你永遠不會在領獎臺上停留太久

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When Carl Lewis ran a 100m sprint①under 10 seconds for the first time; it was like the whole world came to a standstill②. A feat that has not been achieved before in history.

However, the sad truth of life is that you can never stay on top of the podium③for long. From then on, there have been at least 100 odd sprinters who have surpassed the 10 sec mark.

The same applies to all of us. We can all be replaced; be it in our family, of fi ce or neighborhood. It's just that the right person has to come up at the right time to knock you off.

Even from the successful, very few are remembered. You might bring Einstein or Shakespeare up, but at this point, more people only know their name rather than anything else.

So don't be too proud of④being irreplaceable⑤, for everyone can be replaced; don't be too upset too, cause you may replace someone who is unsurpassable⑥.

You are here, just for being , not for being remembered.

當卡爾·劉易斯第一次以不到10秒的成績跑完百米時，全世界仿佛都靜止了。歷史上從未有過如此成績。

然而令人悲哀的生活真相是，你永遠不會在領獎臺上停留太久。那以后，至少有100名短跑神將破了10秒的紀錄。

這也適用于我們所有人。我們都會被替代，無論是在家庭里、工作上還是社會上。總會有對的人適時出現把你換掉。

成功人士中也鮮有人被記住。你可能會提到愛因斯坦或莎士比亞，但就這一點來說，更多的人只是知道他們的名字，對其他事情幾乎一無所知。

所以，不要太驕傲，因為任何人都能被取代；不要太沮喪，因為你也可以取代那些你以為“無法被取代”的人。

人是為了“我來過”，而不是為了“被記住”而活著。

① sprint 英 [spr?nt] 美 [spr?nt] vi. 沖刺，全速跑 n. 沖刺；短跑 vt. 全速奔跑

② standstill 英 ['st?n(d)st?l] 美 ['st?ndst?l] n. 停頓；停止

③ podium 英 ['p??d??m] 美 ['pod??m] n. 樂隊指揮臺；墩座墻；頒獎臺

④ be proud of 自豪，高興；以……而驕傲

⑤ irreplaceable 英 [?r?'ple?s?b(?)l] 美 ['?r?'ples?bl] adj. 不能替代的，不能調換的

⑥ unsurpassable 英 [?ns?'pɑ?s?b(?)l] 美 [,?ns?'p?s?bl] adj. 無法超越的