Love Who You’ll Become

by Jeanine Nicole翻译：海月

好了，看完了第一封写给“未来的自己”的信后，那收到“以前的自己”写来的信，会是一种怎样的体验呢？我们一起来看看作者惊喜之余，还收获了什么吧。

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.

词组加油站

★ figure skate 花样滑冰

★ address to... 写信给……

★ stand by 支持

★ blow away 从情感上压倒、镇住★ well up 涌出

1) scrawl [skrɔːl] v. 潦草地写

2) ink [Iŋk] n. 墨水

3) desire [dI'zaIə] n. 愿望，欲望

4) balance ['bæləns] n. 平衡

5) thus [ðʌs] adv. 因此

6) self-acceptance ['selfək'septəns]n. 自我接纳

7) demand [dI'mɑːnd] n. 要求

8) immediately [I'miːdiətlI]adv. 立刻，马上

9) ever-changing ['evə'tʃeIndʒIŋ]adj. 日新月异的

注1：San Diego，圣地亚哥（美国加利福尼亚州第二大城市）

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!

参考译文

是的，我现在25岁了。那是我15岁时创意写作课的一项简单作业。老师把我们写好的信收集起来，承诺10年后把信寄给我们。然而，这么多年过去了，他还记得这个承诺吗？我记得，当年那个15岁的自己希望十年后继续写作，玩花样滑冰。

后来有一次我们家去圣地亚哥度假，父母从家里把信件带给我。当中有一封字迹潦草的信，就是我当年写给自己的信。我知道就是它了！我高兴地笑了起来，简直不敢相信我真的拿在手上。

我发现信中有两点很重要，而且相当美好：

1. 寻求平衡

15岁的我真是“压力山大”！因此，我写给自己的这封信里大多数是一些建议和希望：希望我将来不会有这么多压力和烦恼，希望我不要忘记享受生活！多么明智而贴心呐。

2. 接纳自我

15岁的我对未来的自己并没有提任何要求。相反，她写道：“……我想，不管你做什么，我都会支持你，即使你不是我现在设想的那个样子，我也会支持你。因为我现在所想象的也许是另一个人，而你——不是别人，正是我。”

这种穿越时空的自我接纳令我感慨良多，热泪盈眶。我立刻给我的高中老师写了一封感谢信，寄了出去。

乘着时光旅行。通过把自己看作一个不断变化的存在，我们确实可以学到很多东西。祝你旅途愉快！

名师考点小结

forget是动词，意为“忘记；遗忘”，是remember的反义词，后可接名词、代词、动词-ing形式、动词不定式或宾语从句。

I have forgotten her name. 我忘记了她的名字。

I forgot opening the window. 我忘记开窗户了。

He forgot to do his homework. 他忘记做作业了。

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

forget to do sth.表示“忘记要做某事”；forget doing sth.表示“忘记做过某事”。例如：

Don’t forget to tell her to call me back soon. 别忘了告诉她快点给我回电话。

I forget meeting him before. 我不记得以前曾见过他。