melancholy

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Melancholy isn't exactly a word on everybody's lips.
「忧伤」不是一个大家常随口提及的字。

But we should pay more attention to it, even seek it out from time to time.
但是我们应该要多关注它，甚至不时去寻找它。

Melancholy is a species of sadness that arises when we're open to the fact to that life is inherently difficult,
「忧伤」是一种悲伤的形式，它会在我们坦然面对「人生原本就是辛苦的」

and that suffering and disappointment are core parts of universal experience.
与「煎熬与失望就是人生的核心经历」时涌现。

It's not a disorder that needs to be cured.
它不是个病，不需要治疗

Modern society tends to emphasize buoyancy and cheerfulness,
现代的社会往往会强调乐观与开朗


but we have to admit that reality is for the most part about grief and loss.
不过我们要领悟到，现实大多是交织着伤心与失落。

but we have to admit that reality is for the most part about grief and loss.
不过我们要领悟到，现实大多是交织着伤心与失落。

The good life is not one immune to sadness, but one in which suffering contributes to our development.
一个好的人生不是「不难过」的人生，而是安然走过所有沧桑、从而建立的人生。


Melancholy is an underused word. It doesn't mean grim and miserable.
「忧伤」是个常被用错的字，它不代表「残酷」或是「悲惨」

It means grasping without rage the fact that the world is full of folly and greed;
它是欣然接受这世界充满无知、贪婪；


that it is rare to find inner peace;
它是承认人很难找到内心的宁静；

But it's hard to live comfortably with those we love;
它是了解要跟所爱的人舒服地过日子是多麽困难；

that it's very unusual to have a career that's both financially rewarding and morally uplifting;
它是让人领悟到事业很难兼顾报酬与兴趣；

that many decent people have a very hard time.
它是发现好人并不一定好过


Often sadness simply makes a lot of sense.
很多时候，「难过」是很有道理的

We learn so late about stuff...
我们常常太迟才知道很多事...


You've wasted years, everyone has.
你浪费了你的青春岁月，大多数的人都是

You can only avoid regret by switching off your imagination.
你只能选择不去多想，才能避开後悔的泥沼

The wisdom of the melancholy attitude, as opposed to the bitter or angry one,
「忧伤」的智慧跟「愤世嫉俗」的态度是对立的

lies in the understanding that the sorrow isn't just about you, that you have not been singled out,
它是充分理解到，怀有悲伤的不只你一个人，你也不是个特例


that your suffering belongs to humanity in general.
反之，这些挣扎是所有人的共感。

To take that fully to heart is to become more compassionate and less vengeful.
能够坦然拥抱这一点，就能成为一个更有同理心、更少怨恨的人。

The melancholy facts shouldn't make us desperate,
「人生必经忧伤」这个事实不该让我们绝望，

rather more forgiving, kinder, and better able to focus on what really matters while there's still time.
而是让我们变得更宽容、更善良、也更能够把握住人生中那些真正值得的事物，趁一切还来得及。