In my time and neighborhood (and in my soul) there was only one standard by which a woman measured success: did some man want her?

  • -- Jessamyn West 杰萨姆·韦斯特

在我那个时代、那个社区(以及我的灵魂深处),衡量一个女人成功的标准只有一个:有没有男人想要她?

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I could do exploration in this particular career field, and it was a goal that, even if I didn't reach it, it was so high it seemed almost impossible, but even if I didn't reach it, I would still have a good time and a very satisfying career.

我可以在这个特定的职业领域进行探索,这是一个目标,即使我没有达到它,它是如此之高,几乎是不可能的,但即使我没有达到它,我仍然会有一个很好的时间和一个非常满意的职业。

If we get our self-esteem from superficial places, from our popularity, appearance, business success, financial situation, health, any of these, we will be disappointed, because no one can guarantee that we'll have them tomorrow.

如果我们从肤浅的地方获得自尊,从我们的受欢迎程度、外貌、商业成功、财务状况、健康状况,任何这些,我们都会感到失望,因为没有人能保证我们明天就能拥有自尊。

Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really  mean anything.

生活是由微小的快乐组成的。幸福是由那些微小的成功组成的。大地震来的太不频繁了。如果你不把这些小的成功都收集起来,那么大的成功就没有任何意义。

In most recent times, as the West started being hostile to us, we deliberately declared a Look East policy.

最近,当西方开始对我们怀有敌意时,我们故意宣布了“向东看”政策。