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
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