首先，让我们闭上眼睛静静思考，在我们已经走过的或长或短的人生中，有没有什么人生建议是你要留给“后辈”的呢？有没有哪一种人生感悟让你觉得刻骨铭心？
近期，Glamour杂志的一则采访视频在网络走红。视频中，主持人向70位志愿者提出了这样一个问题：What advice would you give to someone younger than you? （你会给比自己年轻的人什么建议呢？）
于是，下至5岁的萌萌哒小姑娘，上至75岁的沧桑老人，都向着屏幕前的观众认真给出了自己的人生建议。
看完这则视频，有些网友觉得颇有感触、获益匪浅，也有些大呼“扎心了”。
下面就让我们先来一起来看看“小朋友组”的人生建议。
6岁：
Don't go out so far into the ocean.
在海里游泳不可以游得太远。
嗯，这确实是很棒的人生建议哦！安全第一！
8岁：
My sister has a friend that does ballet. So, I would say, since they are little, I would tell both of them to try harder.
我妹妹的朋友在学习芭蕾。所以我想趁着她们还小，告诉她们要多多努力。
9岁：
Stay calm and go on with life.
保持冷静，好好生活。
小小年纪就能说出这么成熟的人生建议，感觉是个有故事的小朋友。
11岁：
Yolo (you only live once).
及时享乐。
12岁：
I would say that nothing is really permanent. Things can get better, and you can make them better.
没有什么是一成不变的。一切都可以变得更好，你可以让它们变得更好。
过完了无忧无虑的童年，我们到了充满激情又充满困惑的青少年阶段，在这样一个美好又矛盾的年龄段里，大家会给出怎样的人生建议呢？
13岁：
Don't do drugs, and stay in school.
别碰毒品，好好上学。
15岁：
Being popular in high school doesn't matter once you graduate.
一旦毕业，无论你在中学时多受欢迎都不重要了。
16岁：
Don't get caught up in social media too much.
不要过度沉迷于社交网络。
18岁：
Even if you don't think that it is something that people would necessarily approve of, it doesn't mean that you have to give it up, or that you should not pursue it.
即使你觉得别人不赞同你正在做的事，这也不代表你要放弃，不代表你要停止追求。
迷茫的青春期结束，我们即将面临新的人生选择：是走入大学，还是走入社会？是选择安稳，还是追求梦想？这一阶段的人们又会给我们以怎样的建议呢？
19岁：
Definitely don't feel any obligation to go to school, or go to university. There're other paths if that's not your path.
不要把上大学当作自己的责任。如果这不是你想走的路，还有其他路可走。
21岁：
Don't worry when people make fun of you, cause it happens a lot to me. And bullying kind of build one's character I think.
当别人拿你开玩笑的时候不要觉得太烦恼，我经常经历这种事。欺凌在某种程度上会塑造一个人的性格。
24岁：
Just be who you are, and don't waste time worrying about what other people think about you.
做自己，不要把时间浪费在担心他人对自己的看法上。
25岁：
Really follow your dreams. Don't ever do anything thinking that's what somebody wants you to do. Do what you want to do.
追随梦想。永远不要去做那些你觉得别人希望你去做的事，要做自己想做的事。
27岁：
Obviously that it's never too late to start something.
很明显，只要你想开始做一件事，什么时候都不算晚。
28岁：
Confidence comes with experience.
信心会随经验增加。
当我们进入而立、不惑之年，心境也会发生一些新的变化。褪去了当年的浮躁，走出了当年的迷茫，对人生也有了更深的体会。那么，他们又会告诉我们一些怎样的道理呢？
31岁：
All the dreams you have, you can still have them, but they're not gonna happen at the time you thought they would. And, living life is what's important.
你仍旧可以心怀梦想，但它们并不一定会如愿实现。过好生活才是最重要的。
35岁：
Hang in there and it gets better.
坚持下去，总会看到光明。
38岁：
Take your time growing up. Don't rush getting old.
慢慢来。别急着长大。
40岁：
Always listen to people's advice. And even if you don't agree with it, at least listen.
经常听一听他人的意见。即使你不赞同，至少也去听一下。
45岁：
Go for it! You only live once. You have to take advantage of every opportunity that you get.
努力追梦！人生只有一次，要好好利用每一个机会。
46岁：
Don't wait to start doing what you want to do when you grow up. Do it now.
别等长大了才开始做自己想做的事。现在就开始行动！
48岁：
Plan, but always leave room for changes.
要做计划，也要为可能的变化留出空间。
49岁：
To learn the meaning of love. That's caring for somebody unconditionally.
要懂得什么是爱。那是对一个人无条件的关心。
时光飞逝，人生如梦。等到人过半百，经历了半个世纪的沉淀，人们又会对这个世界有着怎样的认识？
52岁：
Practice kindness and patience with yourself and with others.
无论对自己还是对别人，都要充满善意和耐心。
54岁：
Follow your dreams, don't be afraid, have fun, because it's short.
勇敢追梦，不要害怕，快乐生活，因为人生苦短。
56岁：
You know a lot more than you think you know very often. So, just believe in yourself and be strong.
通常你要比自己想象中的更优秀。所以，保持自信、坚强。
59岁：
Don't spend what you don't have. If you need to spend and use a credit card, make sure you can pay it back in 30 days.
不要习惯于提前消费。如果你的确需要刷信用卡，你要确保能在30天内还上。
63岁：
Do everything you want to do now. You're going to still want to do it when you are my age, but you won't have the strength and the energy.
从现在开始，去做所有你想做的事。等你到了我这个年龄仍会想要做那些事，但你已不再有精力了。
64岁：
Say yes to everything. If this is not the right decision, you can always change your mind.
对所有事说“yes”。即使这一决定是错误的，你也随时可以做出改变。
66岁：
Don't hold anything back, so that you will not have any regrets.
无所保留，方不留悔恨。
69岁：
There're two things. When it's the end of your life, it's the end of the day, two questions: who did I help, and what did I learn?
有两件事。当你的生命走到尽头，问自己两个问题：我帮过谁？我学到了什么？
74岁：
Listen, and you learn a lot more than when you just speak.
当你在倾听时，远比你在说话时能学到更多。
75岁：
Do it all. Do everything you can. Experience everything.
尝试所有。尽己所能。体验一切。
聆听他人的经验，也要总结自己的经验；感动于他人的故事，也要写好自己的人生。
小伙伴们，你们现在处于什么阶段，是否也有一些人生经验要告诉自己的“后辈”呢？
编辑：唐晓敏
实习编辑：孙溪若
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