Looking back at the 21-year-old that I was at graduation， is a slightly uncomfortable experience for the 42-year-old that she has become. Half my lifetime ago， I was striking an uneasy balance between the ambition I had for myself， and what those closest to me expected of me.
回顾21岁刚刚毕业时的自己，对于今天42岁的我来说，是一个稍微不太舒服的经历。可以说，我人生的前一部分，一直挣扎在自己的雄心和身边的人对我的期望之间。
It is the absence of facts that frightens people: the gap you open, into which they pour their fears, fantasies, desires.
至高无上、极其深奥微妙的佛法，百千万劫也难以遇到。