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知名作家西蒙·斯涅克:

真正的朋友，从不让你一个人撑

每次谈到这件事我都会忍不住想哭

It makes me cry each time l talk about it

我的一个朋友

a friend of mine

她告诉我上个星期

she told me that the week before

她过得非常非常艰难

she had a really really hard week

我问她 你怎么没找我呢?

I said why didn't you call me

她说 我联系过你了

she says i did I reached out

于是我赶紧拿出手机

so of course l pull up my phone

往上翻找她的消息

and I scroll up and i look for her texts

果然 我看到她发来的信息

and sure enough it says

嘿在干嘛?

hey what are you doing?

想过来吗?

want to come over?

我心想 你是说这些信息?

I'm like you mean these texts

我说 我怎么能知道这其实是在求助呢?

I'm like how do I know that's a cry for help

她读过一篇文章

she had read an article just recently

里面说

that said

人类在感到压力或痛苦时

that all human beings need

只需要朋友陪伴8分钟

is 8 minutes of time from another friend

就能不再觉得孤单

to feel not alone in a moment of stress in a moment of need

所以我们俩想出了一个“暗号”

and so she and I came up with a code word

如果以后谁真的需要对方

that the next time one of us really needs the other person

我们的暗号就是

our code would be

你有8分钟吗?

do you have eight minutes?

任何人都可以从会议中挤出8分钟

anyone can step out of a meeting for 8 minutes

你可能解决不了朋友的问题

you won't solve your friend's problems

但只需要8分钟

but it only takes eight minutes for them

就能让他们感觉不再是孤军奋战

to feel like they're dealing with whatever they're dealing not alone

这就是友谊的力量

and this is the power of friendship