Love Who You’ll Become

by Jeanine Nicole翻譯：海月

好了，看完了第一封寫給“未來的自己”的信后，那收到“以前的自己”寫來的信，會是一種怎樣的體驗呢？我們一起來看看作者驚喜之余，還收獲了什么吧。

Yes, I am 25 now. It was a simple creative writing homework from when I was 15. The teacher collected our letters and promised to mail them ten years later. But, so much time had passed, would he even remember? I remember,my 15-year-old self wanted to make sure I would continue to write and figure skate.

Then, on a family vacation inSan Diego注1, my parents brought me the mail from home. In1)scrawled2)ink,there was a letter addressed to myself. I knew it was the one! I laughed happily and could not believe what was in my hands.

Here are two important parts of the letter,which I found important and beautiful:

1. The 3)Desire for 4)Balance

My 15-year-old self was so stressed!5)Thus,much of my letter to myself was filled with advice and hopes that I wouldn’t stress and worry so much in the future, and that I wouldn’t forget to enjoy my life! It was so wise and sweet.

詞組加油站

★ figure skate 花樣滑冰

★ address to... 寫信給……

★ stand by 支持

★ blow away 從情感上壓倒、鎮住★ well up 涌出

1) scrawl [skr??l] v. 潦草地寫

2) ink [I?k] n. 墨水

3) desire [dI'zaI?] n. 愿望，欲望

4) balance ['b?l?ns] n. 平衡

5) thus [e?s] adv. 因此

6) self-acceptance ['self?k'sept?ns]n. 自我接納

7) demand [dI'mɑ?nd] n. 要求

8) immediately [I'mi?di?tlI]adv. 立刻，馬上

9) ever-changing ['ev?'t?eInd?I?]adj. 日新月異的

注1：San Diego，圣地亞哥（美國加利福尼亞州第二大城市）

2. 6)Self-Acceptance

My 15-year-old self did not have any7)demandsof me. Instead, she wrote “…So I guess I’ll stand by whatever you do, because even if you are not who I imagine now, I’ll support you, because maybe who I’m imagining is someone else, and you are―well you’re not someone else, you’re me.”

I was blown away, and tears welled up in my eyes at this self-acceptance through time. I8)immediately wrote a thank-you letter to my high school teacher and sent it in the mail.

Time travel is possible, and we can learn a lot by seeing ourselves as an9)ever-changing being. Happy travels!

參考譯文

是的，我現在25歲了。那是我15歲時創意寫作課的一項簡單作業。老師把我們寫好的信收集起來，承諾10年后把信寄給我們。然而，這么多年過去了，他還記得這個承諾嗎？我記得，當年那個15歲的自己希望十年后繼續寫作，玩花樣滑冰。

后來有一次我們家去圣地亞哥度假，父母從家里把信件帶給我。當中有一封字跡潦草的信，就是我當年寫給自己的信。我知道就是它了！我高興地笑了起來，簡直不敢相信我真的拿在手上。

我發現信中有兩點很重要，而且相當美好：

1. 尋求平衡

15歲的我真是“壓力山大”！因此，我寫給自己的這封信里大多數是一些建議和希望：希望我將來不會有這么多壓力和煩惱，希望我不要忘記享受生活！多么明智而貼心吶。

2. 接納自我

15歲的我對未來的自己并沒有提任何要求。相反，她寫道：“……我想，不管你做什么，我都會支持你，即使你不是我現在設想的那個樣子，我也會支持你。因為我現在所想象的也許是另一個人，而你——不是別人，正是我。”

這種穿越時空的自我接納令我感慨良多，熱淚盈眶。我立刻給我的高中老師寫了一封感謝信，寄了出去。

乘著時光旅行。通過把自己看作一個不斷變化的存在，我們確實可以學到很多東西。祝你旅途愉快！

名師考點小結

forget是動詞，意為“忘記；遺忘”，是remember的反義詞，后可接名詞、代詞、動詞-ing形式、動詞不定式或賓語從句。

I have forgotten her name. 我忘記了她的名字。

I forgot opening the window. 我忘記開窗戶了。

He forgot to do his homework. 他忘記做作業了。

辨析：forget to do sth.和forget doing sth.

forget to do sth.表示“忘記要做某事”；forget doing sth.表示“忘記做過某事”。例如：

Don’t forget to tell her to call me back soon. 別忘了告訴她快點給我回電話。

I forget meeting him before. 我不記得以前曾見過他。