Sometimes it takes adverse conditions

有时需要逆境

for people to reach out to one another

人们才能彼此靠近

Sometimes it takes bad luck

有时需要厄运

for people to understand their goals better

人们才能更清楚自己的目标

Sometimes it takes a storm

有时需要暴风雨

for people to appreciate the calm

人们才能珍惜宁静

Sometimes it takes being hurt

有时需要受到伤害

for people to be more sensitive to feelings

人们才能对感情多一份敏感

Sometimes it takes doubt

有时需要怀疑

for people to trust one another

人们才能信任彼此

Sometimes it takes seclusion

有时需要独处

for people to find out who they really are

人们才能发现真实的自我

Sometimes it takes disillusionment

有时需要醒悟

for people to become informed

人们才能明智

Sometimes it takes feeling nothing

有时需要毫无感觉

for people to feel everything

人们才能感受万物

Sometimes it takes our emotions and feelings to be completely penetrated

有时需要我们的情感和知觉全被浸透

for people to open up to love

人们才能敞开心扉体验爱

I have gone through many of these things

我已历经这种种心路历程

and I now know that

所以现在我知道

not only am I ready to

我不仅已准备好

love you

爱你

but I do

我是的的确确爱你