It is getting to the end of life only to realize that you never truly lived.

而是來到生命終點，卻發現自己從未認真活過。

There was a study done, a hospital study, on 100 elderly people facing death,

有一項醫學研究，針對 100 位面臨死亡的老人。

close to their last breath.

他們來到生命的終點線。

They were asked to reflect about their life's biggest regret.

被問到一生中最大的遺憾是什麼。

Nearly all of them said they regretted not the things they did, but the things they didn't do.

幾乎所有的人都說，最大的遺憾並不是他們曾經做了什麼，而是他們那些不曾做過的事。

The risks they never took, the dreams they didn't pursue...

那些不曾冒過的險、不敢追的夢...

I ask you, would your last words be, if only I had?

我問你，你最後的遺言會不會是：「早知道我就？」

Hey, you, wake up!

嘿，就是你，醒醒吧！

Why do you exist?

你為什麼存在？

Life is not meant to simply work, wait for the weekend and pay rent.

生命不只是工作、等待週末和繳房租。

No, no, I don't know much, but I know this.

不是，我了解的並不多，但我知道這件事。

Every person on this Earth has a gift.

每個活在這世界上的人都有一項天賦。

And I apologize to the Black community,

我必須要跟非裔族群道歉，

but I can no longer pretend,

但我再也無法繼續假裝認同，

Martin Luther King?

馬丁路德金恩？

That man never had a dream, that dream had him.

那個男人並沒有夢想，是夢想造就了他。

See, people don't choose dreams, dreams choose them.

聽著，不是我們選擇夢想，而是夢想選了我們。

So the question I'm getting to is

所以我要問的問題是，

do you have the courage to grab the dream that picked you, that befits you, and grips you?

當夢想選擇你、靠近你、擁抱你的時候，你有勇氣好好抓住它嗎？

Or would you let it get away and slip through?

還是你會讓它就這樣跟你擦身而過？

Y'know I learned a fact about airplanes the other day.

某一天我學到關於飛機的相關知識。

Now this was so surprising. See, I was talking to a pilot and

當時我十分震撼。我那時正在跟一個飛行員聊天，

he told me that many of his passengers think planes are dangerous to fly in.

他告訴我，很多乘客都認為搭飛機很危險。

But he said actually, it is a lot more dangerous for a plane to stay on the ground.

但他說其實飛機待在陸地上更危險。

I said, "What?"

我說：「怎麼可能？」

Like how does that sound?

這聽起來不合邏輯吧？

Well he said, "Because on the ground, the plane starts to rust,

他回答：「飛機在陸地上生鏽、

malfunction and wear, much faster than they ever would if it was in the air."

故障、磨損的速度，比它們在天上飛時還要快的許多。」

As I walked away, I thought, yeah, makes total sense,

當我離開時，我想著，對耶，這很有道理！

because planes were built to live in the skies.

因為飛機是為了飛行而生。

And every person was built to live out the dream they have inside.

而每個人之所以存在，是為了活出心中的夢想。

So it is perhaps the saddest loss to live a life on the ground without ever taking off.

最可悲的遺憾莫過於一生都活在陸地上卻從未展翅翱翔。

See, most of us are afraid of the thief that comes in the night to steal all of our things,

大部份的人都害怕夜晚會有小偷到家裡來偷東西。

but there is a thief in your mind who is after your dreams.

但是在你的腦中有一個小偷覬覦著你的夢想。

His name is doubt.

他的名字叫「懷疑」。

If you see him, call the cops and keep him away from the kids,

如果你看見了他，快通報警察，讓他離孩子遠遠的。

cuz he is wanted for murder, for he has killed more dreams than failure ever did.

他因謀殺罪被通緝，它比失敗扼殺了更多的夢想。

He wears many disguises and like a virus will leave you blind and divided and turn you into a

他有多重偽裝身份，他就像病毒一樣，令你眼瞎，更會將你變成什麼都是

"kinda".

「有一點」的人。

See, "kinda" is lethal.

你知道嗎，「有一點」很致命。

You know what kinda is, there's a lot of kinda people.

你很清楚「有一點」是什麼，到處都可以看到這樣的人。

You kinda want a career change.

你有一點想轉換跑道。

You kinda want to get straight As.

你有一點想要成為優等生。

You kinda want to get in shape.

你有一點想要好身材。

Simple math, no numbers to crunch.

簡單的數學邏輯，沒有艱深的數字。

If you kinda want something, then you will kinda get the results you want.

如果你只是有一點想要，那麼最後你也只會得到一點點。

What is your dream?

你的夢想是什麼？

What ignites that spark?

是什麼點燃了夢想的火花？

You can't kinda want that,

你不能只是有一點想要。

you've got to want it with every part of your whole heart.

你必須全心全意地投入。

Will you struggle?

你會有所掙扎嗎？

Yeah, you will struggle, no way around it, you will fall many times

當然，你會掙扎，這是必然的，你也會失敗很多次。

but who's counting?

但誰會去算你失敗的次數？

Just remember, there's no such thing as a smooth mountain.

只要記住，沒有一座山是好爬的。

If you want to make it to the top,

如果你想要攻頂，

then there are sharp bridges that must be stepped over,

你勢必要走過各種越峻險聳立、曲折綿延的路。

there will be times you get stressed and things you get depressed over.

偶爾你會焦慮不安，也會沮喪消沈。

But let me tell you something, Steven Spielberg was rejected from film school three times.

但讓我告訴你，史蒂芬史匹柏被電影學院拒絕過三次。

Three times but he kept going.

整整三次，但他還是不放棄。

The television execs fired Oprah, said she wasn't fit for TV, but she kept going.

電視台認為歐普拉不適合做電視節目而開除她，但她仍然不放棄。

Critics told Beyonce that she couldn't sing.

歌評告訴碧昂絲她不會唱歌。

She went through depression but she kept going.

她歷經消沈，但是沒有放棄。

Struggle and criticisms are prerequisites for greatness.

挫折和批評是邁向成功的必經過程。

That is the law of this universe and no one escapes it.

這是宇宙定律，沒有人是例外。

Because pain is life, but you can choose what type.

經歷痛苦是人生，但你可以選擇如何承受。

Either the pain on the road to success, or the pain of being haunted with regret.

是要在通往成功的路上以痛苦為伴，還是被遺憾帶來的痛苦糾纏一生。

You want my advice?

你想聽我的建議嗎？

Don't think twice.

不要遲疑。

We have been given a gift that we call life.

我們白白地擁有了一個叫做「生命」的禮物。

So don't blow it.

不要毀了它。

You are not defined by your past, instead you are born anew in each moment.

你的過去不能定義你，反之，每一個當下的你都在經歷重生。

So, own it now.

所以，即刻把握生命。

Sometimes you gotta leap and grow your wings on the way down.

有的時候你必須一躍而下，你的羽翼才能因此展開。

You better get the shot off before the clock runs out,

你必須在生命結束前進籃得分。

cuz there ain't no overtime in life, no do over.

因為人生沒有延長賽，也沒有辦法重來。

And I know I sound like I'm preaching or speaking with force,

我知道我聽起來像是在說教或咄咄逼人。

but if you don't use your gift, then you sell not only yourself but the whole world short.

但如果你不珍惜這份天賦，你不只是妄自菲薄，也是小看了這個世界。

So what invention do you have buried in your mind?

在你腦海中有什麼新發明？

What idea?

什麼想法？

What cure?

什麼對策？

What skill did you have inside to bring out to this universe?

你有什麼能力可以為這個宇宙貢獻？

"Uni" meaning "one", "verse" meaning "song".

"Uni" 指的是「一」、"verse" 指的是「歌曲」。

You have a part to play in this song so grab that microphone and be brave.

你是這首歌的一部分，所以你有義務勇敢地握緊你的麥克風。

Sing your heart out on life's stage.

在人生的舞台上盡情歌唱吧！

You cannot go back and make a brand new beginning.

你無法回到過去重新開始。

But you can start now and make a brand new ending.

但你可以從現在開始為生命寫下不一樣的結局。