i'm going to tell you something that every successful person has to do, including you.
我要告诉你一些每个成功人士都必须做的事情，包括你。
believe it or not, every successful person in this world has jumped.
信不信由你，这个世界上每个成功的人都经历过一次跳跃。
you've got to jump.
你必须跳。 you've got to take a leap of faith.
你必须坚定你的信念。
you got to dash off that cliff and you got to jump out there as far as you can.
你必须冲下悬崖，你必须尽可能多地跳出那里。
a lot of times you stand on the cliff of life and you see other people soaring by, gliding down like a bird flying through the air.
很多时候，你站在人生的悬崖上，你看到别人飞过，又像鸟儿在空中飞翔一样滑落。
they flying by.
他们飞了过来。
you know why?
知道为什么吗？
it's because they parachute over.
这是因为他们跳伞。
h**e you ever thought, maybe this person right here has identified their gift and is living in their gift.
你有没有想过，也许这个人已经认识到了他们的天赋并生活在其中。
because your bible says, this is your bible, says your gift will make room for you.
因为你的圣经说，这是你的圣经，说你的恩赐会为你腾出空间。
your gift, not your education.
你的天赋，而不是你的教育。
you go get an education, that's nice.
你去接受教育，这很好。
but if you don't use your gift, that education ain't gonna take you so far.
但是，如果你不利用你的才能，那么教育就不会带你走那么远。
if you never jump, you'll never be successful.
如果你从不跳跃，你永远不会成功。
when you first jump, i guarantee you the parachute ain't gonna open.
当你第一次跳伞时，我向你保证降落伞不会打开。
i promise you that.
我向你保证。
but guess what?
但你猜怎么着？
eventually it does open.
最终，它确实打开了。
and then you start your glide, but it starts with the jump.
然后你开始滑动，但它是从跳跃开始的。
you got to take that gift that's packed away on your back.
你必须背着这份礼物。
you got to jump off that cliff and pull that cord.
你必须跳下悬崖并拉绳子。
because when you jump, you got to pull the cord and release this gift.
因为当你跳跃时，你必须拉动绳子并释放这个礼物。
and the only way that you can soar is god puts the wind under that parachute.
你能翱翔的唯一方法就是上帝把风放在降落伞下。
he always does.
他总是这样做。
but before the wind gets under there, it's a crazy fall, man.
但在风吹到那里之前，这是一个疯狂的秋天，伙计。
i tumbled.
我跌倒了。 i became homeless.
我变得无家可归。
i lived in a car for three years, but i lost my family.
我在车里住了三年，但我失去了家人。
i lost a lot, but i stayed with it.
我失去了很多，但我坚持了下来。
i'm here today.
我今天在这里。
jumping is scary.
跳起来很可怕。
when you first jump, your parachute is not going to open right away.
当你第一次跳伞时，你的降落伞不会立即打开。
i would love to tell you that it would, that when you quit your job, you'll just h**e a shop full of clients.
我很想告诉你，当你辞掉工作时，你只会有一个满是顾客的商店。
it ain't gonna happen.
这不会发生。
the chute don't ever open right away.
降落伞永远不会立即打开。
you gonna get some skin toe off you on them rocks.
一些皮肤会从岩石上的脚趾上剥落。
at times it's gonna feel like it's an uncontrollable tumble.
有时感觉自己无法控制地翻滚。
but let me tell you this, if you don't ever jump, your parachute will never open.
但是让我告诉你，如果你不跳下去，你的降落伞就永远不会打开。
you will never soar.
你永远不会飞。
now you'll be safe.
现在你安全了。
you'll sit there with that parachute on your back, all them skills you got, and your skills you got, and you'll h**e it packed away, and you'll never get cut up on the rocks.
你要坐在那里，背上背着降落伞，你所拥有的所有技能，你都要把它收起来，你永远不会被石头割伤。
don't jump, and you'll never get cut up.
不要跳，你永远不会被割伤。
but if you do not jump, you will never soar.
但如果你不跳，你就永远不会翱翔。
you cannot just exist in this life.
你不能只存在于这一生。
you h**e got to try to live.
你必须努力工作才能生活。
if you are waking up thinking that there's gotta be more to your life than it is, man, believe that it is.
如果你醒来时觉得你的生活一定比现在更丰富，伙计，相信它是。
believe in your heart of hearts that it is.
我相信在内心深处你是。
but to get to that life, you're gonna h**e to jump.
但要获得这种生活，你必须跳跃。
see, your god has a wonderful life for you.
看哪，你的上帝已经为你预备了美好的生活。
once again, i'm gonna refer to your bible.
再一次，我想参考你的圣经。
now, you go down there, you memorize these scriptures, you're gonna apply them to yourself.
现在，你去那里，记住这些，然后把它们应用到自己身上。
your bible says that he comes to give you life and give you life more abundantly.
你的圣经说，他来是要赐给你生命，并赐给你更丰盛的生命。
if i were you, i would jump.
如果我是你，我会跳下去。
because that's the only way to get to that abundant life.
因为只有这样，我们才能获得丰盛的生命。
you got to jump, man.
你必须跳下去，伙计。
you got to take a chance.
你必须抓住机会。
now, when i get through talking, there are those of you that will discuss this in the car.
现在，当我完成时，你们中的一些人将在车上讨论这个问题。
well, i got bills.
好吧，我收到了账单。
and i got bills.
我收到了一张账单。
whether you stay on the cliff or you jump, you're going to h**e bills.
无论你是留在悬崖上还是跳下去，你都会有账单。
well, if i quit my job, i'm going to ruin my credit.
好吧，如果我辞职，我会毁了我的信用。
if you got a job, you're living check to check.
如果你找到一份工作，你的生活必须不断受到检查。
even if you got a1 credit, you can't buy nothing else no damn way.
即使您获得 A1 积分，您也无法购买其他任何东西。
at one point in time, man, do yourself a f**or.
在某个时候，伙计，帮自己一个忙。
go see what god really do.
去看看上帝做了什么。
god hold you up, man.
上帝保佑你，伙计。
he ain't gonna let you fall.
他不会让你跌倒的。
he ain't bring you this far to let you fall.
他带你走这么远不是为了让你跌倒。
do yourself a f**or, man.
帮自己一个忙，伙计。
before you le**e this world, before you die, jump.
在你离开这个世界之前，在你死之前，跳下去。
just jump one time.
只需跳一次就可以了。
never too late to chase your dreams.
追逐梦想永远不会太晚。
but the more grateful you are, the more things god will give you to be grateful for.
但你越感恩，上帝就越会给你一些值得感恩的东西。
god in the blessing business, man.
上帝保佑这一点，伙计。
i live my life with the expectation that god gonna do something great for me today.
我的生活充满了期待，希望上帝今天会为我做一些伟大的事情。
no, i'm good, man.
不，我很好，伙计。
because even when i wake up and i ain't myself, i just get all right with it.
因为即使我醒来，我也不再是我自己，我可以接受一切。
i start with, well, at least i'm still here.
我开始，好吧，至少我还在这里。
that's a good one.
这是一件好事。
secondly, i got some measure of health.
其次，我对健康状况进行了一些测量。
i'll take that.
我会接受的。
and then you never know how the day gonna go.
然后你永远不知道这一天会带来什么。
i could get a phone call, contract come in or something, make me smile, so i just wake up and go on and get at the day, see what god got for me.
我可以得到一个**，合同进来什么的，让我微笑，所以我醒来，继续这一天，看看上帝为我得到了什么。
i expect great things to happen.
我期待着伟大的事情发生。
i really do.
我真的喜欢。
i live my life with the expectation that god gonna do something great for me today.
我的生活充满了期待，希望上帝今天会为我做一些伟大的事情。
and he normally don't let me down, because i am one of his f**orites.
他通常不会让我失望，因为我是他的最爱之一。
all you gotta do is claim it.
您所要做的就是认领它。
you know, you can be a f**orite if you just ask.
你知道，只要你问，你就可以成为你的最爱。
he has millions of f**orites.
他有数以百万计的最爱。
you can be one, just say, hey, could i be a f**orite?
你可以成为他们中的一员，只要说，嘿，我能成为最爱吗？
then all he wants you to do is talk to him every day.
然后他希望你做的就是每天和他说话。
if you talk to him every day, he'll put you on the f**orite list.
如果你每天都和他说话，他会把你放在一个最喜欢的名单上。
and then a lot of stuff start happening to you.
然后很多事情开始发生在你身上。
but a lot of people, you know, you h**e not because you ask not.
但是很多人，你知道，你没有，因为你没有要求它。
you don't ask to be on the f**orite list, so you don't get to be a f**orite.
您不会要求出现在收藏夹列表中，因此您不会成为收藏夹。
i'm one of his all-time f**orites.
我是他最喜欢的人之一。
i don't care what happened to me, he gonna take it and turn around.
我不在乎我会发生什么，他会接受它并转身。
you know how many people, you know how many times they done laughed at me out in public?
你知道有多少人，你知道他们在公共场合嘲笑我多少次吗？
the miss universe, oh, he the stupidest ever.
环球小姐，哦，他是有史以来最愚蠢的。
oh, they cancel little big shots and his talk show.
哦，他们取消了这个小家伙和他的脱口秀节目。
uh-huh, okay.
嗯，好吧。
well, gotta make room for something else.
好吧，必须为其他事情腾出空间。
little did i know, i was gonna be a judge on tv.
我几乎不知道我会在电视上成为一名法官。
started.
来吧。 it's never too late.
永远不会太晚。
it's never too late to be great.
变得伟大永远不会太晚。
it's never too late.
永远不会太晚。
never.
从不。 start it.
启动它。 never too late to chase your dreams.
追逐梦想永远不会太晚。
never too late.
现在还不算太晚。 god in the blessing business, man.
上帝保佑这一点，伙计。
when has he ever been too late?
他什么时候来得太晚了？
there's no such thing.
没有这样的事情。
he's never been late.
他从不迟到。
he's never missed an appointment.
他从不错过任何一个约会。
he's the most right time individual ever created.
他是有史以来最正确的时间。
it's never too late.
永远不会太晚。
kentucky fried chicken, you know the story?
肯德基，你知道这个故事吗？
this guy had been walking around with this chicken recipe for decades.
这家伙几十年来一直在用这个鸡肉食谱四处走动。
nobody believed in him.
没有人相信他。
he started that chicken recipe in his 20s.
他在 20 多岁时开始制作鸡肉食谱。
seven special spices, nobody.
七种特殊香料，无人。
in his 60s, they g**e him his first franchise.
当他 60 多岁时，他们给了他第一个特许经营权。
he was the number one chicken seller in the world until chick-fil-a was born.
在鸡福来诞生之前，他是世界第一大卖鸡人。
chick-fil-a sells more chicken than anybody in the world.
Chick-fil-A 的鸡肉销量比世界上任何其他公司都多。
this dude right here, thank you man.
这家伙来了，谢谢。
this dude right here, he in his 60s.
这个人在这里，他已经60多岁了。
look at the picture of colonel sanders on that bucket.
看看桑德斯上校在那个枪管上的**。
he's old.
他卖了。 in a good mood?
感觉良好？ grateful you woke up today.
我很高兴你今天醒来。
you start your day with gratitude, it changes your attitude, it immediately changes your altitude.
你以感恩开始新的一天，它会改变你的态度，它会立即改变你的高度。
gratitude is an amazing, gratitude is one of the most forgotten principles of success.
感恩是一件了不起的事情，感恩是最容易被遗忘的成功原则之一。
but the more grateful you are, the more things god will give you to be grateful for.
但你越感恩，上帝就越会给你一些值得感恩的东西。
you need this thing that god passes out that you can't earn.
你需要上帝给你的东西，但你无法得到它。
it's called grace.
这就是所谓的恩典。
he gives you grace.
他赐给你恩典。
he gives you, he just do you a solid.
他给了你，他只是给你一个坚实的。
just for no real reason.
只是没有真正的原因。
it's just because i ask god for grace all the time.
只是因为我一直在祈求上帝的恩典。
i say, god, just give me some grace today.
我说，神啊，今天请给我一些恩典。
you know, the fact that i feel better, that's grace.
你知道，我感觉好多了，这就是恩典。
you know, you don't h**e to get better, you know.
你知道，你不必变得更好，你知道的。
you know, your health can worsen.
你知道，你的健康状况可能会恶化。
so whenever he does something for you, you gotta consider it, you know.
所以每当他为你做某事时，你都必须考虑一下，你知道的。
so my life is a lot of grace and f**or, man.
所以我在我的生活中有很多恩典和恩惠，伙计。
a lot of, you know, look, i work hard, but
很多，你知道，看，我在努力，但是。
i know a lot of people work hard, man.
我知道很多人都在努力工作，伙计。
this life i h**e, this is...my father worked way harder than me.
这是。。。。。。我的生活我父亲比我更努力地工作。
quit standing at the door, knocking on the door that's already closed.
不要站在门口，敲已经关上的门。
go up the hall.
上大厅。 hell, there's some more doors up there.
见鬼，外面还有更多的门。
the pursuit of your dreams is gonna require some type of sacrifice.
追求你的梦想需要某种形式的牺牲。
whenever you going for something that's a level up, there's a glass ceiling you h**e to break through.
每当你追求更高的东西时，你都必须突破玻璃天花板。
bishop jakes, bishop t.d. jakes taught me this.
杰克主教，Td.杰克斯主教教了我这个。
he said, whenever you try to get to the next level, chase a dream, make a goal, it's a glass ceiling you h**e to break through.
他说，每当你试图达到一个新的水平，追逐你的梦想，实现你的目标时，你都必须突破玻璃天花板。
whenever you break through glass, there's gonna be blood shed.
每次打碎玻璃，它都会流血。
the thing you shed is gonna h**e to be something you care about deeply.
你放弃的一定是你深深在乎的东西。
it doesn't mean that you'll lose your loved one, but it's gonna cost some time.
这并不意味着你会失去你所爱的人，但这需要一些时间。
it's gonna cost some date nights, and that's when you're gonna find out what your love really is.
这需要一些约会之夜，那时你就会发现你的爱到底是什么。
that's the price, man.
这就是代价，伙计。
that's what it costs.
这就是它的成本。
for me, it was the same thing.
对我来说，这是一回事。
when i started in comedy, i was 27. i won an amateur night october 8th, 1985. i went to job next day, october 9th.
当我开始从事喜剧工作时，我27岁。 我在 1985 年 10 月 8 日赢得了业余之夜。 第二天，10月9日，我去上班了。
with $50, i won and quit my job.
我赢了 50 美元，辞掉了工作。
i saw my dream coming true.
我看到我的梦想成真了。
that's what i wanted to be.
这就是我想成为的样子。
i won $50.
我赢了 50 美元。
i went in the house and told everybody, hey, i'm finna go be a professional comedian.
我走进屋子说，嘿，我要成为一名专业的喜剧演员。
what?什么？
i'm quitting my job.
我要辞职了。
you can't quit your job.
你不能辞掉你的工作。
yeah, yeah, i already did it.
是的，是的，我已经做到了。
and that was it.
就是这样。 i was 27 years old, that was 37 years ago.
我27岁，37年前。
and i lost everything twice.
我失去了两次一切。
and it's a crazy decision.
这是一个疯狂的决定。
i lost a lot, lost family, lost money, lost my livelihood, i lost everything.
我失去了很多，我失去了我的家人，我失去了我的钱，我失去了生计，我失去了一切。
but i did not lose the key component.
但我没有丢失关键部件。
i did not lose my faith.
我没有失去信心。
i kept the faith the whole time.
我自始至终都保持着这种信念。
faith is the belief in things that you cannot see.
信仰是对看不见的事物的信念。
and i didn't see how i was gonna make it, but i had the faith that i would.
我不知道我该怎么做，但我相信我能做到。
see that's the thing about y'all.
看，那是你的事。
you gotta quit tripping on whether you think you'll make it or not.
不管你认为自己能不能成功，你都要停止绊倒。
stop tripping on whether you think you'll make it or not.
不要纠结于你是否认为自己会成功。
every funky thing that's ever happened to you, every disappointment, every hardship, every setback, you survived every single one of them.
你经历过的每一件事，每一次失望，每一次困难，每一次挫折，你都活了下来。
all of you.
你们所有人。
you batting 1,000. your track record for surviving the funk is 100%.
你打了 1,000 个球。 你幸存下来的恐惧记录是 100%。
so if i was you, i would take another chance on that god right there.
所以如果我是你，我会再给那位上帝一次机会。
cause that's a pretty good god right there.
因为那里有一位非常善良的上帝。
and he's been a good god to you whether you even realize it or not.
对你来说，他一直是一个好神，无论你是否意识到这一点。
so if i was you, i'd take a chance.
所以如果我是你，我会冒这个险。
if my dream was to
如果我的梦想是。
pursue a higher role in corporate america, i'd go for it.
当我在美国企业界追求更高的职位时，我会这样做。
if your dream is really that other job, i'd go for it.
如果你的梦想真的是另一份工作，我会去做。
if your dream was to start a business, i'd go for it.
如果你的梦想是创业，我会实现它。
if your dream was to just take a chance and shut the door, you gotta walk away from **man.
如果你的梦想只是碰碰运气并关上门，那么你将不得不远离狗屎，伙计。
you gotta walk away from the door.
你必须走出门。
quit worrying about doors that close in your face.
不要担心门在你面前关上。
when doors close in your face, it's a sign from god that he wants you to walk up the hall, cause there's some more doors up there.
当门在你面前关上时，这是来自上帝的信号，他希望你上大厅，因为上面有更多的门。
quit standing at the door, knocking on the door that's already closed.
不要站在门口，敲已经关上的门。
go up the hall.
上大厅。 hell, there's some more doors up there.
哦，天哪，上面还有几扇门。
go through a bigger door, but you gotta take a chance in life, man.
穿过一扇更大的门，但你必须抓住生活中的机会，伙计。
quit playing it safe.
不要再谨慎了。
you gotta get funky, man.
你必须变得时髦，伙计。
quit playing it safe.
不要再谨慎了。
stop playing it safe, take a chair.
不要再小心翼翼了，坐在椅子上。
if god done got you through all of your life, why would he not get you through the rest of it?
如果上帝已经让你度过你的一生，他为什么不让你度过余生呢？
what he gonna do, stop caring for you?
他会怎么做才能不再关心你？
what, he gonna stop helping you survive?
什么，他会停止帮助你生存吗？
nah man, he always do it for you.
不，伙计，他总是为你做这件事。
he gonna get you there, i'm trying to tell you.
他会带你去那里，我想告诉你。
better take a shot before it's too late.
最好在为时已晚之前采取行动。
god has forgiven you, get up, move on.
上帝已经原谅了你，站起来继续前进。
hey god, i need to figure out what to do next, why don't you show me?
嘿，上帝，我需要弄清楚下一步该怎么做，你为什么不告诉我？
you can't get to your future if you keep hanging on to your past.
如果你继续坚持你的过去，你就无法获得你的未来。
and faith don't make it easy, it just makes it possible, so i just use faith.
信仰不会让事情变得容易，它只是让事情成为可能，所以我只是用信仰。
i don't let nobody hold me to my past.
我不会让任何人束缚我。
i make a mistake, god forgive me, i get up and i keep going.
我犯了一个错误，上帝原谅我，我站起来继续前进。
and people around me just talking about, oh, i remember when you was, yeah, okay, cool, bye.
我周围的人只是在说话，哦，我记得你的时候，是的，好吧，很酷，再见。
i get rid of all them people.
我摆脱了所有这些人。
i remember you when you, oh, you think you this, now i remember when you, and when you got people in your life that remind you of your past to try to hold you to it, get rid of them.
我记得你的时候，哦，你是这么想的，现在我记得你，当你生活中的某个人让你想起你的过去，试图让你坚持下去并摆脱他们时。
god has forgiven you.
上帝已经原谅了你。
get up, move on.
站起来，继续前进。
you can't get to your future if you keep hanging on to your past.
如果你继续坚持你的过去，你将无法达到你的未来。
and don't let nobody lock you to your past.
不要让任何人把你锁在你的过去里。
i don't care what i did.
我不在乎我做什么。
i know people come around me all the time.
我知道人们一直在我身边。
i remember you did this.
我记得你这样做了。
yeah, i did all that.
是的，我都做到了。
but he changed me though.
但他改变了我。
you know, god got to s**e you from something.
你知道，上帝必须把你从某些事情中拯救出来。
what?什么？
i done a lot of stuff, man.
我做了很多事情，伙计。
i don't do no more.
我什么都不做。
but you need to get out of my face though.
但你需要从我身边消失。
chase your dreams.
追逐你的梦想。
don't worry about that diploma.
不要担心这个文凭。
don't worry about what that degree says.
不要担心那个学位说了什么。
it ain't got nothing to do with your life, really.
真的，这与你的生活无关。
unless you went to school to be a doctor or a lawyer, you don't know, because that degree is a little unfair, because they asked a kid at 18, 19 to make a decision what they want to do with the rest of their life.
除非你去学校当医生或律师，否则你不知道，因为这个学位有点不公平，因为他们要求一个年幼的孩子决定他们余生想做什么。
they don't even know who they are yet.
他们甚至不知道自己是谁。
so most people i know with degrees don't even work in that field.
因此，我认识的大多数拥有学位的人甚至都没有在这个领域工作。
it's the dream, man.
这是一个梦想，伙计。
it's the dream that's gonna make your life what it is.
梦想会让你的生活更美好。
education ain't even mentioned in the bible.
圣经中甚至没有提到教育。
it never mentions education.
它从不提及教育。
i mean, congratulations when you graduate, it's a major accomplishment.
我的意思是，恭喜你毕业了，这是一项重大成就。
i'm not knocking it at all, it's major.
我根本没有敲它，这很重要。
but until you chase your dreams, man, you ain't gonna really live.
但除非你追逐你的梦想，否则你不会真正活下去。
if you just go to work every day on something you ain't happy doing, that's a miserable life, man.
如果你每天上班只是为了做一些你不喜欢做的事情，那可是悲惨的生活，伙计。
i would chase that dream.
我要追逐那个梦想。
bishop jake said one time, i would hate to die, never do the thing i was born to do.
杰克主教曾经说过，我宁愿死，也不愿做我生来就该做的事。
i just wouldn't want to do that, man.
我只是不想那样做，伙计。
life is tough, but i don't let it overwhelm me.
生活很艰难，但我不会让它压垮我。
when i was signing hokie, i mean, really, i h**e a relationship with god, so i don't get overwhelmed.
当我签下霍基时，我的意思是，我真的与上帝有关系，所以我不会不知所措。
you know, i give it to him.
你知道，我把它给了他。
when it get too big for me, i pray.
当它对我来说太大时，我会祈祷。
i tell god, hey, man, they trying to do me.
我告诉上帝，嘿，伙计，他们想杀了我。
hey, god.
嘿，上帝。 trying to get rid of me.
试图摆脱我。
hey god, this is what's happening.
嘿，上帝，这就是正在发生的事情。
hey god, i need to figure out what to do next.
嘿，上帝，我需要弄清楚下一步该怎么做。
why don't you show me?
你为什么不给我看？
and that keeps me from getting overwhelmed.
这让我不至于不知所措。
that's not saying my life don't be big sometime and it don't be a bit challenging because it is.
这并不是说我的生活有时并不美好，有点挑战，因为它确实如此。
and faith don't make it easy.
信仰不会让事情变得容易。
it just makes it possible.
它只是使它成为可能。
so i just use faith.
所以我只用信心。
it helps me deal with it.
它帮助我处理了它。
i don't
我没有。 you're like, when you write about me, you're not gonna affect my life, man, you're not.
你就像，当你写我的时候，你不会影响我的生活，伙计，你不会。
because you're a blog.
因为你是一个博主。
bloggers and haters, i don't know.
博主和仇恨者，我不知道。
i ignore them, i really don't.
我忽略了他们，我真的忽略了他们。
i live by old african proverb that says, lions don't turn around when small dogs bark.
我观察到一句古老的非洲谚语：当小狗吠叫时，狮子不会转身。
i don't really care about rumors, man.
我真的不在乎谣言，伙计。
they're not decision makers.
他们不是决策者。
these people on blogs with their little thumb gangsters, they not decision makers, power brokers.
这些人带着他们的小指头土匪在博客上，他们不是决策者，权力掮客。
they don't change or sway my life.
它们不会改变或影响我的生活。
when they get through talking about me, i keep going.
当他们谈完我时，我继续说。
i don't really, you know, i read something somewhere that said people's opinion of you is none of your business, nor should you make it yours.
我真的没有，你知道，我在某处读到一些东西，说人们对你的看法与你无关，你也不应该把它变成你的。
i don't even worry about it, man.
我一点也不担心，伙计。