雲日記｜My Cloudy Diary

在這種被生活、疫情折磨的半死不活的日子：需要一點正能量好嘛！

This is one for the future generation

這首歌是獻給未來一代的訊息

You can ignore this if you want

如果你想要、你可以直接忽略它　

Who am I to tell you what to do and not to do?

畢竟我有什麼資格告訴你該怎麼做？

But don't do what I did

但不要去重蹈覆轍我們的經歷

Do what I didn't do

去實踐一些我所沒做過的事情

Make the choices I didn't make

做出我沒有做過的選擇

Support your community

支持你的群體

Start with your neighbour and walk outward

從你的鄰居開始，然後走出去

Introduce yourself by name

向別人介紹自己

Why not go for that coffee　

為什麼不從你總是急著結束話題的

You always end the conversation on?

咖啡店店員開始呢？

Spend time with your friends and family

多花點時間在你的朋友和家庭身上

Call them, text them, write them a letter if you're feeling nostalgic

打電話給他們、傳簡訊給他們、如果你喜歡懷舊風格也可以寫一封信給他們

It might be hard, but tell them you love them

這可能有點困難，但告訴他們你愛他們

They won't be around forever

他們不會永遠都陪在你身邊

Respect the ground you walk on

尊重這片你踩在腳下的土地

Your kids are gonna walk on it someday, too

你的孩子們有一天也會在這生活

And their kids after that

接著他們的孩子也是

And you don't want your grandchildren

你不會想要你的孫子們

Only seeing elephants in picture books

只能在故事書上看到大象

Get up everyday

每天起床之後

Make the bed all nice

整理好你的床鋪

Fling open the curtains

接著打開窗簾

Feel the sun on your face

感受灑在你臉上的陽光

Love your body

愛惜你的身體

Look in the mirror and think, wow, I'm amazing

看著鏡子裡的自己然後想：哇噢，我真的很棒！

Don't dwell on Instagram

不要活在社群媒體上

There are far better things to do than that

有更多更值得你做的事情

But if I have to tell you one thing to change

但如果我只能讓你改變一件事情

Smile more, just smile more

那就是笑一個吧，多微笑！

Put down your phone

放下你的手機

See the world through your own eyes

透過你自己的眼睛去探索這個世界

Create memories、Not in JPEGs

親手創造回憶，而不是留下一張照片而已

Be creative

發揮自己的創造力

Draw　Learn a language

動手畫畫、學習一門語言

Dance　Even if it feels really awkward

跳起舞來，就算你真的覺得很尷尬

Why worry about something now

為什麼要去擔心一些

That you won't worry about a year from now?

過一年後你就不會再去擔心的事情呢？

Remember, no matter how difficult things get

只要記得，無論事情有多麼的困難

The sun will always rise again tomorrow

明天的太陽總是會升起的

Pay someone a compliment

給身旁的人一個讚美

The checkout assistant, the postman

超市為你結帳的店員、郵差也好

You'll probably make their day

你很有可能會讓他們開心一整天

I know it would make mine

至少我會很開心

Challenge yourself

挑戰你自己

Challenge others

也挑戰別人

Ask more questions

問更多問題

Bring something out in someone

啟發別人的潛能

That even they didn't know was in there

或許他們根本不知道自己有多優秀

Look, no one knows where they're going

聽著，沒有人知道自己將要前往何處

You don't have to follow a path or

你不需要遵照別人的道路行走

You don't have to follow anything

你不需要墨守成規、跟隨任何人

Just do what feels right

去做你認為是正確的事吧

But if I have to tell you one thing to change

但如果我只能讓你改變一件事情

Smile more, just smile more

那就是笑一個吧，多微笑！

來源： Musixmatch

作詞/作曲：James William Hatcher / Andrew Peter Clutterbuck

20220402_真的會需要一點快樂的東西嗚嗚