On a warm evening, I leaned on the back of the seat on the bleacher of Youming gymnasium and listened to music. The colorful figures and shining scenes on the playground pulled me into a familiar dream. The girls in group wore well-prepared clothes and left precious memories of the schooldays with the photos. They were also looking forward to the adventure of their next journey.
某天温热的傍晚，我倚在佑铭体育场看台的椅背听歌。操场上往来的色彩与闪耀的镜头将我拉进了一段熟悉的梦。结队的女孩子穿着精心准备的衣服，在相片里留下关于自己同学生时代的珍贵记忆，憧憬着下一段旅途的奇遇。
Sometimes, graduation is like the corner of the ladder on our way growing up. It makes us excited and also brings us melancholy. Generations of adolescents and adults are urged by the annual rings of years, so that we can be stamped with the "graduation seal" for passing the examination in different stages of our life on time.
很多时候，毕业就像是一个人成长阶梯的拐角。它让人欣喜，又给我们带来惆怅。一代又一代的青少年或是成人，被时间的年轮传送，以按时戳上他们在人生不同阶段考核合格的“毕业印章”。
It seems that I have always been pursuing the so-called “happiness of graduation". Graduated from junior high school, I received the admission of key high school; graduated from high school, I entered the enviable university; graduated from university, I got the job with joy and satisfactory salary... On the journey to graduation, I am busy with pursuing the result. But sometimes when I stop and look back, it seems that I haven't even found out who I am.
似乎从来，我也始终追寻着所谓“毕业“的快乐。初中毕业，收到重点高中的通知书；高中毕业，步入令人羡艳的大学；大学毕业，找到兴趣所向、薪资满意的工作……我在这趟通向毕业的旅途上对于终点的收获奔忙地乐此不疲。可有时候当我停下奔忙，或是回首过去，却好像连自己是谁还未曾寻到。
The older I become, the more I appreciate the beauty of the sentence "An untended willow grows". Perhaps, the so-called "graduation season" is not a destination, or even not a starting point. I would like to regard it as a bridge of life. Maybe we would learn to spread our hands and enjoy the scenery along the way after several graduation seasons.
越长大，越能体味那句“无心插柳柳成荫”的美丽。也许，所谓“毕业季”，它并不是某个终点，甚至也算不上起点。我更想把它视作是某种人生过度的桥梁，摊开双手，好好领略这一路的风景，或许这才是无数个毕业季后，我们所领悟的真谛吧。
Author: Zheng Bowen
Date: June 3, 2021
