Sometimes it takes adverse conditions

有時需要逆境

for people to reach out to one another

人們才能彼此靠近

Sometimes it takes bad luck

有時需要厄運

for people to understand their goals better

人們才能更清楚自己的目標

Sometimes it takes a storm

有時需要暴風雨

for people to appreciate the calm

人們才能珍惜寧靜

Sometimes it takes being hurt

有時需要受到傷害

for people to be more sensitive to feelings

人們才能對感情多一份敏感

Sometimes it takes doubt

有時需要懷疑

for people to trust one another

人們才能信任彼此

Sometimes it takes seclusion

有時需要獨處

for people to find out who they really are

人們才能發現真實的自我

Sometimes it takes disillusionment

有時需要醒悟

for people to become informed

人們才能明智

Sometimes it takes feeling nothing

有時需要毫無感覺

for people to feel everything

人們才能感受萬物

Sometimes it takes our emotions and feelings to be completely penetrated

有時需要我們的情感和知覺全被浸透

for people to open up to love

人們才能敞開心扉體驗愛

I have gone through many of these things

我已歷經這種種心路歷程

and I now know that

所以現在我知道

not only am I ready to

我不僅已準備好

love you

愛你

but I do

我是的的確確愛你