你們肯定會遇到挫折。要想到這一點。你們深思熟慮的計劃可能因為挫折而泡湯。你們卓越的想法難免會有瑕疵。當你們的貸款到期、工資低于期望值而且不能滿足花費時,你們將會遇到財務緊張的情況。你們難免會犯錯誤,這將摧毀你們的自信心。你們難免會妥協(xié),這將挑戰(zhàn)你們的信念。你們將會發(fā)現(xiàn),幾乎沒有一條道路會明朗而直接地通向理想。你們將會發(fā)現(xiàn)不得不再三調整。也許你們在某些時刻懷疑自己的理想是否有價值。也許在某些時候,你們想放棄。
But in those moments, those inevitable moments, I urge you to think about this day. Look around you. Look around you. There are thousands of hardworking people who have helped you get to this point, people who are celebrating with you today, who are praying for you everysingle day,and others who couldn't be here, for whatever reason. I want you to think of the people who sacrificed for you—you know that—family members who worked a third job to get you through, who took on the extra shifts to get you through, who put off doing something important for themselves to get you to this day.
但是在那些時候,在那些不可避免的時刻,我希望你們回想一下今天。看看你們周圍??纯催@成千上萬為幫助你們走到今天而努力工作的人,還有今天和你們一起慶祝的人,每一天都為你們祈禱的人,以及不管出于什么原因不能來到這里的其他人。我要你們想想那些為你們做過犧牲的人——你們知道——他們就是你們的家人,為了讓你們順利畢業(yè),他們身兼三職;為了讓你們順利畢業(yè),他們加班加點地工作;為了你們能達到今天的成就。他們將自己的大事一拖再拖。