图片为王衍桥的摄影作品

New York is 3 hours ahead of California,

but it does not make California slow.

Someone graduated at the age of 22,

but waited 5 years before securing a good job!

Someone became a CEO at 25,

and died at 50.

While another became a CEO at 50,

and lived to 90 years.

Someone is still single,

while someone else got married.

Obama retires at 55,

but Trump starts at 70.

Absolutely everyone in this world works based on their Time Zone.

People around you might seem to go ahead of you,

some might seem to be behind you.

But everyone is running their own RACE, in their own TIME.

Don’t envy them or mock them.

They are in their TIME ZONE, and you are in yours!

Life is about waiting for the right moment to act.

So, RELAX.

You’re not LATE.

You’re not EARLY.

You are very much ON TIME, and in your TIMEZONE Destiny set up for you.

背景音乐为Secret Garden的作品《Papillon》。

编者寄语：

在这个似乎物质至上的时代，所有人都在急匆匆的赶路，急匆匆的想要成功。幼年时，赶着去上各种培训班，生怕落后同龄孩童；青年时，赶着工作、升职、结婚生子，羡慕着传说中的“人生赢家”；中年时，赶着拥有世人眼中最得意的事业有成，成为同学聚会上的焦点……暮年时，才得以安静坐下，回忆从前。

有人说，每个人最开始都是一颗花的种子，只不过花期不同。有的花，一开始就灿烂绽放；有的花，需要漫长等待。静等花开！也许你的种子永远不会开花......因为他是一棵参天大树！所以，放轻松，你没有落后，也没有领先。在你的时区里，一切都刚刚好！

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