昨天晚上，我參加了一個特殊的跑步活動。有四個黑人女跑者，將要從紐約出發(fā)，奔跑400多公里抵達新總統(tǒng)就任典禮的華盛頓首府，為一個慈善組織籌集44000美元，44剛好也是奧巴馬擔任美國第44任總統(tǒng)的數(shù)字。截至目前為止，她們已經(jīng)籌集了接近8萬美元的善款。
我和很多很多的紐約跑者都來用跑步為她們踐行，在出發(fā)以前，她們說了這么一段話，今天對于你們來說已經(jīng)是1月20日了，新總統(tǒng)將在這天宣誓就任，我想要給大家翻譯這段話。
大多數(shù)人認為，你一定要很有錢才能改變世界，你一定要出名或者你一定要有至少5萬微博粉絲才能夠改變世界。
Most people think you need to have a lot of money to make differences, you have to be famous to make differences or you need to have 50k followers on IG to make differences.?
我沒有那些東西。事實上，當我站在你面前，我的銀行卡里只有兩百美元。
但是我告訴你我有什么，我有一雙跑鞋，我有兩只可以放進跑鞋的腳。我有滿腔的熱情去帶動人們，并且我愿意為此付出汗水。
I do not have those things. In fact, I stand before you with only $200 in my bank account but I will tell you what I do now. I have a pair of sneakers and I have two feet to put in them. I have passion in my heart to organize people and I have willingness to sweat for what I want.
就像教練說的一樣，不要讓你做不了的事情阻礙了你能做的事情。任何人在任何時間都可以做出選擇。你永遠會有你能做的事情。而重要的是，你要指定你的目標，并且你愿意為你想要的付出汗水。
It’s like coach John Wooden said “Don’t let what you can’t do interfere with what you can do”. Anybody at any point who is looking at the situation in front of them has the opportunity to make a choice. There’s always something you can do and always something you have. What’s important is that you set a goal and you are willing to sweat for what you want.
拿起一個任務，找到你需要的人，而最棒的回報就是你在做這件事情的過程當中，還可以激勵到無數(shù)的人。是的，為你所相信的東西，站起來，把你能做的都盡全力去做，勇敢地付出你的汗水，并且激勵其他人像你一樣。
Pick a mission, organize people and the best reward is that you may inspire people along the way.Don’t be stopped by circumstances and don’t let life happen to you. Stand up for what you believe in with whatever you have available to you and be willing to sweat for it and inspire others to do the same.
