Name: 當一切都感到崩潰的時候，該怎麼辦呢？ (What to do when everything feels broken | Daniel Alexander Jones)
Uploaded: 2020-10-29T18:17:31.000Z
Duration: 6 min 50 s

已故的艾比-林肯也是這麼唱的。

Jomama Jones is the person in me I turn to as a guide.

I've been embodying her in performance since 1995,

從1995年開始，我就在表演中體現她。

and she comes around when she has some insight to offer folks.

當她有一些見解可以提供給大家的時候，她就會出現。

I'm glad to be the vessel for her message to you.

我很高興能成為她向你傳達資訊的容器。

What if I told you there are trials ahead

如果我告訴你，你會不會摔倒... ...

But what if I told you you will surprise yourself?

但如果我告訴你，你會給自己一個驚喜呢？

如果我告訴你會有足夠的勇氣呢？

如果我告訴你我看到了未來呢？

There's so much history recorded through their touches

有很多歷史都是通過他們的接觸記錄下來的。

and marks of the future sketched on their palms.

並在手掌上勾勒出未來的印記。

though even in my past that was from the future.

雖然即使在我的過去那也是來自未來。

for the Black youth community group I founded.

為我創立的黑人青年社區團體。

I dashed home to put on my gardening ensemble

我飛奔回家，穿上我的園藝服。

when I caught my uncle Freeman red-handed.

當我抓到我叔叔弗里曼的時候，我就被抓了個正著。

He was standing over my piggy bank with his hammer raised high.

他站在我的豬圈上，高高舉起錘子。

even bring grandmother's plants back to life.

He had that magic touch with broken things ...

他有那種神奇的觸覺，對破碎的東西... ...

let's go do something to make this world a better place."

讓我們去做一些事情，讓這個世界變得更好。"

and they always reminded me of displaced tree roots.

它們總是讓我想起流離失所的樹根。

我們工作的時候，他就會和大家哈拉

about the change he was sure was just around the corner.

and leave folks with their heads held high.

And now he was about to break my piggy bank.

而現在他就要打破我的豬圈了。

I said "Step back, man, and show me your hands."

我說："退後，夥計，讓我看看你的手。"

he used to give me all the old coins he'd find under floorboards while working.

他曾經給我所有的舊硬幣 他發現在地板下，而工作。

along with the money I earned through my childhood side hustles.

弗里曼叔叔已經失去了聯繫... ...

of civil wrongs and Black power outages in his palms.

民間冤假錯案和黑電停電的掌中寶。

The last straw had come the previous winter

最後一根稻草在去年冬天出現了

當他們槍殺了弗雷德-漢普頓時，

弗里曼叔叔試圖遊戲他的未來。

"Well, one of these numbers is gonna hit, little girl.

"好吧，這些數字中的一個要命，小姑娘。

You got a quarter for your uncle Free -- "

你有25美分給你的弗裡德叔叔 --"

現在，你們中的一些人都有這樣的相對。

But I knew right then and there I had to do something.

但我當時就知道，我必須做點什麼。

我一躍而起，抓住了那把錘子。

and I brought it crashing down on that pig.

而我卻把它帶到了那頭豬的身上。

And Uncle Freeman started to weep as I gathered up all the coins.

當我收拾好所有的硬幣時，自由人叔叔開始哭泣。

"We're not buying no lottery ticket, Uncle Freeman.

"我們不買什麼彩票，弗里曼叔叔。

We spent every last cent at the seed store.

我們在種子店花光了最後一分錢。

You know, the kids in my gardening group?

你知道，我的園藝小組的孩子們？

They didn't bat an eye when I had Uncle Freeman get down

我讓弗里曼叔叔下樓的時候，他們連眼睛都不眨一下。

and start breaking up that soil for our seeds.

並開始為我們的種子破土而出。

And my little friend Taesha even came over and started slapping him on the back

而我的小朋友泰莎甚至過來開始拍他的背

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當一切都感到崩潰的時候，該怎麼辦呢？ (What to do when everything feels broken | Daniel Alexander Jones)

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