And for this year, my wish for each of us is small and very simple.
And it's this.
I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.
Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're Doing Something.
So that's my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish for myself. Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody's ever made before. Don't freeze, don't stop, don't worry that it isn't good enough, or it isn't perfect, whatever it is: art, or love, or work or family or life.
Whatever it is you're scared of doing, Do it.
Make your mistakes, next year and forever.
今年,我对每个人有一个很小很简单的愿望。
它就是:
我希望在即将到来的这一年里,你会犯一些错误。
因为如果你犯了错误,这就表示你在创作新的东西,尝试新的东西,学习,生活,鞭策自己,改变自己,改变这个世界。你在尝试你不曾做过的事情,而最重要的是——你在努力在尝试。
于是这便是我对你,对所有人,对我自己的愿望。犯一些新的错误。犯一些辉煌的,令人惊叹的错误。犯一些从未有人犯过的错误。千万别因恐惧而无所作为,别停下来,别担心它还不够好,不够完美,不管你担心的是什么:艺术,爱情,工作,家人,或者人生。
别再因恐惧而逃避你要做的事情了。
在接下来的一年里犯错吧,永永远远地犯下去。
-- Neil Gaiman, 2011