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It's Never Too Late to Start over Your Life 開啟新生活，永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)太遲

When?I?was?eight,?I?saw?a?movie?about?an?island?that?had?an?erupting?volcano?and?jungles?filled?with?wild?animals.

我八歲的時(shí)候，看了一部關(guān)于海島的電影。在電影中，島上有一座活火山，叢林里棲息著野生動(dòng)物。

The?island?was?ruled?by?a?beautiful?woman?called?Tondalaya,?the?Fire?Goddess?of?the?Volcano.

一個(gè)漂亮的女人統(tǒng)治著這座島，她叫彤達(dá)拉雅，是這座火山的火神。

It?was?a?low-budget?movie,?but?to?me,?it?represented?the?perfect?life.?But?through?the?years,?Tondalaya?was?forgotten.

那是一部低成本的電影，但對(duì)我來說，它展現(xiàn)出了完美的生活。多年過去，我已經(jīng)記不清彤達(dá)拉雅。

The?week?I?turned?50,?my?marriage?came?to?a?sudden?end.?My?house,?furniture?and?everything?I'd?owned?were?sold?to?pay?debts.

我滿五十歲的那周，我的婚姻突然破裂了。我的房子、家具和每件財(cái)產(chǎn)都被賣了拿去還債。

In?a?week?I?had?lost?my?husband?and?my?home.?I'd?lost?everything?except?my?four?teenage?children.

一周之內(nèi)，我失去了丈夫，沒了家，沒了一切，只有四個(gè)未成年的孩子。

I?used?every?penny?I?had?to?buy?five?plane?tickets?from?Missouri?to?Hawaii.

我把手里所有錢拿去買了五張機(jī)票，從密蘇里州飛到夏威夷。

Everyone?said?I?was?crazy?to?think?I?could?just?run?off?to?an?island?and?survive.?I?was?afraid?they?were?right.

大家都說我瘋了，才會(huì)想跑到一座島上去生存。我很害怕被他們說中了。

I?worked?18?hours?a?day?and?lost?30?pounds?because?I?lived?on?two?meals?a?day.

我每天工作十八個(gè)小時(shí)，瘦了將近三十磅，因?yàn)槊刻熘怀詢深D飯。

One?night?as?I?walked?alone?on?the?beach,?I?saw?the?red-orange?lava?pouring?out?of?Kilauea?Volcano?in?the?distance.?It?was?time?to?live?my?imagination!

一天晚上，我獨(dú)自在沙灘上散步，看到遠(yuǎn)處的基洛阿火山噴涌出橙紅色的巖漿。我開始漫無目的地想象。

The?next?day,?I?quit?my?job,?bought?some?art?supplies?and?began?doing?what?I?loved.

第二天我辭了工作，買了些畫畫的材料，開始做我愛的事。

I?hadn't?painted?a?picture?in?15?years.?I?wondered?if?I?could?still?paint.?My?hands?trembled?the?first?time?I?picked?up?a?brush.

過去十五年里，我沒畫過一張畫，不知道現(xiàn)在還能否畫畫。時(shí)隔多年再一次拿起畫筆的時(shí)候，雙手都在顫抖。

But?before?an?hour?had?passed,?I?was?lost?in?the?colors?spreading?across?the?canvas?in?front?of?me.

但不到一個(gè)小時(shí)，我就沉迷于眼前畫布上的色彩。

And?as?soon?as?I?started?believing?in?myself,?other?people?started?believing?in?me,?too.?The?first?painting?sold?for?$1,500.

我一開始信任自己，其他人也開始信任我。我的第一副畫賣了1500美元。

The?past?six?years?have?been?filled?with?adventures.?My?children?and?I?have?gone?swimming?with?dolphins,?watched?whales?and?hiked?around?the?crater?rim?of?the?volcano.

過去六年里，我嘗試了很多冒險(xiǎn)，我和孩子們跟海豚一起游過泳，看過鯊魚，爬過山，見過火山口。

We?wake?up?every?morning?with?the?ocean?in?front?of?us?and?the?volcano?behind?us.?The?dream?I?had?more?than?40?years?is?now?reality.

每天清晨醒來就能看到面前的大海，身后的火山。四十多年的夢(mèng)想終于成為了現(xiàn)實(shí)。

Remember,?the?story?of?your?life?isn't?written?in?stone.?It?is?never?too?late?to?start?over?your?life.

記住，你的人生并非不可更改。任何時(shí)候你都可以重頭再來。