Don't always compare yourself to others. 不要总是和别人比较

作者 /高梓瑜

指导教师 / 齐阿曼 张泽妍

A lot of people spend their whole lives always comparing themselves to other people,

很多人终其一生都在拿自己和别人比较，

without even knowing how much it negatively affects them.

甚至不知道这对他们有多大的负面影响。

When comparing yourself to someone who is inferior than you, you may feel content with who you areand lose the passion to grow to your full potential.

当你把自己和比你低的人比较时，你可能会对自己感到满意失去了充分发挥自己潜能的激情。

When comparing yourself to someone who is superior than you,

当你和比你优秀的人比较时，

it could just make you feel bad about yourself and focus only on how little you 've progressed in comparison to them.

这只会让你对自己感觉不好，只会关注与他们相比你的进步有多小。

And this can be very discouraging altogether.

这是非常令人沮丧的。

I mean if you look at someone else and you work your own goals around theirs,

我的意思是，如果你观察别人，围绕他们的目标来实现自己的目标，

you ' re actually following someone else ' s path.

你实际上是在走别人的路。

But that path is probably not the same path as yours.

但这条路可能和你的不一样。

and will not be the path that you need to take in order for you to achieve your own dreams.

而不是你需要走的路为了实现你自己的梦想。

The thing is, everyone is different.

问题是，每个人都是不同的。

Diamonds are valuable because it does n ' t pretend to be Topaz.

钻石之所以有价值，是因为它不会伪装成黄玉。

Topaz are valuable because it does n' t pretend to be Rubies.

黄玉之所以有价值，是因为它不会伪装成红宝石。

Everything is beautiful in it ' s own way.

每样东西都有它自己的美。

We are all valuable in our own way.

我们也都有自己的价值。

For example, if you ' re a fish

例如，如果你是一条鱼

but you compare your running skills to a tiger,

但如果你把自己的跑步技巧和老虎相比，

you will undoubtedly be disappointed in your own value.

你无疑会对自己的价值感到失望。

But actually, you can swim way better than a tiger can.

但实际上，你比老虎游得好得多。

And that there is your value.

这就是你的价值所在。

Therefore, what you should be focusing on is finding yourself.

因此，你应该关注的是发现自己。

Walking on your own path and competing with yourself.

走在自己的道路上，与自己竞争。

Instead of looking at yourself and the things that you don't have,

与其关注自己和自己没有的东西，

you should be focusing on the things that you do have and do well.

你应该专注于你已经拥有并做好的事情。

And even if being yourself doesn't always succeed,

即使做自己并不总是成功，

like maybe you 'll fall, or maybe you 'll fail, you just have to think that whatever the outcome is,

也许你会跌倒，也许你会失败，你只需要相信不管结果如何，

it's the best outcome you could have.

这是你能得到的最好结果。

高梓瑜

英语B2203班

各位老师好，我叫高梓瑜，性格较为开朗，爱好唱歌、书法，当然，英语也是我非常感兴趣的一项爱好，希望能通过此次竞赛让自己的英语水平得到一定提升，更上一个台阶。