这碗美国鸡汤写得太好了，忍不住多读几遍！

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今天明天，以及以后的几个周末，对于幼升小、小升初，以及参加中考自主招生的孩子以及家长来说，都极为难熬。

拿今天的民办小学幼升小面谈来说，孩子要谈，家长也要谈啊！

家长学历，查三代！

做题，必须的！

要安抚家长们焦虑受伤的心，中国鸡汤是绝对不够给力的了，那么，来碗美国鸡汤，静静心。

你觉得人生没有方向吗？

Do you think you are going nowhere in life?

停下来！深呼吸，读读以下文字。 

STOP! Take a deep breath. Read this.

纽约时间比加州时间早三个小时，

New York is 3 hours ahead of California,

但加州时间并没有变慢。

but it does not make California slow.

有人22岁就毕业了，

Someone graduated at the age of 22,

但等了五年才找到稳定的工作！

but waited 5 years before securing a good job!

有人25岁就当上CEO，

Someone became a CEO at 25,

却在50岁去世。

and died at 50.

也有人迟到50岁才当上CEO，

While another became a CEO at 50,

然后活到90岁。

and lived to 90 years.

有人单身，

Someone is still single,

同时也有人已婚。

while someone else got married.

奥巴马55岁就退休了，

Obama retires at 55,

川普70岁才开始当总统。

but Trump starts at 70.

世上每个人本来就有自己的发展时区。

Absolutely everyone in this world works based on their Time Zone.

身边有些人看似走在你前面，

People around you might seem to go ahead of you,

也有人看似走在你后面。

some might seem to be behind you.

但其实每个人在自己的时区有自己的步程。

But everyone is running their own RACE, in their own TIME.

不用嫉妒或嘲笑他们。

Don’t envy them or mock them.

他们都在自己的时区里，你也是！

They are in their TIME ZONE, and you are in yours!

生命就是等待正确的行动时机。

Life is about waiting for the right moment to act.

所以，放轻松。

So, RELAX.

你没有落后。

You’re not LATE.

你没有领先。

You’re not EARLY.

在你自己的时区里，一切安排都准时！

You are very much ON TIME, and in your TIME ZONE！

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