 

5) Teachers will love some students and won't hesitate to criticize/insult others, and you might fall into the latter category.

老师会喜欢某些学生，而且会毫不客气地批评侮辱其他学生，你可能会沦为后者。

 

6) You have to honor⁵ yourself and your wishes. Nobody else will.

你要尊重自己和自己的意愿，没有别人会尊重。

 

7) Time is running out, and it passes a lot faster as you age. Think twenty years is a long time? It isn't.

时间在流逝，而且随着你年龄增长，时间流逝的速度会大大加快。你觉得20年很长？你错了。

 

8) There's a reason older people keep cats and dogs as pets. These animals really are the best company in the world.

老年人养猫和狗当宠物的一个原因是它们真的是世界上最好的伙伴。

 

9) Haters will hate, even at the best of times. It's the only job they can find.

怨恨的人永远在怨恨，即使生活一帆风顺，怨恨是他们唯一能做的事。

 

10) Lying, gossiping, cheating, and stealing happen all the time in the world of work. People will spread lies about you, even though you've done nothing wrong.

说谎、八卦、欺骗和偷窃在职场中时有发生，即使你什么都没做错也会有人传你的谣言。

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