And it was all because I wanted to do it by the time I got to speak to you all so thank you so much.
这一切都是因为我想在来哈佛之前把事情做好,所以非常感谢你们!
You don't know what motivation you were for me, thank you.
你们不知道你们给了我多大的动力,谢谢!
I'm even prouder to share a fundamental truth that you might not have learned even as graduates of Harvard unless you studied the ancient Greek hero with Professor Nagy.
And when you do I want you to know this, remember this: there is no such thing as failure.
当你真的跌倒时,我想让你知道,并请记住:“世间并不存在失败。
Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction. Now when you're down there in the hole, it looks like failure.
那不过是生活想让我们换个方向走走罢了,现在当你在人生谷底时,那看起来像是失败。”
So this past year I had to spoon feed those words to myself.
在过去的一年里,这些话支撑着我自己。
And when you're down in the hole, when that moment comes, it's really okay to feel bad for a little while.
当你到了人生谷底,到那时候,你可以难过一段时间。
Give yourself time to mourn what you think you may have lost but then here's the key, learn from every mistake because every experience, encounter, and particularly your mistakes are there to teach you and force you into being more who you are.