你有想过对过去的自己说几句话么？你有想过如果有未来的你，又会对现在的你说些什么？Don’t follow the crowd, and be who you want to be. It’s OK to be different. It doesn’t make you a bad person.

Great.

好！

Dear Lindsay.

亲爱的琳赛

Dear Lily.

亲爱的莉莉

Dear Bunny from long, long ago.

亲爱的很久很久以前的邦妮

Dear me.

亲爱的我

What’s up?

你还好吗？

This is a letter from your much older, cooler, better-dressed self.

这是一封来自未来自己的信，她长大了，很酷，穿得也很靓。

I remember being you, and I remember it being really, really difficult.

我记得当年，那时过得非常非常痛苦。

You’re worried about a lot of things right now.

你为各种琐事忧心忡忡。

The coarse black hair. The yellow skin.

粗糙的黑发。黄皮肤。

Your grades. Your body.

成绩。体型。

Falling in love.

恋爱。

Dating, your body.

约会，身材。

The color of our skin.

肤色。

Not feeling black enough.

会觉得自己举止不够像黑人。

You don’t feel like you fit in anywhere now.

自己与世界格格不入。

There was this one really mean girl, who would just bully me constantly.

有个刻薄的姑娘，总是欺负我。

Some of the people you thought were your friends are going to write mean things about you online.

一些你视为好友的人，在网上诋毁你。

The ones that push you around, and don’t make time, and treat other people poorly.

有人把你推来搡去，总是爽约，对人又差。

But I wanted them to like me. I wanted to be more like them.

但我当时还希望别人都喜欢我，希望跟别人一样。

I wish I could be like them.

我希望自己跟别人相同。

And it was just silly, because…

这样想真蠢，因为……

All those amazing different qualities that you have no one else has.

你如此不同，如此优异，你和别人不同。

Embrace them. Experience them.

拥抱自己的特质。感受自己的不同。

Don’t follow the crowd, and be who you want to be.

不要随波逐流，想成为什么样的人，就做什么样的人。

Stop trying so hard to be someone you’re not.

不要再拼命成为别人。

Don’t let anybody else…

不要允许任何人……

Try to bring you down or make you second-guess yourself.

打垮你，或让你怀疑自己。

Stay who you’re.

做自己。

It’s OK to be different. It doesn’t make you a bad person.

与众不同没什么，不附和别人不意味着你是坏人。

There’s not one person on the face of the planet who can replace you.

在这个星球上，你独一无二，无可取代。

You’re gonna meet a version of yourself that you never knew existed. So don’t stress out too much about how you look or how cool you’re.

你会成为意想不到的自己。所以啊，别压力太大，别总想着自己美不美、酷不酷。

Just go for it. Be unique. Yes!

加油争取。做独一无二的自己。加油！

I mean, look at you now: you’re a huge weirdo. You’re so different. People kind of like you.

我说，看看现在的你：超级怪胎啊。你非常独特，人们还都蛮喜欢你呢。

To go ahead, and mess up big. Failure is not the end of the world.

意气风发向前，轰轰烈烈做事。失败又不是世界末日。

Don’t be afraid of being afraid.

胆小并不可耻。

Just be strong and be confident.

做个强大而自信的人。

You ARE good enough.

你非常优秀。

You always have been.

一直以来都是如此。

You’ve got lots of energy, you’re bursting with life.

你充满能量，活力四射。

And you can achieve whatever you want.

你心之所愿，无所不成。

But I have to say, the most important thing…

但我还是要说，最重要的……

Is…

是

To just have fun.

享受生活。

Don’t forget to laugh…

别忘了要放声大笑。

Even with your bracelets.

带着牙套也要放声大笑。

Confidence is the key.

信心最重要。

You’re unique.

你独一无二。

You’re great.

你很优秀。

You’re…

你

You’re…

你

Magical.

充满魔力。

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