美文赏析:真正的自我 从不会被弄丢

"Finding yourself" is not really how it works.

“找回迷失的自我”并非正确的思考方式。

You aren't a ten-dollar bill in last winter's coat pocket.

别把自己当成一张十美元的钞票，隐藏在去年冬天穿过的大衣口袋里。

You are also not lost.

你也并没有迷失自己。

Your true self is right there,

你真正的自我就在此处

buried under cultural conditioning ,

它被深深的埋藏起来了，在它之上覆盖着文化规训

other people's opinions,

他人的界定

and inaccurate conclusions you drew as a kid

还有你孩童时期得到的模糊的教训

that became your beliefs about who you are.

正是这些成为你对自己的认识

"Finding yourself" is actually returning to yourself.

“找回迷失的自我”其实就是回归自我

An unlearning, an excavation , a remembering who you were

未受教化的，等待你发觉的，如同一段模糊的回忆一般的自我

before the world got its hands on you.

在世界磨光你的棱角之前的自我