After a failed marriage, the loss of all of my friends, depression, sleeping pill, and alcohol addiction, not working for four years, and sending out over 200 resumes in the last five months
婚姻失敗之后，我陷入了眾叛親離的境地，我患了抑郁癥，靠安眠藥度日，還還是酗酒。我四年沒有工作了，在過去5個(gè)月的時(shí)間里，發(fā)出了超過200份簡歷——

- - today I got a $60,000/year job in my field of a study.
今天，我找到了工作。專業(yè)對口，年薪6萬美金。

Today is a good day.
今天真是一個(gè)好日子。

I always make a wish when the clock strikes 1:11, 2:22, 3:33, 4:44, 5:55, or 11:11.
每當(dāng)時(shí)鐘走到一個(gè)非常特殊的時(shí)刻，比如1:11, 2:22, 3:33, 4:44, 5:55, 或者11:11，我都會許一個(gè)愿。

I alternate between two wishes and two wishes only: 1) Please let me be happy, and, 2) Please let me get a job I love.
我輪流許下兩個(gè)愿望，我只有這兩個(gè)愿望：第一，請讓我快樂。第二，請讓我得到一份自己喜歡的工作。

I'd been in the running for this job for one and a half months, they received 140 applications, interviewed 20, and it was down to me and one other person.
我已經(jīng)為這份工作奔波了一個(gè)半月之久。對方收到了140份簡歷，對其中20個(gè)求職者進(jìn)行了面試，最后篩選出了兩名候選人。

But I got a call from them three days ago, saying they had decided to move forward with the other candidate.
三天前我接到了對方打來的電話，稱他們決定錄用另外一名候選人。

I thanked them for the opportunity, they wished me luck in my future, and I spent the entire day crying.
我說謝謝他們給我這次機(jī)會，他們也祝我今后更加成功。我一整天痛哭不止。

Then yesteday the woman who would have been my boss added me to her social webside ID, which I found odd.
可是昨天，那位本可能成為我老板的女士在社交網(wǎng)上加了我，這讓我覺得很奇怪。

"Rub the salt in a little deeper," I told my dad.
"簡直是在我的傷口上撒鹽?！蔽覍ξ业母赣H說。

Well, one hour ago my would-be boss called, and said she and the HR manager who initially interviewed me couldn't get me off of their mind because of my enthusiasm , attitude, and the excitement I couldn't contain.
可是，就在一個(gè)小時(shí)之前，對方公司的老板給我打了電話，她說，我的身影在她和人事經(jīng)理的心里揮之不去，我積極熱情的態(tài)度，我行我素的自信，還有舉手投足間難以抑制的活力，都讓他們久久不能忘懷。

She told me the president of the company initially hired the other candidate because he was fluent in a particular software program, one of which I am only slightly familiar with.
她告訴我，經(jīng)理之所以聘用另一個(gè)應(yīng)聘者，是因?yàn)樗麑σ豢钗④洺绦蚴褂梅浅Ａ骼?，而我對這款程序知之甚少。

The president is old school and isn't one for risk taking, so he went with the safe bet.
這個(gè)人事經(jīng)理是一個(gè)守舊的人，不喜歡承擔(dān)風(fēng)險(xiǎn)，所以他決定采取穩(wěn)妥的做法。

The woman told me she went to bat for me with the president these last couple of days because she believed I was the one the company needed.
對方老板說，數(shù)日來她一直為了我與人事經(jīng)理爭執(zhí)不休，因?yàn)樗嘈盼也攀枪拘枰娜恕?/div>

She said she will take the extra time to train me, and she believes I'm resourceful enough to learn it on my own if she's unable to help me some days due to her being busy, sick, or traveling for work.
她說她愿意額外抽出時(shí)間來培訓(xùn)我，還說，萬一她忙于其他事務(wù)，或者請了病假，抑或出差的時(shí)候，她也相信我能夠找到資源，自己繼續(xù)學(xué)習(xí)。

I almost cried, I told her how much this means to me, and that even though I was missing a few of the skills required, skills can be taught but attitude and enthusiasm cannot.
我差點(diǎn)哭了起來，我告訴她，這通電話對于我意義重大，我告訴她，雖然我在技能上有所欠缺，只要我謙虛上進(jìn)，就能很快學(xué)會。但對工作的熱情卻不是能學(xué)來的。

They also told me that I was the only person out of 20 interviews who emailed them afterward and said thank you for the opportunity of meeting with me. The ONLY person.
他們說，在20個(gè)進(jìn)入面試環(huán)節(jié)的候選人中，我是唯一一個(gè)在面試結(jié)束后，特意發(fā)郵件給公司，感謝對方提供這次的交流機(jī)會的人。唯一一個(gè)！

I changed my entire life when I left my marriage.
離婚之后，我的生活完全改變了。

It got worse before it got better.
在獲得這份工作之前，情況急轉(zhuǎn)直下。

I've had some very hard truths to face, I've had to reevaluate who I am, what I want my life to look like, and reprioritize the things that matter to me.
我不得不面對很多難以接受的事實(shí)，不得不重新思考自己的人生價(jià)值，重新思考自己想要過什么樣的生活，思考周圍的事物中，哪個(gè)對我更加重要。

It's been a rocky few years, but those little sunshine rays are finally touching me.
四年來，我經(jīng)歷了多少坎坷。還好，如今我終于守得云開見月明，感受到了幸運(yùn)之光的絲絲暖意。

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（翻譯：小木）